2026-07-28 13:01:49

An American tourist claims to have spotted a “white shark fin”moving through the waters of Loch Ness.

Sara Gubicza was visiting the fabled Scottish loch during a vacation from the USA with her husband in April and she’s revealed spotted an unusual-looking object moving through the water while they were taking a bus tour around the area. She compared it to the fin of a shark fuelling speculation the fabled Loch Ness Monster could be alive and well.

She reported the sighting to the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register, explaining: “The fin size was about an 18 inch triangle and it was whitish grey.

“As far as how fast it was moving, I’m not really sure as I was on a bus riding by when I saw it. It seemed to be right in the middle of the loch. It wasn’t close to any shore line.

“It was close to Loch Dochfour and before the Urquhart Castle coming from Inverness. Because we were coming from Inverness, we were going south and the fin was going the opposite direction so north.”

There have been seven sightings reported to the organisation in 2026.

It comes after experts tracking Scotland’s infamous Loch Ness Monster feared the legendary beast may be dead. Sightings of a mysterious beast in the waters of the loch stretch back as far as 1933, but some Nessie hunters fear she could have met her death because reports have dropped off substantially and they haven’t had any plausible glimpses in a very long time.

According to the Daily Star newspaper, Rob Long, from the Loch Ness Exploration [LNE] team said: “There is a real fear for her as it normally is not this long that we go without a single glimpse.

“Normally people from our team will see her but so far, none of us have. Others have claimed to but we have not seen waters this quiet.

“The viewings have gotten less over the years, but never this scarce for us. Despite the lack of viewings, 2024 was the year we got the most definitive proof that Nessie exists – with the sonar recordings among the best we have ever got.”

He went on to add: “So although the viewings were scarce, they were of better quality. Now there’s nothing. “Nessie has been there, we all know it, but she is clearly getting wise to people looking for her. We also think she is being put off from additional activity in the loch, such as people wanting to try cold water swimming.”

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