Botcherby Big Cat (2013)
On 20 May 2013 the following article by Emily Parsons entitled ‘A BIG cat spotter claims a recent “lynx” sighting in Carlisle is not the first’, was published in the News and Star.
Country and County: Cumbria
Walney Bridge Big Cat (2004)
The following article by R Herbert entitled ‘ Big cat seen close to Walney bridge’ was published in the North West Evening Mail on Thursday, 06 May 2004.
POLICE have told people not to panic after a mystery creature was spotted on Barrow Island.
Big Cat Sightings In Cumbria
On 14 November 2011, the following article by S Crawford entitled ‘Police open big cat sightings files’ was published in the News and Star. ‘CUMBRIA police have opened their files on big cat sightings in the county.
Since 2003 there have been 40 reports, the majority being of big black panther-type creatures or lynxes.
Greystone Community Centre, Carlisle
Greystone Community Community Centre on Close Street hit the local Carlisle paper last week with the following story by Phil Coleman entitled ‘CCTV CAMERA FILMS MYSTERY BALL OF LIGHT AT CARLISLE COMMUNITY CENTRE’ (News & Star 23 January 2013).<
Ferry Road, Barrow-in-Furness
The following article appeared in the News & Star on 28 April 2006 and was entitled ‘Shipyard Calls In Vicar To Expel Ghost’. I don’t currently know what the outcome of the exorcism was.
Haunted Carlisle by Darren W. Ritson
Discover the darker side of Carlisle in this book from the Haunted series. With over 2000 years of history in the City there is bound to be an odd ghost or three tucked away somewhere and Darren W. Ritson certainly makes some gruesome discoveries along the way in this book.
Henhow Cottage, Martindale
Hen Howe (or Henhow or Hen How) is now a ruin, but John Ingram included the following story of its apparent haunting in his 1897 book ‘The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain’
Carlisle’s Cursing Stone
In 2001 a large stone inscribed with a curse was place in the underpass near Carlisle’s Tullie House Museum. It was designed by a local Carlisle artist named Gordon Young and made by Andy Altman.
Scales Tarn
Scales Tarn can be found below Tarn Crags and Sharp Edge on Blencathra (Saddlebeck). It has a local tradition of being bottomless and its position was thought to be so overshadowed that sunlight would never reach it.
Bowscale Tarn
Bowscale Tarn is 56 feet deep and during the Victorian era was popular with tourists. According to folklore two immortal fish live in this corrie tarn and depending upon which version of the story you read, they may, or may not have the ability to talk.
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