Smelly Creature

Location: Burra Haaf - Waters in the area
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1900s
Further Comments: Several reports of a creature with a sail-like body and a flipper on the end of its nose exist in this region of water off the Shetland Isles. A fishing crew who encountered it stated the beast destroyed several of their nets, and came so close to their boat they could detect a pungent stench.

Petrified Stones

Location: Fetlar - Haltadans stone circle
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This group of standing stones are said to have been trolls who danced until dawn - unable to get back to their cave in time, they all turned to rock.

Halibut-Tailed creature

Location: Isle of Yell - Thirty miles off the coast
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1833
Further Comments: Three fishermen claimed to have caught a ninety centimetre long mermaid while at sea. The creature had arms around 23 centimetres in length with webbed fingers, and while it had blue eyes and nostrils, no ears or chin could be seen. It possessed a tail similar to a halibut and also had two fins on its shoulders. After listening to the creature wail for three hours, the fishermen threw it back into the sea.

Gentleman in Top Hat

Location: Isle of Yell - Windhouse, near the Lumbister RSPB Reserve
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early Twentieth century
Further Comments: Merely one of the spooks found here, the man in the top hat not putting on the Ritz shares the house with a woman dressed in silken clothes, a former pet dog, and a servant who is doomed to spend the rest of time ascending the staircase.

Small Trolls

Location: Northmavine - Trowie Knowe cairn
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This cairn was used by trows who would only leave it by moonlight to go hunting.

Kelpies

Location: Scalloway - Waters around the area
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This area in particular was thought to be home to humanoid sea creatures that drowned their victims before partaking of the deceased flesh.

Tangie

Location: Shetland Islands - Fitful Head (cave), aka the Thief's Hole
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A mythical seahorse that was owned by the robber-bandit Black Eric. The creature continued to roam the area for sometime after its master's death.

Upset Sea Creature

Location: Shetland Islands - Southeast of the island of Fetlar
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1881 or 1882
Further Comments: The crew of the fishing vessel Bertie fired several shots at a sea monster they passed - this angered the beast, which created waves of such force that they washed over the boat, taking away fishing gear and other supplies. The creature continued to stalk the crew until night fell.

Saxi and Herman

Location: Unst Island - General area
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Saxi and Herman, two giants who were brothers, once lived on the island. They both fell in love with a mermaid who said she would marry whoever would swim to the North Pole with her. Both brothers began the trip, but neither returned.

Sea Trows

Location: Ve Skerries - Sea in the area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: These water based troll-like creatures were once believed to swim the waters here, occasionally coming onto land to rest. It is thought they dressed in seal's skin while swimming, pealing it off to resemble humans when needing to leave the water.