Has anything genuinely creepy or unnerving ever happened to you?

sbsquarepants · 06-10-2020 1:43pm

I've had it only once before - scared the bejaysus out of me. It felt like i was in a pressure vessel of some sort, it's hard to describe exactly, it was kinda like being compressed in all directions simultaneously. I was trying to struggle but just couldn't move, couldn't make a sound, it was horrific - i knew i wasn't asleep (at least i felt i wasn't asleep) then all of a sudden it just stopped, didn't ease up just went from full pressure to no pressure like flicking a switch and i shot up in the bed with my heart doing about 150bpm. I'm glad it's not a regular occurrence, that's for sure!

NickNickleby · 06-10-2020 1:48pm

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

It might have been somebody outside with laser pens or torches. I have a few fairly powerful ones, Class 3B lasers.

Skinny Pete and Badger :eek:

Church on Tuesday · 06-10-2020 2:22pm

Anyways, back on topic of this thread....

I've mentioned before that in school I was the kid who lived in the "Haunted House" not true; it was the next house over. Anyways, said house was built on the site of a ring-fort, I think, in the early 30s and had had problems for decades.

My grandfather and his mates in the 40s would often observe different coloured orbs floating round the house from a distance usually from the shop up the road where they would hang out and it soon became infamous in the area.

The front door of the house simply would not remain locked, occupants would awake in the morning to find the door wide open.

My own father in the 80s observed a figure standing outside the house at 4 in the morning when he was driving back from work, my father is a fairly steady man but he admitted it scared the **** out of him, he basically described it as a feeling of dread as he passed by the figure who seemingly was dressed in a shawl and was staring dead ahead and motionless.

Sometime in the 90s there was a mass held in the house and seemingly it worked as no other occurrences have been noted.

What is interesting about the area is that there are quite a few ring- forts in fairly close proximity, about four in total; it goes without saying that the other forts have never been tampered with. The area is generally known to be paranormal.

saabsaab · 06-10-2020 2:52pm

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Anyways, back on topic of this thread....

I've mentioned before that in school I was the kid who lived in the "Haunted House" not true; it was the next house over. Anyways, said house was built on the site of a ring-fort, I think, in the early 30s and had had problems for decades.

My grandfather and his mates in the 40s would often observe different coloured orbs floating round the house from a distance usually from the shop up the road where they would hang out and it soon became infamous in the area.

The front door of the house simply would not remain locked, occupants would awake in the morning to find the door wide open.

My own father in the 80s observed a figure standing outside the house at 4 in the morning when he was driving back from work, my father is a fairly steady man but he admitted it scared the **** out of him, he basically described it as a feeling of dread as he passed by the figure who seemingly was dressed in a shawl and was staring dead ahead and motionless.

Sometime in the 90s there was a mass held in the house and seemingly it worked as no other occurrences have been noted.

What is interesting about the area is that there are quite a few ring- forts in fairly close proximity, about four in total; it goes without saying that the other forts have never been tampered with. The area is generally known to be paranormal.

Knew a lad from Clare who claimed he saw lights/orbs around a ringfort there regularly. was it Clare?

Church on Tuesday · 06-10-2020 3:08pm

saabsaab wrote: »

Knew a lad from Clare who claimed he saw lights/orbs around a ringfort there regularly. was it Clare?

No, somewhere in Connaught

nthclare · 06-10-2020 3:34pm

saabsaab wrote: »

Knew a lad from Clare who claimed he saw lights/orbs around a ringfort there regularly. was it Clare?

That wasn't me anyhow lol

The Mighty Quinn · 06-10-2020 9:09pm

This is of course a complete coincidence, but...

This afternoon for some reason I had an urge to listen to "Eruption" by Van Halen. Hadn't heard it in years, or listened to Van Halen in years. I spent about fifteen minutes reading about his background, his early life, his early piano lessons, how he plays a guitar he made himself known as the 'Frankenstrat', looked at pictures of it, read about his guitar playing style and how he's placed on "best ever guitar solo" lists and all that.

Then I went about my day.

Now this evening I log into boards and I'm greeted with a thread titled "Eddie Van Halen has died". And so he has. Weird coincidence.

06-10-2020 9:11pm

The Mighty Quinn wrote: »

This is of course a complete coincidence, but...

This afternoon for some reason I had an urge to listen to "Eruption" by Van Halen. Hadn't heard it in years, or listened to Van Halen in years. I spent about fifteen minutes reading about his background, his early life, his early piano lessons, how he plays a guitar he made himself known as the 'Frankenstrat', looked at pictures of it, read about his guitar playing style and how he's placed on "best ever guitar solo" lists and all that.

Then I went about my day.

Now this evening I log into boards and I'm greated with a thread titled "Eddie Van Halen has died". And so he has. Weird coincidence.

Not as close but when I seen the news I was only remembering I was listening to them last Friday night having a few drinks for the first time in easily a decade (think I started with Kiss and ended up down a rabbit hole).

Kaybaykwah · 07-10-2020 2:52am

saabsaab wrote: »

Knew a lad from Clare who claimed he saw lights/orbs around a ringfort there regularly. was it Clare?

Planet Claire?

saabsaab · 07-10-2020 4:08pm

Kaybaykwah wrote: »

Planet Claire?

A universe of its own.

_Godot_ · 13-10-2020 10:32pm

former Subway worker films something creepy Not a link to the video, but there is a link to the video in the story.

up for anything · 13-10-2020 10:36pm

_Godot_ wrote: »

former Subway worker films something creepy Not a link to the video, but there is a link to the video in the story.

Absolutely terrifyingly badly acted.

Quazzie · 14-10-2020 9:20am

This isn't that scary or creepy, and is probably just a coincidence. Last Sunday I met a motorbike, and he was traveling towards me. I remembered it, because as I came across it, I was about to overtake a car, but spotted this bike at the last second coming towards me so I didn't overtake. At the time I thought that it could have lead to an accident if I overtook.

Yesterday I was reading the local news online, and I spotted that a biker was killed within a kilometre from where my own mini-incident happened at approximately the same time. As we were sitting eating dinner I mentioned this to my wife, as she was asleep in the car at the time, and commented that it could've been us involved in that. As I was saying this, a hearse went by the front of our house. As it was dark, and the back was really brightly lit up you could see there was a coffin inside. I live out in the country on a quiet road, and only 2-3 cars pass our house in an hour, so it was really unusual to see this. Even at the time I still didn't make any connection between the two things

About 15 minutes later my wife's father called, and informed us that in the coffin was the biker who died, as he lived about a mile or so from us.

More of a coincidence than anything, but there's a fair few things that are connected there, so it just feels a bit weird.

IAMAMORON · 14-10-2020 10:52am

Coincidence my eye. That is how that stuff works. Believe. Your mind is a palace and you are only allowed in one wing of it.

Did you ever ring or contact an old friend only to be told that they were thinking about you only that day or even at that time?

I am not sure of the terminology for it, but mental kinesis is definitely tangible in my opinion.

Kingp35 · 14-10-2020 11:46am

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Did you ever ring or contact an old friend only to be told that they were thinking about you only that day or even at that time?

How many times did you ring a contact or old friend when they weren't thinking about you that day?

It's nothing more than confirmation bias. An extremely simple explanation.

IAMAMORON · 14-10-2020 12:01pm

Kingp35 wrote: »

How many times did you ring a contact or old friend when they weren't thinking about you that day?

It's nothing more than confirmation bias. An extremely simple explanation.

Personally I believe there is more to it.

