25 Bloody Mackenzie Inktober 2023

Bloody MacKenzie is the most famous and dangerous ghost of Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh, one of the most haunted graveyard of Scottland.

During his lifetime, this spirit was a Scottish lawyer from the 17th century named Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh. He took part in the harsh repression of the covenantaires, Scottish Presbyterians who had opposed the Stuarts, and he proved so terribly cruel that he was nicknamed Bloody Mackenzie. Long after his death, his mausoleum was accidentally opened by a wanderer who wanted a shelter in 1998. This incident seems to have awakened Mackenzie's ghost. Since that night there have been numerous reports of attacks by an invisible force.

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Bloody MacKenzie est le fantôme le plus célèbre et le plus dangereux du Greyfriars Kirkyard à Édimbourg, l'un des cimetières les plus hantés d'Écosse.

De son vivant, cet esprit était un avocat écossais du XVIIe siècle nommé Sir George Mackenzie de Rosehaugh. Il participa à la dure répression des covenantaires, presbytériens écossais opposés aux Stuarts, et se montra si terriblement cruel qu'on le surnomma Bloody Mackenzie. Longtemps après sa mort, son mausolée fut accidentellement ouvert par un vagabond qui cherchait un abri en 1998. Cet incident semble avoir réveillé le fantôme de Mackenzie. Depuis cette nuit, de nombreux rapports font état d'attaques par une force invisible.