Is Nessie really a huge eel?

A few months back, the results of a DNA survey of Loch Ness eliminated a lot of the more fanciful hopes and ideas put forth for the identity of the cryptozoologic enigma, among which are:

- a prehistoric plesiosaur;
- a monster sturgeon;
- a selkie (admittedly, not very likely);
- a mutant otter;
- a mutant aquarium turtle (wait, that was a Jimmy Neutron episode);
- a soliton (special kind of wave); or even
- a floating log (and if you think that's crazy, check out what's still floating around in Crater Lake).

Well, people keep seeing things in Loch Ness, especially with the help of a camera set up near the famous Urquhart Castle.  Recently, somebody saw something there.


Loch Ness Monster expert claims he has captured the first 'confirmed' sighting of Nessie this decade in clip showing mysterious 10ft-long object

And if you watch the clip, it looks like something is there.

Back to that DNA study.  The one thing that it said was possible was eels.  Now, a 10-foot eel would be a very big eel, but it appears that there are some big ones near there, at least in the River Ness:


LOCH YES MONSTER Boffins believe they’ve finally got video proof that Nessie exists…and is actually a giant eel

This even has a video -- and it really looks like a very big eel.

So maybe there is something in unusual in Loch Ness.

I hope so.