"..But these are not the greatest terrors of Glamis, which has a horrific secret tradition. For centuries, there have been rumours of the periodic births of 'half-human' or otherwise deformed 'monsters' at Glamis Castle,and their imprisonment, for life, in some of the secret chambers which allegedly exist in the structure. The most recent such birth is said to have occurred in 1800, and the deformed heir to the Bowes-Lyon line was described as having "a huge, egg-like body" and stunted or stubby limbs. He has also been described as being "neck-less," and extremely hirsute or hairy. Others have insisted that he was merely mongoloid. The tradition also maintains that he was still immensely strong and inordinately evil, and had to be locked away from the rest of the family in secret, for both his safety and theirs. He allegedly did not die until the year 1921, meaning that he lived for 120 years in nearly complete secrecy! This negates any rumours of Downs Syndrome, as those who are stricken with this unfortunate condition have generally not been known to last into old age. Supposedly, during the hidden heir's lifetime, each successive Earl of Strathmore was told of his secret existence when they reached the age of twenty-one, and shown the "rightful" heir. This 'dread ancestral secret' may have also dealt with the family tradition, or curse, of having an occasional birth of a less- or other-than-human child born to the clan. There is said to also be a secret concerning a "vampire-like" or blood-lusting being which is periodically born within the family." " the unfortunate, deformed and hidden Earl He is rumoured to have been sealed inside his secret room after death, where his remains rest in secret to this day, his restless spirit joining the many others which have been reported by witnesses at Glamis, through the centuries. To add another clue to the mystery, and credence to the periodic 'strange births,' there is said to be a family-type portrait in the drawing-room, which depicts an earlier Earl of Strathmore, his two sons, and a horribly deformed and unsightly dwarf whom no one can identify... "