 The blue men of the Minch , also known as storm kelpies or in Scottish Gaelic as na fir ghorma , fear gorm or sruth nam fear gorm , are mythological creatures inhabiting the stretch of water between the northern Outer Hebrides and mainland Scotland , looking for sailors to drown and stricken boats to sink . They appear to be localised to the Minch and surrounding areas , unknown in other parts of Scotland and without counterparts in the rest of the world . 
