Cannibals in Scotland?

[JayC9]

My father used to tell me a story about a family of cannibals that lived in a cave only accessible on the spring tides when the family would emerge to look for victims. I was pretty scared by the story when I was a kid and it stuck with me.

I came across the legend of Sawney Bean which I think must be the basis of my fathers story. Fact or fiction?

http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/legends/sawney_bean.html

 

[chewyxrage]

Wow, gruesome story. I liked it. Probably made up doesn't really seem feasible no body discovered them for all that time.