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The first sightings of the Loch Ness Monster caught on video in 2024 show what one expert calls “an obvious pattern of behavior.”
Prolific Loch Ness Monster spotter Eoin O’Faodhagain says he has seen the creature act in the same fashion that it did last week and in prior observations.
“It’s the first time I have captured it early in the morning, moving north,” he told the Mirror. “I have previously captured it moving south, late in the evening and near dark. We have discovered for the very first time that Nessie forages one way in the morning while light is at a bare minimum, and travels back when the light of the evening is diminishing.
“The question in my mind is: why and where is this creature going in the mornings and returning in the evenings, in the same area of the loch? It is fantastic to get the first sighting of 2024, but it is also great to pick up on different patterns of Nessie’s behavior that weren’t known before, through watching daily on the webcam.”
He says the Loch Ness Monster moved in the opposite direction back in November in footage he captured.
“Maybe Nessie is not as active during the day and rests on ledges down in the depths of Loch Ness having a siesta,” he said. “This may also explain why folk do not see her too often during the day, when all tourist cruisers and pleasure crafts are out and about, creating noise and disturbance.”
“Wake spotted moving left to right at Shoreland Lodges Loch Ness early in the morning while it was still dark at Loch Ness hence the image in black and white mode on webcam. Similar to previous wakes, as they are all single line wakes in the water,” reads the description to the video.
Eoin O’Faodhagain also shared two followup videos. The first shows four wakes captured on the Visit Inverness Loch Ness (VILN) Shoreland Lodges webcam over a six-week period from November 2023 to January 2024.
“There is an obvious pattern of behavior emerging to these sightings,” he wrote in the video’s description.
The second video shows the movement of the Loch Ness Monster, emerging and submerging on January 17th.
“Nessie moving from left to right of the screen half a mile out in the middle of Loch Ness, showing at times as a black hump, constantly moving south at 16.54pm late in the winter evening near at dusk,” he explained.