Usually the amazing sightings reported at Loch Ness is about Nessie, but not today. A meteor shower was captured late Sunday night in breath taking fashion as the shooting star was captured as the man behind the lens said was an “absolute fluke”.
John Alasdair Macdonald, a tour guide, caught the meteor on film at about 9pm last night in the Scottish Highlands.
Taking his Sony RX100 compact camera outside to capture some photographs of the stars in Drumnadrochit, on the west shore of Loch Ness, Mr Macdonald described it as a “beautiful night”.
His wife is quoted as saying “it was just sheer dumb luck,” Mr Macdonald told The Independent: “It was a complete fluke, an absolute fluke”.
The image posted on the Facebook page of his tour website, The Hebridean Explorer, where it quickly attracted a lot of attention.
Some of the above is taken from The Independent article. Now my thoughts are Loch Ness has a history of odd sightings over years from Nessie to Strange lights seen in the sky. Wait strange lights seen in the sky? Wait strange lights in the sky? Hmm, do meteors fit the bill? Yes. They will not explain every strange light or Nessie, unless Nessie is really an alien catching rides on a meteor showers… wait… nah.., but a meteor shower would help to explain some of the legends and folklore of the area. Can you imagine ancient man seeing something like that picture of the meteor and the child like wonder it would create or fear? Very striking indeed. I think it just proves the Loch has many secrets…. who knows maybe the next picture of a meteor coming down will be taken by Nessie – that spotlight stealing monster is never far from my thoughts….