Deborah Hatswell - BBR Investigations

 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...

A Huge UFO - Mark Sylvester: I don't mind sharing what happened Deb. Though now, I can clearly see the changes in myself when I look back over the years. I started out in complete denial, even abandoning my friend who was also there with me, just so they wouldn't think I was mad. I think it took place in 1982 when the Americans had invaded Grenada. My Mum and Sister had gone to see family there leaving my Dad and me at home.  I do regret that now but as an 11 year old peer pressure was everything.  From about the age of 9, I would wander off onto the neighbouring rugby ground, which had a few trees at the farthest end that surrounded the local Bus Corporation Depot near Alfreston. I was a latch key kid as my younger sibling and I attended the same school on days when both parents were on the afternoon shift. I would have to let us in and heat the food for us. My elder brother was off doing whatever and was not missed. To be honest, it was a relief as much as my Dad not being ...

Nathan Thomas (14) and his younger brother, Alex live in Bryn Garth on the western edge of Denbigh. They heard a loud bang caused by bins blowing over and looked out of their rear bedroom window, which faces north, and saw a group of white lights flashing and pulsing, possibly in the sky and seemingly on a hillside which lies about a mile to the north-west, near a quarry. Nathan said: 'When I saw the lights I looked back into my room in case it was something reflecting on to the glass, but I opened the window and they were definitely in the sky.' His mother, Linda Pritchard who also saw the lights described them as “amazing” and said they were “circulating over two houses in Bryn Garth which back onto Cae Howell field, Denbigh.” 'He woke me up, and his brother Alex and my grand-daughter Kiera. We all witnessed it, we were shaking and the dog kept barking. Nathan's first thought was this is a space-ship. The police just said it was lampers, but how can it be lampers at 3...

In October of 2022 I was contacted by one of my YouTube listeners as he had a question for me. He asked me if "anyone ever heard, or knows of any animals that make really horrible guttural growling type sounds. He went to explain he had an awful experience with his mate one night. Witness Report: " Me and a friend were just up a local hill here around 2am, we were sat in a car for a catch up tonight. We got out for a cigarette when we first arrived and we heard some noises that sounded a bit like a cow. I just dismissed it, and we carried on talking, anyway we got back in the car got out for another cigarette, and heard this noise a few more times. It sounded at one point like muffled voices but we still dismissed it as it sounded fairly distant.  Anyway we got back in the car and got out again a little while later, and we heard these noises again. I was just dismissing it as a cow, until a few seconds later when we heard the same noise but it suddenly sounded very close to u...

There is a written piece by Heart of Darkness that has always meant something to me and Id like to share it with you as it speaks of seeing human features with the leaves of a tree.  "I saw a face amongst the leaves on the level with my own, looking at me very fierce and steady; And then suddenly, as though a veil had been removed from my eyes, I made out, deep in the tangled gloom, naked breasts, arms, legs, glaring eyes.  The bush was swarming with human  limbs in movement, glistening, of bronze colour. The twigs shook, swayed, and rustled, the  arrows flew out of them, and then the shutter came to." Heart of Darkness A Strange Face was Watching us from The Grass. Bawtry, Summer 1972 -  Witness Report: Jo “This is what happened to me one summer's afternoon when I was playing out as a child in Bawtry Doncaster. I saw something so strange that the experience remains with me to this day. The face in the foliage that I (and a school friend) saw happened around the...

Phil Trough: " Hi Deb, I am a listener to your YouTube channel and I want to report some experiences to you that happened when we were living in Spain. There are a couple of incidents that took place when I was with my sister and our friends. I was born in 1991, my sister is slightly older and was born in 1985.  Around 1996 my mum and dad bought an apartment in La Kala de Mijas, Spain. It was owned until 2005 but we would stay in this particular apartment every year until around 2000. We were there when Princess Diana died which I vividly remember. The apartments first floor had an extension that was built as a third bedroom which would serve as my bedroom during our stays. Often I would feel uneasy in there. As I looked out on the far horizon I was surrounded by rocky Spanish hills and mini mountains. On a regular basis I would hear the distant but distinct sound of howls, like how a dog or wolf would but in a different type of way. Not a normal way. This happened for years. I to...

I was contacted by a listener to my YouTube channel who shared a strange experience that happened to him in his local woodland. BBR Listener: " After listening to your video earlier I wanted to report something that happened to me and a mate of mine. I had a strange experience in the woods in a place called Ely, in South Wales. I was with my mate at the time and we were walking through the woods and we came out into a small field which made an opening surrounded by the woods all around. We was crossing the field walking towards the gate at the other end of the field but as we got around half way across the field we could hear lots of trotting noises coming from the woods and they were getting closer to us. So we sort of ran the rest of the way across the field but as we were doing that about 15-20 horses came running out of the woods and they ran across the field to the trees on the opposite side. But as they were crossing I remember me and my mate were looking over our shoulder a...