Given that Scotland's national animal is a unicorn and one of its most famous stories is the Loch Ness Monster, it's perhaps not too surprising that the country has a strong relationship with the supernatural.
Although a YouGov poll in January 2020 revealed that almost half of Scots believe it is 'very unlikely' there are aliens living on Earth - compared to just 4 per cent who thought it 'very likely' - there have been some strange occurrences over the years.
We boast a rich history when it comes to extraterrestrial encounters and even have a village that has been dubbed the 'UFO capital of the world' due to the number of spacecraft sightings that have been reported there
Here we take a look at four of the oddest close encounters between Scots and UFOs down the years.
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