Literally any other children: “mommy the monster is going to eat us!” Scottish kids in the 50s: “Oi get yer bats out boys, we got to kill that vampire that killed Jimmy!”
@@Aconitum_napellus Wow, you're not very intelligent. It's always shocking how people in countries that deny basic human rights, for some reason, brainwashed etc, campaign against and belittle the rights of actual free people. Pathetic, really.
@Enda Dorgan Hey stranger - haven't seen you for ages - how are you? Family well? I hope that the last few months have been okay for you. The funny thing about this video is that I grew up in Crosshill during the exact time frame, and my Dad grew up in the Gorbals, (next to the Southern Necropolis) during the 40/50s - born in 1942, so he'd have been 11 or 12 if he was involved in the vampire hunt. Good to see you mo chara🍀
"Should you ever find yourself walking through the streets of Glasgow in the early hours, be mindful of your surroundings." Good advice, although I don't think it's the Gurning man you need worry about!
I stay in glasgow for 45yrs and the people of glasgow are amongst the most helpfull people in the world,&this story is bull sh.. Ive never heard of this .
@@scottmacintyre8127 Me either besides there's no other place in the UK is rather stay, yes we have a reputation but you really have to provoke it and start with us. What happened when terrorists attacked us.....we kicked the shit out them while they were still on fire trying to detonate a bomb........"what's that a vampire is trying to kill us!? Right get tooled up and meet at the graveyard in 20 minutes that bastard is gettn' chibbed! " Glasgow isn't just a place it's a state of mind 😂😂😂😂
Scottish kids decided to hunt down a vampire themselves? Yes, those kids are true Scots. As for the Gurning Man, perhaps it was a fellow suffering from a nerve ailment of some type. A few people see him wandering about a night, and the legend builds from those sightings.
First night in student housing in Copenhagen, I heard a scream. This was in the "should I call police?" range of screaming. I couldn't see anything through the window, there was no commotion, so I eventually made the decision to just go to bed, hoping I wasn't wrong to do so. Turns out Screams At Traffic Lights Man was a bit of local color in the area. Some psych facilities (housing the less dangerous kind of mental patients) operated in the area, and Screams At Traffic Lights Man was allowed to roam freely since he wasn't aggressive and only minimally disruptive. I got to experience him up close at the street crossing on another occasion, not knowing the face that went with the title, I was rather startled. You could see from the reaction of the other people waiting for green that most of them were locals, as soon as they figured out who was doing the screaming, they all relaxed right away.
@@Kasarii Now that's interesting. Such a fellow could be a jumping off point for a urban legend like the Gurning Man. Once the story's passed around verbally and via the internet, Screams At Traffic Lights Man makes the jump from mildly annoying and even sympathetic to menacing. Folks can't resist embellishing a story.
@@TheKulu42 That's probably the origin of most of the stories these guys cover. Something unusual that gets blown out of proportion over time. Still fun to listen to
Yeah my Mom has worked in healthcare all her life (and therefore, mine) and she'd bring me along sometimes. I've seen folks who had developmental disabilities who would look and act similarly to how The Gurning Man is described. I've also seen regular folk's responses that were more monstrous than any patient's behavior. Healthy folk can be pretty mean to people they don't understand. I can easily see how seeing someone like that could spark wild stories. He could have been kept locked away by his family out of misplaced shame and maybe occasionally he'd escape. Doesn't explain the sightings in people's houses but sensationalism can lead to stories popping up like that.
This reminds me of the Green Man of Pittsburgh. The stories I was told was that a mutated man wandered the local roadways his face melted by a massive electric shock that also turned his skin green. It was said he had to smoke his cigarettes out of a hole in the side of his neck. Turns out the Green Man really had existed. He was just a poor burn victim who habitually wore the color green and walked everywhere because he didn’t have a car. Urban legends are wild.
That's exactly what I thought. Man has stroke, everyone screams and runs, he gets increasingly frustrated and screams but it sounds scary because he can't speak properly.
I'm surprised that the gurning man wasn't just written off as "a bit of a character", which tends to be the go-to term for dangerous lunatics in most parts of Scotland.
Normal young children anywhere else in the world.." Mommy!! It's a MONSTER.. Young Children of Glasgow..."A PINT OR WHOEVER BASHES HIS HEAD IN FIRST!!"
I see meth heads act the same way every day at work. They literally come out of nowhere and can’t stop moving. Usually asking for smokes and spare change.
I have to hand it to you guys. The artist that does the artwork for your videos is fantastic. It's an excellent visual aid and you guys are one of the few channels to provide one of a kind artwork for their stories. Keep up the great work.
I've known a man like this back when I worked the night shift in a nursing home. He was physically and mentally impaired, apparently some geriatric condition. At night he left his room in a state of disorientation and stumbled through the halls, flailing his arms, drooling and howling, it was quite terrifying.
The Catman is a real guy. He's a Russian sailor who stayed in greenock after his ship left without him years ago. He does crawl about like a cat and he has occasionally got a dead rat hanging out his mouth. The guys a mental case.
Bad reply. There are many things to be taken seriously here. Street accostations, home break ins, ethereal disappearances, as well as the probability of a seriously mentally/physically ill individual roaming the streets un-cared for. The earlier statement of a sulphur fog hanging over Glasgow are just as disturbing with all the ramifications that involves...
This mystery has one obvious solution: The Gurning Man is Eddie, the infamous Iron Maiden mascot. Just check the cover art of "Fear of the Dark". This is a very cool urban legend.
At 37, I have “Misophonia”, a hatred of certain sounds that can bring on frustration even during happiness. Your voice is soothing and the mysteries make me think. When packing up this morning from a weekend away camping I put in the ol earbuds and fire up BTS! Too much chaos and friends kids running amok lol.
The comparison to Indrid Cold sent chills up my spine, as his story always terrified me. The illustration of the creature on the bed though, was so terrifying! Top notch story telling as always guys!
