'I snapped huge horse-headed sea beast on film and was scared I'd be called mad'

A photographer admits he feared sharing jaw-dropping pictures he captures of a 14ft horse-headed lake monster.

Linden Adams was watching over an eerily misty Lake Windermere, Cumbria in 2007 when he and his wife at the time spotted a long silhouette swimming and diving along the water’s surface.

Instincts took over for the professional snapper who immediately pulled out his camera to capture around 15 photos of what they could see bobbing along England’s most famous body of water.

Disappointed with his shots, Linden grabbed a pair of binoculars which zoomed into something so unnatural, the couple frantically searched for someone else to confirm they hadn’t gone mad.