It looks like the Highlands’ most famous resident has been teasing us again.
Sightings of Nessie have been few and far between recently but this picture taken by an international paranormal investigator turned monster hunter seems to show the legendary creature is back.
The image taken by Jonathan Bright shows Nessie poking her head above the waves of beautiful Loch Ness.
But Mr Bright is not claiming to have a photograph proving Nessie’s existence.
He plans to return to Loch Ness after examining thousands more photographs he has taken around the famous loch this week.
The 46-year-old said: “I investigate the paranormal but I also investigate legends and Nessie is one of them. Among others I have looked at is the Dracula stories and I travelled extensively in Transylvania to investigate that.
“Three years ago, I came to Scotland to investigate the Nessie legend and took thousands of photographs. It took me six months to look at them all and I found this one which I showed when I spoke at the Scottish Paranormal Festival in Stirling this week.
“After I had finished there, I came north to spend more time searching for an answer to the Nessie story. My picture is a talking point. Some people will say it is physical and the monster, others will say it is a trick of the water, others will say it is a hoax.
“It is what it is and I hope to find more proof now and in the future about what the Loch Ness Monster really is.”
Mr Bright’s picture is similar to that taken by Boston-based Dr Robert Rines, who spent years researching and searching for the elusive waterhorse.
He brought sophisiticated underwater camera and sonar equipment to the Highlands in 1972 in a bid to solve the mystery.
Dr Rines died in 2009 never having obtained conclusive proof but his “gargoyle head” picture and one of what appears to be a long-necked beast swimming through the water plus a close-up of a flipper remain the best images of what could be Nessie.