Hi Shaun, how fab it was to meet you yesterday at culloden battlefield... I really hope you didn't mind us just coming over to talk to you but after watching your clips, I just couldn't not tell you how great they are. I hope you find peace and rest from the bad luck you've been having luv as you seem like such a nice lad. We're still up here at culloden house hotel and even here this morning the air feels strange, I can't put my finger on it as to exactly how but it does, it breaks my heart to think of how Scotland changed after that battle and for all those souls lost.. Thank-you again for taking the time out of your work to speak to Christine and I, take care, niki.x
Nicola Stewart thank you Nicola, it was my absolute pleasure to meet you and Christine yesterday. I loved our wee chat. Hope you have a great stay during the rest of your trip in Scotland 😊 thank you for saying hi
Lots of interesting thoughts being posted here. I'll add another. The tragedy of the battle may live on at Culloden to some extent, in the ground, the plants, the rocks, everything. When you brought the heather home, maybe you brought some of that "tragedy" home with you - the energy of pain and disappointment that the Jacobite freedom fighters couldn't help but imprint on the place. I'm with the others here who think the soldiers themselves wouldn't want to curse you with bad luck, they would almost certainly be touched and proud that you visited and honored them, and grateful for the remembrance.
Shaun, I make it a habit to never take anything from sacred ground. Sorry that you and your family have had health issues. Could be a coincidence. The heather is lovely and it is good that you showed even more respect and left it at one of the gravesites. Hopefully, things will lighten up.
culloden23, I visited Culloden in August 2018. I’m not Scottish but definitely felt a different feeling while there. I remember having a similar feeling while visiting Gettysburg battleground. I would love to return...🏴
@@bonnieikamas1201 That somber feeling is palpable at Gettysburg, no matter how nice the weather is. I lived an hour's distance away, so made the trip frequently.
2 of my 3rd great grandpas fought there one with the 1st New York Light Artillery and another with the Iron Brigade. Hope to take a pilgrimage there some day soon to see and stand where they fought.
I remember you doing that for some reason. Just put it back and say your sorry out loud. It will be better and better!im proud of you for having such heart! ❤️🥃🏴
The Native American half of my family would tell you a small gift to the spirits is also needed. Here it would be a pinch of tobacco in Scotland I'm not sure if the same rules would apply and what you'd give that they'd appreciate. Although in many cultures around the world it's food or whatever the local alcoholic drink is.
In these kind of situations, its best to ask the spirits if they're okay for you to take something. Its a simple as asking the question and stilling the mind, usually you'll get an answer pretty quickly, if one doesn't come to you, then don't do it. I've found they're often happy to give if one asks, but unhappy on principle of one 'steals'. It may sound and seem silly and superstitious, but whats the harm in giving it a go in the future?
Loved the video, Shaun. You did the right thing by putting the heather back. Many positive thoughts to you and your family that things turn around for you all!
Aww Shaun...you are such a thoughtful person, even considering that a small token of heather, would bring hardship into your home. If it calms you 'and the spirits' then you'll have done a good deed..they will know that no malice was intended. As it is, I hope you and the family are doing better, all round 💙 p.s. I agree with you, that some places do 'feel' different...like the vibrations are in tune with something else, something other-worldly 😊
Hi Shaun If you felt there was a disturbance in your Universe over the past 6 months, then you did the right thing. I'm in Australia and for many years we heard stories about tourists who took 'souvenir' rocks from Uluru (Northern Territory), then had experiences similar to what you described in your video. There were even reports of the rocks being mailed back to the location! Thankfully it rarely happens now because of the strict access rules in the area of the rock. Thanks for sharing!
Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania, USA, has the sad, solemn feeling to it as well, even after all these years. Despair and death in that place have left a lasting echo.
Gettysburg is also notoriously haunted and there are even stories about people encountering time slips where it seems they step into the events that took place there back in the 1860's.
Feeling haunted by the victims of the battle at Culloden? I did, for years and I could feel the drumming of the bodrana. I came on 17 April 2018, went over the little paths, viewed everything and listened to my guide. Very emotional, but finally I did not feel the drumming under my feet anymore and I knew I had made my peace too. Rest in peace Culloden.
Thank you ! I really enjoyed this one! I pray at last these Jackobites who fought can finally rest in peace ! That was really touching..putting the heather back- wishing you & your family and all of Scotland all the Best & love from across the Pond! xT.M.A.
It is not superstitious. It is real. I know that because when I was little, the house that me and my family lived in was actually haunted, strange things keep happened to my family each year. It started in 1999 , the next 2 years my mother and father both had surgery. And the year after that it was me, it was 2001, I was in Primary 3. I remember I started to feel panic everyday. I did't want to go to school, just wanted to stay at home, I was really frustrated and angry at myself because I knew I shouldn't be feeling all this panic, panicking over nothing! But I had to call home everyday saying that I am sick I couldn't stay in school, because I was so afraid, especially when I was away from my family. 3 months later, the school sent me to see a psychologist. Then I got better about 5 months later, but I don't think it was the psychologist, I knew from the start that he couldn't help but he didn't understand me. I think it was because of my mum who prayed everyday. I am from a Buddhist family so my mum invited some monk to come over to our house and prayed a few times. I think thats why I started to feel better. And then a year later, it was my younger sister. Every time she ate something her stomach and her tummy just swellen. We kept taking her to the hospital but nobody knows why this was happening. And then it stopped around 3 months later. Everything was so strange. It was bad luck, one thing after another. And then a year later after I finished Primary 5, my family decided to move to Scotland and then we sold the house. So Shaun, you are not superstitious, it is true. I am Chinese and from a Buddhist family. My grandma told me when I was little: Every time when walking pass a graveyard, don't look directly at people's grave, don't try to read (even just in your head) what it say on the tombstone, but the spirit will think that you are calling for them. Keep saying 'excuse me', to maybe the spirits ahead of you (that you couldn't see), you don't want to just walk right through them and so are they. You don't want to piss them off. AND NEVER PICK ANYTHING FROM GRAVEYARD, DON'T TOUCH THEM, AND SURE NOT TO TAKE THEM HOME. Ghosts are real, you don't know why but sometimes they are just angry. I know Shaun you wasn't being disrespectful, but they just didn't like it.
And I have read online that, a Chinese Outlander fan who came to Scotland and wanted to visit the Culloden Battlefield. She got off the train and went to get a taxi, but the driver refused to take her there. She said the driver told her that it is not a nice place to go, especially on a gloomy day, and told her if she really really wants to go, at least wait for another day. And he just refused to drive her there. Even some of the locals think it is a haunted place.
I don’t feel it was disrespectful. I’m not superstitious, I believe sometimes things just happen. Bad things happen and I don’t really know why, but they do. Sometimes they come in spurts. I’ve had my mother pass away, and my father be diagnosed with lung cancer, and other personal issues happen since last August 2017. The point is... I believe things just happen, past lifestyle choices, sometimes there’s no reason etc. Sometimes stuff just happens.
That’s great that you showed the Jacobites honour. Always loved my name and the flower. I even had heather in my wedding bouquet! It’s awesome hearing it said the Scottish accent too. 🌸
I think it is so awesome and respectful that you’re actually honoring them and remembering them because so many people have died and forgotten by all of us that should be remembering because if we forget it’ll happen again
Beautiful video Shaun, I would think that because you did not have bad intent that it was just an unfortunate coincidence. But nice that you took the heather back! I’m enjoying catching up on your videos! Love your channel!!!
