Case · UFO Afrinews No 20, July 1999
Robert Kirk and the Secret Commonwealth (book review retelling)
1691 ยท Scotland, United Kingdom
Outside the region. Hind reprinted this case from elsewhere; it has a file here but no place on the map.
What was reported
From Randles' chapter on the antiquity of the men in black, Wintle relates the legend of Robert Kirk, a Scottish minister who in 1691 wrote The Secret Commonwealth about sinister figures of uncertain origin, often visible only to those with second sight, around whom time slowed and the sounds of the environment fell away, much like the modern Oz factor. According to the tale these beings warned Kirk to keep silent; he refused, and his body was soon found dumped beside a fairy knoll. Wintle finds the chapter a fine summary of how far back MIB-like traditions reach and well worth reading.
What Hind made of it
Wintle sees it as evidence for the supernatural side of the MIB mystery which Randles herself, with ingrained scepticism of the supernatural, resists.
In their words
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They warned him to be silent. He refused to be coerced and his body was found soon afterwards dumped beside a fairy knoll.
Cross references
- The Truth Behind the Men in Black, chapter 14
- Passport to Magonia, Jacques Vallee, 1969