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Big Grey Man Ben Macdhui
History And Sightings Of The Big Grey Man on Ben Macdhui on The Cairngorm Mountains:
Big Grey Man Ben Macdhui is said to haunt Ben Macdhui which is the second highest mountain in Scotland, standing at 4,296 feet, and is haunted by this giant
man. Its Gaelic name is Am Fear Liath Mor.
The presence of the Big Grey Man Ben Macdhui was first felt in 1890 by Professor John Norman Collie, though he did not publicly tell
his story until 1925 at the annual dinner of the Cairngorm Club where he was the honorary president. He did not see
the ghost, but heard frightening crunching footsteps approach him. This was enough to terrify him to never return to
the Grampian mountain alone, even though he was an experienced climber.
Other climbers have heard the terrifying footsteps and crunching sounds said to be made by the Big Grey Man Ben Macdhui and one army climber saw a strange image
charge at him. He fired shots at the image, but nothing was found. This account can be read in Ghosthunter: Adventures in the Afterlife
The extreme weather conditions on the mountains are thought by some to cause the strange phenomena.
It is thought that the Big Grey Man Ben Macdhui may be similar to something that haunts Creag-an-aibhse (The Rock of the Ghost) near
Braemar that comes out after sunset and disappears at sunrise. It appears as a large, black, shapeless image which cries
out and throws stones and rolls large boulders.
Tom Robertson
Tom Robertson gives an account of his encounter with the Big Grey Man Ben Macdhui in Ghosthunter: Adventures in the Afterlife when he and his friend, Derek Mari, went climbing and camping in the Cairngorms. This included hearing heavy footsteps, grunting, seeing a huge shadow and being attacked whilst in their tent. A photo of what Tom Robertson considers the footstep of the Big Grey Man Ben Macdhui can be seen in Ghosthunter: Adventures in the Afterlife.
Both men had the same recurrent dream upon their return home and this involved the word Nephilim which Tom Robertson later researched as wither a fallen angel or offspring of an angel and earth woman. Tom Robertson wonders if the Big Grey Man Ben Macdhui, Am Fear Liath Mor, is a Nephilim
More ghost tales from the Grampian region.
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