Therefore, the object in the image is not necessarily long and serpentine, in shape. With that information, I am able to conclude that, yes, this is probably a genuine sighting, of a Nessie. I have ruled out the possibility that it is a very large log, since, once again, this was 75 feet down, and according to an article on Roland Watson’s Loch Ness blog, logs don’t tend to float at the depths.

With all of this information, I have come to the conclusion that this is, indeed, a genuine sighting.

By the way…

“Excited Loch Ness monster experts have ruled out the ’sighting’ being any other fish, seal or wood debris…”

Is it really possible to be an “expert” on this sort of thing? And how did they rule those things out?

However, with that being said, I am also a little bit skeptical about it being Nessie. Most descriptions of Nessie describe it as having a thick, barrel-shaped torso, while this sonar contact looks very serpentine. In my opinion, this is probably just a rather large eel. However, there still is a possibility that it could, indeed, be the real deal. As of now, I just don’t know.

But, rickg13 was certainly right, about how, just when you begin to doubt that Nessie exists, BOOM!, a brand new sighting just suddenly appears, out of nowhere! Indeed, it is those tantalizing pieces of evidence, such as the Hugh Gray photograph, the Tim Dinsdale film, and the sounds recorded by Mackal and his team in 1970, that truly keep me interested, in Nessie.

I would be very happy if some of the monster reports I have read about turn out to be true, but we have to be the harshest critics of “evidence” served up to newspapers by publicity seekers, as we are the real experts most of the time, after all we having been studying the subject for many years.

My mind would not be shattered, in fact it would be nice to find I haven’t been wasting my time.

I’m not all that up on how sonar works to know whether a hit can just instantly disappear, or whether it is on the scope until it moves out of range, etc. I assume that with the sonar we’re getting a top down view of what’s under the boat?

Still, intriguing and as rickg13 says, just when you think things have quieted down and there’s nothing going on (I know, I’m putting my own two cents into his statement), something happens. I’m waiting to see what more comes out of it.

Algae unlikely as the sonar hit was at 70+ feet where it is total darkness and algae are phytoplankton (they photosynthesize).

Roland