The Loch Ness is a now a famous fresh water lake known for its unlikely inhabitant, the Loch Ness monster. The first reported sighting of it dated back as early as 565 A.D.

An Irish monk named Saint Columba reported the first sighting of the lake monster saying that he encountered a "water beast." Since then, several sighting followed.

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However, it was not until 1933 that interest for the monster in the lake started to increase. Perhaps the construction of a road leading to the lake makes explorers and enthusiasts more convinced to travel and observe the area.

As the sighting of the monster gathered attention, the Loch Ness monster soon became a legend. Over 1,000 reported sightings had been associated with the monster, some were allegedly true, while others were a just plain hoax.

One of the widely celebrated proofs of the monster was the so-called surgeon's photograph. However, in 1975 the famous shot was exposed as a hoax. It was revealed that such evidence was made through the use of a toy submarine with a carved monster's head.

The said photograph catapulted Nessie into stardom. Taken by Colonel Robert Wilson in 1934, such photo invited more and more people into the lake waiting for a glimpse of the said monster.

In 2003, the world saw perhaps the highly sophisticated search for the lake monster. BBC conducted the largest search ever using 600 sonar beams and satellite tracking to explore the lake. However, the team of explorers found nothing, despite their best effort.

For a significant period of time, believers of the said monster were worried about a dry spell of sightings, which meant no one had claimed to see the beast since August last year. However, such worry was then eliminated when 28-year-old, a care assistant from Abbey Hey, Manchester, Hayley Johnson, reported the most recent sighting to date.

"I couldn't believe my eyes. Then about half a mile away I saw this dark shape sticking up - like a neck. I thought at first it was a tree, but it was very strange. I took a picture. It was there for a couple of seconds, but when I looked back it was gone. I was shocked. I was really excited about Nessie as a child but to be honest I thought Nessie had probably died in the 1930s. I didn't think she was alive any more. I know now that she is very much alive. I'm just so excited - it's unbelievable what's happened," The Sun quoted the latest witness of Loch Ness sighting as saying.

No one really knows with great certainty up to now on whether Nessie really did exist or it was a just figment of a person's imagination. However, more research and exploration are being done in order to put into conclusion the mystery of the Loch Ness monster.

Watch here below the alleged photo of Nessie: