A Red Eyed Werewolf in Wepre Park 1993

 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 of nature.

The report I am sharing with you now took place at the small stocked lake in the park known as the Rosie and it happened to our witness Gareth when he was a young boy. He had two friends with him that day, and he buried the memory as best he could. Now he is older and ready to look for some answers that may explain the presence of the terrifying creature he saw that day. 

BBR Witness: "I’m Gareth, a 42 year old PhD student and researcher from North Wales with a great interest in the paranormal and cryptids from a young age.

I’m writing to you as the YouTube algorithm recently suggested a video about wild camping which I enjoyed and so I watched more of the videos created by this YouTuber that happened to have a video where he camped in an area where a cryptid he called dogman had been sighted. He described this creature in detail and I was reacquainted with an old childhood memory. It was only a momentary experience, lasting no more than about 5 seconds, but it has stayed with me since. The algorithm also led me to your wonderful channel and I’ve watched a couple of videos and felt inspired to reach out. 

It was in about 1993 when I was roughly 11 years old. I was up the local woods (Wepre Park in Connah’s Quay) with I believe two friends, we were just playing in the woods and running around etc. As we were coming down what was a densely wooded downhill pathway from the fishing pond (called The Rosie). Trees and bushes were either side of us and overhead, so it was always a shadowy area. The pathway was only short, no more than 100m and it led out into the open onto football pitches and playing fields.

As we were coming down the path towards the open grassland and rounded the slight bend, there was a large dark creature which was stood facing us, with its back to the football pitches. It was standing up on two legs and I can’t honestly remember many of its features, but I remember thinking it looked like it was a dog that was standing up on its hind legs. I’d guess it was about 6-7ft tall. My attention was drawn down to its feet as it kicked an empty drinks can along the path in our direction, which of course made a noise as it rattled towards us. That’s what I most vividly remember, before we all turned and ran. 

Last week I messaged one of the friends I remember being with that day as we are still friends all these years later, though we haven’t discussed that experience for decades. I don’t really remember talking about it much afterwards to anyone. Anyway I messaged him, just asking if he remembered seeing something strange near the Rosie when we were kids. He messaged back as per the screenshot attached and said that he did, he remembered it looked canine in appearance and had red eyes.. 

Anyway as I say it’s not an amazing story with great detail, but I’ve been honest without elaborating and what I have shared is simple, but that was my authentic experience. As it was so long ago, I’ve wondered if I did really see what I thought I did or had the memory been altered over the years, but my friends account gave me validation regarding my own memory. It’s pretty much the only such experience I’ve ever had, and though I’ve spent many years visiting the park, I’ve never seen anything like that again and neither has my friend. On a couple of occasions when I was in my late teens or early 20's I felt extremely uncomfortable in the park, like I was in danger, and I quickly left. But I haven't felt anything threatening or uncomfortable for many years. 

I really felt closely connected with the Greenman when I really started to connect with nature on a deeper level in my 20’s, I suppose that was when I started to switch to more of a spiritual connection with it. I am really looking forward to exploring your channel and podcasts to hear more stories, thank you for all you do. I find your research so fascinating and you come across as a really good and genuine person, so it felt safe to share this with you."