White Witch Kevin Carlyon Stands By A statue Of The Loch Ness Monster.
White witch Kevin Carlyon stands by a statue of the Loch Ness Monster as he performs an invocation on the banks of Loch Ness in an attempt to summon the Monster, June 13, 2003. Carlyon, a former wrestler, strode around the four cardinal compass points at the loch on Friday and called on the elements of earth, air, fire and water to use their powers to let the monster, known as Nessie, surface to safety. For centuries, there have been stories of strange creatures in Loch Ness but modern day reports did not start until 1933 and the question of Nessie's existence has since grown into one of the world's most famous and enduring myths. Reuters

Engineer Pita Witehira, who was on Google Earth, has first spotted the huge figure and believed the image was that of a sea monster. He even dismissed the suggestion that the mass could possibly be a boat since it doesn't have the frothy white wake that motors usually create.

Witehira, who owns some property near Oke Bay, has seen the image and that the unidentified creature could measure up to 40 feet long. He even added that the Native Maori would refer to it as "Taniwha" or "troll" as it appeared far from being a whale and the image was too big to be a shark. The shadow moved way too fast and turned too sharply to say that it was a whale. The engineer has also assumed that it had a lot of weight under the water for it to create such kind of drag, Daily Mail reports.

However, not everyone was convinced with Witehira's claim of spotting a gigantic sea creature. Some merely think that the image was just a floating tree trunk while others assume that the long shadow was just a result of some photography glitch.

In addition, the unusual sighting came after an aerial photograph which allegedly shown an image of a giant crab, which was approximately 50 feet wide hiding in the shallow waters of England. The incredible image was shared online in October. The sighting has enticed lots of visitors flocking to the seaside town of Whistable, in Kent, hoping to get a glimpse of Britain's biggest crab. However, others argue that the figure was just a result of an unusually-shaped sandbank, while others believe that it was just a mere hoax. But believers still insist that it was a proof of the existence of "Crabzilla".

In 2013, witnesses snapped a picture of a strange shape off the coast of Australia's Magnetic Island. According to a past report by The Australian, an amateur photographer who spotted the sea creature in the region believed the image to be the Loch Ness Monster. However, marine biologists said that the unidentified marine object is probably a piece of tree or could have been a boat.