The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Keepers
December 15, 1900
The Flannan Isle Lighthouse was visited by members the ship “The Hesperus” on December 15th, 1900. Normally, this visit would have been a routine stop to ensure the lighthouse was in operational conditional, however today something eerie would take its stead.
On arrival, the crew and relief keeper found that the flagstaff had no flag, all of the usual provision boxes had been left on the landing stage for re-stocking, and more ominously, none of the lighthouse keepers were there to welcome them ashore. Furthermore, food had been prepared, bad weather gear such as rain jackets were left unused, and all the clocks had ceased to function.
The weather forecasts for the previously recorded days showed nothing but clear skies however in the keepers log just three days prior an interesting entry had been add “severe winds the likes of which I have never seen before in twenty years.”. Without any further evidence the question remains….
What happened to the lighthouse keepers?
Intro Music: Moonlight Hall - Stings by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)