Logically when you reach a logical conclusion to something the argument is complete. Unless the argument lies within the scale of Fibonaccci , then it can never end. It is a simple belief versus non belief. Personally I believe that there are undiscovered elements of our brains that remain untapped or underutilised. They either have not been developed yet or are currently under development or are currently receding. It is too early to tell and fundamentally we lack the contemporary intellectual capacity to handle it. But now and then it sparks and occurs, even though we have no control over it.

Obviously if you don't believe what I believe everything that I say is garbage. But believe me, it isn't.

LilacNails · 14-10-2020 12:35pm

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Personally I believe there is more to it.

Logically when you reach a logical conclusion to something the argument is complete. Unless the argument lies within the scale of Fibonaccci , then it can never end. It is a simple belief versus non belief. Personally I believe that there are undiscovered elements of our brains that remain untapped or underutilised. They either have not been developed yet or are currently under development or are currently receding. It is too early to tell and fundamentally we lack the contemporary intellectual capacity to handle it. But now and then it sparks and occurs, even though we have no control over it.

Obviously if you don't believe what I believe everything that I say is garbage. But believe me, it isn't.

Don't mean to hijack the thread... Where have u got this info? I'm intrigued...

IAMAMORON · 14-10-2020 12:42pm

LilacNails wrote: »

Don't mean to hijack the thread... Where have u got this info? I'm intrigued...

Try searching your feelings and thinking with your heart, you can do it.

There is a whole universe out there.

Kingp35 · 14-10-2020 12:50pm

LilacNails wrote: »

Don't mean to hijack the thread... Where have u got this info? I'm intrigued...

They pulled it out of their arse. Poster is clearly on a wind up.

akelly02 · 14-10-2020 12:54pm

Quazzie wrote: »

This isn't that scary or creepy, and is probably just a coincidence. Last Sunday I met a motorbike, and he was traveling towards me. I remembered it, because as I came across it, I was about to overtake a car, but spotted this bike at the last second coming towards me so I didn't overtake. At the time I thought that it could have lead to an accident if I overtook.

Yesterday I was reading the local news online, and I spotted that a biker was killed within a kilometre from where my own mini-incident happened at approximately the same time. As we were sitting eating dinner I mentioned this to my wife, as she was asleep in the car at the time, and commented that it could've been us involved in that. As I was saying this, a hearse went by the front of our house. As it was dark, and the back was really brightly lit up you could see there was a coffin inside. I live out in the country on a quiet road, and only 2-3 cars pass our house in an hour, so it was really unusual to see this. Even at the time I still didn't make any connection between the two things

About 15 minutes later my wife's father called, and informed us that in the coffin was the biker who died, as he lived about a mile or so from us.

More of a coincidence than anything, but there's a fair few things that are connected there, so it just feels a bit weird.

this is in offaly i take it, my girlfriend would know his girlfriend, very sad.

Lucky you didnt overtake, thank god you didnt.

Quazzie · 14-10-2020 2:07pm

akelly02 wrote: »

this is in offaly i take it, my girlfriend would know his girlfriend, very sad.

Lucky you didnt overtake, thank god you didnt.

Sure is. I live close to the guy but never met him, but I see there is a lot of support for him and his family online.

akelly02 · 14-10-2020 2:41pm

Quazzie wrote: »

Sure is. I live close to the guy but never met him, but I see there is a lot of support for him and his family online.

never met him either. Well liked around the place apparantly.

RIP

global23214124 · 14-10-2020 3:05pm

Last time I read any of this thread before bed. Got hooked from some of the earlier posts and kept trawling through it for hours and couldn't sleep for ages!

saabsaab · 14-10-2020 4:27pm

global23214124 wrote: »

Last time I read any of this thread before bed. Got hooked from some of the earlier posts and kept trawling through it for hours and couldn't sleep for ages!

True the weirdest things can happen, not often but they do. Funny enough when it happens and there are several to see the weird many will deny it or don't want to speak of it again.

14-10-2020 5:57pm

Not a supernatural experience, but definitely an "unnerving" experience...

