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Brocken specter
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Brocken specter [′bräk·ən ‚spek·tər]
(meteorology)
The illusory appearance of a gigantic figure (actually, the observer's shadow projected on cloud surfaces), observed on the Brocken peak in the Hartz Mountains of Saxony, but visible from other mountaintops under suitable conditions.


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Producer David Smith's Glasgow-based production company Brocken Spectre were given a pounds 75,000 investment by Scottish Screen from the New Talent Development Fund and a further pounds 10,000 from the Content Production Fund.
 
 
 
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