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I've read a few posts about buildings seen that don't, in fact, exist and I love hearing about them. I can't find any threads though, so has anyone got their own stories or even stories you've ripped from some obscure book?
As a start, I'll link y'all to a ihtm post I found:
http://www.forteantimes.com/happened/ghosthouse.shtml
And copy out this story that I found in 'Unexplained Mysteries of the 20th Century' by Janet and Colin Bord (1989), ISBN 0-8092-4113-7:
Cool huh?
As a start, I'll link y'all to a ihtm post I found:
http://www.forteantimes.com/happened/ghosthouse.shtml
And copy out this story that I found in 'Unexplained Mysteries of the 20th Century' by Janet and Colin Bord (1989), ISBN 0-8092-4113-7:
This is a phantom cottage seen beside Loch Mullardoch near Cannich, in the highland region of Scotland. The two men who saw it, while climbing in the mountains, were both very experienced climbers, being members of the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team Donald Watt is team leader and George Bruce is a member of the team. While decending Beinn Fionnlaidh they noticed a two-story cottage on the loch below. It was made of granite and looked in good condition, but was in the opposite direction from the hut they were heading for. George Bruce said:
The cottage was on the shore. There was ground behind it and the loch beside that. Donald and I had a conflab as we hadn't seen it on the map and didn't know of its existance. We decided to head for it. It caught us completely by surprise. We headed on down towards the cottage, discussing it. We kept it in our sights for some time and then lost view of it. We assumed that we would see it again when we got over the crest of a hillock but when we joined the path along the shore there was no cottage to be seen.
They kept walking but there was no cottage around the next corner either. George continued:
We looked back up the hill to get a line from where we had decended in case our bearing might be out. Round a corner we went, and another, and another. But no cottage. Eventually we reached the wooden hut. Then we had a bit to eat. The cottage was so real we just can't explain it.
Afterwards they found that there had been a lodge at the loch, but it was now underwater since the area was flooded and dammed in the 1950s. George concluded:
What I would like to see is a picture of the house to discover whether it relates to what we saw. I'm 45, quite fit, have 50-50 vision. I've been known to find pennies on the hill - being an Aberdonian. I will swear blind I saw this cottage. Thank goodness Donald was there to back me up. This has shaken us. I have an open mind but this defies all explanation as far as I'm concerned.
Cool huh?