Image or story of Loch Ness Monster could earn $1,500

Snapping a picture of the Loch Ness Monster or even just telling a plausible story of the creature is about to win one person $1,500.

Gambling bookmaker William Hill is preparing to give away their annual prize for the best Nessie sighting, although the prize hasn't been handed out since 2002. That is when Glasgow postal worker Bobbie Pollock captured video of something moving in the water. It was the last recorded sighting.

"Nessie, it seems, has been in the wilderness but there were at least three sightings last year," said Gary Campbell, president of the Official Loch Ness Monster Fan Club, to the Daily Mail. "Two have been photographed and the third sounds plausible."

The first sighting happened when William and Joan Jobes captured what appeared to be something peaking above the water a few hundred metres from shore while on vacation in May. They managed only one picture before the 'head' slipped below the surface.

Then in June, Jan and Simon Hargreaves claim to have caught a glimpse of the creature near the village of Foyers, but didn't manage to get it on film. They said they saw something black with a long neck disappear under the water surface.

The third sighting in the running came in September when Jon Rowe captured two dark bumps poking out of the water while photographing a rainbow.

Not only was it a big year for sightings of Nessie, but other fabled creatures also been in the headlines.

In November, a B.C. man believed he shot video proving the existence of Ogopogo, Canada's version of the Loch Ness monster, which lives in Lake Okanagan.

And in October an international team of scientists went on an expedition in Russia looking for a the Yeti.

William Hill will announce the winner of the Loch Ness Monster Sighting contest later this year.