I hope returning the heather helped you. Just finished bingeing the first two seasons of Outlander. Feeling overwhelmed with sadness so I watched a bunch of comedy videos. Thanks Shaun.
Shaun, you come across as such a bright, charming young man! Whatever you or others might believe, you should always, always follow your heart, and be true to your best instincts. You always appear to have the best intentions in all you do. For whatever reasons you were experiencing down times, your trip back to Culloden was worthwhile for you AND the brave souls who gave their lives there, so hopefully you have gleaned the lessons (whatever they might be) we all learn along the way in life. No harm, no fouls! The important thing is to carry on past the experience a better, and hopefully wiser person! Cheers, Shaun! Kimber
Shaun, your videos are wonderful and it's interesting that this very one popped up on my RUclips when I felt compelled to drop you a line. There's a connection that is personal for you with Culloden and with those who fell there. I'd actually been getting the push to reach out to relate that there was some connections making themselves known to you. There's also more with the shifting taking place that you mention in your family as this is something that happens in such times when our ancestral connections come forth. You have a wonderful heart and I think that more of what it contains in connection to your own history is just waiting around the corner. Best to you and thank you for the videos!
Thank you Shaun for sharing that dimension of yourself with us. That makes you a very special man in my eyes. I am sure those brave lads that fought and died for the victory of being free think so too.
Thanks for the video and stepping carefully around the description of those who fought and died at Culloden. We should never confuse this battle as Scots-v-English. There were four Scots regiments on the Government side and their memory is insulted by those who say the Jacobites where fighting for Scotland - they weren't, they were fighting for a Catholic 'prince' who took advantage of the feudal 'clan system' to get Highlanders to fight for his cause. It was a war of succession based on religious differences and thankfully the Government prevailed and avoided another bloody civil war. My thoughts are with all who died here and especially the Highlanders who, I believe, were duped into fighting and showed enormous courage and heroism - as did the redcoats who stood and faced them. Let's not forget that the Union of 1707 was under a Scottish monarch (Queen Anne) and at the request of the Scots...
Shaun, You have done the proper & respectful duty in returning the dried heather. In a way having dried the beautiful flowers makes them last longer for the souls that have past...and I’m most certain they have watched & appreciated what you have done. Dried flowers to a soul that’s passed from said century of battle, means more to them than for people of today’s generation. Back then it was all about remembrances...Locks of hair, cut ribbon, pieces of tartan, and dried flowers...these were all they had to hold onto. In watching the Vlog I got a sense that your suspicions re; said bad luck had immediately changed. Being the anniversary of the Culloden Battle spirits are there wandering day & night, so you were in the midst of that special symbolic air. Making amends as you did was such the right thing to do. In reading several people’s response in here to suspicion, ghosts, bad/good luck...I was in agreement with quite a few...Especially when they said never take ANYTHING as a remembrance or token but, rather commune with nature & the spirits that roam...It’s more appreciated by them. I know your circumstances will change all for the better. I’ve experienced a similar situation as I’ve mentioned before and the moment I removed the item that I felt was the harbor of bad omens instantly everything changed. Peace to you & yours always✌🏼
You know what would be cool If you could do an overlay on the aerial shot of the battle field . That shows where the Highlanders were and where the English were. ? Just to try and get a better understanding. I think that is so interesting. I have been to several Revolutionary and Civil War battlefields here in the USA.
I love "Shaun's Vlogumentaries"! I'm sure the fallen Highlanders will forgive your mistake of taking the heather home. Im also sure there's a lot of unrested spirits there...how could so much blood be spilled on that land and it be completely peaceful? I'd place my bets that the unrest, back luck, poor health, ect in your family will stop now. You returned what is theirs and respectfully apologized and asked for their forgiveness. All will be well now... Much Love as always from Ontario Canada...Keli 💖
I can recall listening to Diana Gabaldon speak once of her impressions when she visited Culloden, I paraphrase here but she said she felt something other as well, it truly is a sacred place. I think if one is mindful, you cannot help but feel the devastation & loss, the courage & valor of so many who lost their lives that fateful day. You do honor to the place, returning your sprig of heather, knowing you also hold the place sacred. It was a poignant moment & a true gift. I'll keep you & yours in my thoughts & prayers for a turn in your luck ... Thank you Shaun for sharing this w/ us.
Praying your family will have health and peace in the remaining year ahead. I lost 2 of my cousins to pancreatic cancer in a 2 week period. One was my best friend and both were my age. Then the one cousin's mother passed away on my birthday. Another dear friend was diagnosed with cancer the day of my friend's funeral. Must keep the faith. I get sad just thinking of what happened at Culloden. If I actually visited the site, I would probably be in tears the whole time. I sure like your idea of vlogumentaries. Thank you so much for all you do to share your Scottish nationality with the world.
Great video....and you did the right thing....there is alot of energy in culloden...I feel it strong each time I go...you did the right thing putting it back....it is ok to take things from such places but must always leave a gift for them in return....and ask before you take...if you do this you will find the trade much more helpful and what you take will be blessed by the ancestors....if done in a respectful way your life will change for the better. Peace brother.
I enjoyed this video very much. It was heartfelt and raw. Often simple faith in anything can make it true. It’s obvious that you came away from Culloden having released some guilt and pain. Superstition or not, that is very valuable. We create our own meaning through our own rituals. This was one such ritual.
Here's a bit of ancient (well, sort of ancient) history for you. In the summer of 1975 I had quit my job to go backpacking in Scotland. I'd traveled from Inverness to view the battlefield at Culloden. It was a dreary day of mist and occasional rain and, as far as I saw, I was completely alone. Let me say here that I wasn't what you might call especially spiritual & I wasn't looking for an 'experience'. As I came to the Well of the Dead, suddenly I felt as if a cold finger had been run down my back and I knew my presence wasn't welcome. I wasn't endangered or anything like that, simply not wanted. I left shortly after. Scoff if you like, but I remember the feeling to this day. I respect your feelings and actions. Luck to you and your family.
I visited Culloden on a cold, misty day in April of 1995. This was way before the tv series but I had read the first four books. The Battlefield was deserted at the time except for myself and as I walked the paths I experienced much the same feelings. The best way I can describe it is as an atmosphere of despair pressing down on me. I am another person who is not normally superstitious or spiritual but there is very definitely something there.
its more likely that some present day individuals are unhappy with what your doing. have you gone to the glenfinnin monument? there is a quote on the back wall you might find interesting. as for the jacobite spirits - i am sure what they want is for you to keep on - uncovering and sharing their story.
saw you were on mull - you must have just missed the music festival: tidelines, heron valley, ho-ro... be sure to check out 'an tobar' next time - always good shows on. oh yeah, and 'the scullery' is the spot for the best hand-cut chips in Tob. enjoy your posts - look forward to seeing what you'll be putting out this summer....
You did the right thing, returning the Heather. I HOPE ALL IS BETTER FOR YOU AND YOURS. I'd love to try to get some EVPs there, but at the same time would feel a bit unnerved.
Shaun your most welcome., Since I mentioned EVP, have you ever considered trying it? I know there are a mature apps for that, not sure if they work or are just pre recordings, I guess you would have to buy a voice recorder. I did a voice box session a few times in a cemetery and my room both had results that were eerie
I don't know if you've been cursed or not, but I can say that even watching the end drone views of the battlefield gave me an eerie feeling. Although, I have a feeling that the spirits disturbance has a lot more to do with the housing complex situation in politics than anything you did. But I admire your thoughtfulness and the gesture of returning the heather back to the grave stones.
Maybe you are not quite spiritual, but you’ve got a kind spirit. I love your videos and following your adventures. Plus, I appreciate your talks on psoriasis. You just seem like a great guy. 😊
I think everyone said it for me. I think you did the right thing, too, for peace in your heart and making amends. Most definitely there are Souls who stay at battlefields, cemeteries, and even hospitals. There is a former tuberculosis hospital where I am that has made the bravest persons run away screaming. I will never go near it. But what you did was very touching and loving. In fact I feel your gesture was an excellent kindness, and perhaps the Jacobites think so, too.
Did anyone notice the most well known passage of the declaration of Arbroath, at 5:07? It gave me goosebumps "As long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours, that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself". Hi Shaun, I hope the curse or the string of bad luck has been broken, and hope you & the family are feeling better. xx More info on the declaration of Arbroath: www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/features/the-declaration-of-arbroath
I've spread the ashes of a brother and my father near the stone of our fallen ancestors on Culloden. A wee drop of whisky too of course, for them all. I can say that as I looked over the field I felt their presence and could feel the kinship and comradeship emanating up from the ground and through the air. I thanked them and they said they'd be looking forward to my spirit joining them there in many years time. True story.
Great video, Shaun. I thinks it's wonderful that you brought the heather back to the field and stated your regret at removing it. While I'm not sure if I believe in curses or not, my family has Native American roots, as well as several other cultures mixed in, and we we're always taught that places such as these are sacred ground and should be treated with the highest levels of respect and honor. My father always told us that the best way to have a keepsake or a memory of these special places, without doing it harm, is to take a photo of the item you connect with and wish you could remove. Then, you print out (or develop) the photo, frame it, and place it somewhere that you will see it often. Each time you look upon that photo, take a moment to reflect on what you felt when you captured it on film, and why this keepsake was important to you. By doing that, you are honoring the place, the people, the memories, etc., and in most cases you are doing this more often than you would've if you had placed (for example) a flower in a book or a rock on a shelf and eventually forgotten the feelings and importance attached. I've decided to go one step further by writing a short explanation on the back of the photo, or on a small slip of paper to be placed inside the frame so that when I'm gone, my family members in the future will know why this item held significance in my life.
Dear Shaun, thank you on your honest and warm story. You teach us a lot. I think you did a right thing when you return them what is theirs. Things often accumulate energies. Don't worry soldiers are thankfull because you are telling their story. Come to Serbia
Outlander does paint Scots as famously superstitious. Would you agree? At least that's the first thing that came to mind from this video. I assume lots of people take Heather from the battlefield - no disrespect intended, I hope things improve for your family and it was a good video to watch. It's just one of the first thoughts that came to mind.
I would say we are quite superstitious people in general (which is odd, because it even includes atheists and people who are generally quite sceptical). I'm agnostic, leaning towards atheist, and I tend to be quite logical (if something weird happens, I'll think of the most logical reasons for it)...and yet I still follow the First Footing rules on New Year, I still touch wood if I don't want to tempt fate (when I don't even believe in fate), I still subconsciously believe old wives tales my granny told me about new shoes on a table or opening an umbrella indoors being bad luck, I still believe four leaf clovers and white heather are lucky and in the silver coin to bring good fortune/luck thing. I still believe bad things come in threes. It's odd. It's not something I've ever really questioned before.
Shaun: have you ever heard of 'the grid' and how events and lives leave an 'imprint' in space-time? this sounds a bit nuts, but books have been written on it. And BTW, I'm maternally a Cameron of Lochiel, McGregor and..... alas, a Stewart Lastly, do more on 'Ghosts'.... love it!
Shaun, love your vlogs, and I especially loved this one. Of course, you did the right thing for you - guilt was heavy on you. But do not despair. God is sovereign, and trials are allowed to strengthen us, and to cause us to look to Him. Your family’s “bad luck” had nothing whatsoever to do with an innocent gathering of heather from a place you revere and respect. I will pray for you and your family. This too shall pass. We are coming to Scotland, hopefully for our 25th Anniversary next year. Would love to meet you then. Carla Hays
Hi Shaun. I recently subscribed to your channel and I have just started to go thru your videos. I had a similar experience as yours at Culloden. Mine was in New York City at the former site of the World Trade Center. 9/11/2001 approx 3000 died that day. I had this overwhelming sense of...I don’t know, maybe sadness?
Shaun, have you ever looked into seeing if you have family who fought at Culloden? You feel like you are connected some how. It might be your ancestors there. I also think that anyone who has heard of this battle feels something. It's a very horrible thing. Not only the battle, but that the people of Scotland suffered after the battle. That their way of life was gone. This battle changed the whole country. There is lifetimes of grief here. Prayers to you, your family, those that fought, and their families.
My relatives left Scotland the year before Culloden. I visited a couple of years ago and had thought there was not much to see prior to my visit (an open field). However, upon visiting the site I was overwhelmed by the simple yet poignant setting where brave men died for their beliefs and a nation was formed.
My thoughts, you're haunted by the British soldiers. I don't see fellow Scottish souls wanting to hurt someone for taking a remembrance. It would be more logical that a British soldier who is upset that you're remembering "traitors" in their eyes.
Even though British means Scottish, English, Irish (at the time) and Welsh. God, mate. Scots are Brits.Most Scots also fought for the government forces in the Jacobite Rising. Some Englishmen also fought in the Jacobite army.
More Scots fought on the red coat side than the Jacobite side. Mcleod’s, Campbells, Ross, Grant, McKay etc etc. Learn Scottish history before activating your typing finger.
Sorry to hear about the run of bad luck pal. Ive been through similar stuff in my own family. Trust me, you have offended nobody by taking heather from that place. You have a right to do that as a Scot. And you are honoring the Scots on the right side of morality who died there that day.
Thanks Shaun for your lovely and interesting vlog. Just one very earnest advice: Never take anything home from a graveyard! The weirdest things can happen, as my mother experienced when my father had died.....
God Bkess love your show. From North Carolina We get attacked for doing the right things. Light outshines darkness it has to flee. ......for the love of God.
I dropped my phone there and it shattered. Dropped it hundreds of time before, but this time totally annihilated. I really feel sad there too. I’m not even Scottish and it totally drew me in. Going back next year again. I’m now so into Scottish history. Actually want to live in the highlands.
It doesn't have to be spiritual - everything is energy and the energy held in that space infuses itself in the plants, so you probably just took that traumatic, dense energy home with you. It's more of like physics than woo-woo lol. You definitely did the right thing by returning it!
