Uri Geller thanks brave swimmers for collecting rock from his ‘mystic’ Scottish island micronation | UK News

A bunch of hardy fundraisers have accomplished a swim to an uninhabited Scottish island owned by Uri Geller to gather a rock for the celeb magician.

The Salty Selkies braved the Firth of Forth waters to swim to The Lamb final week.

Self-proclaimed psychic Mr Geller purchased the island, off North Berwick in East Lothian, in 2009.

He spent an evening on the basalt lump again in 2010 however forgot to take a rock residence with him after the expertise as a memento of the distant location.

Mr Geller additionally wished to check the age of rocks from The Lamb, as he believes there might be a connection between the Scottish outcrop and the Egyptian pyramids.

After studying about The Salty Selkies swimming previous the island a few years in the past, he requested the group for a stone to show in his museum in Jaffa, Israel.

Talking from his residence in Tel Aviv, Mr Geller praised the swimmers for his or her epic journey as boats can’t moor at The Lamb and the tides and currents make it harmful for these within the water.

The 76-year-old instructed Sky Information that his island was “worse than Alcatraz”, the famed former most safety federal jail in San Francisco.

He stated: “What the swimmers did was tremendous superb. All of them have been completely and completely brave as a result of these are treacherous waters.

“They’re very harmful, and in addition, you by no means know when an underwater present might have swept all of them away into the deep sea.”

When the island went up on the market greater than 14 years in the past, Mr Geller stated he felt a “very robust instinctive urge to purchase it” as he believes it is among the most important websites in Britain.

He stated the volcanic outcrop is one in all three within the Firth of Forth which mirror the structure of the pyramids at Giza in Egypt.

Mr Geller stated: “I’ve at all times been fascinated by the connection between the pyramids and these islands.”

Since buying The Lamb, Mr Geller has turned it right into a micronation and has a flag, structure and anthem.

Mr Geller stated he’ll now get the rock examined earlier than displaying it inside his museum alongside an image of the swimmers.

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‘We might have been swept alongside the coast’

The Salty Selkies turned the problem right into a charity fundraiser and have raised nearly £4,000 for Seaside Wheelchairs, which presents specialist tools so folks with mobility points can get out on the sand.

Mr Geller donated £1,000 to the fundraiser.

Group member Jo Lindsay stated: “We wished to assist Seaside Wheelchairs as they achieve this a lot to assist ease entry to the seaside for individuals who do not discover it really easy.

“I imagine they’ve sufficient now to pay for the deposit for a brand new powered seaside wheelchair, which is incredible information.”

Ms Lindsay stated the members of the group, who’ve been swimming collectively for round 5 years, have been “thrilled” all of it went effectively.

She stated: “We needed to plan it very rigorously and ensure we timed the tides excellent as we might have been swept alongside the coast if we might received it mistaken.”

The group introduced the swim ahead by a day because the circumstances have been “so a lot better” and took lower than an hour to finish the problem.

Ms Lindsay added: “We have swum previous The Lamb many occasions however by no means very shut, and to really swim as much as it and stand on the seaside was fantastic.

“We felt an enormous sense of feat nevertheless it additionally simply felt very calm and serene.

“As we left for the swim ashore, I used to be energised and invigorated and it was a extremely good robust swim – maybe that is on account of The Lamb’s mystic powers.

“It isn’t every single day you are challenged by Uri Geller and amassing the rock for him was an exhilarating journey that all of us actually loved.”