Great British Urban Legends

[and_solo_said]

Quite simple this one: Do you know of any specific to your area?

Any unexplained crimes (Please do not answer if you are from London, we don't have that long)

Any strange occurences?  

[and_solo_said]

In Essex, we have panthers and tigers...they live in forests and attack people occasionally. They got there when people made it illegal to keep them as pets, so they set them loose.

True story, there is footage...somewhere  

[Shadow of an Illusion]

We had a panther in Kilrenny woods. Some council workers saw one and we got letters home from school. And Kenny said he saw it too. We got a letter home from school. xd

That makes me wonder why the woods are nicknamed Little Africa, because they got the name before that....

And there is this huge old house in them. There used to be an old lady who lived in it (alone except for her cats, went about with a gun shooting trespassers, that sort) but she died last year. The Osbournes went to see the house but they didnt buy it. No one has seen the person who moved in but he had sheep on the commen for a while.
Whoever lives in that house is made a Baron.  

[Painted Britain Blue]

and_solo_said

In Essex, we have panthers and tigers...they live in forests and attack people occasionally. They got there when people made it illegal to keep them as pets, so they set them loose.

True story, there is footage...somewhere

I've actually read a short book about a boy who found a panther in the countryside.

'twas cool.  

[wodewose]

Bedfordshire has it`s fair share of myths.

A certain Captain Glenn miller of the USAF was stationed in the town during WWII.The last time hie was seen alive was when his plane took off from `Twinwoods` airfield, near the village of Clapham, a few miles outside of Bedford.It`s said a phantom aircraft takes off from the now-disused site.

One area of Bedford is known as `Black Tom`, after a somewhat ruthless and notorious highwayman.He was hanged in the old town Gaol, and (it is rumoured) burried at a crossroads..a commaon place to intern the bodies of criminals, outside of hallowed ground, and at a place-that-is-not-a-place so their damned soul could not cause mischeif.However, there have been periodic sightings of a flintlock brandishing figure in a frock-coat, blackedned and swollen toungue produding from purple lips and head lolling atop a brocken neck staggering down Union Street in Bedford.


Another highwayman associated with the county is the infamous d**k Turpin.It is said that the village of Aspley Guise on the Beds/Bucks boarder is home to his ghost that rides on a spectral Black Bess along weathercock Lane on moonless nights.The legend goes, two young lovers hoped to conceal their illicit relationship from the girl`s father.When he found out, s infuriated wad he that he walled them up alive in his wine cellar.Turpin found out, and blackmailed the man to let him use the cellar as a hiding place from the law.  

[Shadow of an Illusion]

There is a psyco in the town down the road. He has been wearing a Scream mask and chasing children in his car, with his headlights on.
I think the most damage he has done so far is a couple of grazed knees and some very scared children, but he hasn't caught any yet. He chased a couple of my friends little brothers and sisters. The police have been informed.