A father and son duo claim they were attacked by the infamous ‘Nessie’ while canoeing on Loch Ness.
Geoff Potts, an experienced guide, and his son Chris were each paddling in their own canoes when they were both struck from below. The sudden impact almost caused Chris to lose grip of his paddle.
Geoff, 53, and Chris, 24, are no strangers to the famous loch, having canoed there numerous times, but this time was different.
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(Image: Jam Press Vid/Geoff Potts)
Geoff shared: “I guide canoe trips on the Great Glen. I’ve done around 40 or so in the last few years. A few weeks ago while I was out with my son Chris something bumped my canoe hard from below.
“And when I mentioned it to Chris he said he hit something with his paddle which nearly took it out of his hand. I didn’t see anything. I just felt a big thump against the bottom of my boat. In nearly 40 great Glen crossings I’ve never experienced it.”
“Chris saw nothing too but he also hit something hard with his paddle which nearly made him drop it. I’ve completed around 40 crossings since 2021 including the first recorded non stop solo crossing that I’m aware of in an open canoe.”
(Image: Jam Press/Geoff Potts)
He added that the impact felt different from hitting a log. “Loch Ness has an impressive presence about it – I mean it’s huge,” he said. As I’ve completed it so many times it was confusing to get a thud which sounded dull. I have hit logs before but this was not like hitting wood at all. You immediately wonder what it was. But the water is so dark you can only see down a foot or so.”
Last month a hydrophone device – which detects noise underwater – picked up a strange sound in the loch that had experts questioning what could be lurking in the depths. Underwater detectors picked up a regular heartbeat.
The rhythmic pulsing was detected on a hydrophone that was deployed 100 feet below the Scottish lake’s surface.
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