In 2002, I was headed for Fort William on a City Link Glasgow/Inverness. Coach. As the coach was passing Rannoch Moor, I was surprised to see charging across a stretch of it into the distance, an army of longhaired tartan plaided bare legged sword and claymore armed men it looked like a scene from Braveheart and I wondered if a movie was being made.i remember seeing bloodied scratched, wounded limbs and faces, the faces depicting silent wild roars . I turned away for a couple of seconds to see if anyone else on th bus had noticed, when I looked back, the battle scene I'd just witnessed was gone. A mist formed over the Moor and my spirit deeply moved by a realisation what I had seen was definitely not of this World. It was quite a fierce and gory scene, and so whoever these die hard Highlanders were and whoever their Battle was against, I pray in my heart that they won.🌌🏴🥀
I don't believe in curses. I don't even know if I believe in good or bad luck. Things just happen. I was wondering, Shaun, if the Culloden Battlefield was expressible at night. If so go and take some pictures on night vision or with just using the flash. Do it randomly, don't look for anything in particular at the time. When you have done that look at the results on the camera itself. There might be absolutely nothing to see or you just might see an orb or two floating around. Orbs are supposed to be the souls or the energy of the dead. Bodies die, but energy does not, so it has to go somewhere.The energy is what keeps the body alive barring something devastating happening. It makes us function. All life, human or animal has energy. As I said you might see nothing at all. A lot of people think this is nonsense and who knows it might be. However, I have seen it for myself. One in a picture with my grandson and a whole bunch more in a Japanese cemetery in Hawaii. To confirm a suspicion I asked the tour operator if there were any electrical wires in the vicinity and he said no. Just to be sure I went there in the daytime and saw no electrical wires. Just thought you might be interested.
I had an experience here. I walked my dog round the battlefield and when we got to the actual war graves... my dog started growling at one grave in particular. This growling was a noise Ive never heard from my dog. Aside from that, I felt the same as you. I just didnt like the atmosphere but I couldnt explain why....
So, in Andros Bahamas, where my African and Scottish ancestors coexisted (Cargill) there are blue holes which are underwater caves where salt and fresh water meet. Some well known researchers found bones from a Native Arawak. They studied the bones but couldn't wait to put them back EXACTLY where and how they found them.
Pretty sure it was coincidence, so very sorry Shaun knowing you've had such a bad year. 2016 was awful for our family, our luck has yet to change. I wish the sun would finally peek out. I'm looking forward to vlogumentaries 😊 Hang in there, ok.
It’s interesting how taking something from a place can give off energies. It’s said that the old gold mining ghost town of Bodie, California has a curse if anyone removes anything. It’s not something I’d mess with just in case.
I agree with a lady's comment: Shaun, you're haunted by British Soldier! And his name possibly : Black Jack Randall of the real life... Or maybe, some fellow Dude, because you're not red anymore.... But... it's a British Soldier indeed.
American here with a Welch surname but a lot of Scots Irish and some Scots ancestry. Recently discovered one ancestor said to have fallen at Culloden, last name Pollock. In America it became Polk. Had I no connection to Scotland or Culloden I'd still revere it as a special place.
In reality, one thing has nothing to do with the other. But there's also an other aspect of reality: feelings. Sometimes things like this make a person feel a certain way, and then comes the need for action to change or relieve the feeling. That's how I see these feelings of connection to the past. They're not so much about belief in a particular magic or the supernatural, but more about how we feel about these perceptions of connection. That's why ritual and ceremony are still so important to us even in the modern, rational world of high technology.
I think it’s great you honored the deceased, but removing something from a battlefield, especially where many died, may be not the best idea. I’m Catholic and have always been told to respect sacred ground certainly cemeteries and gravesites where people were tragically killed. God Bless you and watch over you.
Ya know whats kind of cool? I was born exactly 251 years ( to the day) after the battle. April 16th 1997. Freaked me out a bit when I was watching outlander and now I'm really determined to go visit the battle Field for one of my birthdays.
Hi I found a cannon ball and some artifacts, did the same as you handed them into Culloden center since then, well don't know if just maybe coincidence but my luck and family health/own have been better since. Have picture of me handing it in if you want it.
Whenever I go int the woods or forest, by a pond or lake, or anywhere that has "atmosphere" I say to the place "I come in peace with love/respect" I feel then that I am being permitted to pass and am protected.
im not sure if i will be able to explain it properly... but how i see haunted places etc is this way... each person has a certain energy, electrical field that is part of them, when many many people gather there is always this charge in the air, whether its a huge concert or gathering or in this case battle. And that leaves a residue, an imprint of all that energy. It stays in the ground and surrounding areas. and the way i see it, by picking the heather , that has grown in a ground charged by what happened before, because it was such a traumatic even, it stays with the plants, imprints them as well ( that hair raising feeling you get in some places, almost electrical charge in the air). So taking it home, you take some of that energy that gathered in that spot home, and that has an effect on you and your surroundings. by taking it back, you take back the plant charged with that energy back to where it came from , and no longer are affected by it yourself. in a way, thats how i see , or explain to myself, the why we feel the air thick with certain feelings. Makes sense?
I'm from New Zealand and part Maori, we would consider this site sacred or tapu. I hope you felt lighter after returning the Taonga to it's rightful place.
Hi Shaun, how fab it was to meet you yesterday at culloden battlefield... I really hope you didn't mind us just coming over to talk to you but after watching your clips, I just couldn't not tell you how great they are. I hope you find peace and rest from the bad luck you've been having luv as you seem like such a nice lad. We're still up here at culloden house hotel and even here this morning the air feels strange, I can't put my finger on it as to exactly how but it does, it breaks my heart to think of how Scotland changed after that battle and for all those souls lost.. Thank-you again for taking the time out of your work to speak to Christine and I, take care, niki.x
Nicola Stewart thank you Nicola, it was my absolute pleasure to meet you and Christine yesterday. I loved our wee chat. Hope you have a great stay during the rest of your trip in Scotland 😊 thank you for saying hi
Nicola Stewart our clan died there but there are some still left
@@shaunvlog hi Shaun have you got email address I can't attach it on here for some reason
Lots of interesting thoughts being posted here. I'll add another. The tragedy of the battle may live on at Culloden to some extent, in the ground, the plants, the rocks, everything. When you brought the heather home, maybe you brought some of that "tragedy" home with you - the energy of pain and disappointment that the Jacobite freedom fighters couldn't help but imprint on the place.
I'm with the others here who think the soldiers themselves wouldn't want to curse you with bad luck, they would almost certainly be touched and proud that you visited and honored them, and grateful for the remembrance.
mjinba07 thank you, that gives me hope :)
Shaun, I make it a habit to never take anything from sacred ground. Sorry that you and your family have had health issues. Could be a coincidence.
The heather is lovely and it is good that you showed even more respect and left it at one of the gravesites. Hopefully, things will lighten up.
I was there in 2010 very eerie yet I felt at peace. Stood where my clans were and was so proud of where I came from.
culloden23, I visited Culloden in August 2018. I’m not Scottish but definitely felt a different feeling while there. I remember having a similar feeling while visiting Gettysburg battleground. I would love to return...🏴
@@bonnieikamas1201 That somber feeling is palpable at Gettysburg, no matter how nice the weather is. I lived an hour's distance away, so made the trip frequently.
People have had similar experiences at Gettysburg, PA. I'm glad you returned the heather.
Taking stones or small artifacts from the battlefield area would bring bad luck.
Melissa McLain , I just posted about the same feeling at Gettysburg!
2 of my 3rd great grandpas fought there one with the 1st New York Light Artillery and another with the Iron Brigade. Hope to take a pilgrimage there some day soon to see and stand where they fought.
Shaun, I'm sorry your family is having hard times. I'm praying for you and your family.
