"I have no idea what I saw, but I would say it was an animal of some kind."
A man claiming to have the spotted the Loch Ness Monster while on holidays with his family has brought the number of sighting to 7 this year.
Mr Van-Schuerbeck reportedly seen a dark object near Point Clair on Saturday, August 29.
His claim has been accepted by the Official Loch Ness Sightings Register.
Ross MacAulay and his colleagues at the fire brigade were the last to spot the monster.
MacAulay photographed the sixth spotting of the year on his mobile phone.
The other five sightings were recorded by the loch's webcams.
According to the Mirror, MacAulay said:
"There were a couple of kayakers, but 100 yards ahead of them was something below the surface. At first I thought it was a big rock under the water and I just carried on driving,"
"Then I thought 'there's never been a rock there before' - so curiosity got the better of me. I turned round and parked in a long lay-by.
"The object had moved and was now out in the middle of the loch. The kayakers were much further behind. The creature must have done 400 yards in a minute - and against the wind.
"I started watching it for five minutes. There was no long neck, no head, just the hump bit.
"I would say it was 12ft long and 4ft wide, at its widest. It was light grey and it went under the water then up and then disappeared.
"I have lived all my life in the area and I am keen fisherman who has spent hundreds of hours on the loch. But I have never seen anything like that before. Did I believe in Nessie? - hell no!
"I have seen seals dozens of times in the loch, but this was far too big to be a seal. It was not a log and was travelling against the wind.
"If somebody can explain to me what I have seen that would be great - but I just can't explain it. I never thought I would be one of those guys seeing Nessie.
"I kept quiet at first but then I showed it (the images) to my fellow firefighters and they at first took the Mick, but are equally baffled. In fact one had seen something himself, 25 years ago.
"I have no idea what I saw, but I would say it was an animal of some kind."
