from england to scotland and even wales these places are rich in history and in return
scary urban legends these are the top five scary urban legends from britain part two coming in
at number five we have spriggan of west pennworth the spriggan is an urban legend known from cornish
fairy lore where they are mostly located in west pennworth cornwall they are closely related to
pixies but known to be dangerous and mischievous whereas pixies are more cheerful and fun-loving
while spriggans are more spiteful especially directed at humans in the form of evil tricks
spriggans are said to be the security force behind the fairy world unlike some furries
which serve to treat or trick humans the spriggans are said to measure out justice to humans who have
unduly crossed fairies they would dole out punishments both big and small to anyone who
dared mess too much with the other world spriggans were depicted as grotesquely ugly and generally
acting as fairy bodyguards though usually small they have the ability to grow to enormous size
as a defensive ability their strange and creepy appearance also aided the spriggans in their aim
to be feared by those who saw them it was believed that the spriggans horn lonely places such as
castle ruins barrows certain standing stones and windswept cracks spriggans were thought to
be the source of such misfortunes as unhealthy crops bad weather and illness especially in a
time when the mechanics of such things were not fully understood they were also said to be busy
thieves targeting those who offended them they are known to steal small children and replace
them with their own kind leaving behind one of their own ugly large headed children quote one of
their common traits was to lead lonely travellers into swamps or near dangerous and crumbling cliffs
a factor they share in common with the willow the wisp and the pixies although the pixies would not
lead people to dangerous places if you want to avoid being punished by the spriggans the easiest
thing you can do is make sure not to offend any type of fairy folk in any way the second
thing you can do avoid tempting them even if you haven't initially done something to offend their
fairy folk the spriggans may still be tempted to enact a little pre-revenge just in case you were
to wrong the fairy folk in at number 4 we have the pendle witches pendle hill was once the home
of wolves and wild boar is also the location of britain's biggest witchcraft trial that took place
over 400 years ago the pendle witches lived in the early 1600s at a time of religion and superstition
catholics and those suspected of witchcraft came under more scrutiny than ever during this time and
the king brought in the fatal penalty for those found guilty of witchcraft the 12 pendle witches
all local women while six of the penal witches came from one of two families were charged with
the murders of 10 people by the use of witchcraft perhaps the most notorious witch trial of the 17th
century the legend of the pendle witches is one of the many dark tales of imprisonment and execution
at lancaster castle one woman died while held in custody 11 went to trial one was tried and
found guilty at york and the other ten were tried at lancaster only one was found not guilty the
story began with an altercation between one of the accused alison device and a peddler john law
allison either traveling or begging on the road to trodden forest passed john law and asked him
for some pins he refused and alison cursed him was a short while after this that john law suffered a
stroke for which he blamed alison and her powers the deaths of the four other villagers that had
occurred years before the trial were raised and the blame laid on the witchcraft performed by
another suspected witch in the area coming in at number three we have catchy the catchy is
known to be a ghost-like cat covered in all black fur besides a small white spot on its chest this
creature haunts the scottish highlands the size of the catchy is said to be close to the size of a
large dog one of the theories about the cat sheets suggests that they aren't fairies but are actually
witches that have the ability to transform back and forth between human forms and cat form this
however could only be done nine times with the final transformation into the cat being permanent
this is often referenced as the origin for the concept of cats having nine lives those in the
highlands did not trust the catship because they believe that these creatures are sole thieves
the common belief was that the catchy could pass over the corpse of the dead prior to burial and
steal the soul from someone before the gods had claimed it special watches were set up to guard
the dead known as failed vadillac which means late wake those on this watch would attempt to keep the
catchy away from the room containing the corpse by distracting it in a variety of methods such as
using catnip riddles games and music the catchy was believed to be fond of warmth and therefore
fires were never lit in the body so that they were not attracted to the area the catchy was
feared due to the belief that it was a harbinger of death much like the grim reaper although mostly
a silent hunter the cat she would sometimes let out three blood-curdling howls that could be heard
from miles around those that heard the house would need to reach a place of safety before the third
howl or they would be overcome with fear and would die from sheer terror coming in at number
two we have black dog a bunting nook don't be fooled this isn't just an ordinary suburban dog
the black dog burning nook has been described to have dark black fur snarling fangs black eyes and
grey in size spotted by numerous residents and several police officers over the years
the creature's also been reported as extremely large with huge devilish saucer-like eyes
the creature haunts the road in bunting nook norton according to local legend as the huge
black dog is known to appear in an instant in front of people's cars from there it targets men
as the dog makes the car stall before preying on the passenger the black dog legends are often seen
as an omen warning of the imminent death of the person who sees it or of a close family member
and certain folklore is hold that the creatures patrol ley lines sources of mysterious energy that
threats around the world but sheffield is not the only part of yorkshire to have had sightings of
the mysterious creature but true or fake the demon dog is one of sheffield's scariest apparitions
according to reports though it hasn't been seen since 2007 so you might be safe from this one
or not or you could die tomorrow we could all die tomorrow and finally in a number one we have hairy
hands of dartmoor the hairy hands of dartmoor is a ghost story that focuses on a stretch of road
which supposedly had a high number of accidents during the early 20th century the suggested cause
for the loss of control of these vehicles was given to be supernatural activity interfering
with the vehicles according to the stories the hands appear suddenly seize the steering wheel
of a car or the handlebars of a motorcycle and then force the victim off the road in these early
cases the hands are described as being invisible to further back up this claim since around 1910
drivers and cyclists had allegedly been reporting unusual accidents
the victims reporting that their vehicle had swerved violently and steered off the side of the
road some described that it was as if something had to wrench the vehicle out of their control
this could happen to cars motor coaches cyclists and even pony and traps in june of 1921 dr e h
helby who was at the time serving as the medical officer nearby lost control of his motorcycle and
sidecar in the sidecar was seated his two children who survived he had just about enough time to warn
the children to jump before he was thrown from his bike and met his final fate his children related
that as he shouted at them to get to safety he was fighting against an invisible force in his
efforts to control the bike on august 26 of the same year a british army captain lost control of
his motorcycle and was thrown off as well he was known to be a very experienced rider in response
to questioning him the captain stated that was not his fault and believe it or not something drove
him off the road a pair of hairy hands closed over his he apparently felt them as plainly as ever he
fought them for all he was worth but they were too strong for him they forced the machine into the
turf at the edge of the road further proof of the hands can be found in michael williams 2003 book
supernatural dartmoor where the author was told by journalist rufus endl that he was driving near
post bridge when a pair of hands gripped the driving wheel and he had to fight for control
when he successfully avoided crashing his car the hands disappeared rufus asked asset the story not
be published until after his death so we don't have the opportunity to further check out the
report well there we have it thanks for tuning in to this video i'll see you in the next one
children and oh my god what the [ __ ] just happened leaving behind why has that happened
wrong the fairy folk jesus pretty sure they made a movie about it um that one fierce street
fierce street 19 no it's not 19 that's for sure first street's 15
17 one a year there's a year next to it's the third one in the trilogy i think
one of the years wherever this was the black dog legends are often seen as an omen warm
i can't speak all of a sudden i'm really hot in here it's really warm isn't it
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