Dead Chupacabras
By Louise Jeffrey An unknown animal was run over in Dequincy (a town about 10 miles north of us.) Someone took pictures of the animal and sent them to “The Dequincy News” ( A small bi-weekly paper) After reading the article my friend took interest and called to see what happened to the body. The...
The Story of the Beast of Croglin Grange
By Augustus Hare Captain Fisher also told us this really extraordinary story connected with his own family:- Fisher may sound a very plebeian name, but this family is of very ancient lineage, and for many hundreds of years they have possessed a very curious sort of place in Cumberland, which bears the weird name of...
Croglin Vampire or Not?
By Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe Or was it? Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe take a fresh look at a well-known story. Croglin Grange and its so-called vampire was a case where we had to change our opinion radically due to further evidence coming to light. The original account was given by one of the Fisher family...
The Croglin Vampire Explored
By Martin Jeffrey Explained and investigated by many, the case simply refuses to go away. Earlier this year we visited Croglin and investigated some of the claims researchers have given. The Place Twelve miles south east of Carlisle, Croglin water is a lonely stream, Wordsworth’s poem sets the scene “Down from the Pennine Alps, how...
The Vampires of the Borders
By Martin and Louise Jeffrey Stories of vampirism are rife in all the countries that make up the United Kingdom. Scotland and England have very prolific stories of the vampire and that is no different for the towns that are situated on the Scottish/England border. The Croglin Vampire case claimed that during the Victorian times...
William of Newburgh’s Vampires (12th Century)
By William of Newburgh Chapter 23: Of a similar occurrence at Berwick In the northern parts of England, also, we know that another event, not unlike this and equally wonderful, happened about the same time. At the mouth of the river Tweed, and in the jurisdiction of the king of Scotland, there stands a noble...
The Vampire Cat
By Lord Halifax Mr Everard Meynell, who told the following story in a letter to Lord Halifax, was the latter’s nephew, being the son of his brother, the Hon. Frederick Wood, who changed his name to Meynell on succeeding to the estate at Hoar Cross. I was siting in my club after dinner, smoking a...
Possessed by Vampire Evil
By News of the World In 1973, the News of the World published an interview with Rev Donald Ormand about his encounter with a “human vampire”. Donald was asked by doctors to help out when a 22 year old man with a history of attacking people with his teeth or nails to get at their...
Tasmanian Blobster 1998
Melbourne Herald Sun (Victoria, Australia): Thursday January 8th 1998 “Monster Mystery” Nearly 40 years after Tasmania’s famous west-coast monster mystery, another hairy sea creature is baffling the experts. “We have a big, smelly monster from the deep – it is a mystery,” said Barry Bruce, a fisheries biologist with the CSIRO. The stinking carcass washed...
Sea Monster Chronicles – Sightings from 1734 to 1976
By Martin Jeffrey July 1734 – “The Good Hope Sighting” Hans Egede supplied one of the earliest reliable firsthand accounts of a sea creature spotted near the coast of Greenland. Egede, a missionary voyaging to Greenland spotted something incredible as his vessel neared the Danish colony of Good Hope on the David Strait. “On the...
The Benbecula Blobster
By Martin Jeffrey Benbecula Island is situated on the coast of Scotland and is renowned for its beautiful scenery and washed up sea creatures. In 1830, a half-woman, half fish was seen swimming nearby Benbecula’s shores. Witnesses tried to catch the creature, which disappeared after a local boy struck it with a rock. Two days...
Bonavista Newfoundland Sea Creature
By GLEN WHIFFEN of The Telegram April 6 2000 The ocean pressing against the ancient shores of Cape Bonavista carries its share of stories and mysteries. From shipwrecks and acts of courage to unexplained voices and lights, Cape Bonavista has been the stuff of Newfoundland folklore. Bonavista resident Bob Crewe says sea monsters can be...
