Purported sightings on land
Name: Duncan Campbell
Date: 1527
Location: Not known
Description: A terrible beast seen on the loch shore.
Name: Group of children
Date: 1879
Location: North shore
Description: Small head on long neck turning from side to side. Grey in
colour.
Name: E.H. Bright
Date: 1880
Location: Drumnadrochit
Description: Monster left wooded area and waddled to water on 4 legs.
Long neck, dark grey in colour.
Name: Gypsy woman
Date: 1890
Location: North shore
Description: No details but she took detour over hills so she never
passed same place again.
Name: William MacGruer
Date: 1912
Location: Inchnacardoch Bay
Description: Animal with long legs looking like a camel with a long neck
moved into loch and vanished. Yellow in colour.
Name: Mrs. Peter Cameron
Date: 1919
Location: Not known
Description: Head like a camel on long neck with 4 limbs. Camel like
colour.
Name: Alfred Cruickshank
Date: April 1923
Location: Invermoriston
Description: While driving down road saw a monster with body 3 to
3.6m long with a 3m tail. It had a arched back and 4 webbed, elephant
like legs. Khaki green in colour.
Name: Alec Muir
Date: 1930’s
Location: Inverfarigaig
Description: Large beast crossed road in front of car
Name: School children
Date: 1930’s
Location: Urquhart Bay
Description: Horrifying animal seen moving from swamp area in
Urquhart Bay into loch.
Name: Mrs. Eleanor Price-Hughes
Date: 1933
Location: Not known
Description: Large creature emerged from bushes and vanished into
loch.
Name: Col. L. MCP Fordyce
Date: April 1933
Location: Near Foyers
Description: Like cross between a large horse and camel with hump on
its back. Small head on long neck. Grey in colour.
Name: George Spicer
Date: July 1933
Location: Between Dores and Foyers
Description: Large creature crossed road 140m in front of car. Thick
body with long neck. Grey 7.5m long. Moved in a jerky movement then
slided into loch.
Name: Mrs. M.F. MacLennan
Date: August 1933
Location: Dores
Description: Dark grey mass on beach 6 to 7.5m long. Several humps
with short, thick legs.
Name: Mrs. Ried
Date: December 1933
Location: Inverfarigaig
Description: Seen resting on shore. hairy body with thick mane on neck.
Size of hippopotamus. Large, round head with short thick legs.
Name: Arthur Grant
Date: January 1934
Location: Abriachan
Description: Small eel like head on long neck. Bulky, 4.5 to 6m long
body with 2 humps and 1.5m long tail. Black or dark brown, 4 flipper
like legs.
Name: Jean MacDonald and Patricia Harvey
Date: February 1934
Location: Inchnacardoch Bay
Description: Seen crossing a stream in moonlight. Thick, dark body
tapering toward tail – lighter underneath. 4 thick, short legs. Body about
3m long.
Name: Miss Margaret Munro
Date: June 1934
Location: Borlum Bay
Description: Seen on shingle beach. Large body with giraffe like neck
with small head. Dark grey body. 2 short forelegs or flippers.
Name: Torquil Macleod
Date: February 1960
Location: Opposite the Horse Shoe
Description: Grey/black mass with elephant like trunk. Pair of front
paddles in all 13.5m long.
Name: L.N.I.
Date: June 1963
Location: Seen from Achnahannet
Description: Seen and filmed on shore 4km away. Film no good
because of distance but guessed at body of 5m long.