{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6231dca5572c130014e00ce8/6a576673f821a82109868ebe?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Children’s Island of Loch Garry: The Kelpie, the Seven Red Hearts, and Scotland’s Haunted Floating Island","description":"<p>In 1968 and 1969, Scottish newspapers reported that a haunted floating island on Loch Garry had broken loose and become wedged against a Bailey bridge near Greenfield. Known locally as Children’s Island, it was tied to an old kelpie legend in which seven children were carried into the loch by a water horse, and their red hearts were later said to have appeared on the winter water.</p><p><br></p><p>The <a href=\"https://geni.us/tfthewhisperingwoods\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BOOK</a></p><p><a href=\"https://buymeacoffee.com/thewhisperingwoodspodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BY US A COFFEE</a></p><p>Join Sarah's new <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/661689902674874\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">FACEBOOK GROUP</a></p><p>Subscribe to our <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/TheWhisperingWoods\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PATREON</a></p><p><a href=\"https://open.acast.com/shows/6231dca5572c130014e00ce8/episodes/thewhisperingwoodspodcast@gmail.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">EMAIL</a> us your stories</p><p>Join us on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thewhisperingwoodspodcast/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">INSTAGRAM</a></p><p>Join us on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/thewhispwoods\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TWITTER</a></p><p>Join us on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/thewhisperingwoodspodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">FACEBOOK</a></p><p>Visit our<a href=\"https://www.thewhisperingwoodspodcast.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> WEBSITE</a></p><p><br></p><p>Research Links:</p><p><strong>The Press and Journal</strong>, <em>20 January 1969</em>, <strong>\"End of Menace in Loch Garry – 'Haunted' Island to Be Cut Up.\"</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Garry\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Garry</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelpie\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelpie</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Folk-Lore_Journal/Volume_1/Kelpie_Stories\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Folk-Lore_Journal/Volume_1/Kelpie_Stories</a></p><p><a href=\"https://scotlands-stories.com/scottish-kelpie-legends/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://scotlands-stories.com/scottish-kelpie-legends/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on tomorrow.</p><p><br></p><p>Sarah and Tobie xx</p><p><br></p><p>\"Spacial Winds,\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)</p><p>Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence</p><p>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p>","author_name":"True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories "}