Black Mist

Location: Alloway - Kirk
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre 1939
Further Comments: Two American tourists fled the area after encountering a dark mist that drifted towards the ruined kirk. They reported the mist created a sound similar to a barrel being rolled along the road. Likely contenders for more ghosts to be found here include a woman who committed suicide, a tramp who was found dead on the site, and a murdered child.

Wallace

Location: Ardrossan - Castle Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Stormy nights
Further Comments: An old haunt during his life, it is only fitting it should become one for Sir William Wallace after death.

One Armed Man

Location: Ayr - Alloway Street, and public house at top
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Seen around this area, and sometimes further away, this man with a bloody stump is thought to have lost his arm when attacked by an angry mob.

Misty Figure

Location: Ayr - Tower of St John's
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 22 March (reoccurring)
Further Comments: It is unsure whether this grey man is a builder, friar or warrior.

Black Dog

Location: Ayr - Wooded areas
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Mistakenly blamed for killing a child, it was later discovered that the dog had tried to defend the infant from a wolf (a la Gelert). However, this hound was less forgiving for its former master's murderous action and now runs around the dense woodland.

Grey Lady

Location: Brodick - Killmichael County House Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Little is known about the smoky female shade which haunts the hotel.

Mermaid Curse

Location: Colmonell - Knockdolian Castle
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The mistress of the castle ordered the destruction of a black rock which stood just a short distance away, in order to prevent a mermaid sitting upon it and singing. As revenge, the mermaid cursed the family, ensuring they all died without leaving an heir for the estate.

White Worm

Location: Dalry - Mote Hill
Type: Dragon
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local blacksmith eventually killed this beast by constructing a suit of armour covered with retractable spikes. The creature swallowed the smith whole who then wriggled so violently that the monster’s intestines were ripped to shreds.

Bum Pincher

Location: Dundonald - Castleview public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 2004
Further Comments: Owners of this pub called in paranormal investigators after staff reported having their bottoms pinched by an invisible assailant. Disembodied footsteps were also heard on site.

Tall Hairy Man

Location: Dundonald - Dundonald castle area
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1994
Further Comments: While out with her dogs, a holiday maker saw a three metre tall man, with red glowing eyes and long grey hair that covered his body. The creature moved away, and the woman thought it better not to pursue.

John Knox

Location: Galston - Cessnock Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Quoting religious texts, Knox is said to walk around the castle grounds.

White Woman

Location: Galston - Loudon Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Prior to the outbreak of World War Two
Further Comments: Though not seen recently, the stories of the white lady still exist.

Dead Sea Serpent

Location: Girvan - Off coast
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: August 1953
Further Comments: When fishermen discovered the rotting body of a creature just under ten metres in length, possessing a head of a camel and a neck resembling a giraffe's, the media immediately compared the creature with the Loch Ness Monster. However, natural history scientists dismissed the creature as either a decaying whale or basking shark.

Grey Lady

Location: Isle of Arran - Brodick Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The grey lady is though to have died from the plague in 1700 - she was locked in the basement to ensure no one else contracted the disease. A man in a green jacket is also reported to haunt the library, while an albino deer appeared twice in the twentieth century, both times coinciding with the death of the head of the Hamilton Family.

Resting Creature

Location: Isle of Arran - Unknown beach on the island
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: July 1931
Further Comments: This sea monster was observed resting on rocks - it was described as looking like a seal, though it had a beak similar to a parrot, and was bigger than an elephant.

Protective Voice

Location: Kilmarnock - Craufurdland bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A horde of treasure is reported to be hidden under the bridge, though if anyone comes too close to finding it, a voice talks them into leaving the scene empty handed.

Rolling Head

Location: Kilmarnock - Dean Castle
Type: Manifestation of the Living
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A female servant in the building once saw her master's decapitated head roll across the floor in front of her, even though he was still alive and well in another part of the building. Exactly a year later, the Laird lost his head in the Tower of London. In more recent years, an old woman dressed in black has been seen on site, radiating an evil aura.

Man on Stairs

Location: Kirkmichael - Cloncaird Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This unknown figure blocks the stairway, vanishing if approached.

Guardians

Location: Lagg, Isle of Arran - Torrylin Cairn
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Structures still present
Further Comments: Strange shadowy entities once stood guard over the burial chambers, cursing anyone who removed treasure or relics.

Screaming

Location: Lendalfoot - Carleton Castle (ruins)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It is unknown whether the screams belong to the first seven wives of a mad baron, who pushed them off a cliff to their deaths, or his, after the eighth wife managed to push him first.

Bagpipes

Location: Lochranza, Island Of Arran - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1700s onwards, calm summer evenings (reoccurring)
Further Comments: A bagpiper who died in the nearby hills now walks into village on calm summer evenings, the only indication of his presence the sound of his pipes. It is said that one tourist followed the sound of the pipes, only for the piping to suddenly cease when the holiday maker grew close to where they thought it was coming from.

Finn's Kitchen

Location: Machrie, Isle of Arran - Fingal's Cauldron Seat
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: Created by the giant Finn McCool as a place for his cauldron, this set of standing stones remain intact ready for the next passing ogre...

Secret Meeting

Location: Maybole - Coves of Culzean
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: 31 October (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The little people are reported to gather here once a year for secret planning sessions.

Monks

Location: Maybole - Crossraguel Abbey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Former monks who once worshiped at the abbey still walk amongst the ruins.

Piper

Location: Maybole - Culzean Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Heard above the rising gale on windy nights, the musical notes of this long dead piper still haunt the castle. The cries of someone being tortured have also been recorded, while another witness reported talking to a raven haired lass who vanished as he moved too close.