Loch Ness monster enthusiasts gear up for biggest search in 50 years

Using drones and acoustic equipment, hundreds of volunteers from around the world take part in the surface watch

It was 90 years ago that Aldie Mackay, manager of the Drumnadrochit hotel, burst into the bar one evening to tell dumbfounded patrons she had just witnessed a water beast" in Loch Ness.

It was this sighting - zealously reported in the Inverness Courier - that began the modern myth-making around an elusive monster surviving in the depths of the Highland loch - and next weekend hundreds of Nessie enthusiasts are expected to take part in the biggest organised hunt for the mysterious creature in 50 years.