The Viking invaders of Scotland thought Rum, with its 100,000 pairs
was a home to Trolls!
Andrew
--- In "mdfrancey" <>
wrote:
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> --- In "stoatwizard" <linnet@> wrote:
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> > Must be scary to hear that in the dead of night!
>
> "One of the cleverer and more mature of my undergradtuate
> contemporaries, who was deeply religious, went camping
> in the Scottish isles. In the middle of the night he and
> his girlfriend were woken in their tent by the voice of
> the devil, Satan himself; there could be no possible doubt:
> the voice was in every sense diabolical. My friend would
> never forget this horrifying experience, and it was one
> of the factors that later drove him to be ordained. My
> youthful self was impressed by this story, and recounted
> it to a gathering of zoologists relaxing in the Rose and
> Crown Inn, Oxford. Two of them happened to be experienced
> ornithologists, and they roared with laughter. 'Manx
> Shearwater!' they shouted in delighted chorus. One of
> then added that the diabolical shrieks and cackles
> of this species have earned it, in various parts of
> the world and various languages, the local nickname
> 'Devil Bird'. Many people believe in God because
> they believe they have seen a vision of him..."
>
>
> Richard Dawkins, "The God Delusion", page 87.
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