Since ancient times, Scotland has been famous for various mysteries, including the world famous Loch Ness monster, but in the first place is the “gray ghost” Ben Macdhui, which has frightened mountain hikers for several centuries.
Long-armed gray monster from Mount Ben Macduy in Scotland
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Since ancient times, Scotland has been famous for various mysteries, including the world famous Loch Ness monster, but in the first place is the “gray ghost” Ben Macdhui, which has frightened mountain hikers for several centuries.
The ghost from Mount Ben Macdui is popularly called "The Big Gray Man"
It should be noted that for a long time the "gray man" was considered only a mythological character in Celtic traditions, but that was until, in 1925, the well-known mountaineer and professor Norman Colley reported the horror he experienced on Mount Ben Mandui.
“I began to think that I heard something else besides just the noise of my steps. Every few steps I took, I heard a crunch, and then another crunch, as if someone was walking behind me, but taking steps three to four times longer than my own."
Collie could not see the source of the noise due to the fog; he continued:
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"… an eerie crunch - a crunch - sounded behind me, I was terrified and ran, wandering blindly among the boulders for four or five miles."
But, as it turned out, more than one professor witnessed the incredible, many climbers confirmed that they had met with "this". For example, the Scottish rock climber Henry Callas, who conquered all the Himalayan peaks and subsequently died in Tibet, wrote that the peak Ben Makdui made the greatest impression on him.
What is it that made the professionals lose control over themselves and rush off the mountain at breakneck speed? Both Collie and Callas described their condition as follows: having reached the top, they fell into a state of apathy, incredible melancholy, then lost control of their feelings, and then, in panic, rushed down the mountain faster than the wind, and ran until felt completely safe.
But since the 1940s, eyewitnesses have appeared who have met the "gray man" on Ben-Macdue. Lawyer George Duncan and his friend, a member of the Scottish Highlands, rode in a carriage. Twilight deepened and suddenly …
Duncan describes what happened:
“And suddenly I saw something that shook me so much that I had never experienced anything like it in my entire life - a tall figure in gray clothes. This is how the devil is portrayed. The figure waved its arms in long, drooping sleeves. I was insanely scared, a chill ran down my spine ….
Some time later, in 1945, professional mountaineer Peter Depschem was sitting near the top of Macduy and examining the view that opened to him, when suddenly something cold touched the back of his head, and then he heard a crunch.
By the way, almost everyone who witnessed the Scottish anomaly heard the crunch. So, the traveler usually takes 2-3 steps, after which he hears an unusual crunch behind his back. Thus, it turns out that the step of a mysterious creature is equal to 2-3 steps of an ordinary person.
In addition to the testimony of George Duncan, who saw a tall figure in a hoodie, there is eyewitness testimony who observed a two-meter creature with long arms, body hair. And one woman, fleeing the pursuit of the "gray ghost", said that she saw hooves on his feet.
However, in addition to the ghost phenomenon, people who have visited the area say that at times they began to talk to themselves, felt paralyzed will and … heard music (excerpts of symphonies), beginning with a piercing sound. What does all this mean?
John Barr, a researcher of these places, tried to answer this question: "Ben-Macdui is a part of the lost world, and the creepy images that appear there arise from the vibrations of the first inhabitants of these places, and the whole atmosphere there is especially suitable for people with the gift of clairvoyance."