Njugle Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 i may have mentioned it previously here but Girlsta is certainly an unusual place, the back side of the loch has sent me near running for the car on one occasion. I could not escape the feeling that there was someone standing right behind me, really strongly and very uncomfortably, so as the sun set i could take no more and packed up. The feeling only got stronger and as i strided briskly along the shore and i really felt like running, at which point my rod tip caught in a peat gully and broke off such was my haste. Hasn't happened again, but i'll never forget it.[edit] point of note though, if dogs smell otters or polecats in the hill it will often stop them in their tracks. especially otters. Having said that i have had a similar experience with a dog in the hills of lunnaness, dog went nuts barking at nothing and i had to change direction, just next to one of the lochs out there. no sign/smell of polecat/otter[/edit] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crofter Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 i may have mentioned it previously here but Girlsta is certainly an unusual place, the back side of the loch has sent me near running for the car on one occasion. I could not escape the feeling that there was someone standing right behind me, really strongly and very uncomfortably, so as the sun set i could take no more and packed up. The feeling only got stronger and as i strided briskly along the shore and i really felt like running, at which point my rod tip caught in a peat gully and broke off such was my haste. Hasn't happened again, but i'll never forget it. In his book "viking stories" Davy Cooper tells of an explorer Flokki whose daughter drowned in Girlstawater... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 That would be the Geirhilda (?) after whom the loch is named as i was taught the story. Went through the ice on way to lover or suchlike. Nasty business.There is also tell of a fishing party who capsized in the loch and all drowned in the 19th century or early 20th. I've been told there is a marker stone as a memorial to them, but however often i have been around the loch, i've never seen it. (it's reputed to be a good fishing spot! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomblands Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 I like this thread. Anyone heard anything about Sumburgh Airport and the surrounding area being haunted? I read something related to the Dan Air crash there which mentioned that ghosts had been seen at the airport ever since then. Any other stories that haven't cropped up here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humptygrumpty Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Ive heard various stories about strange sitings in Grobsness long ago , Seem to recall there was an old woman there who people thought was a witch and they made her life a misery until she commited suicide , She apparantly cursed all who lived in Grobsness. Some of the families who subsequently lived there either went loopy or baled out pretty quick. There was also stories about "something" following the men up from the boatnoost tae the house. Its an eerie place though. 8O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddersty Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 My Great Uncle in Australia rectently asked me if anyone in Wethersta saw the "Trowie Light" anymore. Apparently sometimes at night a steady light would appear at the top of the ness and moved own to the sea, disapearing in a bluish light as it entered the water. I have spoken to a few people who have seen it and remember it well. My dad has lived in the area all his life and thinks it is rubbish, it has not been seen for many years. I have notes somewhere regarding Wethersta folk enquiring about the light to Grobsness folk. The Grobsness folk could offer no explanation but mentioned seeing a similar light at near the Pitt croft in Wethersta. Perhaps the trow is too old now to be wandering around at night down to the sea with his lantern and prefers to sit in his knowe and watch TV of an evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technobob Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Ive heard various stories about strange sitings in Grobsness long ago , Seem to recall there was an old woman there who people thought was a witch and they made her life a misery until she commited suicide , She apparantly cursed all who lived in Grobsness. Some of the families who subsequently lived there either went loopy or baled out pretty quick. There was also stories about "something" following the men up from the boatnoost tae the house. Its an eerie place though. 8O I believe the Summervilles made it through 22 years in the house without anything to report... the next two families, one couple divorced and the other had the handicapped kids (so weren't sensibly going to last)... ..and I heard the suicide was a man who hung himself in Dunna Rooney in the mid 1930's... It might be isolated, but it certainly isn't Scooby Doo territory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humptygrumpty Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 In response to technobob - I did say it was long ago and it was well known to the people who actually lived in the area and was told to me by reliable folk who lived in Cole. There were families who did have problems there certainly prior to the families you mention , Maybe its no scooby doo land to you but I'd bet du widna want tae wander about in da dark dere for ower lang !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technobob Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 I check the animals every night... often in the dark... and in nearly a year have still to meet anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Regardin Grobsness, I agree, there's something aboot it dats brawly spooky, likely all da ruined hooses, especially da Haa!. I mind hearin a story about an old hoose on the opposite side o da hill fae da hoose dat's still inhabited, I think it might o had a tree ootside, canna mind da exact story though. Waddersty, maybe da Trow doesna need his light onymare, da pointless street lights on da 'industrial estate' will maybe guide his way, or he maybe doesna lik wir music..., widna be da 1st een! . I'll be keepin a look oot for him anyway.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoot_ebb Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 I'm been tae Windhouse in Yell twartree times when I was a bairn. It's brawly spooky when you're inside. Wan time I saw a skeleton under da stairs an ran ootside screaming!! When dad looked in wi da plinkie it turned oot tae be da crang o an auld yow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenie annie Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Well well isn't this a fine collection of ghostly goings on from around the isles? After reading I felt that I needed to share my local supernatural knowledge such as it is. In regards to Windhoose, I spent many a summer raking aroond there and we never saw anything more sinister than a decaying sheep. I did, however hear a story that dogs would point blank refuse to go through a passage that would have led from the kitchen to the main house. I know some people are sceptical about animals and their ESP but if a dog won't go somewhere I sure as hell won't either!! Many years ago I heard tales of the Gair shop and it's bizarre security camera happenings. I'm fuzzy on the details now but I can mind it gluffing the bejesus oot o me at the time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humptygrumpty Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Many years ago I heard tales of the Gair shop and it's bizarre security camera happenings. I'm fuzzy on the details now but I can mind it gluffing the bejesus oot o me at the time!! Does anyone else know about that one ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-Von-Skeld Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 This Makes Brilliant Reading... Very Interesting...Heard Quite Afew Of The Stories But Plenty OfThese I Havn't... Which Is Great As I Am Of TheGhostie' Persuasion... Has Anyone Ever BeenTo... I Think It's "Lund"... In Unst? The Laird's Old House Is A Really Creepy Old House... There'sThe Devil's Footprint Above The Hearthstone...Would Love To Hear More About The MurdersOn Comercial Street... I Have a Good MurderieTale Fay Waas... Another Time Perhaps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 Many years ago I heard tales of the Gair shop and it's bizarre security camera happenings. I'm fuzzy on the details now but I can mind it gluffing the bejesus oot o me at the time!! Does anyone else know about that one ? Whar is/wis da "Gair shop?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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