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In the past week, a film that was recently added to Netflix has positioned itself and remains in the top 10 of the platform and has not given up; the story is as mysterious as the name suggests, and is also based on true events: The Mystery of the Lighthouse.
The recording was released in 2018, with the original title The Disappearing (Guard). It is a British production directed by the Danish Kristoffer Nyholm, with Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan and Connor Swindells as protagonists of a film where it is shown that reality is sometimes stranger than fiction.
What is ‘The Mystery of the Lighthouse’?
The official synopsis is as follows: “On an island off the coast of Scotland, three lighthouse keepers disappeared without a trace. Inspired by the true story of the mystery of Flannan Island. The site is located off the west coast of Scotland, and is best known for the mysterious disappearance of its guards in the early 1900s.
The true story behind the film ‘The Lighthouse Mystery’
In Scotland’s west coastin England, there is a group of islands and islets which together are called Flannan Islandsand is part of the Outer Hebrides Islands. flannel people divided into seven main islands; one of the most important is Eilean Mor (big island), which has an area of about 17.5 hectares, and it contains Flannan Islands Lighthousewhere the mystery happened.
This hidden place is guarded by three people: James Ducat (Director), Thomas Marshall (second assistant) and Donald McArthur (at that time he replaced William Ross, the first assistant who was on sick leave), who was in charge of guarding and keeping the lighthouse always on, if the ship needed it. However, in the late 1900s mysteriously disappearedwithout leaving any traces.
Things started to get a little weird on December 15, 1900, when archer boat passed through the island on the route that took Philadelphia to Leith, and noticed that— headlights don’t turn onso he took notes in his notebook and took the report to its destination: Leith, on December 18 this year.
Because the weather conditions were not favorable enough, they had to wait a few days to enter the island and find out why the lighthouse tower had died.
On the afternoon of December 26, 1900, Captain Jim Harvie he carried on his ship a replacement for one of the three: the lighthouse keeper Joseph Moore. To the surprise and bewilderment of both, no one came out to greet them, and the lighthouse still didn’t blink; he tried to get their attention by sounding the ship’s siren and lighting flares, but to no avail.
Moore decided to row from the boat to the island to find out what was going on, but found nothing; He quickly climbed the stairs to get to where the lighthouse was and looked for one of the three lighthouse keepers, but he found neither of them nor had he an answer when he shouted his name.
Upon entering the lighthouse, he encounters several unusual scenarios: the clock stops, the fireplace ashes cold, the half-eaten food on the table, chairs overturned and beds made, as if no one had slept in them; the only sign of life that existed at that time was (besides the seagulls that roam the island) little canarywho wasn’t in the best shape either, as he looked hungry.
Subsequent investigations uncovered no further details, except that there was one of the raincoats hanging in the corridor, which caused much doubt among the sailors who continued to investigate, in addition to the consequences left by the great storm.
Speculation about the mystery of the Flannan Islands
Speculation arose immediately, especially by the British media, even years after the tragic incident: a hurricane accident, a fatal brawl, a wave dragging them in, that they had arranged a boat to pick them up and get started. new life, kidnapped; there’s even talk of ghosts and aliens taking them.
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