A Case Of Turning The Key Divination (1697)
At the end of the 17th century, John Fergusson of Cummertrees was found guilty of using divination to identify a thief who had stolen a sack containing some cheese and herrings. The technique he...
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Ince Marshes Big Cat (February 2021)
The following account was reported on by Olivia Williams in a Cheshire Live article dated 02/02/2021. ‘A ‘suspected ‘big cat’ sighting was reported in Ellesmere Port on December 16, by a worker named Andy....
Chester Meadows Big Cat (January 2021)
The most recent ‘big cat’ sighting was on January 14 at around 8am, when a woman claims she heard a “really deep growl” as she was taking her new puppy on a walk on...
Chester Meadows Big Cat (December 2020)
A suspected ‘big cat’ sighting was reported on December 13 [2020] on the Chester Meadows…. Richard Evans said he took the photograph of the mysterious creature as he was heading back into the city...
Whitby Park Big Cat (February 2021)
The following account was reported in Cheshire Live by Olivia Williams in an article entitled ‘Cheshire woman describes encounter with ‘big cat’ as reported sightings continue’ (02/02/2021) The woman was walking her dog in...
Suicide Folklore
‘The practice of burying self murderers at cross-roads with a stake driven through their bodies, was of immemorial antiquity in England. It was abolished in 1823. Tradition points out in almost every neighbourhood numerous...
Slaghtaverty Dolmen
Slaghtaverty Dolmen is a prehistoric cairn associated in Folklore as the burial site of the Abhartach. ‘There is a place in the parish of Errigal in Londonderry, called Slaghtaverty, but it ought to have...
Britain’s Big Cat Mystery – Documentary
Growing up in the countryside of rural Britain in the 1980s, it was almost impossible to get through a single week without over-hearing the mumbled and hushed whispers of nearby adults discussing the emergent...
Rottingdean Smugglers Tunnel
According to ‘Some West Sussex Superstitions Lingering in 1868’, by Mrs Latham ‘It is likely that the present disposition to believe in ghost stories is in a great measure traditionally from the last generation,...
The Loch Light of Rannoch
In his book ‘The Peat-fire Flame’ (1937), Alasdair Alpin MacGregor refers to a strange experience around Loch Rannoch. ‘A phenomenon…..is associated with Loch Rannoch, where a light in the form of a ball sometimes...
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