Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Location: St Monans (aka St Monance) (Fife) - Newark Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: August 2015
Further Comments: A photograph taken by Lenny Low was claimed to contain the ghost of a fisherwoman, although the image may have caught a real person or a case of pareidolia.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2015-08-08
Last updated: 2015-08-08
ID: #11881
Location: Strathmiglo (Fife) - Strathmiglo Castle
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This invisible entity lived in the castle and was only detectable when it stole food from the pantry.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-08-22
Last updated: 2004-08-22
ID: #5394
Location: Tayport (Fife) - Tower Hill
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A chest of gold was said to have been buried somewhere around the summit of the hill.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2018-08-30
Last updated: 2018-08-30
ID: #12972
Old Nick (public domain).
Location: Walton Hill (Fife) - Stone on a roadside close to a farmhouse
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Still present?
Further Comments: Satan and Samson had a stone throwing contest. The Devil's stone landed on the roadside, while Samson's travelled further, shattered on impact and the rubble used to make a barn.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2018-09-04
Last updated: 2018-09-04
ID: #12978
The ghost of Wemyss Castle.
Location: Wemyss (Fife) - Wemyss Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1900
Further Comments: One of the most popular Scottish ghosts, that of the Green Lady, haunts this ancient building. She manifests as a tall, thin woman with pale skin and on at least one occasion, was holding an illuminated Egyptian lamp. Wemyss Castle also acts as an early warning system - a piece of masonry is said to fall off the structure when the owner is close to death.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2003-02-18
Last updated: 2003-02-18
ID: #3897
Location: West Wemyss (Fife) - Off coast
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: July 1939
Further Comments: A six metre long monster with the head and mane of a horse and large eyes was spotted by a team of fishermen.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-09-15
Last updated: 2004-09-15
ID: #5437
Location: Wormit (Fife) - Tay Bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 28 December (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The badly designed Tay Bridge collapsed in 1873, a passenger train crashing down with the faulty structure into the cold waters of the Firth of Tay below. The scene is re-enacted on the anniversary of the crash.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-06-01
Last updated: 2002-06-01
ID: #1015