Loch Ness ‘monster’ is spotted in a lake in Wimbledon
Has Nessie moved to Wimbledon? Snap taken by construction manager out for early morning stroll looks just like 1934 photo that helped spark Loch Ness Monster craze
Arek Chytros, 35, took the photo at Wimbledon Park Lake, south-west LondonIt is similar to the famous ‘surgeon’s photograph’ taken by Colonel Robert Kenneth Wilson in 1934 which appears to show the beast’s head and neckOnline commenters thought Mr Chytros’ photo looked suspiciously like a car exhaust, wheelbarrow, cat or car exhaust – but he knows what he snapped…
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If the man who snapped the most famous picture of the Loch Ness Monster were still alive, he’d be startled by the sight of this eerie photograph.
It’s a dead ringer for the photo taken by Colonel Robert Kenneth Wilson in 1934 – but this one was taken recently in Wimbledon Park Lake, in south-west London… 600 miles away.
The photo, shot by construction site manager Arek Chytros, captures a black outline in the water that looks like the mythical monster but also not unlike a wheelbarrow, car exhaust, or indeed, a tree branch.
And just like the one taken by Colonel Wilson, a surgeon by trade – hence its name the ‘surgeon’s photograph’ – it appears to show the monster’s neck and head.
Arek Chytros, 35, took this photo of what appears to be the Loch Ness Monster – but 600 miles away in Wimbledon Park Lake, in south-west London, during a morning stroll
The construction site manager’s photo (above) is a dead ringer for the one taken by Colonel Robert Kenneth Wilson in 1934. Online commenters thought it looked suspiciously like a wheelbarrow, car exhaust or cat. (‘It’s a tree,’ said Mr Chytros)
Mr Chytros, 35, said he took the picture while strolling by the lake one morning.
Since he posted it online, it has garnered hundreds of likes and dozens of comments.
‘My goodness,’ wrote one person. ‘Awesome,’ said another.
But it was not taken so seriously by others.
One Londoner wrote: ‘That’s an escaped elephant. Anyone missing any?’ Another said: ‘F***ing wild swimmers!’
Colonel Wilson, a surgeon by trade, took this famous picture (the ‘surgeon’s photograph’) of the ‘monster’ in Loch Ness in 1934, which appears to show its neck and head
Meanwhile, one Scot commented: ‘On behalf of all Invernessians living in London, I can confirm that we endorse this message.’
Others proposed that Mr Chytros had seen a cat, an exhaust system, a wheelbarrow or a Boris bike – with one quipping that Nessie ‘took a holiday’.
The ‘surgeon’s photograph’ made headlines at the time, but is now said to have been an elaborate hoax.
It was apparently created using a toy submarine with wood putty attached, fashioned into a head and neck.
For Mr Chytros, however, the hoax is not so elaborate.
‘It’s a tree,’ he said. ‘As soon as I spotted, it I thought of Nessie hence I snapped a picture.’
But Mr Chytros is keeping an open mind as to whether an actual Loch Ness Monster exists.
‘You never know what’s hiding in the unknown,’ he said.
‘If a real Nessie exists then it’s got to be some dinosaur that refused to go extinct. I’d like to think that it does exist.’
The Loch Ness monster is believed to resemble a prehistoric swimming reptile such as the plesiosaur (illustrated here)