29. Scotland’s Biggest Manhunt
A report of the Beans’ foiled ambush and partial butchery of a victim was lodged with the Chief Magistrate of Glasgow. Between that, the extremely long missing persons list from the region, and the preserved body parts washing up ashore every now and then, two and two were put together. The matter was taken straight to the top, to King James I of Scotland.
The king arrived in the region with a force of 400 men, tracker dogs, and with the help of hundreds of local volunteers, launched what must have been the biggest manhunt in Scotland to date. Eventually, the dogs picked up the scent of decaying human flesh at the entrance of a waterlogged cave.