^y A History of The apparent explanation for its appearance is considered to be a certain atmospheric condition whereby lights that are far away appear to be much, much closer than they are. The ships seen were more likely to have been lights on shore and the sailors running around a figment of the imagination. Many Scots had the gift of "second sight" and often saw forerunners that took the form of an unusual light. If, coincidentally, a tragedy occured at the time of this sighting it was considered to be a forerunner. While we are on the subject of mysterious sightings, maybe sometime in the future somebody will tell of seeing a strange young man and young woman walking hand in hand in the second field from the MacCannell shore. One beautiful day in May 1986, two sad, discouraged young people, one from the Western end of the Island and one from the other end with problems with life, saw no other solution to their woes than to drive to a strange place and end their lives. Surely Mother Nature wept that day. !WW-!'W-W-!W^ < J 1 I ■ ' im il i > :■:::::■:■::■: :■:■::•:-:■:■;■:■:■: