Case file · Haunting
The Ringcroft (Rerrick) poltergeist
In 1695 the farm of Andrew Mackie at Ringcroft of Stocking, Rerrick parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, suffered stone-throwing, fires and beatings, recorded by the minister Alexander Telfair.
1695 CE · 54.84, -3.88 · status: account
The account
Telfair's 1696 pamphlet carried the signed testimony of local ministers and other witnesses. The disturbances ended after weeks of prayer.
The sceptical view
An 1890 review called it folklore; the witnesses' signatures prove belief, not the events.