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The Big Grey Man

Ben Macdhui, Cairngorms

A famous climber flees in terror from footsteps in the mist.

In 1925 Professor Norman Collie, a respected mountaineer, told an audience about a day in 1891 on Ben Macdhui. In the mist he heard heavy footsteps crunching behind him, one for every few of his.

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When
1891, told 1925
Where
57.0703, -3.6690
Group
Bigfoot & Hominids

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Britain's second highest peak. A long, serious hill walk.

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