Deborah Hatswell - BBR Investigations

report taken by d. hatswell:  I received this sighting from a friend, she is a member of a paranormal group.  in sept 2011 they were planning a 4 night stay in weardale, commonly known as killhope woods, due to the nearby killhope mine.  these areas are both classed as highly haunted and many local tales tell of a screaming woman and tall dark figures that haunt the wood,  on the first night they heard a loud knock of to the west, they asked the usual questions and received no more knocks, at the end of the night they settled into bed, after about an hour they heard a blood freezing scream, they got up had a look around but didn,t see anything.  the next night they started there evp session and received nothing, they decided to investigate the area where the knock came from,  they knocked and heard a reply in the distance to the north,  happy about this they knocked again and recieved a knock to the south,  to their horror they were then surrounde...

The Addlestone footstepsLocation - St. Paul's Church, Addlestone, SurreyIn October 1953, Police Constable Battams was on night duty in the School Lane, Church Road area and had glanced down the road towards Ottershaw. It was two o'clock in the morning and no-one was about. Suddenly he became aware of a gentle rustling in the trees opposite him in the church yard and then he heard footsteps moving slowly towards him. He flashed his torch in their direction but there was nothing to be seen that could account the steady noise approaching him. He moved out into School Lane in an attempt to locate the mysterious wanderer whose footsteps had quickened and then slowed and eventually stopped. Twenty years later an office cleaner walking home at the same time, heard an identical series of footsteps in the same locality.

The Lost Pond is a strange place at the best of times in the area of Loughton Camp within Epping Forest and near Loughton.The proper name was was Blackweir Pond, known to us as the Lost Pond because of it's lost in the middle of the forest location. A strange circular-ish pond where we used to fish at night for carp, I say strange for it had a local and well told reputation at school as a suicide pond, where normal sane individuals would inexplicably drown themselves : that was the local story at least but we were not deterred from fishing. On one of these fishing trips late in the evening in the mid 1970s we had encamped on the bank of the pond, in an area of clear gravel and a little away from the forest (easier to cast), with the fishing umbrellas behind us to form a wind break and preserve some warmth. With floats in the water and torches on them we fished for a couple of hours chatting away. Not much was happening except for the odd small crucian carp that the pond held.Then f...

Offhan Hill - Chalk Pit Howls London Road Lewes East Sussex One or two riders near the old racecourse, opposite Offham Hill have been a little apprehensive when, at `about seven o'clock in the morning` they have heard wild screams, shouts and, according to a middle-aged musician exercising his dog, `a general melee of clatter`. He was so puzzled by the sounds that he spent nearly an hour trying to find some cause or reason for the phenomena, but was unsuccessful. There are not many who walk over the chalk pits so early but those who do enjoy a quiet stroll in the mornings are likely to hear shrieks and moans and the occasional whinny of a horse, without being able to specifically locate the precise area from which they originate. there are similar reports from very close by at mouselcombe rail station, of eerie howls and growls.

new forest growls and figure sighting 2013 By  Debbie Crossley Hatswell  on  Monday, 3 November 2014 at 21:59 We went for a walk around the woods. We met a sweet, little toad who was enjoying the rain and we think we found a badger set. As everyone was exploring I saw a shadow figure really close to me, dash from one tree to the other. I quickly looked behind me. Although the figure did not look like anyone from the team, I just had to check. They were all a little way behind me, still looking at the badger set. I just stood there in disbelief. Although it was raining, the night was very still and there was no wind. Suddenly as I looked at the tree at which the shadow ran towards, all the branches at arm level just separated as if someone had pulled them apart and passed through. The invisible person must then have let the branches go again as they all suddenly snapped back into place. There was absolutely nobody there and no animal of any sort. The branches were j...

Another report from the cannock area: a group of 3 teenagers who, whilst stopping for a cigarette break on a popular car-park near to the village of Brocton (a place that describes itself as the Gateway to Cannock Chase), witnessed the understandably terrifying sight of what they described as an “oversized, upright, wolf” rummaging through a litter bin. Luckily, at a distance of around 20 meters, the creature didn't notice them and soon moved on, but those lads have been deeply affected by it nonetheless

witness report:  One report I received came in from a gentleman who, on the morning in question, while walking his Labrador Retriever around the ancient Iron Age hill-fort at Castle Ring, heard the distinct sound of abnormal and unearthly howling coming from the surrounding damp and misty woodland. So loud was the noise, that his dog immediately began to draw back and cower in fear. Mr Chapman recalled that, upon glancing into the shadowy trees he saw two bright, fiendish yellow eyes glaring menacingly back at him. This was enough to seriously spook Mr C and, in his own words, he promptly “ran like the wind”.

Reported in 2015 directly from witness: A delivery driver reported a strange occurrence that happened around June 2011, this is suggestive but still worth recording: "I can't remember the exact date but was about 4 years ago. Stopped near Lix Toll near Killin for tachograph break. Woke up from sleep to find truck shaking and thinking I was dreaming. Parked in front of forestry gate. Got out of truck to investigate but nothing there. This was I remember about June."

this is the second report from the bourne woods. something in there likes to growl and howl and i think would like the area all to themselves. Like many other historic towns and cities, Bourne has its fair share of ghost stories and UFO sightings, with many documented sightings at various locations in and around the town. One of Bourne's allegedly most haunted locations are the ancient Bourne Woods, on the western outskirts of the town. These woods date back hundreds of years and have a long history of ghost sightings. One of the most reported sightings is that of a large black dog that is said to observe people while they are in the wood. Although the creature never actually leaves the protective tree line, it said that this ghostly dog can be heard growling loudly at anyone who is unfortunate enough to encounter its ghostly presence. A black dog is described as being black in colour though they have been seen in white. They are a lot bigger than a average size dog, have a sh...

There have been reports of large, hairy creatures roaming the British Isles since the 13th century. Often the creature was referred to as Wudewas or “Wood Men.” But, it was in 1925 that the story of the Fear Liath was first told. John Norman Collie was a much-respected scientist, climber, and explorer who had a frightening experience while alone near the summit of the Ben MacDhui, but did not tell anyone for about 35 years. He finally decided to recount his experience with the creature at the 1925 Annual General Meeting of the Cairngorm Club. When he finally did tell the story, it was terrifying. "I began to think I heard something else than merely the noise of my own footsteps. For every few steps I took I heard a crunch, and then another crunch as if someone was walking after me but taking steps three or four times the length of my own." Collie went on to say as the crunching sound continued, he was “seized with terror and took to my heels, staggering blindly among t...

Hi folks, I think I had an encounter. Never seen anything but heard tree knocks and thuds. Around August/ September 2000. I was with my parents up Loch Etive side about six miles up a forestry track. We were collecting gravel for my dad's cactus collection. Anyway we were there for about an hour or so and every so often we could hear knocks and loud thuds coming from the woods beside us. Felt like we were being watched. I don't think there was another person up there, just the three of us. It was very strange. Dropped pin

Witness Account:  7/4/15…. My son and his friend saw a very large hairy type man running along some hay reels. in the early hours before morning, they said “the creature saw them then took off at great speed across a line of hay reels headed for some woods I don't think they saw its face, they said it had some sort of weird hair at the back,and span its head as soon as it saw them, it took off very fast across the hay reels up toward the woods,,  this was in Cooling Kent, about four years ago, it frightened the life out of them.  We are also surrounded by The Thames marshes that are very vast. we didn't think big foot until I was surfing the net and I asked him about it, he won't go up that way anymore. This sighting in itself is very interesting, but when studying the map i realised there are 10 Big Hairy Men sightings within a 10 mile radius of this area.  Very strange to find some many within walking distance of each other. This could be a very important a...

Date of incident : 6th Dec 2014, around 6pm, Edinburgh city bypass (West of city). This was reported in February 2015 by a work colleague: He describes driving home from watching a football match in Falkirk (Hibs v Falkirk away, that puts the date at 6th Dec 2014). He was with his 2 teenage children and a friend and they were driving on the city bypass near Edinburgh at around 6pm when he saw what he described as "something that looked like a cross between a chimp and a gorilla" moving on all fours along a strip of embankment just under the Calder roundabout on the west side of the city bypass. He stated "it was moving at some speed......it seemed like it was scared.....it was pretty big..." He estimates that it was around 4 feet high at the shoulder when on all fours. He states that he turned to his daughter who was in the front passenger seat and asked if she had seen it too, she said she had. He did not see its face, just the shape of it. This location is high...

witness report:  So here goes. some 5 winters ago I was out early walking my dog before work, at ab out 5.45am. I took her our usual route which takes in a large field on the edge of massive urban development and countryside for several miles. Next to a moderate sized wood above the river medway. It had been snowing heavily during the night and was well below freezing. It was dark still (it being December and all). We came to the field we usually circuit which as you can see is hemmed in by a large housing estate. And got about half way round when I saw in the torchlight coming from my right a set of foot prints in the snow that looked like bare feet. The snow was still virgin apart from the usual rabbit and fox tracks. The foot prints continued across the field from right to left. Now my dog was snuffling them and showing an usual interest and was casting about and going a little mental. The really strange bit is that the foot prints started on the edge of a massive barricade of b...

