Grainy footage picked up by a webcam on the shore of Loch Ness in Scotland appears to show a '20ft object' moving through the water, leading some to speculate that it could be the loch's notorious monster

Loch Ness Monster enthusiasts have been sent into a frenzy after a mysterious object was spotted in the loch.

Images of the bizarre object were captured by a 24/7 webcam set up at the southeastern end of Loch Ness. It was seen heading towards Cherry Island, a man-made outpost on the loch, last Sunday.

The snaps were shared to the Loch Ness Exploration group on Facebook. The post explained: "The object whatever it was captured on the Shoreland lodges webcam. The object was moving close to shore towards Cherry Island direction before turning and heading further out into the Loch before disappearing out of site."

The object seen heading towards Cherry Island (Image: Jam Press/Visit Inverness Loch Ness)

The post added that the man who submitted the images has been visiting Loch Ness since the 1980s. He is said to be "familiar with natural phenomena, the environment and the wildlife around the loch", and was open to suggestions as to what the images might show.

Commenting on the post, one Facebook user said: "Close to shore but it looks pretty big. 20ft maybe?" Another said: "After all these years 2025 still lurking there." And a third said: "Is this a serious sighting or are we looking at manipulated pictures? Looks amazing if real."

Yet not everyone was convinced by the images, with some users offering what might be considered more realistic explanations. One local said: "The recent storms have brought hundreds of big chunks of wood to the loch, I have seen trees washed up on the shore in Foyers this week, some of the wood in the water is pretty large, could it be this?"

Not everyone is convinced by the images (Image: Jam Press/Visit Inverness Loch Ness)

Another Facebook user said: "Is this a swimming float? They are normally orange or yellow though." While a third said: "My best guess is that it's a wild swimmer."

Last August underwater detectors picked up a "heartbeat" deep in Loch Ness. The rhythmic pulsing was picked up on a hydrophone that was deployed 100ft beneath the surface. At the time researcher Alan McKenna said he was excited by the audio recording.

He said: "We deployed the hydrophone which was lowered down to 30 metres below the surface close to where Robert Rines’ strobe camera was placed in 1972.

"At around 10.41am, we started to pick up a strange sound. This is the first time hearing the pulse or heartbeat so clearly. I’m not suggesting it’s a heartbeat, I'm merely using that as a description."