Mysterious Britain & Ireland

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Articles / Big Cats / Cryptozoology

Tynedale Big Cat (2000)

The Hexham Courant published the following article by J Marley entitled ‘Mystery of big cats’ on Friday 3 March 2000.

THE descriptions all seem to match != black, the size of a labrador and with a long tail sweeping down to the ground != and over the past few years there have been dozens of reports from across the district of sightings of big cats.

Aquatic Monsters / Articles / Big Cats / Black Dogs / Cryptozoology / Hauntings / UFO Sightings / UFOs

Cannock Chase Creatures

Over the past several years there have been numerous reports of strange encounters on and around Cannock Chase ranging from UFO’s, a Big Foot or Sasquatch, a Big Cat and a Giant Serpent, not to mention its haunting by a Phantom Black Dog.

Below are a series of articles have appeared in the Canock Chase Post and Birmingham Post.

Articles / Big Cats / Cryptozoology

Big Cat Attack On Horse

There have been recent reports that a Black Puma attacked a horse in Ayrshire.  The following article entitled ‘Big cat attack on horse puts parents on guard at holiday park’ was written by Steven Henry and Julie Anne Barnes for the Daily Mail, 22nd July 2009. 

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Articles / Articles / Cryptozoology / Dragons / Legends

British Dragon Gazetteer

No other country on earth has such rich dragon lore as the British Isles. Our tiny little homeland is crawling with legends of these beasts. If you have ever wondered if there is a dragon legend close to where you live, then take a look at the following list.

Aquatic Monsters / Articles / Cryptozoology

The Loch Ness Monster

The most publicised and well known of the lake monsters, Nessie has captured the popular imagination. There are hundreds of sightings on record, which describe a roughly similar creature in and out of the water over a period of 200 years.

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Aquatic Monsters / Articles / Cryptozoology

Lake Monsters

Apart from the famous Loch Ness Monster, there are many more reports of mysterious creatures within the lakes and lochs of Britain, dating as far back as recorded history, and probably further. Some are mingled with old folklore about dragons and mermaids, while the more modern sightings have often become attributed to unidentified real creatures, including extinct dinosaurs.

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Articles / Articles / Cryptozoology / Dragons / Legends

In Search of British Dragons

The dragon is the great, great grandfather of all monsters. Before the daemon, before the vampire, before the werewolf, before the giant. Before them all was the original uber-monster the dragon. The dragon’s image has crawled across cave paintings 25,000 years old, dwarfing mammoths. It has slithered across Chinese rock art in Shanxi province 8000 years before Christ.