A Loch Ness Monster hunter who has spent 32 years searching for the mythical beast reckons he might have finally solved the mystery.
Steve Feltham, 60, has lived in the same mobile van by the loch during that time and still has the same pair of binoculars as when he started.
He now thinks Nessie could be a massive species of catfish brought over from Europe that can grow up to 10ft and weigh a whopping 200kg – almost as heavy as a Bengal tiger!
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Mr Feltham said it's well-known that the Victorians introduced Wels catfish into British lakes for sport. The species features on an episode of Jeremy Wade's River Monsters, in which the presenter says they're so big they could swallow children. The Wels can live for up to 100 years.
Mr Feltham believes the Wels could be the mysterious beast that has fuelled Scottish folklore for almost a century. He told Saga magazine: "They fit the description of many of the sightings.
"And if they were introduced in Victorian times they would have been coming to maturity in the 1930s. But, the population would now be dwindling, which explains why the sightings are fewer."
Awestruck by the legend as a child on holiday in the Scottish Highlands, Mr Feltham packed up his life in Dorset in 1991 and pursued his Scottish dream 600 miles away. Speaking about his unique job, he said: "A large part of what I do here is disproving pictures.
"They're boat waves, wind, or animals. But then there's that 5% – and when that happens, and I can't explain an image, we push it into the public domain so people have the opportunity to analyse the latest sighting."
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