A LIVERPOOL man has spoken of the terrifying moment he thought he would die on Loch Ness.
Alistair McQuillan came within five minutes of death when his canoe was capsized by a freak wave on the infamous Scottish lake.
The 23-year-old, of Hightown, was on the third day of a fundraising canoeing expedition – along with brother Nick, 20, and two friends – when the drama unfolded.
Although they set off in perfect weather, conditions took an abrupt turn for the worse by the time they reached the middle of the loch.
One of the two canoes, carrying Alistair and his friend, Mark Fleming, capsized when they were hit by a massive wave.
After two attempts to get back into the canoe failed, Mark began to swim for shore, but Alistair was unable to follow him after his legs became entangled with a bag which had been thrown from the canoe.
He said: “I thought I was a dead man.”
