17 Unusual Urban Legends Behind the World’s Most Iconic Landmarks

12. The Lighthouse That Calls Ships to Doom – The Eilean Mòr Mystery (Scotland)

On a remote, storm-lashed Scottish island stands the Flannan Isles Lighthouse, where one of the most chilling maritime mysteries unfolded in 1900. When a relief crew arrived to resupply the lighthouse keepers, they found the tower empty, the lamps unlit, and no sign of the three men assigned to maintain it. The only clue? A log entry that read: “The storm is raging, seas higher than I have ever seen… God is over all.” But there had been no recorded storm at sea during that time. Theories range from rogue waves washing them away to a murder-suicide or even supernatural intervention. Locals whisper that the island is cursed, and that the lighthouse itself calls men to their doom. Even today, sailors claim that when passing by, they can sometimes hear disembodied voices carried by the wind, calling for help.