LooLoo Laser thank you, all will be well 😊
I remember you doing that for some reason. Just put it back and say your sorry out loud. It will be better and better!im proud of you for having such heart! ❤️🥃🏴
The Native American half of my family would tell you a small gift to the spirits is also needed. Here it would be a pinch of tobacco in Scotland I'm not sure if the same rules would apply and what you'd give that they'd appreciate. Although in many cultures around the world it's food or whatever the local alcoholic drink is.
In these kind of situations, its best to ask the spirits if they're okay for you to take something. Its a simple as asking the question and stilling the mind, usually you'll get an answer pretty quickly, if one doesn't come to you, then don't do it.
I've found they're often happy to give if one asks, but unhappy on principle of one 'steals'.
It may sound and seem silly and superstitious, but whats the harm in giving it a go in the future?
Deshka Darkstorm yeah I think you’re right
Loved the video, Shaun. You did the right thing by putting the heather back. Many positive thoughts to you and your family that things turn around for you all!
Jill Becenti thanks Jill 😊
Aww Shaun...you are such a thoughtful person, even considering that a small token of heather, would bring hardship into your home.
If it calms you 'and the spirits' then you'll have done a good deed..they will know that no malice was intended.
As it is, I hope you and the family are doing better, all round 💙
p.s. I agree with you, that some places do 'feel' different...like the vibrations are in tune with something else, something other-worldly 😊
Zandain thank you I appreciate the comment :)
Hi Shaun
If you felt there was a disturbance in your Universe over the past 6 months, then you did the right thing.
I'm in Australia and for many years we heard stories about tourists who took 'souvenir' rocks from Uluru (Northern Territory), then had experiences similar to what you described in your video. There were even reports of the rocks being mailed back to the location! Thankfully it rarely happens now because of the strict access rules in the area of the rock.
Thanks for sharing!
grace vella thanks Grace 😊
Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania, USA, has the sad, solemn feeling to it as well, even after all these years. Despair and death in that place have left a lasting echo.
Gettysburg is also notoriously haunted and there are even stories about people encountering time slips where it seems they step into the events that took place there back in the 1860's.
Feeling haunted by the victims of the battle at Culloden? I did, for years and I could feel the drumming of the bodrana. I came on 17 April 2018, went over the little paths, viewed everything and listened to my guide. Very emotional, but finally I did not feel the drumming under my feet anymore and I knew I had made my peace too. Rest in peace Culloden.
Love you, Shaun. Your such a considerate soul. Hope your year is better after ammends!
Thank you ! I really enjoyed this one! I pray at last these Jackobites who fought can finally rest in peace ! That was really touching..putting the heather back- wishing you & your family and all of Scotland all the Best & love from across the Pond! xT.M.A.
T. A. Thank you so much :)
It is not superstitious. It is real. I know that because when I was little, the house that me and my family lived in was actually haunted, strange things keep happened to my family each year. It started in 1999 , the next 2 years my mother and father both had surgery. And the year after that it was me, it was 2001, I was in Primary 3. I remember I started to feel panic everyday. I did't want to go to school, just wanted to stay at home, I was really frustrated and angry at myself because I knew I shouldn't be feeling all this panic, panicking over nothing! But I had to call home everyday saying that I am sick I couldn't stay in school, because I was so afraid, especially when I was away from my family. 3 months later, the school sent me to see a psychologist. Then I got better about 5 months later, but I don't think it was the psychologist, I knew from the start that he couldn't help but he didn't understand me. I think it was because of my mum who prayed everyday. I am from a Buddhist family so my mum invited some monk to come over to our house and prayed a few times. I think thats why I started to feel better. And then a year later, it was my younger sister. Every time she ate something her stomach and her tummy just swellen. We kept taking her to the hospital but nobody knows why this was happening. And then it stopped around 3 months later. Everything was so strange. It was bad luck, one thing after another. And then a year later after I finished Primary 5, my family decided to move to Scotland and then we sold the house.
So Shaun, you are not superstitious, it is true. I am Chinese and from a Buddhist family. My grandma told me when I was little: Every time when walking pass a graveyard, don't look directly at people's grave, don't try to read (even just in your head) what it say on the tombstone, but the spirit will think that you are calling for them. Keep saying 'excuse me', to maybe the spirits ahead of you (that you couldn't see), you don't want to just walk right through them and so are they. You don't want to piss them off. AND NEVER PICK ANYTHING FROM GRAVEYARD, DON'T TOUCH THEM, AND SURE NOT TO TAKE THEM HOME. Ghosts are real, you don't know why but sometimes they are just angry. I know Shaun you wasn't being disrespectful, but they just didn't like it.
And I have read online that, a Chinese Outlander fan who came to Scotland and wanted to visit the Culloden Battlefield. She got off the train and went to get a taxi, but the driver refused to take her there. She said the driver told her that it is not a nice place to go, especially on a gloomy day, and told her if she really really wants to go, at least wait for another day. And he just refused to drive her there. Even some of the locals think it is a haunted place.
Akabubi thanks for sharing 😊
I don’t feel it was disrespectful. I’m not superstitious, I believe sometimes things just happen. Bad things happen and I don’t really know why, but they do. Sometimes they come in spurts. I’ve had my mother pass away, and my father be diagnosed with lung cancer, and other personal issues happen since last August 2017. The point is... I believe things just happen, past lifestyle choices, sometimes there’s no reason etc. Sometimes stuff just happens.
angela covarrubias thanks for sharing Angela
I pray things get better for you and your family. Bless your heart Shaun.
Release and let go.
Brenda Baker thank you Brenda 😊
Shaun I got my jumper I ordered from you. Omg I love it man.
That’s great that you showed the Jacobites honour. Always loved my name and the flower. I even had heather in my wedding bouquet! It’s awesome hearing it said the Scottish accent too. 🌸
Heather Castle thanks so much Heather 😊🏴
I think it is so awesome and respectful that you’re actually honoring them and remembering them because so many people have died and forgotten by all of us that should be remembering because if we forget it’ll happen again
Beautiful video Shaun, I would think that because you did not have bad intent that it was just an unfortunate coincidence. But nice that you took the heather back! I’m enjoying catching up on your videos! Love your channel!!!
I hope returning the heather helped you. Just finished bingeing the first two seasons of Outlander. Feeling overwhelmed with sadness so I watched a bunch of comedy videos. Thanks Shaun.
Rob Sutherland thank you Rob 😊
Shaun, you come across as such a bright, charming young man! Whatever you or others might believe, you should always, always follow your heart, and be true to your best instincts. You always appear to have the best intentions in all you do. For whatever reasons you were experiencing down times, your trip back to Culloden was worthwhile for you AND the brave souls who gave their lives there, so hopefully you have gleaned the lessons (whatever they might be) we all learn along the way in life. No harm, no fouls! The important thing is to carry on past the experience a better, and hopefully wiser person! Cheers, Shaun! Kimber
Shaun, your videos are wonderful and it's interesting that this very one popped up on my RUclips when I felt compelled to drop you a line. There's a connection that is personal for you with Culloden and with those who fell there. I'd actually been getting the push to reach out to relate that there was some connections making themselves known to you. There's also more with the shifting taking place that you mention in your family as this is something that happens in such times when our ancestral connections come forth. You have a wonderful heart and I think that more of what it contains in connection to your own history is just waiting around the corner. Best to you and thank you for the videos!