Okay, now I really would like to see a comprehensive video on these mysterious entities like Indrid Cold, the Grinning Man, and the Gurning Man, that seriously connects all the events and drudges up all available reports and lore for analysis. These figures are super creepy, and after having an entity similar, I've become obsessed with learning more.
fascinating! Scottish kids are hardcore… Something about the description of the Gurning Man, the twitching and upright writhing, the metalic sounds, etc. reminds me of the Lying Figures of Silent Hill 2.
elleofmusic Given how they dealt with terrorist who was actually on fire!! I find it incredibly hard to believe any Scot would even notice a gurning man?? Never mind be afraid!!! English urban legend me thinks🧐😜
Congratulations on your 100th episode - it's been a crazy run of the weird and wonderful, and some spooky, disturbing stuff too. Here's to the next 100 episodes.
I just found this channel through Mrballen and have been binge watching all day! Thank you guys for such an awesome show. Congrats on your collaboration with MrBallen, I have been watching him for years.
Thoroughly enjoyed that. I've heard this tale, (UA-cam and other online sources) several times now, and this was far and away the best incarnation. If we are to accept the story, it's highly unlikely that it's an actual person, given that 30 - 40 years have passed since the earlier reports and the most recent, and he was said to be around 50+ years old in the first place. I'd love to know where it originated.
Lol, you don't know Scotlands kids. This would be *FUN* for us. Edit - I'm curious where/when you grew up that Vampire Hunting wouldn't be a fun day out?
Being a kid in Ayrshire during the 70's, a normal evenings entertainment could be a fun game of 'two man hunt', or 'hunt the cunt', both of which involved receiving a good kicking if you got caught.... fun for all ages, think I was 7-8 when I had my first game... So, this just made this poor, weird guy 'the cunt'....and he got duly hunted, luckily for him he wasn't caught... lol. We had our own event like this in Killie, except we were labelled 'Ghostbusters', hordes of teens roaming the Dean Castle Estate in pitch darkness, think I only ever remember seeing one person with a torch, lookin' for The Grey Lady.... '83 iirc.
Never?? Youd be in a group and hunting a vampire, nothing lonely about that...although I am Irish and I think we're made of the same stuff Scottish people are made of
This one was definitely one of the creepier and more chilling episodes you’ve put out. Got goosebumps listening to it. A great choice for your 100th episode for sure!
Scotland’s children. Do they huddle under their bedcovers in fear when a monster starts hunting them down? Or form a small army of small people with small weapons and go after it themselves?
Those kids are metal as heck! Reminds me of how all the 'Paranormal Hunter' youtubers who scamper at the first sound of a door closing... just bring a couple Scottish lads with ye!
Legend says he's a Celtic fan - haunting the dreams of Rangers fans both young and old. Legend has it - if a rangers fan sees him, nothing will happen...
Top-notch work as always, guys!! Can’t W8 to see more cryptids, myths, and other creepy stories like this! By the way, here are a few other Scottish legends I think y’all should consider: The Haunted Hermitage Castle The story of Sawney Bean and his clan The haunted battlefield at Killiekrankie The Dullahan wraith (which inspired the Headless Horseman from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow). & a true crime from the U.S: Belle Gunness.
@@RogueAce93 The Dullahan is a fantastic story, so I'd love to see it - I wasn't trying to be a smartarse - just putting the story in the correct location. There's a lot of crossover between Scottish and Irish mythology, so it's entirely possible you've heard it in a Scottish context, but it's definitely Irish in origin. Take care ✌️
Ethan Esgrow-I would love to see a video on the legend of Sawney Bean. As someone who's spent their whole life in Scotland I would hear that legend all the time as a kid, & even now as an adult that story still creeps me out. What makes it even scarier is that you can actually visit the cave Sawney & his family supposedly lived in.
Am I the only one who thought they misspelled "burning" when they read the title before hitting play? 😳 I'll admit it, I've never heard of the word "gurning" until now. 😭
_"Surely they meant to say 'burning' and will correct the misspelling once the episode premieres..."_ [Thought bubble over my head after reading the title on the notification]
I have never thought " gurning " to mean " burning " before in my life... wow we have a lot of uneducated or young folk here. And since when is to gurn or gurning a slang??? I think people need to go back to English class or at least read and learn the dictionary. In Scotland though apart for it meaning to pull horrible faces. It is also used to mean to whine. But in this case it means to snarl and pull horrible faces.
@@GallowayJessewell at least half the Antifa f@9s are crack heads, so we'd be getting two birds with one stone when you think about it. That being said, when it comes to Marxists, I wouldn't want the Scot kids to have all the fun.
This channel is what keeps my spirits up going into the next week. I always dread sunday as it is my time to fulfill responsibikities but these guys give me something to look forward to
I’m upset I missed the notification so I could have watched it sooner love the content and the visuals to the stories think you would ever do more full colour ones
Awesome as always!!!! I love the fact that you give other theories or possibility's . And let the person come to there own conclusions. You guys rock Stay safe. Looking forward to the next bedtime story 😉
Happy 100 episodes! For future videos, can I request the Order of Nine Angles, Dulce Base/underground lizard people, Sawney Bean and the Toronto Tunnel Monster?
When I was working on the Buchanan Street Starbucks one night, the girls and I were closing shop and a man covered in blood from no apparent wound of his own tried to chat us up and I’m pretty sure he was the Gurning Man x
The descriptions of the way this man moved and his strange grin reminds me of a man I saw a few times as a child here in Australia. That man's granddaughter told me he had palsy.
Aside from the one incident in which he appeared in someone's home and his ability to vanish the Gurning Man's behavior suggests a person on the Autism Spectrum who only comes out at night to avoid meeting people. I myself am on the Spectrum, and people sometimes feel threatened by my "stimming"(which is hard to control) and when that happens I wish I could vanish.
This is the 1st time I've ever heard of this. I've lived in the Crosshill / Queens Park areas in the this time frame and I'd never heard anyone mention this, until now.
So glad you don't do jump scares, that last scene would have been the perfect timing for that. But those 'slowly appearing creature' shots still give me the creeps. Good job!
Despite having lived in Glasgow most of my life, (I'm a baw hair off 50 years old) and with everyone on both sides of my family being Glaswegian, (for many generations) I've never heard of The Gurning Man in any context other than UA-cam and other online sources. Even when I first heard of it, (around three or four years ago) I asked quite a few people about it and no one had any idea about the story or where it could have originated. I even grew up in Crosshill/Queen's Park between 1975 and 1983 on the same street where several of the incidents was alleged to have occurred. I'd be interested to know how this story came about. (Possibly the same person who dreamt up Dumbarton's suicidal dogs.)
@Alphonso Muzzy I've never heard the story until a few years ago online. There's a few possibilities - a) it never happened. b) it never happened, and you or your ex invented the story. c) it happened, but for some reason I'd never heard of it, despite having lived in the area at the time, and more importantly, had lots of people who could relay the story to me - a lot of relatives, friends etc. It may well have been something that was kept from me at the time, but why not tell me when I was older? Crosshill/Queen's Park is a very busy area - more so in the late 70s with a big thoroughfare/main road passing close by, businesses, pubs (quite a few pubs right in the very same area - five within a hundred yards of each other. The Old Vic, The Madeira, Queen's Park Café, The Albert Bar, The Hampden Bar) - so it was quite busy after dark. Several schools, including the largest Catholic school in Scotland. There was even a police station in the locality. A variety of housing, with different densities - very large villas/detached Victorian houses and tenements - it certainly wasn't somewhere quiet, where something like this would go unreported. It'd be interesting to think that it could have been true, but I'd prefer to hear first hand accounts If it had happened in a different area I'd be more inclined to accept the story, but it's supposed to have occurred in the exact area I grew up in, and at the exact same time.
@Alphonso Muzzy That's a fair point, but I'd addressed it already, (though not on this thread, but I've left several comments on this upload) by asking why no one told me about it when I got older, or why couldn't anyone remember the story when I asked about it a couple of years ago. When I first heard this story about three years ago I immediately contacted several relatives who lived in the area at the time. I had Mum, Dad, four Aunts, four Uncles and eleven cousins, nine of whom were older than me* - ranging from two to fifteen years older than me, in addition to loads of friends who had older brothers and sisters - I knew, and still know, a lot of people who all lived in the area, yet no-one can remember anything about the Gurning Man - none of them had heard of the story until I brought it up, and they all laughed at the absurdity of the story. As for being a "sensitive child" - no, not at all. I was just an average, active boy - this was a different era remember - nobody gave a shit even if you were sensitive - you'd be told to toughen up! We had actual things to concern ourselves with - a spooky story isn't going to be censored. As I said earlier many of my friends had older siblings who'd be more than happy to mentally scar us - they'd go to the video store and get under the counter 'video nasties', (several of which were subsequently banned, or had already been banned, but pirate copies were available)** The Driller Killer, I Spit on Your Grave, Cannibal Holocaust, The Hills Have Eyes, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead, The Exorcist - these were all freely available when we were pre-teens, so if the Gurning Man was known to the older brothers of my friends they'd have told us all about him. I'm not denying the veracity of this yarn - I'm not in a position to do so. However, I've no idea where it originated, no idea how well it was known at the time, or how exaggerated it may have become over time. *This is not my entire family, in fact it's not even everyone on my Dad's side of the family - this is just the family members who lived within the area. **I'm not claiming to have enjoyed any of these films/movies at the time. I'm not suggesting that I was this tough kid, however there was a lot of bravado - if someone's big brother had managed to get a VHS tape/video nasty and there was an opportunity to watch it, (off school and parents are at work) and half a dozen of your friends were watching it you couldn't pussy out, nor did you want to be the odd one out when all of your friends had seen Cannibal Holocaust......so you turned up to watch, and probably hated every minute. So while I wasn't a "sensitive child" I didn't enjoy movies that were so extreme that some of them were banned - what a surprise.
There is this one scary narrator that has this weird cadence to his voice. Like he is asking a question at the end of the sentence. I can't remember his name buy damn does his voice sound weird.
This is brilliant,.My dad was from Glasgow and it's close to the place he was born.Can't even ask him as he's passed away.Glasgow has a lot of history im proud of my heritage ...My dad would play in the midden not a good thing lol he loved it running the street
MUST say your narration was a lot more enjoyable this time around! Not sure if you actually saw my comment on your last video but this one's was a lot more pleasant to listen to. Keep it up!
Congratulations on the hundredth episode. Brilliant work. Love all the videos, art work, research you guys do. Keep it up. You make youtube a cooler, if not a little scarier place. Thank you for the entertainment. One love.
'Gurning Man' was almost certainly an individual suffering from a severe neurological malady (probably alongside other congenital or acquired conditions). It really could be as simple as an aging man suffering from Parkinson's disease, or a similar affliction, too embarrassed to venture out during daylight, attempting to wander the dark streets inconspicuously, occasionally being witnessed and mistaken for a monster.
There are alot of channels that do thing like this, and i watch sevwral of them, but I've got to say i really like the combination of narration, art and tone that this channel has. Good job guys!
You mentioned armies of dead soldiers, it reminded me of our family walking on the old battlefield of Culloden in 1984. I’m a healthy bloke & never had any illness or medical conditions. We’d been walking at Culloden for about half an hour when I was suddenly struck by unbearable stabbing pain from between my left clavicle and left side of my neck, down through my torso and down to my right hip. The pain was crippling, I couldn’t breathe. It lasted for about 15 seconds or so, until I summoned up the strength to stagger a few steps. As soon as I left the spot where I was struck by the pain, the pain ceased. It freaked me out and I didn’t say anything to my family because they’d think I was mad or making it up.
I've seen a lot of gurning men in Glasgow. And gurning women. And gurning teenagers. Done a fair bit of gurning there myself as it happens (RIP The Arches, forever in our hearts 💔)
Literally any other children: “mommy the monster is going to eat us!”
Scottish kids in the 50s: “Oi get yer bats out boys, we got to kill that vampire that killed Jimmy!”
*kelled* Jimmy
"Oi git ye'r bats oot wee jimmies, we git tae murdurr that vampire that murdurred Jimmy!" I think is the more accurate Scotch lingo I believe.
Damn right
@@ZAV1944 wee jimmies 😂
Damn right
The Gurning man sounds scary, but a mob of 200 children armed with knives and clubs is the most terrifying part of this story 😂
So Democrats, basically? Lol.
