Norwegian Lake Monster

Norwegian investigator Erik Knatterud has turned up a sighting report from a Norwegian newspaper. It involves a large aquatic cryptid photographed with an older camera-cell phone in 2005. The witness (an older man who was afraid he wouldn't be believed) finally allowed the picture to be published. To be honest, this isn't a great photo, and all caveats apply. Erik is investigating this report, and hopes to have a copy of the original pic to examine soon. A rough (very rough) translation of the newspaper article follows (primarily an online translator, with some modification from Erik's notes to a cryptozoology list):

"Is this a sjøorm (sea serpent)?

"Einar Johannes Sandnes wonders about a sjøorm he saw stick up at Snåsavatnet (Snaasa Lake). What do you believe?

"David Braendeland

"Could this be one of the sjøorm? Creature that appeared at Snåsavatnet stayed long enough to shake up Einar Johannes Sandnes.
"It all began with an absolutely ordinary fishing trip on a calm summer evening.
"'We'd been fishing the entire afternoon. As evening arrived and the sun stepped down we went to land for a cup coffee. Abruptly I looked at the lake, and there it was. I got a picture with the mobile telephone before it disappeared,' he told Nettavisen.

"Close at hand
"Sandnes, who has a farm near the Snåsavatnet, remembers well the episode as it happened in June 2005.
"'We became certainly excited and wondered what it was,' he recalls.
"The creature apparently appeared close at hand to them.
"'It was around 20 to 50 meters away, close to the land. It was summer and still light, and was easy to see,' he added.

"250 meter deep
"Sandnes is well-known in the area around the 48 kilometre long lake that lies north of Steinkjer in North Trønderlag. He say there are many stories about sjøormer in Snåsavatnet.
"'There are certainly rumours, from time to time. Sjøormen has been nicknamed Kudulla. That is the original name of Snåsavatnet,' he believes.
"The lake is charted to 21 (121?) meters deep. Sandnes states however that the firm NTE laid a cable there and detected depths to 250 meters.
"'So there is no wonder there could be a sjøorm there,' he claims.

"Afraid he would not be believed
"Einar Johannes Sandnes has had the picture of the possible sjøormen on his mobile telephone now for over a year and a half. Now he allows Nettavisen to show it.
"'I was long afraid to show it. I was certainly afraid nobody would believe it,' says Sandnes."