06-02-2016, 03:21 PM
Quote:“All the clocks in the building were stopped, from which it is considered possible that the disaster occurred at least a week ago - presumably Thursday last, the 20th - the day of the terrific gale which did so much damage all over Scotland, and wrecked part of the Shetland fishing fleet.”
I remember doing a thread on this a couple of years ago; one that got lost in all the shuffle. Anyway, some think they drowned, while others pointed out the fact that the one man went outside in a storm without his gear or winter coat.
Something had to have happened that was of utmost importance to make him run out like that.
I suppose back then they had the kind of clocks that had to be wound every day, but it could also have been a UFO that made them stop.
Were they all beamed aboard an alien craft, never to be seen again?
Another possibility would be that a ghost frightened them so bad that they all ran out in terror and got swept way by the stormy waters.
A mystery we will never have a definite answer to now.