The Billy Boys ain't letting anything move on their territory
@@lordkrythic6246 Aren't the Republicans the armed toddlers in your stupid country?
Glaswegian children as well!
@@Aconitum_napellus
Wow, you're not very intelligent. It's always shocking how people in countries that deny basic human rights, for some reason, brainwashed etc, campaign against and belittle the rights of actual free people. Pathetic, really.
Only in Glasgow would a horde of young children hunt down a vampire.
I’m thoroughly disappointed that vampire hunting wasn’t a part of my childhood
@Enda Dorgan
Hey stranger - haven't seen you for ages - how are you? Family well?
I hope that the last few months have been okay for you.
The funny thing about this video is that I grew up in Crosshill during the exact time frame, and my Dad grew up in the Gorbals, (next to the Southern Necropolis) during the 40/50s - born in 1942, so he'd have been 11 or 12 if he was involved in the vampire hunt.
Good to see you mo chara🍀
With baseball bats and knives
🤣🤣🤣
Remember when terrorists were at glasgow airport , and one glaswegian man head butted him, while loads of others threatened him. 😂
The most Scottish thing I’ve ever heard. Possible Vampire? Scottish kids are having none of it.
Stranger things should've been filmed in Scotland, lol
YOU'RE GOD DAMN RIGHT!!!
they also mentioned ghosts fighting the english for all time. quintessentially scottish
@@richardplacko1589 YES!
This is just Flakka's debut in Scotland, that's all. Everyone's all scared when they just want to be human zombies...
"Should you ever find yourself walking through the streets of Glasgow in the early hours, be mindful of your surroundings." Good advice, although I don't think it's the Gurning man you need worry about!
I stay in glasgow for 45yrs and the people of glasgow are amongst the most helpfull people in the world,&this story is bull sh.. Ive never heard of this .
@@scottmacintyre8127 obviously didn't frequent easterhouse then
You got two bob, mate?
@@christopherr3676 easterhouse is nice now its had millions spent on new housing etc,were do you stay then posh lad
@@scottmacintyre8127 Me either besides there's no other place in the UK is rather stay, yes we have a reputation but you really have to provoke it and start with us. What happened when terrorists attacked us.....we kicked the shit out them while they were still on fire trying to detonate a bomb........"what's that a vampire is trying to kill us!? Right get tooled up and meet at the graveyard in 20 minutes that bastard is gettn' chibbed! " Glasgow isn't just a place it's a state of mind 😂😂😂😂
Scottish kids decided to hunt down a vampire themselves? Yes, those kids are true Scots. As for the Gurning Man, perhaps it was a fellow suffering from a nerve ailment of some type. A few people see him wandering about a night, and the legend builds from those sightings.
First night in student housing in Copenhagen, I heard a scream. This was in the "should I call police?" range of screaming. I couldn't see anything through the window, there was no commotion, so I eventually made the decision to just go to bed, hoping I wasn't wrong to do so. Turns out Screams At Traffic Lights Man was a bit of local color in the area. Some psych facilities (housing the less dangerous kind of mental patients) operated in the area, and Screams At Traffic Lights Man was allowed to roam freely since he wasn't aggressive and only minimally disruptive. I got to experience him up close at the street crossing on another occasion, not knowing the face that went with the title, I was rather startled. You could see from the reaction of the other people waiting for green that most of them were locals, as soon as they figured out who was doing the screaming, they all relaxed right away.
@@Kasarii Now that's interesting. Such a fellow could be a jumping off point for a urban legend like the Gurning Man. Once the story's passed around verbally and via the internet, Screams At Traffic Lights Man makes the jump from mildly annoying and even sympathetic to menacing. Folks can't resist embellishing a story.
@David Parry Yes, certainly possible. I've seen some real specimens wandering downtown late a night.
@@TheKulu42 That's probably the origin of most of the stories these guys cover. Something unusual that gets blown out of proportion over time. Still fun to listen to
Yeah my Mom has worked in healthcare all her life (and therefore, mine) and she'd bring me along sometimes. I've seen folks who had developmental disabilities who would look and act similarly to how The Gurning Man is described. I've also seen regular folk's responses that were more monstrous than any patient's behavior. Healthy folk can be pretty mean to people they don't understand. I can easily see how seeing someone like that could spark wild stories. He could have been kept locked away by his family out of misplaced shame and maybe occasionally he'd escape. Doesn't explain the sightings in people's houses but sensationalism can lead to stories popping up like that.
This reminds me of the Green Man of Pittsburgh. The stories I was told was that a mutated man wandered the local roadways his face melted by a massive electric shock that also turned his skin green. It was said he had to smoke his cigarettes out of a hole in the side of his neck. Turns out the Green Man really had existed. He was just a poor burn victim who habitually wore the color green and walked everywhere because he didn’t have a car. Urban legends are wild.
Oh yeah I've heard of that as well
That’s sad :(
Alphonso Muzzy, The accident took his eyes. He was blind.
@Earl Turner that kind of spiraled into an urban legend in Pittsburgh, but that guy was really from Koppell
@@dryxeyes Yea thats a shame, Poor soul
Local Man has Stroke: No One helps.
That's exactly what I thought. Man has stroke, everyone screams and runs, he gets increasingly frustrated and screams but it sounds scary because he can't speak properly.
I didn't know a symptom of stroke is disappearing!
That's mighty funny! Good one!
Ha haha. That was a good one!
Maybe someone with speech issues having an epileptic fit.
Gurning man of Glasgow? Sounds like a typical Friday night!
Aye some wee ned on ecstasy and buckfast
Ah so you live in Maryhill too?
Can someone explain to the American what the feck "gurning" is
Makenzie Stieber yeah I’m lost
lucky Luciano?
I think the gurning man has multiplied as you can now walk round Glasgow any day of the week and see about 30 of them.
Kind of sad actually. It makes me feel for them. ❤️
@@EphemeralProductions nothing like Glasgow absolutely bullocks
@@kenmullan1890 sucky. :(
@@kenmullan1890 ye have to admit, the waens trying to kick his head in sounds pretty fkn Scottish to me mate lol
Elise orourke they would hed hae nae chance 😰
There's nothing odd about this. There's lots of gurning men in Glasgow.
Glue sniffers
@Dicky Anders that was my initial thought when I read the title. But this happened in the 70s before Es become popular.
@@WorldCupWillie Yeah but back then they had other options.
Witherspoon's that's the trouble.
Exactly, they have an annual competition I believe.
I dunno, a mob of 200 children carrying knives and homemade weapons sounds just as terrifying as the actual monster.
Children of the Corn type. Or just badass children who had awesome parents who taught them how to fight, organize, protect others and help each other.
Why do i have the angry mortys scene in my head now 😂
@@bradmorales4002 Glasgow had a real gang problem back in the day.
@@TheSuburbanScumbag damn.
Agreed
“The gurning man of Glasgow” doesn’t narrow it down very much mate
That made me chuckle, thanks for that.
Tom Colquhoun Imagine the line up to identify him??😂😜
@@ronniesutton9388 😂
I guess the people of Glasgow never seen a guy on meth before.
I was thinking of the "Florida Man" style articles about the whole bath salts thing.
This is just Flakka's debut in Scotland, that's all. Everyone's all scared when they just want to be human zombies...
Tweakers
So does this mean Americans are crazier compared to other countries tho... yuuup 😂😂💀
Someone's clearly never set foot in Glasgow in their life
Sounds like those 'Glasgow lads' put the fear of god in the vampire.
Verum Rex well it depends on who they support if they put the fear of god into them lol
thats when he decided to f*** orff to transylvania, glasgow was far too dangerous for dracula
@@LewdAnaPics
"I'm an unholy spawn of hell itself but these 200 kids have made me reconsider whose side I'm on"
I'm surprised that the gurning man wasn't just written off as "a bit of a character", which tends to be the go-to term for dangerous lunatics in most parts of Scotland.
My Dad was from Yorkshire and that’s pretty much what he’d have said
Normal young children anywhere else in the world.." Mommy!! It's a MONSTER..
Young Children of Glasgow..."A PINT OR WHOEVER BASHES HIS HEAD IN FIRST!!"
Welcome to Scotland: Even the ghosts are pissed.
lol
😂😂😂
@midnightmosesuk ~ I have no words to describe how funny what you wrote hit me, so all I got is 😆🤣😂
Becoming a patron of yours was one of the best ideas I've ever had! More than worth the money spent!
TheAKgunner, agreed! Also a proud patron👍
@Vikki Irey 😁👍
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Man, I said much the same thing on another video and was promptly called a tosser, whatever that is...
@@SilverManedWolf a tosser is an obnoxious jerk. I don't think you are a tosser LOL. If anyone ever says that again, tell them to sod off.😁
I see meth heads act the same way every day at work. They literally come out of nowhere and can’t stop moving. Usually asking for smokes and spare change.
This is just Flakka's debut in Scotland, that's all. Everyone's all scared when they just want to be human zombies...
Tweakers.
Sad days.
.... And when you say no: "REEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Let guess. You live in LA?
I have to hand it to you guys. The artist that does the artwork for your videos is fantastic. It's an excellent visual aid and you guys are one of the few channels to provide one of a kind artwork for their stories. Keep up the great work.
Imagine a horde of children with baseball bats and knives running after a vampire
Aye, as John Smeaton famously said - 'we'll set aboot ye' 💪🏻
Twas our normal Friday night go to at the cemetery when I was younger.
Very little 'baseball' played in Glasgow, even less cricket...Maybe Shinty sticks???????
I'm very surprised that no of the kids had there blades on them
An ogre named Iron Man?
Damn... Tony Stark’s early days were pretty dark...
You mean........ pretty *stark* ?
Now the time is here
For iron man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave
Kills the people he once saved
Tony Stank*
Mark Cambrone it happens! This is the result of “treatments” at the Corcoran State Drug Treatment facility (do your due diligence, it’s on record!)
Shark Team Bravo.
Slow clap...
It was just Limmy.
"SHE'S TURNED THE WEENS AGAINST ME!"
"She turned the weans against ye, mate, aye?"
@artist d mc well done on the correct spelling of wains
I've known a man like this back when I worked the night shift in a nursing home. He was physically and mentally impaired, apparently some geriatric condition. At night he left his room in a state of disorientation and stumbled through the halls, flailing his arms, drooling and howling, it was quite terrifying.
I was half expecting a jump scare at the end and then I realised you’re better than that and don’t resort to cheap scares. Excellent video as always
Hope we can see more Scottish-themed videos such as ones about the ‘Catman of Greenock’ or ‘Sawney Bean’. My dad encountered the former several times.
Sawney was a true family man
Sawney bean isn't real. Id prefer real encounters
You can look up both of these on Count Dankulas channel, he covers both and clears up some things.
The Catman is a real guy. He's a Russian sailor who stayed in greenock after his ship left without him years ago. He does crawl about like a cat and he has occasionally got a dead rat hanging out his mouth. The guys a mental case.
Youre just gonna leave it like that ? Come man tell us your dads story
You know you're in Scotland when the children don't run from cryptoids, they arm themselves and gang up on them.
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I am so glad I am able to be a patron. I always get my money's worth and more!
You and me both! 😁
I love how nobody is taking this seriously because the guy is from Scotland 😄
Actually, because he's from Glasgow.
This is just Flakka's debut in Scotland, that's all. Everyone's all scared when they just want to be human zombies...
Bad reply.
There are many things to be taken seriously here. Street accostations, home break ins, ethereal disappearances, as well as the probability of a seriously mentally/physically ill individual roaming the streets un-cared for. The earlier statement of a sulphur fog hanging over Glasgow are just as disturbing with all the ramifications that involves...
Ikr there are gurnners fuckin everywhere in glasgow so a don’t know how this even became a story 🤣
Welcome
Well a horde of armed children that’s some stuff.
The dogs run about in cliques with flick knifes,
Not in Glasgow
You’ve never visited Scotland have you Nick?
This mystery has one obvious solution: The Gurning Man is Eddie, the infamous Iron Maiden mascot. Just check the cover art of "Fear of the Dark". This is a very cool urban legend.
At 37, I have “Misophonia”, a hatred of certain sounds that can bring on frustration even during happiness. Your voice is soothing and the mysteries make me think. When packing up this morning from a weekend away camping I put in the ol earbuds and fire up BTS! Too much chaos and friends kids running amok lol.
Indrid Cold huh... Now that's a name I have not heard in a long time.
Same here...
I have always writen it on widows of business facing inwards so on dewy days the people inside would read it, look it up and freak out. 😂🤣😂
This is just Flakka's debut in Scotland, that's all. Everyone's all scared when they just want to be human zombies...
Long live Indrid Cold, ambassador to Best Virginia, harbinger of Moth Man!
Last time I heard, he's living in Dalmuir. No one's noticed.
The comparison to Indrid Cold sent chills up my spine, as his story always terrified me. The illustration of the creature on the bed though, was so terrifying! Top notch story telling as always guys!
Okay, now I really would like to see a comprehensive video on these mysterious entities like Indrid Cold, the Grinning Man, and the Gurning Man, that seriously connects all the events and drudges up all available reports and lore for analysis. These figures are super creepy, and after having an entity similar, I've become obsessed with learning more.
fascinating! Scottish kids are hardcore… Something about the description of the Gurning Man, the twitching and upright writhing, the metalic sounds, etc. reminds me of the Lying Figures of Silent Hill 2.
elleofmusic Given how they dealt with terrorist who was actually on fire!! I find it incredibly hard to believe any Scot would even notice a gurning man?? Never mind be afraid!!! English urban legend me thinks🧐😜
Yeah, kind of jacobs ladder demons, or those things which represent Mary's disease in SH2
elleofmusic ~ YES! Absolutely!
The Gurning Man of Glasgow: "Cocaine is a helluva drug."
You mean MDMA
That and a good few E’s
Wonder if any of the people who make these kind of jokes consider that he could be a person with a disability?
Is the gurning man just rick james on a bender?
It was just the joker taking a holiday in the Gorbals.
And after having been a victim of a few kickings, the joker realised his mistake and left quickly
I kinda want a mini serious about Glasgow folk lore like this
Order yerself a few copies of "The Digger" and you will have plenty of material bud
Congratulations on your 100th episode - it's been a crazy run of the weird and wonderful, and some spooky, disturbing stuff too.
Here's to the next 100 episodes.
I just found this channel through Mrballen and have been binge watching all day! Thank you guys for such an awesome show. Congrats on your collaboration with MrBallen, I have been watching him for years.
Thoroughly enjoyed that.
I've heard this tale, (UA-cam and other online sources) several times now, and this was far and away the best incarnation.
If we are to accept the story, it's highly unlikely that it's an actual person, given that 30 - 40 years have passed since the earlier reports and the most recent, and he was said to be around 50+ years old in the first place.
I'd love to know where it originated.
Brilliant as ever. I think this is rather a sad story and I feel sorry for this entity. Poor thing.
Imagine how angry, frightened, and alone, a group of children would have to feel in order to go hunting a vampire by themselves.
Lol, you don't know Scotlands kids.
This would be *FUN* for us.
Edit - I'm curious where/when you grew up that Vampire Hunting wouldn't be a fun day out?
Being a kid in Ayrshire during the 70's, a normal evenings entertainment could be a fun game of 'two man hunt', or 'hunt the cunt', both of which involved receiving a good kicking if you got caught.... fun for all ages, think I was 7-8 when I had my first game...
So, this just made this poor, weird guy 'the cunt'....and he got duly hunted, luckily for him he wasn't caught... lol.
We had our own event like this in Killie, except we were labelled 'Ghostbusters', hordes of teens roaming the Dean Castle Estate in pitch darkness, think I only ever remember seeing one person with a torch, lookin' for The Grey Lady.... '83 iirc.
My Mum would still be up for a fight and she's in her 80s. Feisty! 😂
Never?? Youd be in a group and hunting a vampire, nothing lonely about that...although I am Irish and I think we're made of the same stuff Scottish people are made of
@@iaminpainauchocolat9300 tragically similar 😂
This one was definitely one of the creepier and more chilling episodes you’ve put out. Got goosebumps listening to it. A great choice for your 100th episode for sure!
Scotland’s children. Do they huddle under their bedcovers in fear when a monster starts hunting them down? Or form a small army of small people with small weapons and go after it themselves?
Started on 04/28/21 and I’m back here - my binge streak shall continue on! Love your vids Bedtime Stories
200 child vampire hunters chasing monsters through a grave yard. Glasgow - you gotta love it.
Those kids are metal as heck! Reminds me of how all the 'Paranormal Hunter' youtubers who scamper at the first sound of a door closing... just bring a couple Scottish lads with ye!
Idk i feel like most people wouldn't be afraid of much of anything, if youre in a group of 200 armed people
HRNGGG I want to listen to this while on a walk but the art is so good I can’t miss out on it
Yes!
Legend says he's a Celtic fan - haunting the dreams of Rangers fans both young and old. Legend has it - if a rangers fan sees him, nothing will happen...
Maybe it's just Frank McAvennie after a long night of sniffing coke and shagging page 3 birds
The rivalry transcends into all types discussions lol
Damnit, my Extremely Funny, trenchant "well that sounds like a standard night out in Glasgow" comments have already been taken >.>
This is just Flakka's debut in Scotland, that's all. Everyone's all scared when they just want to be human zombies...
The "Malcolm Tucker: The Beginning" Joke is still free...
@@Axel1711-c6h Oh now that's fantastic, thank you :D
I heard the children with bats, chasing a metal toothed vampire is very funny as well.
The artwork is off the charts I'm jealous ;)
Top-notch work as always, guys!! Can’t W8 to see more cryptids, myths, and other creepy stories like this! By the way, here are a few other Scottish legends I think y’all should consider:
The Haunted Hermitage Castle
The story of Sawney Bean and his clan
The haunted battlefield at Killiekrankie
The Dullahan wraith (which inspired the Headless Horseman from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow).
& a true crime from the U.S: Belle Gunness.
@Ethan Esgro
The Dullahan is Irish, not Scottish.
The Kelpies would be more befitting of a Scottish episode.
Ian Macfarlane my mistake. But anyway, I just thought that you guys might wanna consider doing episodes on these stories.
