Am Fear Liath Mòr (Big Grey Man)
From Kook Science
| Am Fear Liath Mòr | |
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.jpg) At the peak of Ben MacDhui in September, "looking across on to Cairngorm from the hill-top": photo from Gordon's Wanderings of a Naturalist (1921) | |
| a.k.a. | Ferlas Mhòr; Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region(s) | Ben Macdui (MacDhui), Cairngorms range |
Am Fear Liath Mòr (from Scottish Gaelic: The Big Gray Man) is a crypto-hominid or spirit associated with the mountain Ben Macdui (Beinn Mac Duibh) in the Cairngorms range of Scotland. It is frequently described as having a presence that provokes feelings of discomfort and apprehension.
Reading
- Ludlam, Harry (1966), "The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui", The Mummy of Birchen Bower and Other True Ghost Stories, London: Foulsham, p. 26-29
- Gray, Affleck (1970), The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui, Aberdeen: Impulse Books, https://www.amazon.com/Big-Grey-Man-Ben-MacDhui/dp/B000XGKQ28/?tag=apopheniacs-20