Sonar detected a mysterious object in the depths of Loch Ness Lake

Slogi, a seasoned fishing enthusiast, was surprised by the unusual find.

It's the biggest object I've ever seen," he shared in an interview with the Daily Mail.

The object had an elongated shape and sonar readings indicated the presence of air pockets. Given these features, Slogi speculated that he could have encountered the legendary Loch Ness monster, a mysterious creature from Scottish folklore that has been legendary for decades.

Slogi noted that he had never before encountered such a signal on his equipment.

'I'm not saying it was definitely a monster, but it's definitely something unusual,' he added.

Experts speculate that there could have been large schools of fish, underwater currents or even sunken objects at depth that could create similar signals on the sonar. However, the exact explanation remains unknown for now.

Over the decades, many rumours have formed around Loch Ness about a mysterious creature supposedly inhabiting its depths. Despite the abundance of stories and testimonies, no conclusive evidence of the existence of the Ness has ever been found.

One of the first reports that fuelled the modern "fever" over the Loch Ness Monster appeared on 2 May 1933. The Inverness Courier newspaper published a story of a local couple who claimed they had seen a "huge creature tumbling and diving on the surface" of the loch.

Even more famous was a photo taken in 1934 by Colonel Robert Kenneth Wilson, a London physician. This image was long considered proof of the monster's existence until one of the participants in the hoax, Chris Sperling, confessed on his deathbed that the photograph was a forgery.

Other evidence exists as well. In 2001, James Gray and his friend Peter Levings, while fishing on a lake, took a photograph that they thought captured something unusual. And in 1933, the Daily Express published a blurry photograph of Hugh Gray that claimed to show a large sea creature.

The earliest mention of the monster dates back to 565 AD, when Irish missionary St Columba supposedly encountered the giant beast in the River Ness.

Despite numerous sightings, there is still no satisfactory explanation for the phenomena. In 2019, Ness expert Steve Feltham, who has devoted 24 years to observing the lake, suggested that the legendary creature could be a giant catfish that lives in the waters of Europe.

An online register created by Gary Campbell, founder of the official Loch Ness Monster Fan Club, has more than 1,000 recorded sightings and is available at www.lochnesssightings.com.

So what might be the explanation for these mysterious sightings?

Some eyewitnesses have mentioned large growths on the creature's back that resemble crocodile scales, leading to versions of an escaped amphibian. The local sturgeons, which reach considerable size and have fluted backs, can look almost reptilian.

There is also a theory that Nesi is a plesiosaur with a long neck, such as Elasmosaurus, that somehow survived the dinosaur extinction.

Another hypothesis has to do with Scots pine trees, which after dying fall into a lake, get drunk with water and drown. Under water, gases accumulate in them, and at some point the log floats to the surface, changing shape under pressure and creating the illusion of an animal surfacing for a breath of air.