When I was younger, I was an altar boy. I used serve the the regular masses, but also served communions, weddings, confirmations, ... The last confirmation I served, I was starting to get a little older, and more clued in on things. The bishop (let's call him "Brandon Comedy") arrived in the sacristy, and there was the usual flapping around. All the altar boys were lined up, and he looked at us one-by-one.

So what he did was, put his hand on someone's shoulder, look into their eyes and say some garbage like "yes, I see the holy spirit there". Got to me and it was like "no, no holy spirit here". I found that whole situation odd, but not unnerving.

The unnerving part was the smell on his breath; I wasn't old enough to properly know it as alcohol, but I definitely had my suspicions (it smelled like the stuff my mother used when cooking Christmas puddings).

To wrap it up... I served the confirmation mass, went home and spoke to my father about it. My Dad smiled and said "I wonder what kind of spirits were in him". I wasn't an altar boy for a whole lot longer after that.

Tig98 · 14-10-2020 9:46pm

Saw a post about a haunted house and remembered my own loose connection to one.

I grew up in the countryside, and as a kid my primary school bus would pass by a modern and impressive looking house everyday to and from. We all "knew" it was haunted for whatever reason, even though none of us had ever stepped foot in the place. Then in my last few years of school a woman fell down the stairs in the house and broke multiple bones, and the rumour was that she heard an old woman curse at her from behind and that this woman/ghost/thing pushed her down the stairs. This added fuel to the fire of the place being haunted and naturally we all lapped it up.

Only a few years ago I mentioned the story to my father about the house and how we all believed it was haunted, and he got shook and asked me to explain myself. Back when he was a schoolboy in the early '60s there was a thatch cottage where the house now stands, and a woman lived there on her own. They all believed she was a witch, as apparently she had been seeing casting pishogs. It was a big deal for them and they wouldn't pass the house on their own.

Eventually she died and the cottage was sold on, a new build put up in its place. Its interesting how the story has persisted over the years though, even if she was in all likelihood just an old spinster.

sbsquarepants · 15-10-2020 10:53am

Tig98 wrote: »

They all believed she was a witch, as apparently she had been seeing casting pishogs. .

What does this mean? Spells of some sort?

joeguevara · 15-10-2020 11:10am

sbsquarepants wrote: »

What does this mean? Spells of some sort?

piseógs are an Irish evil spell or curse.

Tig98 · 15-10-2020 12:52pm

Yeah, theyre a spell/curse. Besides the abstract mystique of it all, they can actually be pretty malicious. The local piseogs that went on here was placing "enchanted/cursed" eggs in haycocks, it was wishing bad luck and poor fertility on the land, but objectively the eggs would go rotten and spoil a portion of the harvest.

saabsaab · 15-10-2020 6:30pm

Another meaning and one I was familiar with was a superstitious belief and not necessarily a curse per se.

leeside11 · 15-10-2020 6:50pm

Tig98 wrote: »

Yeah, theyre a spell/curse. Besides the abstract mystique of it all, they can actually be pretty malicious. The local piseogs that went on here was placing "enchanted/cursed" eggs in haycocks, it was wishing bad luck and poor fertility on the land, but objectively the eggs would go rotten and spoil a portion of the harvest.

We had a neighbour who was well known for doing this, he was absolutely hated and feared in equal measure..

saabsaab · 15-10-2020 6:56pm

leeside11 wrote: »

We had a neighbour who was well known for doing this, he was absolutely hated and feared in equal measure..

Some were known as having 'the 'evil eye' and could do harm to you.

the purple tin · 15-10-2020 7:02pm

saabsaab wrote: »

Some were known as having 'the 'evil eye' and could do harm to you.

Not all were bad though. Biddy Early was a great healer. She would have been known all across the country in her day.

