The Warrington Wild-Thing

At his Monster! blog, Neil Arnold tells the strange story of the Warrington Man-Beast, and begins thus:

"The town of Warrington, which sits on the banks of the River Mersey, is also a borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire. According to an obscure story from the 18th century, later repeated in Wally Barnes' 1990 book Ghosts, Mysteries & Legends of Old Warrington, a terrifying man-beast once stalked a farm in Warrington. One such farm, once known as Peggy Gronachs Chicken Farm harboured a bizarre story which Wally Barnes was told of in the 1940s. According to Barnes, Peggy Gronach was '...the most evil, ugly and haggard old wretch ever seen in the vicinity.'"

And here's the link to Neil's complete article.

The Spectral British Bigfoot

Exposed, Uncovered, and Declassified: Ghosts, Spirits, & Hauntings, Am I Being Haunted? - which has just been published and is now widely available - includes a paper from me on ghostly creatures, some of a definitively monstrous nature, including the phantom-like Man-Monkey of England's Shropshire Union Canal and the local old villages of Ranton and Woodseaves. For more information, here's the link.

A 19th Century Scottish Monkey

Richard Muirhead has uncovered a truly fascinating case of a distinctly out-of-place monkey shot dead in Scotland in the 19th Century! Weird, indeed! Here's the link.