Mysterious Britain & Ireland

Specific Location: Forest of Dean

English Fairies / English Folktales / Fairies / Folklore / Folktales / Welsh Fairies / Welsh Folktales

Wild Edric’s Wife

In ‘The Science of Fairy Tales’ (1891), Edwin Sidney Hartland recounts the following tale told by the medieval writer Walter Map (Born 1140- Died c. 1208–1210). ‘Wild Edric*, of whose historic reality as one of the English rebels against William the Conqueror there is ample proof.

Big Cats / Cryptozoology

Forest of Dean Big Cat (2010)

The following small article entitled ‘Girls chased by ‘big cat’ appeared in the Daily Mirror on 21 May 2010. “A big black cat pursued two schoolgirls after they saw it by a tree in woods, scared 15-year-old Kim Howells said yesterday.