Day Lewin · 15-10-2020 8:12pm

Yes, "pishrogues" or piseógs can also just mean a superstitious practice or bit of folklore; like putting a red ribbon out for the fairies, or curing warts with morning dew, etc

"If a fork is dropped from the table, you may expect a visitor" - or "Break a mirror for seven years bad luck" - all that kind of thing.

The word does indeed include "spells" of various kinds: and casting piseogs does mean a curse:

but the expression is not always malignant.

dubstarr · 19-10-2020 1:54pm

I'm dreaming of my mam a lot lately.
She was crying in the last dream so I woke up crying.

It's made me feel sad all day today.

saabsaab · 19-10-2020 4:19pm

dubstarr wrote: »

I'm dreaming of my mam a lot lately.
She was crying in the last dream so I woke up crying.

It's made me feel sad all day today.

I presume she is no longer with us? It may be a sign?

JustAThought · 19-10-2020 4:50pm

saabsaab wrote: »

I presume she is no longer with us? It may be a sign?

Here’s something a little bit odd.

I was feeling a bit abandoned by one particular friend & their partner and watching those late night internet last night - those channel 4 online ‘buying a place in the sun’ programmes . It was a wierd time - about half past midnight. On the programme they were looking at a house in spain that featured a really disinctive table and chairs that this same friend of mine actually has in his house . I saw it and was thinking how he never makes an effort or gets in touch anymore & was winderinv was the friendship over. Just EXACTLY as I thought that I got a text from him saying hi & asking how I was. Long chat followed.

I havn’t heard from them before that in about 6 months. Definately nice, but a bit spooky. :0

dubstarr · 19-10-2020 5:04pm

saabsaab wrote: »

I presume she is no longer with us? It may be a sign?

No,she died 20 years ago.

saabsaab · 19-10-2020 5:25pm

dubstarr wrote: »

No,she died 20 years ago.

It can be interpreted that your life isn't going in a direction you want it to.

LilacNails · 21-10-2020 9:22pm

Dunno what to make of this, maybe just a strange coincidence...

Today I went into a shop. Saw a guy there, that I know to see around but copped he actually worked there. Was thinking jez he looks like "johnny Mac"....

Anyway was waiting to be served, thinking he was gonna serve me. He didnt, but I over heard him on the phone saying he wasn't feeling well.

Was scrolling through fb, the guy died this evening after becoming unwell at work.

So weird, poor guy tho. Was early 30s only.

saabsaab · 21-10-2020 9:33pm

LilacNails wrote: »

Dunno what to make of this, maybe just a strange coincidence...

Today I went into a shop. Saw a guy there, that I know to see around but copped he actually worked there. Was thinking jez he looks like "johnny Mac"....

Anyway was waiting to be served, thinking he was gonna serve me. He didnt, but I over heard him on the phone saying he wasn't feeling well.

Was scrolling through fb, the guy died this evening after becoming unwell at work.

So weird, poor guy tho. Was early 30s only.

Sad story and very weird too.

mistersifter · 21-10-2020 9:47pm

jaysus, poor guy and family. What was the cause, did you find out? Very sad

LilacNails · 21-10-2020 10:29pm

mistersifter wrote: »

jaysus, poor guy and family. What was the cause, did you find out? Very sad

No idea.

24-10-2020 12:49am

akelly02 wrote: »

this is in offaly i take it, my girlfriend would know his girlfriend, very sad.

Lucky you didnt overtake, thank god you didnt.

I remember driving my Skoda Octavia with my mother in it on the Isle of Arran in Scotland, where the roads are a bit challenging, and this day the weather was a bit wet and wild. I had been hoping to do the south circuit of the island from Brodick, the principal town where we we staying on holiday. I had read that a few days earlier somebody had been killed rushing down the mountain a string Road for the ferry in very wet conditions, so was a bit apprehensive driving here, and a local art supplies shopkeeper told me that she would never drive on the island in anything but her small 4x4.

