Deborah Hatswell - BBR Investigations

Blue Bell Hill, in Kent, is infamous for its' ghostly hitchhiker but this area is also a cryptozoology hotspot - an ostrich was seen by a driver during the 1990s near the haunted hill, but what is of most interest to the BBR is that a large hairy beast, thought by the witness to be a gorilla, was seen here. This coincides with the other sightings of the Blue Bell Hill Beast listed, including that by a group of five Territorial Army members, who shouted and threw stones at the Bigfoot as it ran away.

This is a strange one i know, but i added it  due to it being a tall two legged creature. Location:  Gorleston (Norfolk) - Suffield Road and High Street Date / Time:  2006 Details:  A woman reported seeing a strange dog-like creature with long legs on two different occasions around Gorleston. When she spotted the creature the second time running down the High Street, it vanished without trace. more and more dogman reports seem to becoming in, wolf type creatures that stand upright.

This sighting has all the hallmarks of a classic road crossing encounter.....and it also is in the centre of other sightings in this area on the map... Location:  Gravesend (Kent) - Rochester Road near Chalk Church Date / Time:  19 April 2006, 15:00h, 2009 Details:  In 2006, a large black shape was seen by at least one driver as it crossed the road over a small traffic island prior to disappearing into the field opposite. A similar shape was spotted in 2009, with the witness stating that the movement was like that of a very large deer, although it vanished in front of the path of the car.

This incident happened only a stones throw away from where Adam and Paul Bird had their encounter at Sherwood Forest, and where they regularly research. It is an interesting encounter with something unknown and could well be the first account of a British Bigfoot being hit by an oncoming vehicle...... Though the exact location is unknown, on a map, the A57 cuts right through some woods that was once part of the huge and vast Sherwood Forest...... Location:  Elkesley (Nottinghamshire) - A57 Date / Time:  Unknown Further Comments:  A bus driver and conductor reported hitting a dark, shape that screamed as it made contact with their bus. Coming to a halt, they both searched the road and surrounding area but failed to find whatever they thought they had run over.....

Just to the west of Bincombe, the mainline railway from London to Weymouth cuts through the hills by way of a tunnel. It is the tunnel that is haunted by a shadowy looking figure who walks with a stumbling tread and bowed head. More than one train driver has thought he has run down some hapless member of the public, only to find no sign of a body nor of anything that might have looked like a person. In 1991 a driver went so far as to call the police, but even the most dedicated search by the local constabulary could find nothing. 

Now this one is VERY strange indeed, but may fit in with what we are researching and looking for. Here it is.... Location:  Ballymacward - Lane near Woodlawn railway station Type:  Other Date / Time:  Unknown Further Comments:  Two people walking home after leaving the station heard groaning coming from over a wall. One climbed up to have a look, and observed a creature with a man's body but with the head of a bear. The witness tried to speak to the strange creature, but it told him 'don't speak to me' before wandering off.

This old Shuck legend has to be inspired by British Bigfoot sightings....... Location:  Balsham (Cambridgeshire) - Wratting Road Type:  Shuck Date / Time:  Unknown Details:  The Shuck that has been observed in this area is believed to have a bald head and wide eyes, similar to that of a monkey, while the body is that of a large black shaggy dog. It leaps out in front of cars travelling along this road, only to dart out of the way at the last possible second, either on all four legs or standing upright.This old Shuck legend has to be inspired by British Bigfoot sightings.......

In Eamont Bridge in Cumbria, by the river, is a cave known as Giant's Cave, a place associated with two giants called Tarquin and Isir. The pair lived on a diet of human flesh, a practice which might have lost its appeal when Sir Lancelot slew Tarquin in battle. A similar tale comes from another Cumbria cave system, the Isis Parlis system. This cave system was once the home to a giant named Hugh Cesario, who either fought on the side of good, or took local men, women and farm animals back to the cave to snack on. Maybe these are both folklore legends derived from real Woodwose encounters.....

 Borthwick recounted the experiences of two of his fellow climbers: “The first was alone, heading over MacDhui for Corrour on a night when the snow had a hard, crisp crust through which his boots broke at every step. He reached the summit and it was while he was descending the slopes which fall towards the Larig that he heard footsteps behind him, footsteps not in the rhythm of his own, but occurring only once for every three steps he took. “I felt a queer crinkly feeling in the back of my neck,” he told me, “but I said to myself, ‘This is silly, there must be a reason for it.’ So I stopped, and the footsteps stopped, and I sat down and tried to reason it out. I could see nothing. There was a moon about somewhere, but the mist was fairly thick. The only thing I could make of it was that when my boots broke through the snow-crust they made some sort of echo. But then every step should have echoed, and not just this regular one-in-three. I was scared stiff. I got up, and walked...

