GHOST ON A MOUNTAIN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19190, 2 December 1925, Page 13

GHOST ON A MOUNTAIN.

PROFESSOR'S EXPERIENCE. WEIRD TALE OF SCOTLAND. MYSTERIOUS FOOTSTEPS HEARD. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— Copyright. (Received 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON. Nov. 30. A story of a giant, ghost which is said to haunt Bon Macdhui, the second highest mountain in Scotland, on the borders of Banffshire and Aberdeenshire, is related by Professor J. N. Collie, of the London University. The professor told a gathering he had experienced the most intense fear of his lifetime when he was climbing the mountain some years ago. He was returning from the cairn upon the summit when lie heard a crunch, crunch, as though someono were walking behind him. with steps four times as long as his own. He told himself it was all nonsense, but ho continued to hear the footsteps through the mist. *

Seized with terror he took to his heels and ran, staggering blindly over boulders for four or five miles.

The professor said he told the story, years later, to another climber who was famous for his exploits. The latter said he had had the same experience, adding that he had seen a giant figure walking round the cairn.

" There, is something very queer at the top of Macdhui," said Professor Collie. " I will never go there alone again."