A man who spent more than two decades looking for the elusive Loch Ness Monster has said that the creature could be just a very large catfish.
Steve Feltham, 52, gave up his girlfriend and job to start searching for Nessie in 1991 and now he believes he solved the mystery of the monster’s existence.
"The current frontrunner is the Wels catfish. It's the most likely explanation," he told AFP.
His explanation is not too exciting for those in the Loch Ness Monster Fan Club, but he left the door open to other possibilities.
"I'm not saying it's the final explanation. It ticks most of the boxes with sightings -- but it doesn't tick them all."
The Wels catfish can grow up to 13 feet long and weigh more than 800 pounds.
Sightings of the mysterious prehistoric monster have been reported since the 1930s. One famous photo taken then is known as the "Surgeon's Photograph." That photo, however, is now known to have been a hoax.
Feltham vowed that he will continue searching for the monster that some believe still lurks in Scotland’s Loch Ness lake.
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