The Spicer road sighting
George Spicer and his wife reported a huge long-necked animal crossing the road ahead of their car beside Loch Ness on 22 July 1933.
George Spicer, a London businessman, and his wife were driving between Dores and Foyers, on the south shore of Loch Ness, on 22 July 1933. The Skeptic puts the time in mid-afternoon. Historic UK says the couple were returning from a holiday in Scotland.
Spicer wrote of seeing "a most extraordinary form of animal" crossing the road in front of their car. The couple described a body about 4 feet high and 25 feet long, with a wavy, narrow neck as long as the road was wide. Spicer gave his first account by writing to the Inverness Courier on 4 August 1933. Wikipedia says this sighting started modern interest in the Loch Ness monster. Historic UK adds that the public learned of the creature appearing on land only in 1933.
"Modern interest in the monster was sparked by a sighting on 22 July 1933, when George Spicer and his wife saw "a most extraordinary form of animal" cross the road in front of their car.[29] They described the creature as having a large body (about 4 feet (1.2 m) high and 25 feet (7.6 m) long) and a long, wavy, narrow neck, slightly thicker than an elephant's trunk and as long as the 10–12-foot (3–4 m) width of the road."
- Monster or mirage?, The Skeptic (2010)
- Loch Ness Monster Sightings On Land, Historic UK