Four children 'hysterical' after unknown creature 'lunges at them' in barn. May 1951

The children were playing in a barn when they came across the unknown creature. Four children were left "hysterical" after an unknown creature in an abandoned and 'haunted' barn lunged towards them. In May 1951, the children went to play in one of the old deserted barns that once stood on Roby’s Carr Lane. Dozens of locals recalled the rumours about a terrifying "thing" which would leave the "dilapidated" barn after dark and roam Roby and parts of Huyton. But despite their parents warnings of the old structures falling on them, rough sleepers living in the former farm buildings and hearing strange stories about the place from other children, they still decided to explore the "haunted" barn. The creature was described as having dark brown shiny skin, an insect-like shell on its back, two huge red eyes and when it stood was over six feet in height. In May 1951 a gang of four children - Tony, aged eight, Jill, aged seven, and Alan and Ge...