There have been a few, including mysterious dead bodies that were never explained.
For example: A body was found, 40 years ago or so, near The Shelter Stone at Loch Avon. It was estimated to have been there for at least 4 months and was never identified.
Perhaps the oddest in Aberdeenshire was the body found in a burn on Ben Avon in the 1930s or 40s . The man was wearing a city type suit, a bowler hat was found nearby. Upstream a short distance, arranged on a large rock was an attaché case, shaving brush and other toiletries. What a man, dressed like this was doing there was never explained. His identity is a mystery. Weird or what?.
Do you have any other weird tales of the Scottish hills?
The city dressed gent was certainly a strange one,read that a few years ago.
Chris.
I recall a story from Mull about a light aircraft crash in the Sound yet the pilot was found on a hill on Mull without any obvious injury or salt water trace. My thoughts are a bit sparse but I believe that was the summary of the mystery.
http://www.glenforsaairfield.co.uk/3.html (http://www.glenforsaairfield.co.uk/3.html)
We were up on Ben Alder and staying at the bothy......few months later we heard the story of the un identified body found up in the northern corries of the massif, remember? Guy was dressed like Clint Eastwood and had shot himself with an antique revolver seemingly.
Took a long time but finally he was identified as a Frenchman, he must've travelled dressed like that.
Still freaks me out that we were wandering around on the plateau and that poor guy was lying frozen beneath our feet.
Hoolet.
Now that is weird one Hoolet. I know the place and it would be easy to lose body there for sure.
Found out later that the revolver actually fired lead shot and this was what killed him......must've actually manufactured it himself and there was some found scattered around the area.
Ben Alder bothy was of course also the most haunted !
Hoolet.
Quote from: Hoolet on December 22, 2012, 02:58:56 PM
Ben Alder bothy was of course also the most haunted !
The story was the stalker who lived there, McCook, hanged himself on the back of the door. That was not true as he retired to and died in Newtonmore. That said there here are some odd tales of Ben Alder cottage for sure. Not sure I'd be comfy spending the night alone there. The imagination can play odd tricks.
Our hills are just full of such tales and legends. All great stuff and fun to recount.
Ended up getting involved in an incident at Peanmeanach bothy about 15 years ago, too long to recount on here but it involved theft from our rucksacks, alcohol, firearms a capsized canadian canoe and rescue and a donnybrook....ending up with vehicle theft, a car crash and a visit to Fort William Police Station.
One of the guys with us was a journalist and contributor to the climbing magazines and ended up doing a report for one of them all about it
Ill tell you all about it at the end of season Stravaig Fred....if you've a spare half hour!!
Hoolet.
Quote from: Hoolet on December 22, 2012, 02:58:56 PM
Ben Alder bothy was of course also the most haunted !
Here's an interesting article by McCook's grandson! :D
http://www.hipkin.net/mccooks/donniewilson.html (http://www.hipkin.net/mccooks/donniewilson.html)
We, of course, have this one-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_MacRae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_MacRae)
Quote from: Inchlaggan on December 22, 2012, 06:19:07 PM
We, of course, have this one-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_MacRae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_MacRae)
I remember the day well.
The Willie MacRae case was an odd one but it was hardly "in the Scottish hills", more in his car off the road. There was once a Tory MP found dead on a kitchen table wearing only women's underwear, but that didn't have much to do with the Scottish hills either. I was thinking more along the lines of mysterious happenings in wild places to be honest. :D
wow some of these things are fascinating, a bit scary even! I don't think I'd wish to spend a night in that bothy at Ben alder! :D
Quote from: Alan on December 24, 2012, 12:41:00 AM
not exactly the hills but there was a guy found dead in his tent on the west highland way....a year or something after he pitched it.
That is weird. The west Highland Way is not exactly a seldom used route. You might have thought someone would have noticed.
Quote from: Alan on December 24, 2012, 12:41:00 AM
not exactly the hills but there was a guy found dead in his tent on the west highland way....a year or something after he pitched it.
There was a tent on the shore of Loch Shiel for at least 2 years and we never went ashore to check it. :roll:
There was also this one.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7610664.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7610664.stm)
and this
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-14896635 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-14896635)
and the WHW one
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7306912.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7306912.stm)
I seem to remember an old report on here (good few years back now i think??) of a potential horror story.
Didn't a WFForumite stop to help a stranger on a remote hill who appeared to be drunk and hence was being ignored by other walkers and it turned out the guy had had a stroke or something??
Dumped tents eh?
Lidl has a lot to answer for! :lol:
The one about the body at Bridge of Orchy is dated 2008. I came across this dated 2012 so is this another one?
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9758923.Remains_of_missing_York_man_found_in_tent/ (http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9758923.Remains_of_missing_York_man_found_in_tent/)
Ot would seem he went missing in 2008 and was only found this year so it appears there are two :roll:
Remember my brothers lidl tent fred ? :lol: Oh Dear :roflmao
Quote from: fergie on December 24, 2012, 01:08:35 PM
Remember my brothers lidl tent fred ? :lol: Oh Dear :roflmao
How could I forget. :lol:
Bob didn't think much of it, but the midgies loved it! :lol: