Although most Scots are sceptical that aliens live among us, there have been peculiar encounters down the years.
Given that Scotland's national animal is a unicorn and one of its most famous stories is the Loch Ness Monster, it's perhaps not too surprising that the country has a strong relationship with the supernatural.
He began to approach it before two smaller spheres emerged and started to drag him towards the larger object. The next thing he knew, he was waking up after losing consciousness. The Falkirk Triangle Bonnybridge near Falkirk has been dubbed the UFO capital of the world, with locals even reporting hundreds of sightings in a day at some points. The village achieved fame in 1992 when a businessman claimed to have seen strange lights in the sky while driving.
Councillor Billy Buchanan travelled to 10 Downing Street to demand an urgent investigation into the sightings, appealing to David Cameron, Tony Blair, and John Major over the years. In the years since the encounter, which has been named the 'A70 Incident', neither man has changed their story and they even passed a lie detector on TV.
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