Armed with caution I proceeded south out of the seaside village of Whiting Bay on the narrow coastal road which was now in an increasing right-hand bend, with land to left and a rocky seashore a bit below me to the right. With increasing unease I slowed right down to almost a crawl, when suddenly I heard a small exclamation of "oh" from my mother. Next thing a motorcycle was heading at speed straight for the middle of my bonnet and he diverted out over the edge of the road taking-off into the air onto the rocks.

I had to force myself to think logically. First thing hazard lights. Second thing take mobile phone in hand and carefully exit car whilst starting to press 999 as I thought I might go to pieces upon seeing a body splattered over the rocks and not be able to key in the number. Next second a voice called from below the rocks "don't call an ambulance, Im ok." The island GP and nurse happened to be in car some distance behind and stopped, but the polite young motorcyclist refused examination and further help. He said he had left it too late to set out for the ferry and was speeding beyond the capability to control his bike and that the bend took him by surprise. Seeing my car he quickly diverted over to the sea or he said it could have been curtains for us in the car, and either way could have been for him. However he said had I not been virtually at a standstill at that point we would all gave been a goner, and he had learnt a big lesson. He wouldn't take any offers of a lift back to Brodick, and said he was ashamed and didn't want his parents in Newcastle upon Tyne to know as they had helped fun the bike and his college etc.

Below is the Streetview image of the exact point where it happened. Ironically a similar scenario happened on a later holiday by Loch Ness, where I very cautiously went around a particular corner with a huge sense of foreboding. Came right upon a car crashed into a cliff wall by young brothers who had taken Daddy's very expensive car for a drive, but drive it too fast for the road conditions. Car half destroyed but no injuries. Stopped a bit ahead of them to assist and see about warning traffic coming from behind etc. Again they were mortified, Daddy had told them to go carefully etc.

JimmyChew · 24-10-2020 8:44am

Not so much unnerving but for me, quite a coincidence. It actually made me smile..

My father lost his mother at a young age. 7, he's in his 60's now. Referred to her regularly and often spoke about how he missed out on what could have been. Throughout the years it never came up as to what actually happened to her, how did she die? During one of our conversations recently about some letters he had from her which she wrote from her hospital bed I asked. He explained that she was walking down the stairs of a hardware shop in town. She took a fall on the stairs, broke some bones didn't heal well and died.
Literally the very next day I was in that very same shop which is now a dealz, I was walking down that very same stairs with my young daughter who was 9 turned to me and said "I hate going down these stairs, they're very steep" she has no idea of my father loosing his mother at a young age let alone what happened.
I smiled in complete disbelief as we had been there many times before and she never mentioned anything about the stairs, only the day after I learned what happened on those stars.

Coincidence? Possibly....

Munstergirl854 · 24-10-2020 10:53am

I'm sure this must be related to tinnitus or listening to loud music through earphones for hours at a time (which I do)but maybe someone can help me with this.

About a month ago I returned from a funeral and was lying in bed on my laptop.For about ten seconds I could hear a sound in my right ear,the only way I can explain it was the sound of metal banging,like shop shutters being slammed.

It's never happened before or since but scared the **** out of me.

razorblunt · 24-10-2020 11:11am

Deleted User wrote: »

I remember driving my Skoda Octavia with my mother in it on the Isle of Arran in Scotland, where the roads are a bit challenging, and this day the weather was a bit wet and wild. I had been hoping to do the south circuit of the island from Brodick, the principal town where we we staying on holiday. I had read that a few days earlier somebody had been killed rushing down the mountain a string Road for the ferry in very wet conditions, so was a bit apprehensive driving here, and a local art supplies shopkeeper told me that she would never drive on the island in anything but her small 4x4.

Armed with caution I proceeded south out of the seaside village of Whiting Bay on the narrow coastal road which was now in an increasing right-hand bend, with land to left and a rocky seashore a bit below me to the right. With increasing unease I slowed right down to almost a crawl, when suddenly I heard a small exclamation of "oh" from my mother. Next thing a motorcycle was heading at speed straight for the middle of my bonnet and he diverted out over the edge of the road taking-off into the air onto the rocks.

