Posted on 08/31/2023 1:52:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A HOLIDAYMAKER is said to have captured the most exciting pictures to date of a monster in Loch Ness.
But Chie Kelly kept the remarkable images to herself for five years because she was too afraid of being ridiculed.
I FOUND NESSIE! I captured most exciting picture of Loch Ness Monster to date but kept it secret for years over fears of being ridiculed
A HOLIDAYMAKER is said to have captured the most exciting pictures to date of a monster in Loch Ness.
But Chie Kelly kept the remarkable images to herself for five years because she was too afraid of being ridiculed.
Her shots show a giant, eel-like creature slowly spinning on the surface of the loch, where such sightings have been reported for centuries.
Translator Chie, 51, was finally inspired to come forward after last weekend’s organised hunt for the fabled Loch Ness monster.
She showed her photos to an experienced Nessie-hunter who has said they are the most convincing images he has seen in decades.
Chie said: “I have always believed there was something in Loch Ness. There is something unusual there but I don’t know what it is.
“What I saw looked like a serpent. It was definitely a creature and it was moving. At the time I did not want to face public ridicule by making the photographs public.”
The pictures were taken near the village of Dores, on the eastern shore of the loch, in August 2018, when Japan-born Chie was on holiday in the area with her businessman husband Scott, 68.
“My husband was originally from the Inverness area and Dores beach is a very special place to me as it where he used to take me when we first met,” said Chie.
“We had lunch in the Dores Inn and then started walking around.
“I was just taking pictures with my Canon camera of Scott and our daughter Alisa, who was then five, when about 200 metres from the shore, moving right to left at a steady speed, was this creature.
“It was spinning and rolling at times. We never saw a head or neck. After a couple of minutes it just disappeared and we never saw it again.
“At first I wondered if it was an otter or a pair of otters or a seal, but we never saw a head and it never came up again for air.
“It was making this strange movement on the surface. We did not hear any sound. There were these strange shapes below the surface. I could not make out any colours — the water was dark.
“I could not accurately assess its length but the two parts that were visible were less than two metres long together.”
But Chie, who was living in Ascot, Berks, at the time was too nervous to publicise the pictures.
The family has since moved to near Fortrose on the Black Isle — about 20 miles north of the loch.
When hundreds of volunteers joined a search for Nessie last weekend, she showed her images to Steve Feltham, who has been hunting the creature for 30 years.
He said: “These are the most exciting surface pictures I have seen. They are exactly the type of pictures I have been wanting to take for three decades.
“They are vindication for all the people who believe there is something unexplained in Loch Ness.
“They are remarkable. I have studied them and still do not know what it is. It is not driftwood.
“It is a moving creature and totally unexplained.
“We are lucky the Kellys have decided to go public at last. They are absolutely genuine.”
ect that Nessie may be a giant eel.
The following year, images of a large creature were captured on sonar off Invermoriston by a tourist boat skipper.
Experts think the creature was about 32ft long.
Last weekend’s Nessie hunt drew fans from around the world to the 23-mile-long, 755ft-deep loch.
And a documentary crew using a thermal imaging drone during the search believes it detected a large creature on the bank.
The team from Dragonfly Films will unveil its footage in the season finale of TV series Weird Britain.
Producer Tim Whittard said: “With this equipment we were able to see immediately if any animal breaks the water’s surface. It did detect an unusual heat signature — a large mass near the shore.”
Yes, absolutely.
And I even spent my whole vacation a few years later in Washington state looking for Bigfoot.
And I voted for Joe Biden who is the greatest president of all time. sarc
Gee More Fuzzy Rocky in 2013 as proof .
The shy photographer just happens to have a professional photographer insert with her camera too .
What a con .
https://oceantoday.noaa.gov/seaotterkelphumans/
What was that about Occam's razor?
Some people are just jealous, I guess.
Looks legit.
Lol... I love post #6
Of all people in the world, the Japanese should know better.
Do you want Gojira to rise up from the deeps?
Because this is how you get Gojira to rise up from the deeps ...
lower picture, it’s being towed and looks like backwards. Also something just went the other way.
I’ll want to believe until the government says it’s real.
The Rock Ness Monster?
It is amazing how rare these sightings are now that almost everyone carrys a high quality camera everywhere they go.
Only in Japan…
First picture looks like Chris Christie’s big, fat butt
There was a movie prop of Nessie from The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes that was lost during production. Over the years, many people mistook the prop for the real thing.
Always weird to hear/see the BritSpeak term ‘holidaymaker’.
Ca-lick Bate.....chie-se Louise....stay at home lady...you ain’t worthy to report anything if you’re AFRAID of the ridicule...
I thought it looked like an otter, too.
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