The Death of Folklorist Robert Kirk. Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park.

Do you believe in goblins and fairies? Do you believe in their the magic? Well, the Fairy Minister Reverend Robert Kirk did. In 1691, he published The Secret Commonwealth of Elves and Fairies, a book that described in detail their habits, appearance, and secrets. The following year, Reverend Kirk was found dead on Doon Hill, the alleged entrance to the realm of the fairies. Coincidence? You decide.

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Sources

Webpages: Aberfoyle - Here. Now. All of us. 

• Captive in Fairyland–the Strange Case of Robert Kirk of Aberfoyle 

• The Haunted Fairytale of Doon Hill and Fairy Knowe

• Symbols on Reverend Kirk's Gravestone in Aberfoyle Cemetery: Thistle, Shepherd's Crook and Dagger

• The (super)natural worlds of Robert Kirk: Fairies, Beasts, Landscapes and Lychnobious Liminalities 

• Samhain: The Roots of Halloween

• Library of Congress 

• Kirk, The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies

• First Things