Inverclyde - Paranormal Database Records

 
 


Monk

Location: Duchal - Duchal Castle (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Longing to rejoin the order from which he was kicked out from, this monk is still seen drifting in the area, and is believed to be evil.


 
 


Lady Montgomery

Location: Gourock - Castle Levan
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This woman was killed by her husband after he discovered the heinous ways in which she treated the local peasants.


 
 


Rotting Carcass

Location: Gourock - River Clyde
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Summer 1942
Further Comments: The decaying body of a strange creature, with neck as long as the body, was discovered by two local council workers. They estimated the length to be around twenty-eight feet (just under nine metres). The men were ordered to destroy the corpse by the Royal Navy, who were using the area at the time. Another serpent sighting in the area occurred in 1913; this time the creature was alive and well and swimming in the river.


 
 


Weather Controller

Location: Gourock - The Granny Kempock Stone
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: It was once thought that the stone could control the weather; prior to fishing journeys, the fishermen would leave gifts at the base of the rock. In 1662 a 'witch' claimed she had managed to raise storms by abusing the power of the stone.


 
 


Black Leopard

Location: Greenock - Fairrie Street
Type: ABC
Date / Time: January 2006
Further Comments: A Greenock couple were surprised to find a large black cat in their front garden which quickly ran away. It is believed that there is at least one adult ABC and two cubs living in the area.


 
 


Steam

Location: Greenock - No exact location information
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1990
Further Comments: A family moved from their council home after coming under attack from a poltergeist - steam would quickly appear and disappear, scratching could be heard, and one child in the house reported seeing shadowy figures.


 
 


Green Light

Location: Greenock - Skies over area
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 01 May 2008
Further Comments: This witness spotted a solid green glowing ufo with an orange trail as it crossed the sky heading east. The object generated no sound.


 
 


Deer Hunter

Location: Inverkip - Hills in the area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: February 2006
Further Comments: A local hill walker discovered a baby deer which had been torn apart. The man speculated it was killed by a large cat, as the damage done to the dead creature far surpassed anything he had encountered before.


 
 


Victorian in Black

Location: Kilmacolm - Bend in the road entering the town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This Victorian woman dressed in a sweeping black dress haunts the road into the village, and drifts three foot above the ground.


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