Loch Ness Monster Day: Remembering the first photograph that sparked 90 years of legend

Today in history, 12 November 1933, a photograph was taken that would ignite one of the world’s most enduring legends. On that cold Sunday, a man named Hugh Gray, walking his dog near Foyers on the eastern shore of Loch Ness, captured a blurry image that would come to define a mystery still alive ninety years later. Even in an era defined by artificial intelligence, digital precision, and scientific scrutiny, the legend born of that single frame refuses to do away with an explanation. The image, ambiguous, grainy, endlessly debated, continues to stir imagination and disbelief in equal measure, drawing people from across the globe to Scotland’s most enigmatic waters. The story of the Loch Ness Monster stretches back far beyond the lens of any camera. The earliest known account dates