Loch Ness Monster hunter saw mystery creature 'shoot from water like torpedo'

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Nessie exists.When Steve Feltham turned 28, he decided to pack in his day job and set out to fulfil his lifelong dream of finding the mythical Loch Ness monster.After selling all his possessions, Steve bought a mobile library van and outfitted it for his hunt, before parking up on the banks of the Loch in late 1991.READ MORE: Bombshell Nessie theory that Loch Monster is long-necked dinosaurAnd amazingly, he's been there ever since.Now 59, Steve has lived over half his adult life as a hermit, spending each day gazing out at the sullen, black waters of the loch.Speaking to Daily Star, he revealed the best "sighting" he ever had, saying "The closest I ever came to proof was many years ago back in 1992."At around 11am in the morning, something shot through the water as if it had been fired from a torpedo."All I could see was a spray of water or whatever it was.

It couldn’t have been the salmon, which is our biggest fish here. In my noviceness, I just froze and it was gone."I should have photographed.

I thought, if that happened in my first year I’ll see it again at some point – but I’m still waiting to this day."Steve admitted his passion for finding Nessie has consumed his life.He said: "I hold the world record for hunting Nessie.

I’ve kept watch at the Lock since June 19 1991, so 31 years in total. "I always came here in my spare time, I was obsessed with it.