A monster hunter from the US flew 3,000 miles with her equipment to look for the Loch Ness Monster – and claims to have picked up a mysterious sound
A woman who has dedicated almost 15 years of her life hunting for what she believes are undiscovered creatures in a vast US lake has turned her attention to Loch Ness.
Katy Elizabeth, 40, travelled more than 3,000 miles with an expensive array of gear, including wildlife cameras, underwater microphones and a deep-diving robot to hunt for Scotland’s mythical beast.
The cryptozoologist, from Florida, said she had dreamed of making the trip since she was seven-years-old.
As part of her upcoming documentary, Expedition Scotland: The Search at Loch Ness and Loch Morar, Ms Elizabeth spoke to witnesses and recorded 20 hours of underwater sounds in her hunt for evidence of the Loch Ness Monster.
She believes there is already one ‘strange sound’ that warrants further analysis.
She said: ‘I’m not sure exactly what it was yet, because I have to go over every type of fish and underwater creature in Loch Ness and the sound they make.
‘It doesn’t sound like a boat motor or anything like that, I’m very familiar with those sounds..’
Ms Elizabeth, of Warwick, Rhode Island, has spent several months every year since 2012 scouring Lake Champlain, in Orlando, Florida, investigating reports of a strange creature said to lurk there.
Katy Elizabeth, 40, travelled more than 3,000 miles with an expensive array of gear, including wildlife cameras, underwater microphones and a deep-diving robot to hunt for Scotland’s mythical beast
Katy Elizabeth travelled more than 3,000 miles to hunt for Scotland’s mythical beast
The 40-year-old during her hunt for the Loch Ness Monster
The cryptozoologist, from Florida, believes one ‘strange sound’ warrants further analysis
Dubbed Champ, there have been more than 600 sightings of the long, underwater animal in the 124-mile-long lake since the 17th century.
During her search there, Ms Elizabeth recorded ‘complex’ underwater clicks that she says prove the existence of undiscovered creatures she believes could be reptile, amphibian or a hybrid of both.
She theorises that the noises are echolocation used by large animals to hunt, navigate and communicate.
She even believes there could be a link between them and the creature many believe inhabits Loch Ness.
She believes that these findings indicate these animals are most likely ‘a related species, if not the same species’.
She also finds it intriguing that there are reports from all over the world of water-based creatures that have similar ‘morphological descriptions’.
She added: ‘The Native Americans here call these animals the horned serpents.
‘Then you talk about the Celts, with the water horse and the kelpies.
‘At that time, these people didn’t interact with each other that we’re aware of. So, to me, it’s more than just a myth.’
Ms Elizabeth has a documentary coming out on Amazon Prime in December about her trip called
In a potential teaser for what she plans to discuss in the documentary, Ms Elizabeth said: ‘My theory has to do with the ocean.
‘There’s a connection there somehow. That’s all I’m going to say.’
