Strange Scottish Stories Author:William Owen Stories of the supernatural always fascinate, and such stories are nowhere more popular or more numerous than in the Highlands of Scotland where there is a long tradition of story-telling. No one is more welcome at a Highland fireside than he who can tell a strange story or two. Most Highland tales are based on historical incidents, but in the t... more »elling they have become embroidered with more than a little superstition (often in an attempt to explain the inexplainable). In this world of myth and legend the blame for evil acts and strange happenings is frequently firmly placed on such supernatural beings as faeries, kelpies, and of course, Satan himself. When the wrongdoers hare human, these 'baddies" are often factors, landowners, murderers and recruiting officers, categories of people who have been guilty of persecuting the Highlanders of the years. In these stories the evil ones always get their just deserts; if not in life, then certainly after death.« less