Exploring Sawney Bean's SECRET CAVE!
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2 жыл бұрынLegends suggest the cannibal Sawney Bean lived in a secret cave - in this video WE'RE GOING IN!
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Hidden away on the Ayrshire coast is a secret cave with a dark past… Bennane Head was said to have been the home of infamous Sawney Bean and his murderous cannibal clan - it’s also a particularly beautiful feature on the Ayrshire Coastal Path.
Bean and his incestuous brethren were said to have blighted this particularly lonely stretch of the Ayrshire coast, abducting travellers as they made their way along the road, and dragging them kicking and screaming down the steep cliff face before butchering them for their meat! Sound enticing?
In this video, Coops and I explore the secret cave, enjoying the beautiful landscape and aquamarine waters that surround it and even find what looks like fossils in the rocks!
Read More about Sawney Bean; www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK...
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@outlawedlandscapes Жыл бұрын
What a place! Have you got anywhere like this near you? Any grisly local folk-tales that stick out? 😱
@mortalimplements 4 ай бұрын
Hi that was supposed to have been The Beans or my family. I'm almost 85% sure the story was bull. I think the Brits hated my great great grand father. I'm almost 100% that's was our land at one time and we were personally at war with the Brits. Because they control history Sawny Bean was born into legend. They probably couldn't kill the man so the took his legacy. I'll tell you know. I'm restoring our legacy now
@user-zu8co4dp4d 8 күн бұрын
2:35-2:38 your dog looks to be getting dragged but hes doing some sort of crazy moon walk!! Beautiful dog
@brunolegaspi5393 11 ай бұрын
I'm from Mexico and I've been trying to find out about this legend, I've seen in many vídeos that this isn't the cave, that the actual cave is behind some hills and it's hidden also because the waves come up high and make it hard for people to get there, but also this is the best video I've ever seen so far in this cave you went all the way in there I've never seen someone actually go all they way in, thank you for sharing your adventure!!
@outlawedlandscapes 11 ай бұрын
Hi Bruno! There are a lot of different opinions, but this is the right cave as marked on the UK OS maps. The other cave in question is called “snibs” cave, named after a Dr who decided to leave the rat race and live in the cave for the rest of his life. I’ll maybe do a video showing the differences, as this seems to be an issue for everyone 😅 Thanks for watching & I’m really glad you like it!
@suejddaiu7643 8 ай бұрын
@@outlawedlandscapesplease do so if you have the opportunity we'd all appreciate it.
@grizzlysteele3199 2 ай бұрын
Went there as a wee lad when my mum and dad has a caravan at bennane head 😁 Also remember snib's cave when the road went past there and he still lived in it Memories ❤❤
@outlawedlandscapes 2 ай бұрын
I’ve heard a lot of local folk saying the same, my father in law is a Girvan resident and he’s spoken about Snib many times. Respected medical practitioner decided to give it all up and live in a cave, what a lad 🤣💪🏻
@ElizabethMcDermott-cy4cv Ай бұрын
@@outlawedlandscapesperhaps he learned something the big people weren't ready for? Do a video on that guy please.
@Fellmandave1 2 жыл бұрын
Grisly! Thanks for taking us to this place Scott.
@outlawedlandscapes 2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, one of many interesting places along this wee stretch of coast :)
@nugsoth1 2 жыл бұрын
You told me about this caves like 10 years ago, old friend. Good to see them now in real-life!
@outlawedlandscapes 2 жыл бұрын
😉🔥
@lindamcdonaldcairns9874 Жыл бұрын
You gotta love the Scottish humour...a can of beans
@outlawedlandscapes Жыл бұрын
Haha 😂 What a thing to find! Honestly though, I didn’t put them there! 😳
@lindamcdonaldcairns9874 Жыл бұрын
@@outlawedlandscapes 😂
@Kev_Russ 2 жыл бұрын
Nice one bud. Cracking cave like. Nice bit o history anaw 👍
@outlawedlandscapes 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kev, don’t you be visiting though or you’ll be up on the gallows in Aul’ Reekie 🤣
@Ronniechickify 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing! I live in South Ayrshire and keep meaning to go there.Love all that kinda thing.P.S. Your dog is stunning
@outlawedlandscapes 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it :) It's definitely worth a visit if you get the chance!
@Ronniechickify 2 жыл бұрын
@@outlawedlandscapes Youre welcome.I will x
@NBNatureTrailvan 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Scott. Bloody hell what a story. 😨😨😨. Heinz Beans and Pork Sausages goes well with......🤣🤣🤣
@outlawedlandscapes 2 жыл бұрын
💪🏻🤤🤣 Haha! It was a strange find, beautifully placed at the end of the cave 👀 Thanks for watching!
