Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-28

the opposite cliff form like that of an enorm-
Gus NANCY sinister crow emitting from all
over il dull light,
The people who have taken refuge in the
Huntsman's Leap report that their sleep has
been disturbed by loud noises like the calling
of a crow.
Wales is full of ghost haunted caves. which
have been used by the air shelter authorities.
The Lydstep Cavern in South Wales is alleged
10 be frequented by hands of fearful size
that try to strange anybody who dares TO
venture alone in the cave certain nights
in the year. More than one person who has
been venturesome enough TO do this is said
90 have been later found dead, with marks Of
stranguation on his throat or insane through
shock and fright.
Mr. Loyd-WilHams local landowner, who
claims to have seen the hands thus describes
them:
We were standing just outside the cavern
when suddenly there appeared in the gloom
ahead of us an uncanny mist or glow, red
and lurid In less time than it takes TO
describe there materaized in the midst Of IL
two great hands. with long tapering fingers
and long almond-shaped nails, curved and
cleaning like the talons Of a beast of prey,
and suggestive of great cruelty The spark
ling gold bracelets on the wrists and the shape
and apparent texture Of the hands indicated
that they feminine"
There was something so diabOlically cruel
and feline about them that all the eye-wit-
nesses shrank back in alarm. The hands
moved stealthily towards the spectators the
fingers crooked as If preparing TO seize some
one Of the party. For some seconds everybody
stood staring at the hands too spel-boun
70 stir Then just as the fingers were. about
to pounce on Mr.. Lloyd-Wiiams. the spell
was broken and he and his companions turned
on their heels and fled
Fngals Cave a famous locality in Scot
land and the Falls OF the Hespte have both
proved uneasy resting places for air raid
victims in the present war Though miles
apart the same phantom haunts both places
according TO tradition At the time of the
Restoration that is TO say when King Charles
III Of England sometimes called the Merry
Monarch was returning TO his Kingdom the
wife OF the Laird of Balneave Hall gave birth
according TO the story TO a monster
1t was a male, with a body Of tawny hue
and covered all over with spots like those of
a leopard. 1t had pointed feline ears. terrible
leopard teeth and big green eyes
The Laird then had it removed 10 the
Island of Staffa where it was left with A
number OF sheep and cattle to furnish it with
food They say 1t would only eat the raw
flesh OF animals II had killed Some wears
later IT was found by sailors lying dead on
a rock IN Fingal's Cave The sailors had
been sent by the Laird Of the island TO report
on the monsters condition
Soon after this discovery not only Finsals
Cave but the immediate neighborhood Of the
Falls OF the Hespte were reported to be
haunted by the monsters ghost
In 1880. some fishermen were attracted 10
the cave by queer light and were astonished
20 see gigantic figure crouching on a shelly
ing rock. 1t resembled a human being but
its skin was a tawny color and covered all
over with spots like those OF a leopard
The simple fishermen were greatly fright.
ened one Of the men cried: In the name
of the Almighty. begone"
Very slowly 10 the relief OF everybody the
appariton faded away into nothingness
Nov Fingais cave is being tried out AZ
ar AR raid shelter kut many Of the refugees
would prefer 20 sleep oHt under the hombs