"Last year around June time, me and two other friends were supposed to go to a 24-hour basketball event for charity. Us being lads we decided to skive and go and sit down the lane in my car, and do what typical teenage lads do. "Anyway, so me and two others were parked up in a little pull-in, down a lane in Gentleshaw not too far from Burntwood, Cannock. We were parked in this pull-in facing the road, with trees either side of us, and a gated-field behind. It was around two o’clock in the morning and we had the interior light on in the car, when my friend in the front passenger seat said he could see something moving outside, on the right side of the car. "We turned off the interior light to get a better look and  could definitely see something moving in the trees in the distance . Our first thoughts were a person or an animal, all we could see was something large moving around. This thing must have been about 10-15m away. (I didn’t exactly have time to measure!) I turn...

Witness Report:   Im reporting this on behalf of a good friend, a friend of mine who lives in a remote Kent farm house and has seen a large sasquatch type creature on her property on a few occasions. A caravan on the property has been rocked and banged upon. It has been seen leaning over a Ford escorts Van, which came up to its stomach. There are very few houses in the area. If you go there and have a look around you can clean see it wouldn't be difficult to get around unseen,situated In between allhallows and the Isle of grain.   As I say it's quite isolated. Lost of water and a few woods it gets more wooded not too far away. It's been seen by our friends up fairly close. I'm going to spend time camping  and looking round the sightings spots.  We live in the area ourselves on local farm and have seen what looked like the a very large print of something laying down. We are local to a river, power lines, disused train track and plenty of woods and forest.. The I...

witness statement:  My aunt, her husband, my two cousins and myself were driving home on a country road in south Tipperary in 1999. I don't remember what time it was but it was winthertime and dark outside. Anyways we passed a farm which had its light on in de yard and as we were passing we saw what looked like a stooped old man walking up the road in the same direction as us. That street don't have much traffic but I was wondering why this man was walkin it in in de dark as it doesn't have any street lights and its very dangerous at night because alot of people drive way too fast there. We wouldn't have seen him if it hadnt been for the yard light. Now all this happened within seconds because as I said we were in the car. What happened next was just really weird. The second we passed the man he crouched down and disappeared and instead there was a huge black dog on the side of the road. What bothered me and my family the most was the size of the animal and its red e...

PARK officials have denied a bigfoot-like creature is on the loose in Wanstead’s woods after a “strange and hairy” bear-like animal was spotted by a fisherman. Trainee fitness instructor Michael Kent said he was “stunned” when he saw the “hairy, dark creature” during an evening fishing trip in the Hollow Ponds area of Epping Forest, on the border between Wanstead and Leytonstone. Mr Kent, 18, said: “I was there with my dad and brother. I was walking over to where my brother was when I heard this rustling sound. “I looked over and saw this strange, dark figure that resembled a bear. It was hunched over and I could see it had a really hairy back. I think it must have heard me and scampered off into the bushes after a couple of seconds. “It was getting dark but I still managed to get a good look at it. It was about 4ft tall, so it was too small to be human, but not the right shape to be a deer, it didn’t have long legs or anything like that. “I’ve been fishing in the ar...

witness report:   I live very close to epping forest and know of horse attacks and missing animals in the area.  The horses were/are still on a farm next to the forest they belong to various people and over the course of a couple of months 3 or 4 were as the police put it “slashed” . To get to the fields one side is the m25 moterway and one industrial units the lane down to them is CCTV and gated so how would people get in ? But a dog man/ wildman could from the forest . What if a animal had tried to catch the horse and the wounds were claw marks . I belive they were around the neck and flank . The howl . I'm a very suspicious and security minded person, ie I see when things are out of place. And watch for things or people out of character . That night I was on the sofa just thinking and watching the moon through the patio doors, when I thought I heard a howl, now to anyone else they woud’nt think anything of it . It may have been a deer calling or a fox or owl or dog but ther...