It's an unremarkable stretch of land by both standards, wide open fields around the

place, with marsh land and the occasional rise in the landscape.

It's the Scottish Highlands in just about every way you can imagine, windy, wet and

steel gray, and immensely beautiful, but it's also haunted.

Many who visit this patch of land do east of Iberness have reported the most unusual

experiences.

Some visitors have seen injured men lying in the tall grass, only to watch them vanish

as they move in for a closer look.

Others have witnessed men in military uniforms walking out of the marsh toward them.

In Otis de Valle, local birds either avoid the area altogether or somehow feel compelled

to remain silent, adding to the eerie atmosphere.

The good news is that these sightings only happen once a year, on April 16.

That's because the land is the site of a bloody battle known as the Battle of Colauden.

It was a confrontation that took place in 1746 between British forces and rebels from the

Jacobite uprising, and a conflict that saw the loss of nearly 2500 lives.

And every year on the anniversary of that tragic event, the past it seems, returns to make

itself known.

Because some tragedies are too difficult to move on from, and as a result, they naw at

the present.

Either through unusual experiences or the details of the stories we still tell about them

today.

But it's not the only battlefield known to be haunted by the events they once played

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