When it comes to British lowbrow journalism, the Daily Star is almost a self-caricature.
I've never been a fan of its coverage on almost any subject, especially the
weird and wonderful, for example see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2023/06/grusch-headlines.html.
And now this glorious gutter redtop has done it again. Sunday's front page,
illustrated above, led with the line "Werewolf spotting in
Bridlington". It shows a photograph taken in some woods with, for some
reason, an insert of a still from the film American
Werewolf in London. The online version is only slightly less hysterical. The
photographer was exploring the woods taking snaps of the area and only noticed
the strange figure when he was reviewing the images afterwards; he saw nothing
strange at the time. He believes it is about eight feet tall. My ears pricked
up when I saw the source's name, Philip Kinsella, somebody I know. He spoke at
Dreaming Saucers along with his twin brother Ronald, see: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2018/05/dreaming-saucers-philip-kinsella.html.
The fact that this is near Bridlington is interesting because of the
"Bempton phenomenon". This postulates that there is a region of Yorkshire ,
the East Riding and the coastal area just to the north of it, that is similar
to Skinwalker Ranch, and that all kinds of strange things happen there. I'm
pleased to say that the article mentions Paul Sinclair. He's been the leading
researcher into this "portal area", see: https://truthproof.uk/index.html. Source:
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/spine-chilling-photo-werewolf-spotted-35420732.
The photograph itself is not clear enough to be conclusive.
It shows a humanoid figure with its legs hidden by the ground, as if it is
cresting a rise. Its head is tilted slightly to the right. It's impossible to
be sure how tall it is unless you've been to the location. To me it looks like
a man wearing a black anorak. You can see what looks like fur lining on the
hood; I can also see some features resembling a collar and cuffs. Why somebody
would go out dressed like that on a warm summer's day is a valid question, as
is why Philip and his companions never saw the person at the time. This is why
it's important to address cases like this, especially in a place that has a
track record for high strangeness. Even if the figure in the photo is not an
undead carnivorous lunar activist, it could be something else
out-of-the-ordinary. I just think the matter should not be treated in the
jocular fashion that the Daily Black Hole
tends to. That brings me on to another problem. I was most dismayed by the
reaction I got from the skeptics when I first mentioned this news story.
Somebody replied to me: "Really?
Come on!... It's just a dude in coat with his hood up, and the fact that werewolves
are fictional. We should ignore it... Come on, Ben. Your talents are far better
served on other topics. This isn't even a story for a slow news week... I
honestly think this is way beneath you." I sometimes feel we can't win
with the skeppers. They chide us for just believing without investigation, but
when we do investigate they yell: "Stop investigating!" The biggest
skeppa is not the one who asks questions and wants to know more; it's the one
who refuses to look because they think they already know. In fact I'd say a
skeptic's weakness, within their own community, is measured by how much curiousity
they show about a subject "everybody knows is just nonsense!" See
here for details: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2024/08/dorset-tour.html.
I'm intrigued by this turn of events. We may see more data emerging from that
strange forest near one of the world's collection points for the unexplained. I
look forward to it.
See here for more information: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2023/05/a-person-goes-to-olm-one-year-on.html.
And: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2021/08/skeptics-portal.html.
See here for more information: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2023/05/a-person-goes-to-olm-one-year-on.html.
And: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2021/08/skeptics-portal.html.
