
© Michael EggerRuss Sittlow set up a surveillance camera to video tape the creature swimming in the channel behind his home.
There's something strange and big swimming in the canals of Madeira Beach along the Pinellas County coast. Those who have seen it say it's no fish and think it could be a sea serpent.
Russ Sittlow, 78, has seen it. He calls the creature "Normandy Nessie" because he lives on Normandy Road.
The retired engineer said he first saw "Nessie" in April.
"His head come up out of the water, and then he rolled up in a double roll behind him and he was long he was huge," he said of that first sighting.
Sittlow said he has seen two of the creatures in the canal, one very large, and the other a bit smaller. He estimates the largest one is at least 30 feet long.
Sittlow set up a surveillance camera to record video if the creatures came back. He said his camera recorded "Nessie" three times since September, the latest Saturday.
Comment: You can read the first sighting of this object here.