@@RogueAce93 The Dullahan is a fantastic story, so I'd love to see it - I wasn't trying to be a smartarse - just putting the story in the correct location.
There's a lot of crossover between Scottish and Irish mythology, so it's entirely possible you've heard it in a Scottish context, but it's definitely Irish in origin.
Take care ✌️
Sawney bean and his inbred family were on the road to Stranraer in a cave snatching and devouring passers by.And its 100% true...r
Ethan Esgrow-I would love to see a video on the legend of Sawney Bean. As someone who's spent their whole life in Scotland I would hear that legend all the time as a kid, & even now as an adult that story still creeps me out. What makes it even scarier is that you can actually visit the cave Sawney & his family supposedly lived in.
Am I the only one who thought they misspelled "burning" when they read the title before hitting play? 😳
I'll admit it, I've never heard of the word "gurning" until now. 😭
_"Surely they meant to say 'burning' and will correct the misspelling once the episode premieres..."_
[Thought bubble over my head after reading the title on the notification]
@David Parry I am sorry for not knowing all the elaborate words and slangs of my secondary language
I miss read it as "burning" too.
Definitely first time I heard of gurning.
I have never thought " gurning " to mean " burning " before in my life... wow we have a lot of uneducated or young folk here.
And since when is to gurn or gurning a slang??? I think people need to go back to English class or at least read and learn the dictionary.
In Scotland though apart for it meaning to pull horrible faces. It is also used to mean to whine. But in this case it means to snarl and pull horrible faces.
If your town has a crackhead problem? send in the Scottish kids. Theyll have your community cleaned up in no time! (Just don't ask how)
What about a marxist problem?
@@GallowayJessewell at least half the Antifa f@9s are crack heads, so we'd be getting two birds with one stone when you think about it.
That being said, when it comes to Marxists, I wouldn't want the Scot kids to have all the fun.
@Alphonso Muzzy hell yeah! 😎
Anyone else expected a jump scare at the end?
Good work. I hope you guys keep putting out content for a long time. Thanks.
Was about to go to sleep but i guess that can wait.
Same
"Hoard of vengeful children" never thought I would ever hear that
Happiest person ever seeing this. My life is simple. But that's how I like it.
Congrats on 100 videos! Here's to many more!
These videos are like a steady morphine drip without the risk of renal failure
"James, do you know him?"
"Not socially."
That could be the title of an Irvine Welsh book
This channel is what keeps my spirits up going into the next week. I always dread sunday as it is my time to fulfill responsibikities but these guys give me something to look forward to
Burning Man of Brazil
Gurning Man of Glasgow
Wonder if they're brothers or something.
Or perhaps Grothers?
Turning Man of Tanzania
Churning Man of China
Go on Bedtime Stories, that's your new series after "there's something in everything"
@@JaleelBeig Can't forget about their cousin, the Spurning Man of Spain
Learning man of Lesotho is also good shout
Earning man of England should soon follow
The stirring man of Slovakia
"Local Man goes on bad meth trip, gains ability to teleport."
Gurning Man: _Kills friends_
Scottish kids: "AH'M GAUNY HAMMAER YEW!"
Great story! And the illustrations are fantastic and really creepy!! Thanks!
What if we are living in a computer simulation and the Gurning Man of Glasgow is just a glitching NPC?
Most believable answer
I’m upset I missed the notification so I could have watched it sooner love the content and the visuals to the stories think you would ever do more full colour ones
Thers also a bonus episode out now its very good. Andy England 🇬🇧👍
More please! Much, much more!💞💞💞
That’s what she and he said~
@@randomlymadeanimations52 🤣👍
Vikki Irey UwU
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Awesome as always!!!! I love the fact that you give other theories or possibility's . And let the person come to there own conclusions. You guys rock Stay safe. Looking forward to the next bedtime story 😉
Happy 100 episodes!
For future videos, can I request the Order of Nine Angles, Dulce Base/underground lizard people, Sawney Bean and the Toronto Tunnel Monster?
You request shit everytime neckbeard
@@appalachiahiker853 Hey, hey. Tone it down. Be respectful.
I love absolutely love the way they end with a warning.
Chilling.
When I was working on the Buchanan Street Starbucks one night, the girls and I were closing shop and a man covered in blood from no apparent wound of his own tried to chat us up and I’m pretty sure he was the Gurning Man x
The descriptions of the way this man moved and his strange grin reminds me of a man I saw a few times as a child here in Australia. That man's granddaughter told me he had palsy.
Aside from the one incident in which he appeared in someone's home and his ability to vanish the Gurning Man's behavior suggests a person on the Autism Spectrum who only comes out at night to avoid meeting people. I myself am on the Spectrum, and people sometimes feel threatened by my "stimming"(which is hard to control) and when that happens I wish I could vanish.
This is the 1st time I've ever heard of this. I've lived in the Crosshill / Queens Park areas in the this time frame and I'd never heard anyone mention this, until now.
Great festival, I hope to go to Gurning Man some day.
So glad you don't do jump scares, that last scene would have been the perfect timing for that. But those 'slowly appearing creature' shots still give me the creeps. Good job!
Despite having lived in Glasgow most of my life, (I'm a baw hair off 50 years old) and with everyone on both sides of my family being Glaswegian, (for many generations) I've never heard of The Gurning Man in any context other than UA-cam and other online sources.
Even when I first heard of it, (around three or four years ago) I asked quite a few people about it and no one had any idea about the story or where it could have originated.
I even grew up in Crosshill/Queen's Park between 1975 and 1983 on the same street where several of the incidents was alleged to have occurred.
I'd be interested to know how this story came about.
(Possibly the same person who dreamt up Dumbarton's suicidal dogs.)
@Nah mate I'd wondered about that myself - is it all just a bad dream?
@Alphonso Muzzy I've never heard the story until a few years ago online.
There's a few possibilities -
a) it never happened.
b) it never happened, and you or your ex invented the story.
c) it happened, but for some reason I'd never heard of it, despite having lived in the area at the time, and more importantly, had lots of people who could relay the story to me - a lot of relatives, friends etc.
It may well have been something that was kept from me at the time, but why not tell me when I was older?
