Children’s Island of Loch Garry: The Kelpie, the Seven Red Hearts, and Scotland’s Haunted Floating Island

In 1968 and 1969, Scottish newspapers reported that a haunted floating island on Loch Garry had broken loose and become wedged against a Bailey bridge near Greenfield. Known locally as Children’s Island, it was tied to an old kelpie legend in which seven children were carried into the loch by a water horse, and their red hearts were later said to have appeared on the winter water.The BOOKBY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch Links:The Press and Journal, 20 January 1969, "End of Menace in Loch Garry – 'Haunted' Island to Be Cut Up."https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Garryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelpiehttps://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Folk-Lore_Journal/Volume_1/Kelpie_Storieshttps://scotlands-stories.com/scottish-kelpie-legends/Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on tomorrow.Sarah and Tobie xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SURVEY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.