Based on the Flannan Isle mystery. A small relief boat approaches a tiny, isolated island where a lighthouse is located. They’re to replenish the stocks and replace the crew of 3. After they dock no one greets them. The winch is broken. The lamps are clean and refilled; the table’s laid for dinner. There’s an upturned chair, 2 sets of yellow oilskins are missing – the 3 men have vanished.—Andy Evans
Records allegedly showed that on December 12th, 1900, Thomas Marshall, the second assistant keeper, wrote in the lighthouse log of “severe winds the likes of which I have never seen before in twenty years”. He also noted that Principal keeper James Ducat had been “very quiet” and that the third assistant, (the Occasional) Donald MacArthur, had been crying, although MacArthur was a seasoned mariner and known as a tough brawler on the mainland. The December 13th entries stated that the storm was still raging and that all three men had been praying, despite the fact that all were experienced lighthouse keepers and were safely situated in what was a brand new lighthouse, 150 feet above sea level. Also strange is that weather records of the day had no reported storms in the area on the 12th, 13th and 14th of December that year and show the weather was calm, with storms not coming until December 17th. The final log entry at the lighthouse was made on December 15th. It simply read “Storm ended, sea calm. God is over all.” An investigation by Mike Dash for Fortean Times, revealed that these logbooks were later additions to the story not based on fact.
