Monster twister in Loch Ness captured on camera by Nessie hunter

For three decades, he has been seeking a monster of the deep.

Nessie hunter Steve Feltham turned his camera skyward and, instead, captured a monster twister up above on Monday night.

What’s known as a ‘funnel cloud’ emerged from a dark area lurking above Meall Fuar-mhonaidh, a hill overlooking the loch at Drumnadrochit in Inverness-shire.

For several minutes, Steve, 61, filmed the mini-tornado as it appeared to reach down to the summit.

A few minutes later, and with no visible damage caused, it began to retreat upwards into the cloud that had spawned it.

Said Steve:”I have been on the beach here for 33 years and I’ve never seen anything like it.

“It’s been a calm afternoon. From where I am in my caravan, I can see 23 miles right down the loch.

“It just caught my attention and I grabbed my camera and started filming it. I got lucky, I guess.

“It’s obviously not the kind of natural phenomenon I want to capture but it shows I’ll be ready should anything happen on the water.”

The Highland region is at the centre of a severe weather warning tonight (Tues) when heavy rain is expected to fall over a 26-hour period.

Another funnel cloud was spotted yesterday afternoon at Oldmeldrum in Aberdeenshire and there were reports of another in Yorkshire.

These twisters are only called tornados if they touch the earth.

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