Kirk of Shotts Possible ghost

WILLIAM SMITH?
LOCATION, KIRK OF SHOTTS CANTHILL ROAD NEAR WATCH TOWER,
DATE, PRESENT,
TYPE, MANIFESTATION,

Late in the evening some time in 1990 a young female driver, was travelling home along the Canthill road which runs up the side of the church. It was misty as the road normally is. When out of the mist just to the edge of her head lights she, caught sight of a man, heading towards her. Although she braked hard and moved the car towards the other side of the road, she hit the man. For now she could see it was a man, which she said had a top hat, and a dark coat on. She heard him travel over the top of the car hitting the roof as he did. She looked behind her in the rear view mirror, and she could see he had landed on his feet. She stopped the car and got out to see if he was alright. The man looked at her then vanished. She told local people what had happened and the local paper ran the story. People started coming forward to say the same things had happened to them on this road. The local minister of the church said she traveled

the road almost all the time but had seen nothing on the road. But as more people came forward, the tales were the same. Some said they had to walk the road and as they did would rush past the church and it’s grounds, some even said if they smoked they would light two cigarettes to make it look like someone is with them. As they could see what looked like a man standing at the gates to the church yard watching them as they walked along the road. It was always cold, ice cold in fact as you got near the gate to the church yard.
The minister of the church was having pictures taken of the grounds, the person taking them was a professional photographer, when he got the pictures to the church after development. They found a mist on some of the pictures most notable of all William Smith grave.
William Smith was a Covenanter who fought in most of the battles around the area, but took part in the Pentlands up rising. He was killed on that road by the Duke of Monmouth horses, which knocked him down, then some of his men stabbed him to death in 1678.
Could this be the same person who now steps out in front of cars instead of horse, for ever to live out his death.
It is very strange that you not only see the person but also hear the person travel over your car. You can watch the person land on the road on their feet then just vanish before your eyes.
It must worry some people from the local area as it said they rush past the graveyard, some even go out their way not to pass it at night. The area is always dark very few lights on the road it’s self. Although now the church is lit up at night. The road it’s self is still dark. The graves in the grounds date back to the start of the Covenanting wars at around 1649.