The Glenferness Hairy Arm. “It had grabbed Mel at the waist hip area” – “I Saw it Walk in Front of my Van”

Scotland is one of the UK’s most visited places. Tourists travel from all corners of the world to feast their eyes on the stunning scenery and old world charm. Vistas of Mountains and Lakes, Woodlands and Heather Heaths. You will hear tales as old as time of wee folk and strange lake monsters. But would it surprise you to know that Scotland has her fair share of Bigfoot Reports. From the east coast to the west there are reports of hairy, upright walking giants. Some of the reports are as old as time. Yet there are some very modern day reports.The Glenferness Hand – Witness Report: “It was late August 2014 and myself and my partner Mel were on holiday in Scotland. We had rented a C19th log cabin on the Glenferness Estate  The cabin is  right at the top of a steep winding footpath down to the River Findhorn. A beautiful site.

The days had great weather and we would walk down the footpath steps, past an ancient pettish stone to a narrow parapet-like path that began around halfway down the Findhorn steep gorge cliffs and stretched for quite a distance.  

A short way along this path was a wrought iron bench, like a garden bench. It was rusted and must also have been C19th. It was hot and we decided to sit for a while. Soon after we sat down next to each other we both jumped up simultaneously. ‘What was that!’ we both seemed to shout this or something similar out simultaneously and it was gone. We were both looking down at the bench. Behind it was the sheer crag rock face of the cliff. (how big approx.?)

Something had sprung out between us and grabbed Mel on the hip before disappearing back again. We both shared what we had seen in the split second of the experience:

It had grabbed Mel at the waist hip area, she felt the pressure of a large hand that had tried to pull or grab her body. Mel jumped up with fright from the iron bench. At first, she thought it was my hand, but I also had jumped up at the same time at what I had seen. 

A hand, like that of an ape. It had brownish red hair with pointed fingers. Human sized. There and then gone in an instant. It came from the cliff edge but there were no openings or fissures, holes, gaps. It was solid stone (granite maybe). 

Mel also had seen a quick glimpse of brown fur as she jumped up from the bench. 

To say we were confused would be an understatement.

This experience really filled our discussions. Over the couple of days we were there we discovered there is a much older legend to The Princess Stone and each night the skies were clear and we saw some extraordinary movements of light that were not satellites or shooting stars. We also discovered that a bend in the river near the bench was named Deadman’s Pool”

The area that Tim and Mel had their experience in, is well known for its Hairy man reports, which stretch from below Loch Ness all the way to the Moray Firth. Over the years locals to the area have reported seeing tall, hairy, upright walking Creatures that steal fish from nets, there are reports of deer kills being snatched and a number of poachers have had a run for their money. It was this time last year when a strange 7ft tall figure was spotted walking away from a man who was collecting firewood in the Golspie area. 

One man who is not local to the area made this report in October of 2019 – The Loch Ness Bigfoot Account. October 2020 – Witness Report: “Hi Deborah I want to report a recent sighting of what I believe to be a Bigfoot like Creature last October. It’s something I still think about even though it was over 12 months ago. I keep rethinking the incident and trying to explain it away but I can’t. I live in the midlands and drove up to Glasgow to view some machinery for my business.

As it was my first trip to Scotland and after I had finished work I decided I would take a trip to Inverness as I have a bed setup in my van. Whilst I was there I decided to stay overnight and sleep in my van and I ended up parked in a lay-by right next to Loch Ness. I was the only vehicle in the lay-by. It was a pretty normal night until around 12.30 at night when I woke up and I sat up facing the window screen.

I’m not sure what woke me but as I was looking through the window I realised I could see a figure moving around out there. It was moving and I can only describe it as huge. I saw it walk in front of my van. I didn’t see it’s face at any point, I only saw it from the side. I reckon it was about twenty feet from my van and it was at least seven feet tall. It’s arms were really long. Whatever it was it had been to the loch and it walked past my van across the road into the forest which was to my right.

This sighting was enough to make me jump into the driver’s seat and drive off to the nearest car park. Looking at pictures on the internet it looked exactly like a Bigfoot from the side, it was too big to be a man.

During winter 2020 and spring 2021 one of our BBR members who lives not too far from the area visited with a companion and had a look around. The area has everything you need to remain elusive on our Island. it would be easy to live wild here, there are lots of food resources, cover and plenty of water sources. This area is also not too far from the coast and all of the resources that are found there. 

I have added the images taken by our investigator.

In one of the images there does appear to be an anomaly so I included this also.

I would like to thank all of our witnesses for allowing me to share their experiences with you. And a special thanks to our BBR member who braved the woods mentioned in these reports on our behalf.

Until Next Time,

Deb Become a Patron!