Ulpha
In 1860, Mackenzie Walcott recorded the tradition that, near Ulpha, ‘a lady was destroyed by a wolf at the well of Lady’s Dub.’ Others say…
Month: July 2021
Carlisle
In a letter written on 12 December 1874 while he was staying at Ripley Castle, Augustus Hare recorded the story of a moment-of-death apparition which…
Southery
Southery ‘The Legend of the Southery Wolf-Hound’, told by W. H. Barrett in Tales from the Fens (1963), says that, when Southery was an island,…
Chicksands Priory
The house still known as Chicksands Priory was originally a foundation of the comparatively rare Gilbertine Order. Dissolved with other religious houses in the reign…
Battlesden House
The grounds of Battlesden House, since demolished, are said to be haunted by the restless ghost of a dishonest steward. He is heard rattling milk…
Apsley Guise
A house called ‘Woodfield’ in Weathercock Lane must be one of the few houses in Britain to be the subject of a rates appeal on…
Predjama Castle
“You can hear footsteps or voices . . . talking behind that wall after the sun goes down,” one employee of Slovenia’s Predjama Castle told…
Mapinguari
Mapinguari : Mystery Primate or Sloth of South America. Variant names: Capé-lobo (“wolf’s cape”), Juma, Mão de pilão (“pestle hand”), Mapinguary, Ow-ow, Pé de G…
Ellengassen
Ellengassen:Unknown Sloth-like mammal of South America. Etymology: Tehuelche (Chon) word. Variant names: Lobo-toro (Spanish equivalent of Araucanian word meaning “wolf bull”), Lofo-toro. Physical description: The…
Ecuadorean Ground Sloth
Ecuadorean Ground Sloth : Sloth-like mammal of South America. Physical description: Length, 10 feet. Long hair. Long, horselike snout. Behaviour: Can stand on hind legs…
