By Tim Binnall
A series of compelling photos that show what appears to be a mysterious creature in Loch Ness have been transformed into an intriguing video that seemingly conveys the anomalous animal swimming through the water. The remarkable presentation, which can be seen above, reportedly has a rather unusual origin story befitting the legendary 'monster.' Witness Chie Kelly made headlines last August when she revealed a 2018 sighting wherein she snapped several fantastic photos of a curious creature that emerged from the waters of Loch Ness. The subsequent discovery of dozens of additional images from the incident led her to connect with a Hollywood star's cryptozoology podcast, which managed to bring her sighting to life.
Initially thinking that she had only saved 15 photos from the event, Kelly was amazed to find that there were another 56 pictures that wound up not being fully deleted. With the help of Nessie researcher Steve Felton, Chai turned to comedian Rhys Darby, of Flight of the Conchords fame, who happens to also be a cryptozoology enthusiast with a podcast dubbed The Cryptid Factor. Relying on metadata to determine the precise sequence and timing of the images, show co-host Leon Kirbeck fashioned the photos into a four-minute-long video that best conveys the sighting as it unfolded that day.
The complete presentation seems to show a fairly sizeable creature making its way through the water and, in the process, briefly emerging and providing a better glimpse of its body. "This video allows us to see how the monster moves, which is a game changer," the hosts of the Cryptid Factor declared in a statement, "as soon as we saw the finished footage we knew we had to take it to the world." Their amazement was echoed by Chai, who indicated that the creation "put together by Leon of these still images from my camera, is what we saw. Watching it brings back the memory of the day we witnessed this strange phenomenon." What do you make of the tantalizing video? Weigh in with your thoughts at the C2C Facebook page.