A mum claims to have photographic proof that a centuries-old sailor's myth about men who haunt the waves looking for ships to sink is true. Stephanie Cranston, 38, was enjoying a day on the beach on the Isle of Lewis, the largest island in the Outer Hebrides, with her two sons and their father when she had a premonition.
Nothing came of it at the time but, when she was looking back at pictures taken on the day, she noticed something strange in one snap. Stephanie says was startled to see a face in the waves - which she thinks could be proof of the blue men of the Minch.
The mythological creatures - also known as storm kelpies - are thought to inhabit the stretch of water between the northern Outer Hebrides and mainland Scotland. They look for sailors to drown and stricken boats to sink, according to lore.