Thank you very much for the comment. Thankfully things improved 😊😊😊 have a great week
Thank you Shaun for sharing that dimension of yourself with us. That makes you a very special man in my eyes. I am sure those brave lads that fought and died for the victory of being free think so too.
I was also told by my gran to never remove flowers from any cemetery. To undo the curse is exactly what you did - return it!
Thanks for the video and stepping carefully around the description of those who fought and died at Culloden. We should never confuse this battle as Scots-v-English. There were four Scots regiments on the Government side and their memory is insulted by those who say the Jacobites where fighting for Scotland - they weren't, they were fighting for a Catholic 'prince' who took advantage of the feudal 'clan system' to get Highlanders to fight for his cause.
It was a war of succession based on religious differences and thankfully the Government prevailed and avoided another bloody civil war.
My thoughts are with all who died here and especially the Highlanders who, I believe, were duped into fighting and showed enormous courage and heroism - as did the redcoats who stood and faced them.
Let's not forget that the Union of 1707 was under a Scottish monarch (Queen Anne) and at the request of the Scots...
You're such a sweet kind man Shaun.
Josh Green thank u Josh
Thank you for putting it back ! You did the right thing !!!
Shaun,
You have done the proper & respectful duty in returning the dried heather. In a way having dried the beautiful flowers makes them last longer for the souls that have past...and I’m most certain they have watched & appreciated what you have done. Dried flowers to a soul that’s passed from said century of battle, means more to them than for people of today’s generation. Back then it was all about remembrances...Locks of hair, cut ribbon, pieces of tartan, and dried flowers...these were all they had to hold onto.
In watching the Vlog I got a sense that your suspicions re; said bad luck had immediately changed. Being the anniversary of the Culloden Battle spirits are there wandering day & night, so you were in the midst of that special symbolic air. Making amends as you did was such the right thing to do. In reading several people’s response in here to suspicion, ghosts, bad/good luck...I was in agreement with quite a few...Especially when they said never take ANYTHING as a remembrance or token but, rather commune with nature & the spirits that roam...It’s more appreciated by them. I know your circumstances will change all for the better. I’ve experienced a similar situation as I’ve mentioned before and the moment I removed the item that I felt was the harbor of bad omens instantly everything changed. Peace to you & yours always✌🏼
Antoinette Tablada thanks so much Antionette - I agree: my heather was the only flowering heather on the field :)
You know what would be cool If you could do an overlay on the aerial shot of the battle field . That shows where the Highlanders were and where the English were. ? Just to try and get a better understanding. I think that is so interesting. I have been to several Revolutionary and Civil War battlefields here in the USA.
I love "Shaun's Vlogumentaries"!
I'm sure the fallen Highlanders will forgive your mistake of taking the heather home. Im also sure there's a lot of unrested spirits there...how could so much blood be spilled on that land and it be completely peaceful?
I'd place my bets that the unrest, back luck, poor health, ect in your family will stop now.
You returned what is theirs and respectfully apologized and asked for their forgiveness.
All will be well now...
Much Love as always from Ontario Canada...Keli 💖
Our New Normal thank you, I hope they do forgive :)
Shaun....they will. They know what a proud Scotsman you are and that you'd never knowingly do anything disrespectful.💙
I can recall listening to Diana Gabaldon speak once of her impressions when she visited Culloden, I paraphrase here but she said she felt something other as well, it truly is a sacred place. I think if one is mindful, you cannot help but feel the devastation & loss, the courage & valor of so many who lost their lives that fateful day.
You do honor to the place, returning your sprig of heather, knowing you also hold the place sacred. It was a poignant moment & a true gift. I'll keep you & yours in my thoughts & prayers for a turn in your luck ... Thank you Shaun for sharing this w/ us.
De'ann Pembrook thanks De’ann I really appreciate the comment :)
Praying your family will have health and peace in the remaining year ahead. I lost 2 of my cousins to pancreatic cancer in a 2 week period. One was my best friend and both were my age. Then the one cousin's mother passed away on my birthday. Another dear friend was diagnosed with cancer the day of my friend's funeral. Must keep the faith. I get sad just thinking of what happened at Culloden. If I actually visited the site, I would probably be in tears the whole time. I sure like your idea of vlogumentaries. Thank you so much for all you do to share your Scottish nationality with the world.
Jenny Simmons thanks so much for sharing Jenny
Great video....and you did the right thing....there is alot of energy in culloden...I feel it strong each time I go...you did the right thing putting it back....it is ok to take things from such places but must always leave a gift for them in return....and ask before you take...if you do this you will find the trade much more helpful and what you take will be blessed by the ancestors....if done in a respectful way your life will change for the better. Peace brother.
I enjoyed this video very much. It was heartfelt and raw. Often simple faith in anything can make it true. It’s obvious that you came away from Culloden having released some guilt and pain. Superstition or not, that is very valuable. We create our own meaning through our own rituals. This was one such ritual.
Kamala's Own thank you I really appreciate it :)
Here's a bit of ancient (well, sort of ancient) history for you. In the summer of 1975 I had quit my job to go backpacking in Scotland. I'd traveled from Inverness to view the battlefield at Culloden. It was a dreary day of mist and occasional rain and, as far as I saw, I was completely alone. Let me say here that I wasn't what you might call especially spiritual & I wasn't looking for an 'experience'. As I came to the Well of the Dead, suddenly I felt as if a cold finger had been run down my back and I knew my presence wasn't welcome. I wasn't endangered or anything like that, simply not wanted. I left shortly after. Scoff if you like, but I remember the feeling to this day. I respect your feelings and actions. Luck to you and your family.
hughesplanner thanks for sharing Hugh, really interesting story
I visited Culloden on a cold, misty day in April of 1995. This was way before the tv series but I had read the first four books. The Battlefield was deserted at the time except for myself and as I walked the paths I experienced much the same feelings. The best way I can describe it is as an atmosphere of despair pressing down on me. I am another person who is not normally superstitious or spiritual but there is very definitely something there.
I hope things have gotten better for you & your family
its more likely that some present day individuals are unhappy with what your doing. have you gone to the glenfinnin monument? there is a quote on the back wall you might find interesting. as for the jacobite spirits - i am sure what they want is for you to keep on - uncovering and sharing their story.
mary mac you know, that makes a lot of sense
saw you were on mull - you must have just missed the music festival: tidelines, heron valley, ho-ro... be sure to check out 'an tobar' next time - always good shows on. oh yeah, and 'the scullery' is the spot for the best hand-cut chips in Tob. enjoy your posts - look forward to seeing what you'll be putting out this summer....
I was there in 2011 and there was definitely a very heavy feeling while walking around the battlefield. I almost cried numerous times.
You did the right thing, returning the Heather. I HOPE ALL IS BETTER FOR YOU AND YOURS.
I'd love to try to get some EVPs there, but at the same time would feel a bit unnerved.
Mistress Dreama thank you I really appreciate that :)
Shaun your most welcome.,
Since I mentioned EVP, have you ever considered trying it?
I know there are a mature apps for that, not sure if they work or are just pre recordings, I guess you would have to buy a voice recorder.
I did a voice box session a few times in a cemetery and my room both had results that were eerie
I don't know if you've been cursed or not, but I can say that even watching the end drone views of the battlefield gave me an eerie feeling. Although, I have a feeling that the spirits disturbance has a lot more to do with the housing complex situation in politics than anything you did. But I admire your thoughtfulness and the gesture of returning the heather back to the grave stones.
