Joiner Gordon, of Drakies, Inverness, told the Highland News: "We were near the Dores Inn when we saw this object.

"Whatever it was rose out of the water by about a few metres. It was there for five or six seconds.

"Ryan said it was looked like a U-boat coming out of the water. We weren't scared, we just couldn't believe it.

"He's now desperate to tell his friends back in Germany where he stays with his mum, but he is worried they won't believe him.

"I was totally sceptical about From Page 1 stories of the Loch Ness monster in the past, but to see something that big was just unbelievable.

"It was about three quarters of the way across the loch, I wanted to take a picture, but it was too far away."

Gordon added: "It was massive. The wash that was created from this thing was as though a boat had passed at high speed, but there was definitely no boat in the area."

Tony Mulgrew said: "It is hard to say what it was exactly, but I have fished up at the loch 300 to 400 times and I have never seen anything like that.

"There was something strange. There was an upsurge of water and a lot of froth came off the object. Whatever it was was going towards Drumnadrochit."

The father and son's Nessie sighting is only the second this year.

The news has come as a relief to Gary Campbell of the Official Loch Ness Monster Fan Club who was worried that global warming had made the loveable beast reluctant to surface.

He said: "It is great news. It is such a relief there has been another sighting of Nessie. This is only the second this year.

"Just a few weeks ago we were saying that she has been put off coming to the surface because of global warming and the increased temperatures, but I am glad that she has proved us wrong."

However, Willie Cameron, director of Loch Ness Marketing, was more down to earth about the alleged sighting.

He told the Highland News: "There has been a boat going up and down the loch at tremendous speeds.

You won't necessarily see that it is a boat from so far away, you will just see a solid mass.

"It could have been either the ferry or this speed boat which both create a tremendous wash.

"I am not saying that that is what they saw, I am just being open-minded."

He added: "There haven't been many recorded sightings this year. It can be disappointing getting an explanation as people come here and they want to see something.

"My late father was one of the people who have had one of the best sightings, so I am not saying it doesn't exist because I would be calling my father a hoaxer. I am just explaining what it might have been."

c.doughty@highland-news.co.uk

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