This article is adapted from a chapter in paranormal researcher and author Brian Allan’s new book entitled, ‘The Hole in The Sky’
*Note* The abduction of human beings by non-terrestrial entities is a far from recent phenomenon and one such case involved a 17th century Scottish Presbyterian minister, the Reverend Robert Kirk. Although he seems to have been born, lived, married and died in a conventional manner, what actually became of this enigmatic man is still shrouded in mystery and speculation, and the tales concerning his ultimate fate deserve attention.
While many assumptions have been made concerning the nature of so-called ‘portals’ and ‘window areas’, in the context of UFOlogy they are generally assumed to be entry points into our version of reality for extraterrestrial spacecraft, and upon occasion beings, from parallel dimensions. However, this is obviously not the only answer and since there is more than one explanation for the existence and nature of extraterrestrial spacecraft, there may be a link with more traditional interpretations of these ‘doorways’. Therefore, they might also be viewed as magical openings into which people and animals either enter by mistake, or are taken by entities, that in this context are assumed to be fairies and elves or some other variation on these magical creatures. One thing to bear in mind though is that in this matter context is vitally important. Before considering the Rev Kirk, perhaps we should think about a character who appears in a popular traditional children’s tale, i.e. the ‘Pied Piper of Hamelin’.
In June 1284, on being swindled out of his agreed fee by the officials of the municipality of Hamelin after ridding the town of a plague of rats, the piper entranced the local children by playing his pipes and led them into a cavern in the nearby Koppenberg Mountains. Neither the children nor the piper were ever seen again. The portals in accounts such as these take the form of caves, fissures and other points of access below the surface of the earth, but they also appear as fairy rings and other naturally occurring, if unusual, types of vegetation. This variant on contact with non-earthly beings tends to refer to them by the ancient term of the ‘good folk’, one of many facts comprehensively documented by the Rev. Kirk in his seminal book, ‘The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies’, sometimes called ‘The Secret Lives of Elves and Faeries’. Originally written in 1691, this volume is a meticulous appraisal of the creatures, mythology and history surrounding fairy lore. In many ways the lasting effects of the Rev. Kirk’s book is similar to that of Sir James Fraser’s splendid twelve volume anthropological opus, ‘The Golden Bough’. Both of these books give valid reasons to question many of the so-called truths and dogmas created by both science and religion.
Although Rev Kirk, who, interestingly, was a seventh son, is commemorated by a grave in an old cemetery just outside Aberfoyle, a pretty town in Stirlingshire, Scotland, where he was the minister, tradition insists that although there is a grave there he is not in it. Instead, local legend maintains that the ‘good people’ took him to a local fairy hill, led him inside and there he still remains. The use of the term, ‘good people’ may be a deliberate attempt by out forefathers to ward off possible repercussions from these beings should they inadvertently describe them in anything less than complimentary terms. The precautions derive from the allegedly capricious and sometimes malign nature of these entities.
An account written by his replacement in the parish, the Rev Grahame, goes some way to corroborate this tale and reveals that in 1692 the Rev Kirk was walking on the local fairy hill when he collapsed and was taken for dead, in fact the same fairy hill to which the ‘good people’ took him. At his funeral he reputedly appeared to one of his relations requesting them to contact the aforementioned Rev Grahame and tell him that he was not in fact dead, but held captive in fairyland. He said that he would appear again at the christening of his as yet unborn child, (presumably his wife was already pregnant before his death), and the only way to secure his release was for the officiating minister to throw a knife or dirk over Kirk’s head.
Brian Allan:
The Abduction of
the Reverend Robert Kirk
© Brian Allan 2007
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