This eyeshine was captured during a night-time investigation of Cuthbright Wood, Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, by British Bigfoot Research founders Adam and Paul Bird. A couple of interesting things were heard during the investigation. First of all, a possible single wood knock was heard, and this was before Adam and Paul did any knocking themselves, so whether this was a warning, nobody can say. After that it was silent for an hour. It was then that they heard what can only described as a chattering sound, like someone muttering under their breath. The source of the chattering sound was never found. Nothing was seen at the time but one of the photographs showed what looks to be eyeshine (See pictures in comments below)

This sighting was sent to me by the witness "When I was 14 years old me, my brother and a friend made a rope swing in Carr Wood in Sheffield. We could hear something coming close to where we had our rope swing, howling and getting closer, then we looked up the tree where the rope swing was and we saw something there. It was black and grey, stood on two feet. We also saw a smaller one across from us that was the size of a small child. We ran so fast out of there we went back a day later to get the rope swing but it was ripped apart in pieces and covered in black and grey hair. We never went back there again....

I was by the stepping stones in the summer of 2012 it was late evening and I was running the steps leading up to the hill. During my training session I had heard, what I now belive to be wood knocking. I cant say how many knocks because at the time my focus was on training and I did not know wood knocks have been linked to what I was about to see. I just remember thinking to myself what is that noise as it was loud but distant and seemed to come from several directions. I had finished my training and sat down on the steps to drink my recovery drink and just enjoy the cooler air of the summer evening. It was about 25 minutes before anything happened. It was still daylight and I could hear footsteps coming down the hill. I didnt look around at this point as I was expecting a dog walker to go by and I was sat to the side out of the way. I then realised that the person walking down the stairs had stopped. I could hear breathing. I had an unsettled feeling, that I was being watche...

Poachers intent on getting themselves a decent prize got something wholly unexpected when they ventured into the thick woodlands surrounding Walkerwood Reservoir one night. While wandering through the trees they heard movement in front of them. Something was moving through the foliage. Thinking it was probably the authorities, they decided to flee the scene. Fear struck when their torch stopped working and whatever it was in the woods started to follow them! Scared, the poachers took the gun they had with them and started to shoot at whatever was pursuing them. Things then went silent. They waited and waited.     Then suddenly the sounds started again and from the bushes loomed a large hairy bipedal figure. It was black all over and huge. The poachers, fearing for their lives, quickly and swiftly ran away, never to return.

by Nick Redfern. 'Many years ago (1991 to be as exact as I can) I was on Dartmoor in the small hours, location forgotten but I recall being sat with the girl I was sort of seeing at the time and we were located at the back of some public toilets (yeah, I know, real romantic but it gave us some privacy) and before us about 200 plus meters away was a lake. As we were sat having a smoke I noticed a shape moving around down at what I believed to be the lake shore, it was night but the moon was bright so you could make out shapes and form but not features, anyway my brain first kicked in as to the fact that it must be a diver and it was late to be out diving, then I realized that this "person" had no lights about them to see where they were headed or, if they had been diving, to see underwater. The form was definitely walking on two legs, that was apparent by the way it moved, but it was silhouetted against the lake so I could not make out features, being the inquisitive ...

witness report:Bridge of Balgie, Glen Lyon - summer 2014 A strange incident was mentioned during conversation in January 2015, this was reported to me a few weeks ago by one of the party: Around August/September 2014 a renovation was taking place of an old cottage near Bridge of Balgie, Glen Lyon. The cottage had apparently been abandoned for over 50 years before being bought and a company was brought in to overhaul the property. At this time 2 of the workmen were working there every day and decided it would be easier to stay there instead of travelling to and from Perth. They stayed for 3 nights, during which they were disturbed every night by strange howls coming from outside and thumps like something was landing on the roof of the cottage. The men were freaked out by these noises and stopped staying there, thinking it was a ghost or something. When they came to take down the old gutterings, they found numerous rocks in them. The local woods have been described as creepy, the ...

helmsley wolf man: witness report 2012 My experience goes back to two years ago in north yorkshire to what only can be described as seeing a werewolf. Im a logical person, to me they are something from horror films and science fiction and dont exists but after hearing what i heard and then seeing it - I know believe different. Ive googled ever since to see if anyone has seen anything in that area but never found anything. It's the first time Ive posted as obviuosly posting Ive seen a werewolf leave my post open to ridicule. Put it this way I wont camp out on the moors again. I went for a walk outside my motorhome and can only describe what was blood curdling howls exactly as you would imagine from a movie. I heard them to the side of me so decided to walk back to my van then the howls were in front of me so yes i started to do a fast walk then i saw the shape of something shaggy on two legs it was behind my motorhome stood up. It was about 6ft tall shaggy with glowing red e...

Name:  Brenda  **** Email Address:  on file State:  Lancashire County:  LANCASHIRE IN THE UK Date of Sighting:  JAN 1984 Time of Day:  Early evening about 5pm Nearest Town:  Salford Length of Sighting:  30 seconds How many Witnesses:  just myself Any Photos/Videos:  no Describe sighting in detail: I recently read your article with a lady named Deborah, who saw the yeti bigfoot in Buile park in Salford and I wanted to get in touch because I saw the same thing in 1984 when I was 30 years old. I was walking my dog there and it was freezing cold and I was having a cigarette. It was dark at that time of year at 5pm and I thought I was alone in the park as it is usually shut then but this particular night it was open. I was smoking when movement to my left caught my eye. There was nearby light and I saw this tall thing there. It looked about 6 foot tall and was quite podgy. It had a bit of a belly on it. What got me right away was that it...