ShiinaRingo13 thanks for the comment :)
Maybe you are not quite spiritual, but you’ve got a kind spirit. I love your videos and following your adventures. Plus, I appreciate your talks on psoriasis.
You just seem like a great guy. 😊
I think everyone said it for me. I think you did the right thing, too, for peace in your heart and making amends. Most definitely there are Souls who stay at battlefields, cemeteries, and even hospitals. There is a former tuberculosis hospital where I am that has made the bravest persons run away screaming. I will never go near it.
But what you did was very touching and loving. In fact I feel your gesture was an excellent kindness, and perhaps the Jacobites think so, too.
ginnyjollykidd thank you, I appreciate the kind words :)
Did anyone notice the most well known passage of the declaration of Arbroath, at 5:07? It gave me goosebumps
"As long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours, that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself".
Hi Shaun, I hope the curse or the string of bad luck has been broken, and hope you & the family are feeling better. xx
More info on the declaration of Arbroath:
www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/features/the-declaration-of-arbroath
I've spread the ashes of a brother and my father near the stone of our fallen ancestors on Culloden. A wee drop of whisky too of course, for them all. I can say that as I looked over the field I felt their presence and could feel the kinship and comradeship emanating up from the ground and through the air. I thanked them and they said they'd be looking forward to my spirit joining them there in many years time. True story.
Great video, Shaun. I thinks it's wonderful that you brought the heather back to the field and stated your regret at removing it. While I'm not sure if I believe in curses or not, my family has Native American roots, as well as several other cultures mixed in, and we we're always taught that places such as these are sacred ground and should be treated with the highest levels of respect and honor. My father always told us that the best way to have a keepsake or a memory of these special places, without doing it harm, is to take a photo of the item you connect with and wish you could remove. Then, you print out (or develop) the photo, frame it, and place it somewhere that you will see it often. Each time you look upon that photo, take a moment to reflect on what you felt when you captured it on film, and why this keepsake was important to you. By doing that, you are honoring the place, the people, the memories, etc., and in most cases you are doing this more often than you would've if you had placed (for example) a flower in a book or a rock on a shelf and eventually forgotten the feelings and importance attached. I've decided to go one step further by writing a short explanation on the back of the photo, or on a small slip of paper to be placed inside the frame so that when I'm gone, my family members in the future will know why this item held significance in my life.
Dear Shaun, thank you on your honest and warm story. You teach us a lot. I think you did a right thing when you return them what is theirs. Things often accumulate energies. Don't worry soldiers are thankfull because you are telling their story. Come to Serbia
Outlander does paint Scots as famously superstitious. Would you agree? At least that's the first thing that came to mind from this video. I assume lots of people take Heather from the battlefield - no disrespect intended, I hope things improve for your family and it was a good video to watch. It's just one of the first thoughts that came to mind.
I would say we are quite superstitious people in general (which is odd, because it even includes atheists and people who are generally quite sceptical).
I'm agnostic, leaning towards atheist, and I tend to be quite logical (if something weird happens, I'll think of the most logical reasons for it)...and yet I still follow the First Footing rules on New Year, I still touch wood if I don't want to tempt fate (when I don't even believe in fate), I still subconsciously believe old wives tales my granny told me about new shoes on a table or opening an umbrella indoors being bad luck, I still believe four leaf clovers and white heather are lucky and in the silver coin to bring good fortune/luck thing. I still believe bad things come in threes.
It's odd. It's not something I've ever really questioned before.
Yes, we love a tall tale, whether or not we believe
But we Scott's are superstitious well my mum and I are
I'd say us Scots and Irish are superstitious. We have ancient traditions that still run in our veins..
Good man. I sincerely hope some of your bad luck changed to the better after that day. You did well, any way.
Shaun: have you ever heard of 'the grid' and how events and lives leave an 'imprint' in space-time? this sounds a bit nuts, but books have been written on it. And BTW, I'm maternally a Cameron of Lochiel, McGregor and..... alas, a Stewart
Lastly, do more on 'Ghosts'.... love it!
Wow, what a gorgeous day! And nice that you got the birdsong recorded too.
Sharon Patry the birdsong was absolutely beautiful :)
Shaun, love your vlogs, and I especially loved this one. Of course, you did the right thing for you - guilt was heavy on you. But do not despair. God is sovereign, and trials are allowed to strengthen us, and to cause us to look to Him. Your family’s “bad luck” had nothing whatsoever to do with an innocent gathering of heather from a place you revere and respect. I will pray for you and your family. This too shall pass. We are coming to Scotland, hopefully for our 25th Anniversary next year. Would love to meet you then.
Carla Hays
Hi Shaun. I recently subscribed to your channel and I have just started to go thru your videos. I had a similar experience as yours at Culloden. Mine was in New York City at the former site of the World Trade Center. 9/11/2001 approx 3000 died that day. I had this overwhelming sense of...I don’t know, maybe sadness?
Hoping the rest of the year is much better for you now xx
Mary Moo thank you Mary :)
Shaun, have you ever looked into seeing if you have family who fought at Culloden? You feel like you are connected some how. It might be your ancestors there. I also think that anyone who has heard of this battle feels something. It's a very horrible thing. Not only the battle, but that the people of Scotland suffered after the battle. That their way of life was gone. This battle changed the whole country. There is lifetimes of grief here. Prayers to you, your family, those that fought, and their families.
Love this shaun!!!!!!!
I like vlogumentaries!
me too! :)
My relatives left Scotland the year before Culloden. I visited a couple of years ago and had thought there was not much to see prior to my visit (an open field). However, upon visiting the site I was overwhelmed by the simple yet poignant setting where brave men died for their beliefs and a nation was formed.
My thoughts, you're haunted by the British soldiers. I don't see fellow Scottish souls wanting to hurt someone for taking a remembrance. It would be more logical that a British soldier who is upset that you're remembering "traitors" in their eyes.
That’s an interesting perspective that I never thought of. Thank you 😊
Even though British means Scottish, English, Irish (at the time) and Welsh. God, mate. Scots are Brits.Most Scots also fought for the government forces in the Jacobite Rising. Some Englishmen also fought in the Jacobite army.
More Scots fought on the red coat side than the Jacobite side. Mcleod’s, Campbells, Ross, Grant, McKay etc etc.
Learn Scottish history before activating your typing finger.
Sorry to hear about the run of bad luck pal. Ive been through similar stuff in my own family. Trust me, you have offended nobody by taking heather from that place. You have a right to do that as a Scot. And you are honoring the Scots on the right side of morality who died there that day.
Respect for your country men. I'm very proud of you. Lovely.
Are you and your family better after you said sorry at the Battlefield? I really wish you all the best.
Thanks Shaun for your lovely and interesting vlog. Just one very earnest advice: Never take anything home from a graveyard! The weirdest things can happen, as my mother experienced when my father had died.....
God Bkess love your show. From North Carolina
We get attacked for doing the right things. Light outshines darkness it has to flee. ......for the love of God.
I’m from Inverness and have visited culloden battlefield and there definitely is a weird vibe there
When is the best time to visit Culloden, from America. Also what are the temperature?
