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Electric_Monk I'm the Easter Platypus! Joined: 12 Sep 2001 Total posts: 966 Location: Santa Clara, CA, USA Age: 32 Gender: Male |
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Me and my friends are thinking of exploring Lawers this Christmas after reading the article in the most recent FT, it should be good fun and I believe that's in Perthshire. I'm definitely going to pick up that book, although I live nearer to Glasgow now  |
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| Moooksta Muppet
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Eynhallow. My favourite story of strange Scotland
"On Saturday, July 14, 1990, an outing, organised by the Orkney Heritage Society and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, landed a number of ferry passengers on the uninhabited island of Eynhallow for a short visit.
As usual the crew counted the number of passengers upon disembarking. Eighty-eight visitors stepped from the boat and onto the soil of the once magical island.
According to the evidence from the crew, only 86 returned.
These two missing passengers sparked off a massive air and sea search. Men from the local police and coastguard scoured the island as well as the coastlines of the islands nearby.
To no avail. In the air a helicopter dispatched by the Shetland Coastguard swept the area with their heat-sensing equipment but nothing was found.
Needless to say the whole incident was blamed on the ferry crew miscounting the number of passengers but at the time the Chief Inspector of the Kirkwall Police was not so sure. "We have corroborative statements from the crew Members...it's a strange one." he said."
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| rynner Location: Still above sea level Gender: Male |
| Posted: 08-01-2007 23:44 Post subject: |
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| Moooksta wrote: | Eynhallow. My favourite story of strange Scotland
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As usual the crew counted the number of passengers upon disembarking. Eighty-eight visitors stepped from the boat and onto the soil of the once magical island.
According to the evidence from the crew, only 86 returned.
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i've worked on pleasure/ferry boats, and on occasion we had to count passengers to ensure we weren't exceeding our permitted numbers - we had a little 'clicker' for the purpose.
no doubt errors could be made, but i still find this story fascinating. |
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| tilly50 Great Old One Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Total posts: 324 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 09-01-2007 14:47 Post subject: |
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| The Eynhallow story reminds me of one that I read several years ago about some lighthouse men disappearing from a remote island off the Scottish coast and that the island was considered a cursed or otherwise uncanny place. I cannot remember the name of the island or many of the other details, has anyone else heard of this? |
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| rynner Location: Still above sea level Gender: Male |
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| JamesWhitehead Piffle Prospector Joined: 02 Aug 2001 Total posts: 5779 Location: Manchester, UK Gender: Male |
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