Crosshill/Queen's Park is a very busy area - more so in the late 70s with a big thoroughfare/main road passing close by, businesses, pubs (quite a few pubs right in the very same area - five within a hundred yards of each other. The Old Vic, The Madeira, Queen's Park Café, The Albert Bar, The Hampden Bar) - so it was quite busy after dark.
Several schools, including the largest Catholic school in Scotland.
There was even a police station in the locality.
A variety of housing, with different densities - very large villas/detached Victorian houses and tenements - it certainly wasn't somewhere quiet, where something like this would go unreported.
It'd be interesting to think that it could have been true, but I'd prefer to hear first hand accounts
If it had happened in a different area I'd be more inclined to accept the story, but it's supposed to have occurred in the exact area I grew up in, and at the exact same time.
@Alphonso Muzzy That's a fair point, but I'd addressed it already, (though not on this thread, but I've left several comments on this upload) by asking why no one told me about it when I got older, or why couldn't anyone remember the story when I asked about it a couple of years ago.
When I first heard this story about three years ago I immediately contacted several relatives who lived in the area at the time.
I had Mum, Dad, four Aunts, four Uncles and eleven cousins, nine of whom were older than me* - ranging from two to fifteen years older than me, in addition to loads of friends who had older brothers and sisters - I knew, and still know, a lot of people who all lived in the area, yet no-one can remember anything about the Gurning Man - none of them had heard of the story until I brought it up, and they all laughed at the absurdity of the story.
As for being a "sensitive child" - no, not at all. I was just an average, active boy - this was a different era remember - nobody gave a shit even if you were sensitive - you'd be told to toughen up!
We had actual things to concern ourselves with - a spooky story isn't going to be censored.
As I said earlier many of my friends had older siblings who'd be more than happy to mentally scar us - they'd go to the video store and get under the counter 'video nasties', (several of which were subsequently banned, or had already been banned, but pirate copies were available)**
The Driller Killer, I Spit on Your Grave, Cannibal Holocaust, The Hills Have Eyes, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead, The Exorcist - these were all freely available when we were pre-teens, so if the Gurning Man was known to the older brothers of my friends they'd have told us all about him.
I'm not denying the veracity of this yarn - I'm not in a position to do so.
However, I've no idea where it originated, no idea how well it was known at the time, or how exaggerated it may have become over time.
*This is not my entire family, in fact it's not even everyone on my Dad's side of the family - this is just the family members who lived within the area.
**I'm not claiming to have enjoyed any of these films/movies at the time. I'm not suggesting that I was this tough kid, however there was a lot of bravado - if someone's big brother had managed to get a VHS tape/video nasty and there was an opportunity to watch it, (off school and parents are at work) and half a dozen of your friends were watching it you couldn't pussy out, nor did you want to be the odd one out when all of your friends had seen Cannibal Holocaust......so you turned up to watch, and probably hated every minute.
So while I wasn't a "sensitive child" I didn't enjoy movies that were so extreme that some of them were banned - what a surprise.
Yes! Uploaded right before my bedtime!
Tho only YT narrator whose voice doesn't annoy my flatmate.
For some reason I feel you know who Chills is. 😆 My best friend can't stand his voice.
@@Koga-kl4to no one can stand his voice
There is this one scary narrator that has this weird cadence to his voice. Like he is asking a question at the end of the sentence. I can't remember his name buy damn does his voice sound weird.
@@marclytle644 Sounds like Chills
This is just Flakka's debut in Scotland, that's all. Everyone's all scared when they just want to be human zombies...
This is brilliant,.My dad was from Glasgow and it's close to the place he was born.Can't even ask him as he's passed away.Glasgow has a lot of history im proud of my heritage ...My dad would play in the midden not a good thing lol he loved it running the street
The sound effect of the trash can falling over gave me chills 😨
Yes my dog was half asleep he looked up when that noise happened.. Andy England 🇬🇧👍
MUST say your narration was a lot more enjoyable this time around! Not sure if you actually saw my comment on your last video but this one's was a lot more pleasant to listen to.
Keep it up!
A gang of 200 armed Glasgow youths is the most terrifying part.
Congratulations on the hundredth episode. Brilliant work. Love all the videos, art work, research you guys do. Keep it up. You make youtube a cooler, if not a little scarier place. Thank you for the entertainment. One love.
I knew this was goin to be fantastic..!! Your drawings are breathtaking
These stories are like the UA-cam equivalent to those scary stories told in front of the campfire. Keep up the good work.
Wish you would do more than just 1 every 2 weeks or so.. Still, love Bedtimes Stories!!!!
Right bro
@@magicvampirelver1321 he's got such a cool voice....
'Gurning Man' was almost certainly an individual suffering from a severe neurological malady (probably alongside other congenital or acquired conditions). It really could be as simple as an aging man suffering from Parkinson's disease, or a similar affliction, too embarrassed to venture out during daylight, attempting to wander the dark streets inconspicuously, occasionally being witnessed and mistaken for a monster.
In fairness, it sounds like a jakey from Govan.
😂😂
Legend😂
There are alot of channels that do thing like this, and i watch sevwral of them, but I've got to say i really like the combination of narration, art and tone that this channel has. Good job guys!
Learned a new word today.
Leave the poor man alone, can't you tell he's just an Irish man!?
You mentioned armies of dead soldiers, it reminded me of our family walking on the old battlefield of Culloden in 1984. I’m a healthy bloke & never had any illness or medical conditions. We’d been walking at Culloden for about half an hour when I was suddenly struck by unbearable stabbing pain from between my left clavicle and left side of my neck, down through my torso and down to my right hip. The pain was crippling, I couldn’t breathe. It lasted for about 15 seconds or so, until I summoned up the strength to stagger a few steps. As soon as I left the spot where I was struck by the pain, the pain ceased. It freaked me out and I didn’t say anything to my family because they’d think I was mad or making it up.
I've seen a lot of gurning men in Glasgow.
And gurning women.
And gurning teenagers.
Done a fair bit of gurning there myself as it happens (RIP The Arches, forever in our hearts 💔)
Finally a video from my favorite channel!!!! ThAnk you made my day