SPECTERS
Catman of Ferry Road Said to Roam Leith After Death
A writer for Spooky Isles says reported sightings of a well-known local figure following his murder have turned a sad case into a puzzle.
LEITH, SCOTLAND — A familiar figure of Ferry Road in Leith, known as the Catman, is the subject of a new article on the Spooky Isles website, which describes reports of sightings that followed his death by murder.
According to the piece, written by John S. Tantalon, the man was a well-known presence in the district during his lifetime. The brief summary supplied with the article states that his killing was a tragic event, and that subsequent reports of sightings have made of it what the author calls a baffling mystery.
The summary does not say who reported the sightings, when they occurred, or what the witnesses claim to have seen. It offers no account of the circumstances of the death, and no explanation, mundane or otherwise, for the reports. Readers wishing to learn those particulars are directed to the full article at Spooky Isles.
This newspaper can therefore report only that the claim has been made. Whether the Catman walks Ferry Road still is a matter on which the available material is silent, and the neighbourhood, as far as is known, has issued no statement.