If you're headed to the Outer Hebrides, you are likely familiar with the more well-known attractions such as Luskentyre and the Calanais Standing Stones.
However, you may be unaware of a memorial to a grizzly bear called Hercules on North Uist. Hercules acted in a number of adverts, television shows, and films, and became a worldwide sensation in 1980 after a dramatic escape.
The animal was born in captivity at the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie in 1975, where there was insufficient accommodation for him. This meant that he needed to be adopted or else put down, and luckily Scottish wrestler Andy Robin and his wife Maggie bought the cub for £50 with the intention of training him.
