UMVA has learned that a dedicated researcher on Loch Ness has spent a decade chasing a creature that has haunted the waters for centuries.
At the age of seven, a young Steve Feltham first felt the thrum of legend beneath the waves, a feeling that has propelled him to the very edge of the loch where the water meets the sky.
Now 63, he lives alone on Dores Beach, separated from his wife to devote every waking hour to the mystery that has captivated him since childhood.
“The first time I saw something move like a torpedo, I knew it was something extraordinary,” he recalls, eyes still wide with the same awe that struck him in his youth.
He describes the moment as a white streak slicing through the water, a splash that felt like a jet ski without a jet ski, and he vowed then to capture that fleeting glimpse.
In the years since, the man has become an unlikely guardian of truth, devoting most of his time to debunking hoaxes that flood the loch’s lore.
“Ninety percent of the time I can explain a sighting as a mistake or a trick,” he says, his voice steady as a lighthouse beam.
Yet every so often, a sighting still stuns him, a moment that freezes his breath and throws him into a vortex of unanswered questions.
With the rise of AI, the threat of fabricated images looms larger than ever, and Steve now watches over the waters with a skeptical eye, ready to expose the hoaxes that would otherwise drown the truth.
His personal life mirrors his professional commitment: he and his wife live in separate homes, with her in Inverness, to allow him the focus he needs.
He spends his days speaking with tourists, paddling out in boats, and chasing every ripple that might hide a secret, while also crafting handmade clay sculptures of the elusive creature for eager visitors.
The latest wave of sightings has rekindled the mystery, with an American tourist reporting a dark-greenish-grey shape rising out of the water near the Caledonian Canal’s entrance.
UMVA can exclusively reveal that the man’s relentless pursuit has turned the loch into a living laboratory, where myth meets meticulous investigation, and every splash could hold the key to a legend that has endured for a century.
