In Scottish folklore, Selkies are shape-shifting beings that live as seals in the sea but can shed their skins to become human on land. Tales from the Orkney and Shetland Islands describe fishermen encountering beautiful Selkie women, sometimes marrying them; only for the Selkie to vanish once her hidden seal-skin was found. While rooted in myth, modern visitors to these islands still report strange figures along the shorelines and the eerie feeling of being watched at night near the waves,