Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Swordfish off Kent coast

The Illustrated News Vol 1 1842, reported that a swordfish, measuring sixteen-feet long, and five-feet in girth, was taken off the coast at Deal. The fish weighed in at 200lbs and sold to a Mr Sweeting of 159 Cheapside, London for £5.00. He in turn offered it to the British Museum for 20 guineas.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

The day a narwhal washed up in Kent

From Kent Messenger 10th June 2011

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Sperm whale washes up on Kent beach

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/2011/03/huge-sperm-whale-washes-up-on-kent.html

Black widow spider found in Kent ?

Read all about it, here: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2011-1/june/7/deadly_black_widow_found_in_ke.aspx

New books by Neil Arnold

If ghost stories are your thing - whether it's reports of phantom animals, spectral hellhounds, ghostly monks, haunted pubs, and castles, then Neil Arnold's new books are for you. Gather round a crackling fire and read HAUNTED ROCHESTER and HAUNTED MAIDSTONE. Both books promise a veritable feast of new phantoms for the fireside. From creaky, old accounts to brand new, and never before published tales of ghostly encounters. HAUNTED MAIDSTONE and HAUNTED ROCHESTER provide a glimpse into the darker side of Kent. Both books are available from Amazon and all good bookshops online or in your local High Street.

Sunday, February 20, 2011