UK Bigfoot Research Group THE HACKNEY HORROR Hackney Marsh encompasses over three hundred acres of protected common land. The River Lea, which flows through the Marsh, provides a significant green corridor to ameliorate the urban surround. In Winter of 1981 two skinned and decapitated bears were discovered floating in the… Read More
UK Bigfoot Research Group THE WICKEN WOODS CRYPTID Wicken Woods is a one of many constituent tracts of the huge Whittlewood Forest, an ancient medieval hunting ground on the Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire border. In November 2013, deer hunter Jarvis Cassell sighted a creature on the edge of Wicken Woods which has… Read More
UK Bigfoot Research Group BOLAM LAKE MONSTER (NORTHUMBERLAND) Bolam Lake Country Park, in the heart of rural Northumberland. The lake itself is surrounded by woodland and grassed areas, and during the day is a magnet for picnickers, anglers, hikers and bird-spotters. When the sun goes down, however, the place is… Read More
UK Bigfoot Research Group THE WILDMAN OF BELSAY (NORTHUMBERLAND) The Middleton family have reigned over the Belsay Estate in Northumberland for over seven hundred years. At the heart of the estate lies the imposing fourteenth century Belsay Castle. In 1817 the family abandoned the castle and moved into the newly… Read More
UK Bigfoot Research Group · THE WYCHWOOD FOREST BEAST (OXFORDSHIRE) The ancient broadleaved woodland of Wychwood, in rural Oxfordshire, is the remnant of a much larger medieval Royal Hunting Ground. Today much of this eight square mile forest is designated as both a National Nature Reserve, as well as a… Read More
THE BOARS HILL BEAST (OXFORDSHIRE) In October 1991 the Oxford Star reported how local anglers Kevin Yates and Billy Ryman, had encountered a giant sloth-like creature swimming in a pool ‘between Sunningwell and Cumnor’. At the request of the anglers, the newspaper withheld the exact location of the sighting for… Read More
THE BEAST OF BRASSKNOCKER HILL (Somerset) The locale around Brassknocker Hill, just outside Bath in Somerset, was besieged by the most curious of BHMs in the late 1970s. The first sign that something strange was afoot came in July of 1979, when Ron and Betty Harper discovered that a considerable… Read More
SMITHAM’S HILL – SOMERSET In the forests of Smitham’s Hill, near Bristol, there apparently lives at least one rogue ape man. Set within the Mendip Hills area of outstanding natural beauty, and just six miles from the iconic Cheddar Gorge and legendary Wookey Hole, this enchanted locale is riddled with… Read More
UK Bigfoot Research Group THE CANNOCK CHASE BIGFOOT (STAFFORDSHIRE) Cannock Chase is a twenty six square mile area of outstanding natural beauty situated between Cannock and Stafford. The Chase comprises an eclectic mix of coniferous woodland, deciduous forest, thick plantation and wild heathland, as well as remnants of coal mines… Read More
THE SHUG MONKEY (Suffolk) The ‘Shug Monkey’ is a curious hairy biped, often said to combine the characteristics of both a large shaggy dog and a huge monkey. Variations on the theme are common throughout the folklore of eastern England, with the Monkey Creatures frequently being confused with their altogether… Read More
