Falkirk Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Screams
Location: Airth - Airth Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Several ghosts frequent the building, currently a hotel. A spectral dog is felt as it tries to bite ankles, two children and their nanny (all of whom died in a fire) still return from the grave, and finally the cries and screams of a maid attacked by an enraged master can be heard late at night.
First added: 2003-05-31 | Last updated: 2003-05-31 | ID #4248
Mysterious Lights
Location: Bonnybridge - Skies over town
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1977 onwards
Further Comments: Sightings began at this UFO hotspot around 1977, though it was not until the 1990s that the popular media began to take an interest. Though media coverage has died down as of late, it has been reported that many locals still witness strange lights but are now less likely to talk about their encounters.
First added: 2002-09-10 | Last updated: 2002-09-10 | ID #2404
Sophia's Stone
Location: Camelon - Cemetery
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Unknown if still present
Further Comments: Before dying, Sophia requested that her body be returned home to the Caribbean. She was instead buried in the local cemetery. Before long, her headstone fell over, and continued to do so when re-erected. Groundkeepers noticed whoever replaced the headstone would suffer a minor accident, so in the end, the stone was left fallen.
First added: 2026-05-30 | Last updated: 2026-05-30 | ID #16641
Attic Accident
Location: Falkirk - Callendar House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1940s?
Further Comments: A variation on the Mistletoe Bough, a story based here says young people attending a wedding played hide and seek, with one girl finding an oak chest in the attic. The chest locked itself as she hid inside, and when she was discovered four days later, the girl had died. Her ghost took the form of a white lady, and may have been seen by Polish soldiers on the site during the Second World War.
First added: 2026-05-30 | Last updated: 2026-05-30 | ID #16639
Delays
Location: Falkirk - Callendar shopping centre
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1992
Further Comments: The Sunday Mail reported that after a series of incidents delayed the construction of the shopping centre, a local psychic claimed the building was being erected on a ley line, resulting in negative energy being released.
First added: 2021-01-01 | Last updated: 2021-01-01 | ID #14030
Four Orbs
Location: Falkirk - Skies above the area
Type: UFO
Date / Time: Winter 2017, 20:00h
Further Comments: A witness watched four orbs of light, in two pairs, coming down from the direction of the moon, moving at high speed.
First added: 2018-07-31 | Last updated: 2018-07-31 | ID #12942
Vanishing Man
Location: Falkirk - Windsor Unit (now demolished), Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Nurses on the top floor heading toward the lifts watched an old man enter one and the doors begin to close. A nurse ran and managed to press the lift button before the doors could fully close, but the man had vanished.
First added: 2026-05-30 | Last updated: 2026-05-30 | ID #16640
Baby Crying
Location: Grangemouth - BP Social Club
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: It was reported that cleaners working in the club late at night or early in the morning could hear a baby crying from within the building.
First added: 2012-03-03 | Last updated: 2012-03-03 | ID #10748
Pilot
Location: Grangemouth - Inchyra Road, site of former RAF airport
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Post-Second World War
Further Comments: A phantom pilot dressed in his RAF clothing has been reported haunting the site of his old base.
First added: 2009-04-19 | Last updated: 2009-04-19 | ID #9270
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