Ghostly White Stag Roaming Scotland

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Picture: Fran Lockhart, John Muir Trust

A rare white stag described as "ghost-like" has been filmed roaming the Scottish Highlands. The exact location is being kept secret to protect the creature.

Such white deer are not cryptids however they are very rare. They're not the same as albinos (which have red eyes) but are white due to a genetic disorder called leucism.

The ghostly stag was spotted by staff from the John Muir Trust and photographed by Partnership Manager Fran Lockhart. Lockhart said:

"It was amazing to crawl up so close to such a magnificent looking animal. He looked almost ghost like next to the group of young red stags that he was mixing with."

In past centuries, seeing one of these creatures in the moonlight on a desolate Scottish hillside must have been quite scary. It's easy to imagine how such sightings could have helped give rise to many of the old tales of ghosts for which Scotland is famous.

Labels: ghosts and hauntings, Scotland

Ghost Haunts Yorkshire Pub Washroom

Saturday, April 29, 2006

If you were a ghost, where would you choose to spend eternity? An English pub? Perhaps. But in the ladies' toilets?!?

That's what appears to have happened at the Low Valley Arms pub near Barnsley in South Yorkshire. Police were called in to investigate by the landlord, Roger Froggat, after he came face to face with the ghost.

Well, face to half face. Apparently the ghost was a woman dressed in white with half of her face missing.

Police were called to the scene. Although they didn't see the ghost, they did see one of the toilets constantly flushing itself and officers were reportedly left shaken by the experience.

Local ghost hunter Darren Johnson-Smith has investigated the haunted loo and believes that the ghost might be one Mary Quantrill. Quantrill was a 19th century traveller who was murdered near the site.

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