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Nessie tops poll of UK supernatural mysteries

By T.K. Randall
November 2, 2017 · Comment icon 27 comments

The UK is home to numerous mysteries and legends. Image Credit: CC BY-SA 2.0 Ian Stewart
The iconic monster earned the top spot in the poll which included several of the UK's most enduring enigmas.
The nationwide poll, which was conducted by the TV channel 'Really' in connection with its Halloween program schedule, saw 42 per cent of the votes going to Scotland's legendary loch beast.

In second place on the poll was the Beast of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall - a creature thought to be a large cat that has been responsible for killing livestock in the southwest of England since the 1990s.

Another popular choice among voters was the infamous Enfield Poltergeist case which saw a young girl being allegedly possessed by the spirit of an old man between 1977 and 1979.
The peculiar case of the Overtoun Bridge in West Dunbartonshire, from which dozens of dogs have inexplicably jumped to their deaths over the last 70 years, also made the list.

"Britain has stories of unexplained phenomena dating back centuries, but we have seen new mysteries unfold in more recent decades," said UKTV Play general manager Richard Williams.

"We continue to be fascinated by the things we can't quite unravel. That's why we are celebrating the things we are at a loss to explain with our Halloween season."

Source: Scotsman | Comments (27)




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Comment icon #18 Posted by Matt221 6 years ago
Nessie beat the Enfield haunting... no way better if Jannet Hodgsen is reading this she'd beg to differ flying through the air beats a monster every time I rekon
Comment icon #19 Posted by Black Monk 6 years ago
Tell that to the people who have actually seen the monster with their own eyes.
Comment icon #20 Posted by Black Monk 6 years ago
Here she is being interviewed on This Morning in 2012:  
Comment icon #21 Posted by Matt221 6 years ago
Fascinating interview joking aside how did the high profile, money spinning,tourist atracting,Nessie beat that I wonder
Comment icon #22 Posted by The Ghastly Grimoire 6 years ago
Man, I wanna like this but at the same time it's seriously the most depressing thing I've read and learned about to day. Poor pupper shnuppers.
Comment icon #23 Posted by The Silver Thong 6 years ago
I worked with a girl that swore she had a ghost that kept touching her feet  
Comment icon #24 Posted by The Ghastly Grimoire 6 years ago
*twitches* Feet gross me out. I'd die if that were the case.
Comment icon #25 Posted by The Silver Thong 6 years ago
I nick named it the toe touchy ghost and made fun of her sometimes, how's toe touchy doing? . Feet don't gross me out unless they are really cold. 
Comment icon #26 Posted by Myles 6 years ago
Lots of misidentification.  
Comment icon #27 Posted by The Silver Thong 6 years ago
Like big foot, I swore I saw it but then I rubbed my eye's and it was my ex mother in law yelling at me to take out the garbage. So I kicked her out.


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