More ghostly goings-on have been witnessed at the derelict Rosslynlee Hospital that used to treat psychiatric patients but has been closed since 2011 and lies abandoned
Terrified urban explorers have told of the moment they heard a creepy “human whistle” inside an abandoned psychiatric hospital.
A daring group who entered Rosslynlee Hospital near Roslin, Edinburgh, also said how a door “slammed shut” as they shared their experience inside the building which has been closed since 2011. The “unexplainable” whistle which was described as human-like left them panicking and it is not the first time that ghostly goings-on have been reported at the derelict hospital building. Lewis, 18, said: “As we looked up, we heard from the other side of the hall a whistle which could only be described as a human like whistle – it wasn’t any bird or an animal.
“I looked at my mate and he looked like he had seen a ghost. I was a bit shook and confused as to what it was. We then left and as we got downstairs, the door that was fully opened and had slammed shut. We brushed it off as the wind but we realised later on that it couldn’t have shut itself.”
Speaking to Edinburgh Live, he added: “We then swiftly left to check the video and make sure we weren’t just hearing things. Our mind was not playing tricks on us because we heard it on video.”
The Rosslynlee Psychiatric Hospital first opened as the Midlothian and Peebles Asylum in 1874 but the buildings gradually declined from the 1980s onwards and is now in a derelict state.
Previously two other explorers, Jamie Osborne and Michael Cosgrove had a chilling experience while visiting the hospital in the summer of 2020. When they entered the building it was freezing cold, and they could see their breath in the air.
These days, the paint on the hospital walls is peeling, other walls are covered in graffiti and there is even rusting old medical equipment abandoned in corners.
The men found an old wheelchair and took turns posing in it for photos – but what they found when looking at it afterwards is enough to send chills down anyone’s spine. A figure dressed in white appeared to be looming over Michael.
“After further examination it now looks like something much taller reaching over the chair and looking towards the camera,” he said. “Once we saw this we quickly left and didn’t go back”.
In its heyday, the hospital was cut off from the rest of the city and even had its own water supply and vegetable garden. Patients would grow their own food as part of a treatment regime intended to improve their mental health through practical work and fresh air.
