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Man claims to have filmed

TWO 20ft Loch Ness

monsters swimming

together in Scotland

By James Wood For Mailonline

A veteran Nessie hunter claims to have filmed
two 20ft monsters swimming together in the
legendary Scottish loch.
Eoin O' Faodhagain, 54, was watching a
live stream of Loch Ness in the Scottish
Highlands when he saw the beasts on
Wednesday, July 10.
He immediately started his own
recording of the live stream, run by researcher
Mikko Takala, to show the world what he had
seen.
The footage shows two dark objects
may deter the monster(s) to the point at which Big Bens.
moving closely together close to the shore in
they leave it until levels normalise again.' Wind-generated and unpredictable
Urquhart Bay - which Mr O' Faodhagain
believes are two Nessies. On the possibility of there being more waves on the loch can reach as high as 16 feet.
than one Loch Ness monster, he added: 'I've It comes after around 18,000 people said
He said: 'The day of the sighting was
always believed there has to be a family of they would attend an event to search for Nessie
extremely windy, as you can notice from the
unknown creatures in the loch, albeit a small in September. Another 39,000 people said they
trees moving over and back.
one. were 'interested' in the event.
'When I noticed the two strange shapes
'It's too much of a stretch to believe that The organisers appear to have been
first they were either side of each other and not
a single creature can live for hundreds, if not inspired by the viral plan to storm Area 51, the
behind each other, going in the same general
thousands of years or more. Also, there are cave military base in Nevada associated with alien
direction.
like formations near Urquhart Castle, known as conspiracies.
'Never did I think it was two humps from
the one animal, the sighting did not give me that Edwards Deep and no attempt has ever been The Loch Ness RNLI team warned the
made to see if these are navigable.' arrival of such a large number of people at the
impression.'
It emerged earlier this week that the water risked stretching its resources.
Mr O' Faodhagain, from Co Donegal,
skipper of a boat had used sonar to capture an 'With no US Army involved, Loch Ness
Republic of Ireland, added: 'The two strange
image of a 25ft object deep below the waves of looks a little less hazardous than storming Area
shapes were identical to each other, and that also
the loch. 51, but here we have our own set of problems,'
gave me the impression it was two separate
Mike Bell, from Drumnadrochit, the team said on Facebook.
objects.
captured the image while he was taking a group 'Our Atlantic 85 lifeboat has an
'I was quite startled to see two possible
of tourists for a trip on Loch Ness on June 27. impressive survivor carrying capacity, but even
Nessies on the webcam. I think it's a bit of a
The RNLI issued a safety warning on that will be stretched by the "attendees" of this
rarity to view this.'
Monday after plans for a mass search for the event.'
Mr O' Faodhagain estimates the objects
Loch Ness Monster on September 21 went viral The statement said that, 'joking aside',
were both in the region of 20ft long and reaching
on Facebook. there were some facts to share about the water
about 5ft out of the water.
On the site 18,000 people said they are mass.
He said: 'I have never seen two objects
going to a Storm Loch Ness event with 38,000 It continued: 'The water temperature is
so close to each other on the webcam before and
'interested'. cold! In fact, an average of six degrees
I have been watching for years. Their shape in
The RNLI said the water is very deep centigrade all year round, meaning cold water
the water is very strange.
and has an average temperature of 6C but is shock and hypothermia are real dangers.
'What are they, I don't know. They could
prone to deteriorating conditions with wave 'Weather conditions and water state can
be two Nessies.'
heights of 4m being recorded. deteriorate rapidly, going from flat calm to a
Mr O' Faodhagain has now spotted the
Research carried out last year revealed large swell in minutes.
Loch Ness Monster four times altogether, and
that the mythical creature is worth £41m a year 'There are very few areas on the
three times in 2019 alone.
to the Scottish economy. shoreline where it is possible to make it up to a
Mikko Takala, a computer scientist who
road.
has been researching Loch Ness for over 20
years, believes climate change may have RNLI warns against 'Waves are wind generated rather than
tidal, so they behave differently to how users
effected the increase in sightings of the searching for Loch Ness
legendary creature. might expect.
He said: 'There has been a slight increase monster after 18,000 join 'Its fresh water is less buoyant than salt,
in surface temperatures in Loch Ness due to meaning more effort is required to float/swim.'
Unofficial reports suggest that wave
climate change and it is possible that a cold online plot to 'storm' the
heights can reach up to 16ft, it added.
blooded creature like Nessie may be encouraged area in September 2019 The statement concluded: 'Nessie 1-0
to return and/or stay longer in the warming
Bandwagon.'
waters of Loch Ness.
'We believe that the recent winter was A plan for thousands of people to 'storm' Loch
milder and less road salt was spread as a result Ness in search of its famous monster has Publisher’s Note: This is more proof that the
(the previous winter saw thousands of tonnes prompted the RNLI to issue a warning. Internet is the largest sceptic tank ever created
spread locally during a long cold treacherous The lifeboat crew cautioned those who by humankind since there is more “crap” in it
then anything else and those who us social
spell). have said they are 'interested' in searching the media sites like Facebook are total blithering
'It all finds its way down water courses loch, south west of Inverness. They warned its
and into the loch raising saline content and that depth is equivalent to more than two and a half idiots with no brains of their own.