I had to force myself to think logically. First thing hazard lights. Second thing take mobile phone in hand and carefully exit car whilst starting to press 999 as I thought I might go to pieces upon seeing a body splattered over the rocks and not be able to key in the number. Next second a voice called from below the rocks "don't call an ambulance, Im ok." The island GP and nurse happened to be in car some distance behind and stopped, but the polite young motorcyclist refused examination and further help. He said he had left it too late to set out for the ferry and was speeding beyond the capability to control his bike and that the bend took him by surprise. Seeing my car he quickly diverted over to the sea or he said it could have been curtains for us in the car, and either way could have been for him. However he said had I not been virtually at a standstill at that point we would all gave been a goner, and he had learnt a big lesson. He wouldn't take any offers of a lift back to Brodick, and said he was ashamed and didn't want his parents in Newcastle upon Tyne to know as they had helped fun the bike and his college etc.

Below is the Streetview image of the exact point where it happened. Ironically a similar scenario happened on a later holiday by Loch Ness, where I very cautiously went around a particular corner with a huge sense of foreboding. Came right upon a car crashed into a cliff wall by young brothers who had taken Daddy's very expensive car for a drive, but drive it too fast for the road conditions. Car half destroyed but no injuries. Stopped a bit ahead of them to assist and see about warning traffic coming from behind etc. Again they were mortified, Daddy had told them to go carefully etc.

I've lived in Scotland for ten years now, still haven't got around to the islands but they're planned for next summer. I never knew about the challenging roads.

Thank you, fore warned is fore armed.

24-10-2020 7:42pm

razorblunt wrote: »

I've lived in Scotland for ten years now, still haven't got around to the islands but they're planned for next summer. I never knew about the challenging roads.

Thank you, fore warned is fore armed.

Ah, that's really only Arran in my experience. I've driven around Orkney, Lewis, Islay, Jura and they are not so bad road-wise. DO explore the islands. Arran has an hourly bus service (in summer) service which is quite adequate for exploration. Local taxi service can be hard for the 2 best restaurants in Brodick, so you definitely don't need a car there. I've explored very many islands, and ferry, bus & foot serve quite well in many. You don't need a car on Bute or the Small Isles off Mallaig. The Outer Hebrides most definitely benefit from a car and you can bring your own over in Calmac or hire locally. Colonsay is walkable. Tiree and Coll would benefit with some wheels. Local tours are readily available on Orkney, Skye, Shetland. Guided tours are a distinct benefit on Orkney as it is oozing with historical sites, and evening tours there are wonderful when the sun often casts a very special light on the landscape.

Graces7 · 25-10-2020 2:51pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah, that's really only Arran in my experience. I've driven around Orkney, Lewis, Islay, Jura and they are not so bad road-wise. DO explore the islands. Arran has an hourly bus service (in summer) service which is quite adequate for exploration. Local taxi service can be hard for the 2 best restaurants in Brodick, so you definitely don't need a car there. I've explored very many islands, and ferry, bus & foot serve quite well in many. You don't need a car on Bute or the Small Isles off Mallaig. The Outer Hebrides most definitely benefit from a car and you can bring your own over in Calmac or hire locally. Colonsay is walkable. Tiree and Coll would benefit with some wheels. Local tours are readily available on Orkney, Skye, Shetland. Guided tours are a distinct benefit on Orkney as it is oozing with historical sites, and evening tours there are wonderful when the sun often casts a very special light on the landscape.

Did you get to the North Isles in Orkney or just Mainland? I lived on Eday for many years.

Iseedeadpixels · 02-11-2020 12:15pm

Got in my car and turned on the radio, bad day by Daniel Powter was on 1st....Ive had the mother of bad days already this morning!

Has anything genuinely creepy or unnerving ever happened to you?

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