@amymattaliano7634 Жыл бұрын
A lot of people know that Sawney Bean and his clan inspired the movie The Hills Have Eyes. However, there is a short book series written by Jack Ketchum that this story inspired. It's his Dead River series. I just finished reading the second (of 3) books last night. Definitely check it out. I will warn you though, the first book is insanely gruesome though, so be warned.
@outlawedlandscapes Жыл бұрын
Hi Amy! I'd heard about a book, but never actually looked into it, thanks! I'm no feart of gore/horror though, one of my favourite fictions is Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy :)
@amymattaliano7634 Жыл бұрын
@@outlawedlandscapes I'm definitely gonna look into that book. Thanks :)
@outlawedlandscapes Жыл бұрын
@@amymattaliano7634 It's a belter, based on the old Western frontiers. If you haven't already read/heard of it, Cormac also wrote 'The Road' - an absolute classic, but a total dirge. Makes you thankful for the little things in life when you're done xD
@mohdezlanhaikal1060 Жыл бұрын
I can't imagine how can 40 plus peoples live in the small cave like this and including the body of those they have kills..
@outlawedlandscapes Жыл бұрын
It’d be pretty intimate… 🫢😄
@JarlBorg93 Жыл бұрын
This must have been so fun the times they had in this cave, i wish i could have been there to witness the festivities!
@outlawedlandscapes Жыл бұрын
Hahahaha 😄 Must have smelled wonderful as well..!
@corym5490 6 ай бұрын
At around 7:53 when you're coming out of the cave, there is a flash of light behind you
@outlawedlandscapes 6 ай бұрын
Ohh, I never noticed that before! Probably a reflection from the light at that angle as the upper walls are very damp 😉 …or maybe not!
@theghostandthedarkness971 7 ай бұрын
it been said that the real Sawney Bean is the one that people could only acsess when a sea level recedes...
@outlawedlandscapes 7 ай бұрын
Yes, this one.
@WalkWithWallace 2 жыл бұрын
Guid vid mate, but I think you need to doss in it next time. 🤔
@outlawedlandscapes 2 жыл бұрын
I actually addressed that in the video, but cut it out. The pigeon shit and litter in there is unbelievable 😬
@WalkWithWallace 2 жыл бұрын
@@outlawedlandscapes rank. 🤮
@outlawedlandscapes 2 жыл бұрын
Exactamundo 😅😅 I reckon there’d be a nice pitch along the far end of the shore though 👌🏻
@WalkWithWallace 2 жыл бұрын
@@outlawedlandscapes guid for winter. 😁 Reminds me a lot of my cliff top camp.
@outlawedlandscapes 2 жыл бұрын
Oh aye, pretty similar terrain 😉 The hills at the beginning run from Lendalfoot to Girvan, apparently a raised sea bed. Planning on a wee traverse soon 👍🏻
@mortalimplements 4 ай бұрын
Is the legend true. Hi my name is Stephen Dennis. My family was the Bean's. I've been following this story ever since I realized it's my family. Oh a 100% it's both true and exaggerated. The cave doesn't have capacity for the amount of body's and 30 live individuals
@Edwarddiaz21 2 ай бұрын
The real cave isn't this one, it's a little ways around the bend.
@nicolepicknell6351 Жыл бұрын
I'm related to sawney bean
@outlawedlandscapes Жыл бұрын
Do you ever get the urge to gnaw on arms or legs? 🤣
@nicolepicknell6351 Жыл бұрын
Yep i would give it a go
@shamsudeenmp5910 20 күн бұрын
Scariest one in world
@josegala8002 6 ай бұрын
Really do you think at this cave were live 50 people?
@outlawedlandscapes 6 ай бұрын
In its current state, no, but it’s a fun legend 😉 There is a passage that’s blocked though, which is supposed to have followed a fault to Colmonell nearby - used by smugglers.
@nigelervine1 7 ай бұрын
Where abouts is this I think I know where do you go from the layby
@outlawedlandscapes 7 ай бұрын
Hi mate, lay-by at the crest of Bennane head, jump the fencing (should be obvious) then follow the wee path north, it sweeps round and then down into the cove through the Bracken 👌🏻 Take your time though as it can be slippy/steep.
@mortalimplements 4 ай бұрын
There was also severe hatred towards the Scots and Sawny was a negative contagion for Scottish men. The British were not good people back then.
@jestfuldemigod 3 ай бұрын
Scots are Brits you genius.
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