This is a guide to everything supernatural, paranormal, folkloric, eccentric and, above all, mysterious that has occurred on the dark waters of the enigmatic Loch Ness and the surrounding area of Inverness. Containing Celtic gods and martyrs, telepathy, exorcism and magic, mermaids, demons and saints (and based on texts both ancient and modern), it is a fascinating introduction to the heritage of the area.This is a guide that the armchair adventurer or the on-location visitor can revel in. Comprehensive entries covering Inverness' tombstones, simulacra, standing stones, gargoyles, ruins, churches and archaeological curiosities are complemented by more than 100 photographs. The book also includes notes and cross-references to enable the reader to follow up the sources.
Geoff Holder has written almost twenty non-fiction books on the paranormal, the peculiar, the Gothic and the gruesome, from "The Jacobites and the Supernatural" and "101 Things to Do with a Stone Circle" to "Scottish Bodysnatchers" and nine titles in "The Guide to the Mysterious..." series, covering everywhere from the Lake District and Loch Ness to Glasgow and Aberdeen.
His work encompasses folklore, archaeology, local history, parapsychology, ghosts, Forteana, neo-antiquarianism and witchcraft, with a side order of gargoyles and graveyards. He has had over thirty jobs - once lasting an entire morning in a slaughterhouse - and won numerous awards as a video scriptwriter and producer.
