Deborah Hatswell - BBR Investigations

UFO Over Winter Hill - Felix Brown BBR Listener : Hi Deborah  I’m a big fan of your podcast and a lot of discussion around Winter Hill and Rivington Pike/Gardens on recent episodes has prompted me to get in touch, its only a brief UFO sighting but I feel its an additional story that may be of some small interest.  I live in Golborne near Warrington (some might say “near Wigan” but that’s another story!) Rivington is a favourite place of mine, I love spending time in the area and the steep hike all the way up to the Pike. I’ve had quite a few paranormal experiences throughout my life and I’ve spent a lot of time at Rivington over the years but I can honestly say I’ve never experienced anything unusual in that area. That changed back in late April/early May 2025 when I was driving along M6 early one morning and happened to glance across at Winter Hill and did a massive double take. As I looked away for the first time I thought to myself “oh that’s cool there’s a Helicopter hove...

There are several versions of the story of Sarkless Kitty, over the years as each person wrote about her a bit was added or changed. I have tried to bring you a report as concisely as possible, but I encourage you to see what you can find out about Kitty and her tale for yourselves. I went to the village with my husband Mark and on that visit we did meet the owner of the mill where Kitty's body was placed and she verified that the story was indeed true. The mill was bought from the original owners just 7 years after Kitty's death and it has been in the family since that time. I wonder why the original owner sold it. Did they have paranormal activity at home. Or were they involved in the death in some way. For all it is hard for a corpse to walk away? And what about the deaths of 16 other men? Kitty Garthwaite, a servant girl who came from Gillamoor, a village a short walk away uphill. The legend claims Kitty has haunted the North Yorkshire Moors for several centuries now after ...

On 18 November 1990 a young couple had been visiting relatives, and were driving home at about 8:30 that night. They decided to stop off and have a look at Stonehenge. The couple noticed an eerie orange light coming from a clump of trees nearby. The light emerged and began to track their car as they approached the stones. As they neared the stones the car headlights illuminated a band of fog and when they got out of the car, all was still. They then noticed a dark figure standing next to one of the stones, about 7ft tall, almost as broad and completely black and featureless.  This figure then began to plod purposefully towards them stomping it's feet heavily. Understandably, the couple ran back to their car. The figure kept on coming though and reached the car just as the couple drove off. The county of Wiltshire, where Stonehenge is located, is known as a "UFO hotspot," with numerous sightings recorded over the years. And some people in the know say Stonehenge was ...

BBR Listener: “ So my home backs onto open land close to Bebington on the Wirral. I have experienced many paranormal things since childhood. I've witnessed Black Triangles back in the early 80s in Warminster, I have had several other UAP sightings, I have seen and still see tall entities and shadow people and lots of other odd occurrences both when I am alone and with others. This particular one has really stayed with me though.  Two years ago an independent witness and I saw a tall solid shape of a misty appearance moving backwards and forwards across our lawn. I estimated it was around 8 foot in height due to the topography of the land. It was as if it was pacing. I have my own impression of what it was but I will leave that for another tale.  The dog would go crazy when this happened and I wouldn't let him out. It happened over the space of a week or so. One night in Winter we were coming home about 8pm and it was dark by the time we arrived. We are an outdoor family, we ...

 Nestled at the estuary that sits between England and Wales is an area known as Wepre park. Wepre Park is a 160 acre country park near Connah's Quay in Flintshire. The park is home to Ewloe Castle, which was built in the 110's and it sits on a steeply sloped promontory within a forested valley. It overlooks the junction of two streams with higher ground to the south. Set at the mouth of the estuary this is a very strategic spot and was used as a fortification for centuries. Now it is a wonderful sssi nature reserve which is used by visitors and locals alike, although camping overnight is not permitted.  There is an area in the park known as the Devils basin waterfalls which conjures up all manner of spooky thoughts, I am unsure how the fall received this name, no doubt the answer is lost in time. For all this park is set close to homes, walking here is like walking back in time. If you go off track and into the woodlands you can forget where you are and just enjoy the solitude...

BBR Witness Jane: " Hi Deb, Last year you aired my story about my strange encounter in the Cairngorms, where I had a possible brush with the Grey Man of Ben McDhui. That incident had affected me for nigh on twelve years with no hope of ever coming to terms with it until I met you. Perhaps that experience affected me more because of an earlier incident, an incident which I would like to share with you now.  Three years before Dalraddy, my world had been completely rocked by another experience which still haunts me every day.... Back in the 2000’s like so many others, I realised a childhood dream by being part of a paranormal investigation team, getting to stay at purportedly haunted locations all over the UK.  It was an interesting time and a real privilege to gain access to historic sites overnight.  I met great people in the process, lifelong friends and it was a blast, there I was in my 30’s and doing what I had dreamed of since I was a kid. In 2008, my friend had got u...

Glassy Gleamer a long term researcher here in the UK went along to visit several areas for me in 2024/2025 and I will be sharing two further videos from him covering the Woody bay Werewolf encounters and another case where he interviews the witness at the scene. I will share those with you over the coming weeks. In Jun 19, 2024 during my speech at the Bases Project Conference where I spoke on the Cryptid Creatures seen here in the UK, a number of people came over to me to share their experiences with me.  One lady was adamant that she saw a " chimp-like Creature " cross the road and it moved " crab style " as it did so in the Woburn Abbey area several years ago as she was driving home. Deb Hatswell 19/7/24 Another attendee saw a " small red dragon " in her home after the door opened by itself. A man driving home saw a black witch-like shadow cross in front of his car. Glassy Gleamer who has studied Cryptid creatures in the UK for many decades went out to t...

The Huntsman Story: This case was shared with me by a listener to the show who reached out to me one evening in April as he had information on an area I have had a keen eye on for over a decade. For the purposes of anonymity, we will call our witness Thomas:  Thomas: "I watched your recent podcast on big cat sightings in the UK with reference to the Northamptonshire sightings and the main reason that I feel that I should contact you is because of the presence of a large cat, said to be black in colour that frequented an area of land east of Corby for around twenty years, from approximately 1995. I am from this area but have to say that I never witnessed this animal however I do know people that did and at very close quarters .  So The incident that I am going to discuss took place on what was probably the last Saturday in November of 2022. It took place in Spring wood which is about two miles from Brigstock, a village about 4 miles south east from Corby Northamptonshire. On t...