Enjoy a wee drop of whiskey at the cabin for a chat about the infamous Great Grey Man of Ben Macdhui - whether it be a cryptozoological Bigfoot-like creature, or a more mystical being of folklore. The Grey Man is only one of many strange tales told about high elevations. In this episode, we investigate:

-the 1975 Bonighton Everest ghost

-Dan Simmons’ novels ‘The Terror’ and ‘The Abominable’

-1920s mountaineering mania

-Ghosts and hallucinations on Everest

-Frank Smythe’s sighting of weird aerial creatures on Everest

-Isolated high-altitude psychosis

-Early stories of the Great Grey Man of Ben Macdhui

-Mystical encounters with the Grey Man

-The Grey Man speaking Scots Gallic and psychic communication!

IMAGE from Haunted houses by Maple & Myring

SOURCES:

-Haunted Houses, Maple & Myring, 1979

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-Howard Bury’s Footsteps episode (beginning of the Yeti myth!)

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-Day of the Triffids episode (me talking to Neil from UK Wildlife podcast!)

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-The Horror-Horn episode (Yetis in the Alps!)

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-The Abominable, Dan Simmons, 2013

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-The Secret Lives of Ghosts, Paul Gater, 2013

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-The Business Insider article about high altitude hallucinations, Kevin Loria 2018

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-Frank Smythe’s hallucination, from The Crystal Horizon, Roger McDonald

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-Live Science, Hearing Voices When Climbing Mount Everest, Charles Q Choi, 2017

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-Yeti, Graham Hoyland, 2018

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-VacationScotland.biz article about the Great Grey Man, David McNicoll, 2018

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-The Secret of Spey, Wendy Wood, 1930

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-The Big Grey Man: Myth or Monster, Affleck Grey, 1989

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-A Brocken Spectre in Ireland

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