Man spots ‘distinct’ 18ft long shape while hunting for Loch Ness Monster in new footage

True believers in the Loch Ness Monster have been thrown another bone in the form of a potential sighting of the legendary beast.

That's because a camera has caught sight of something emerging from Loch Ness which surely can only be some part of the body of a mythical creature which dwells beneath the waters of the Scottish loch.

Over the years there's been plenty who've said they've caught sight of the quite possibly non-existent creature, with over 1,000 supposed sightings.

One of the recent entries comes from a family who say they snapped a picture of Nessie poking just above the waterline, but that might just have been a bit of driftwood.

Then there's the guy who claimed he found the Loch Ness Monster and buried it underneath a school, but that sounds a little difficult to believe.

Can you spot Nessie in this incredibly clear image? (Penn News)

The bread and butter of Loch Ness Monster adorers comes in the form of fresh videos and pictures of Nessie in Loch Ness itself.

The latest in a long line of these is Eoin O’Faodhagain, who said he was watching the water via webcam on Friday (19 April) when his 'heart jumped' as he caught sight of a large black shape breaking the water's surface.

"I noticed a spot in the water causing a disturbance at the edge of the webcam screen to the right," he said of his Nessie sighting.

"My heart jumped because I thought this disturbance was not the norm.

"The spot of this disturbance gets bigger and longer, and it changes over the course of the sighting.

"The estimated size of the disturbance is 18 feet at its longest. I examined the footage and I am convinced it is not a surface vessel of any kind, because it keeps changing its appearance."

Look over there, it's possibly the Loch Ness Monster! (Penn News)

He said the footage 'needs further analysis' as 'there are no known creatures in Loch Ness that size'.

The 59-year-old thinks 'it could be the Loch Ness Monster' and said what he saw was 'into the realm of Nessie' but it sounds like more work needs to be done to figure out whether we've got a bona fide sighting.

Considering that no official proof has been found in the search for the Loch Ness Monster this is the best true believers are going to get for their dedication.

O’Faodhagain made his sighting using a webcam maintained by Mikko Takala of Nessie on the Net which is located near Urquhart Castle on the western shore of Loch Ness.

O’Faodhagain described his potential Loch Ness Monster sighting as 'quite distinct' due to the calmness of the water around his picture.

The Nessie on the Net webcams can be seen at www.lochness.co.uk