I dropped my phone there and it shattered. Dropped it hundreds of time before, but this time totally annihilated. I really feel sad there too. I’m not even Scottish and it totally drew me in. Going back next year again. I’m now so into Scottish history. Actually want to live in the highlands.
Suzi Cameron it’s a special place for sure Suzi
It doesn't have to be spiritual - everything is energy and the energy held in that space infuses itself in the plants, so you probably just took that traumatic, dense energy home with you. It's more of like physics than woo-woo lol. You definitely did the right thing by returning it!
In 2002, I was headed for Fort William on a City Link Glasgow/Inverness. Coach. As the coach was passing Rannoch Moor, I was surprised to see charging across a stretch of it into the distance, an army of longhaired tartan plaided bare legged sword and claymore armed men it looked like a scene from Braveheart and I wondered if a movie was being made.i remember seeing bloodied scratched, wounded limbs and faces, the faces depicting silent wild roars . I turned away for a couple of seconds to see if anyone else on th bus had noticed, when I looked back, the battle scene I'd just witnessed was gone. A mist formed over the Moor and my spirit deeply moved by a realisation what I had seen was definitely not of this World. It was quite a fierce and gory scene, and so whoever these die hard Highlanders were and whoever their Battle was against, I pray in my heart that they won.🌌🏴🥀
I don't believe in curses. I don't even know if I believe in good or bad luck. Things just happen. I was wondering, Shaun, if the Culloden Battlefield was expressible at night. If so go and take some pictures on night vision or with just using the flash. Do it randomly, don't look for anything in particular at the time. When you have done that look at the results on the camera itself. There might be absolutely nothing to see or you just might see an orb or two floating around. Orbs are supposed to be the souls or the energy of the dead. Bodies die, but energy does not, so it has to go somewhere.The energy is what keeps the body alive barring something devastating happening. It makes us function. All life, human or animal has energy. As I said you might see nothing at all. A lot of people think this is nonsense and who knows it might be. However, I have seen it for myself. One in a picture with my grandson and a whole bunch more in a Japanese cemetery in Hawaii. To confirm a suspicion I asked the tour operator if there were any electrical wires in the vicinity and he said no. Just to be sure I went there in the daytime and saw no electrical wires. Just thought you might be interested.
Glennis Hayward yes you can walk the field at night, but even not sure about ghosts and stuff I still couldn’t stand there at night
Sending light and blessings your way.
I had an experience here. I walked my dog round the battlefield and when we got to the actual war graves... my dog started growling at one grave in particular. This growling was a noise Ive never heard from my dog. Aside from that, I felt the same as you. I just didnt like the atmosphere but I couldnt explain why....
This was great
Jocelyn Schreiber thx :)
Job well done. You did the proper thing. 😎
So, in Andros Bahamas, where my African and Scottish ancestors coexisted (Cargill) there are blue holes which are underwater caves where salt and fresh water meet. Some well known researchers found bones from a Native Arawak. They studied the bones but couldn't wait to put them back EXACTLY where and how they found them.
You showe the WORLD about what happened to THE Scotland People in the highlands
Those spiritual tales, actions are cutest part of your culture.
Not computer game ones, elixirs, fights and knights.
Pretty sure it was coincidence, so very sorry Shaun knowing you've had such a bad year. 2016 was awful for our family, our luck has yet to change. I wish the sun would finally peek out. I'm looking forward to vlogumentaries 😊 Hang in there, ok.
Janis Fallstich thank you Janis 😊
I'm not surprised curses exist never doubt it but since you did that, noble deed i am hopeful that your luck will change, for the better
Did you feel the weight lifted afterwards? Did the bad vibes and bad luck turn around for the better? Curious for an update on this.
Is there a follow up video about whether the luck has changed after returning the heather?
So did anything change in the year following the return to Culloden battlefield?I sure hope things have improved.
Respect to you, my friend. I got real emotional seeing this. Wau...... Alba Gu Brath.
It’s interesting how taking something from a place can give off energies. It’s said that the old gold mining ghost town of Bodie, California has a curse if anyone removes anything. It’s not something I’d mess with just in case.
Im praying for you and your family a blessed year
SHERYL KINSEL thank you :)
No no no no. Never take something from hallowed ground! Ever. Too many spirits are watching you. Ask Pele!
I agree with a lady's comment: Shaun, you're haunted by British Soldier! And his name possibly : Black Jack Randall of the real life...
Or maybe, some fellow Dude, because you're not red anymore....
But... it's a British Soldier indeed.
American here with a Welch surname but a lot of Scots Irish and some Scots ancestry. Recently discovered one ancestor said to have fallen at Culloden, last name Pollock. In America it became Polk. Had I no connection to Scotland or Culloden I'd still revere it as a special place.
In reality, one thing has nothing to do with the other. But there's also
an other aspect of reality: feelings. Sometimes things like this make a
person feel a certain way, and then comes the need for action to change
or relieve the feeling. That's how I see these feelings of connection
to the past. They're not so much about belief in a particular magic or
the supernatural, but more about how we feel about these perceptions of
connection. That's why ritual and ceremony are still so important to us
even in the modern, rational world of high technology.
We were there last year on a tour. A bagpiper was playing. Our tour toasted a wee dram of whiskey 🥃 at Culloden
I think it’s great you honored the deceased, but removing something from a battlefield, especially where many died, may be not the best idea. I’m Catholic and have always been told to respect sacred ground certainly cemeteries and gravesites where people were tragically killed. God Bless you and watch over you.
Hi Shawn I have to go to Scott Heritage. And I love hearing about your land I love your accent I hope you have a lot more on this site
Ya know whats kind of cool? I was born exactly 251 years ( to the day) after the battle. April 16th 1997. Freaked me out a bit when I was watching outlander and now I'm really determined to go visit the battle Field for one of my birthdays.
Hi I found a cannon ball and some artifacts, did the same as you handed them into Culloden center since then, well don't know if just maybe coincidence but my luck and family health/own have been better since.
Have picture of me handing it in if you want it.
Kev G would love to see photos, where did you find them?? 😵
Hoping things start to look up for your family!
jod how thank u :)
Whenever I go int the woods or forest, by a pond or lake, or anywhere that has "atmosphere" I say to the place "I come in peace with love/respect" I feel then that I am being permitted to pass and am protected.
My first visit to the place as a 9 year old boy from the North East of Scotland deeply affected me. And awoke me as to who I actually was.
im not sure if i will be able to explain it properly... but how i see haunted places etc is this way... each person has a certain energy, electrical field that is part of them, when many many people gather there is always this charge in the air, whether its a huge concert or gathering or in this case battle. And that leaves a residue, an imprint of all that energy. It stays in the ground and surrounding areas. and the way i see it, by picking the heather , that has grown in a ground charged by what happened before, because it was such a traumatic even, it stays with the plants, imprints them as well ( that hair raising feeling you get in some places, almost electrical charge in the air). So taking it home, you take some of that energy that gathered in that spot home, and that has an effect on you and your surroundings. by taking it back, you take back the plant charged with that energy back to where it came from , and no longer are affected by it yourself. in a way, thats how i see , or explain to myself, the why we feel the air thick with certain feelings. Makes sense?
Should’ve poured whisky on the ground where you took them from.
I'm from New Zealand and part Maori, we would consider this site sacred or tapu. I hope you felt lighter after returning the Taonga to it's rightful place.