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What did we see last night..?

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GallopingHighRoad · 20/02/2022 17:12

We had been away for a few nights and travelled back quite late. Towards the end of our journey, this was about 2am, we were driving along an A road in a rural area when something crossed the road in front of us in full headlights for about 3 seconds. It was about the height of a person, maybe 6 feet or over, but had short powerful legs and hips which seemed to move in a circular fluid fashion. It was not a deer because it stood on two legs. This was in the midlands and the area is traditional rolling fields and woodland. In this particular spot there are no houses or buildings, nearest is over a mile away. We drove back today as its only 7 miles from home to look at the road layout and whatever it was moved into a wide bowl shaped field dropping down to a stream. Any ideas?

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Tiredly · 21/02/2022 22:04

Droopy shoulders and wide hips is exactly how I would describe myself but I'm only 5ft 4 and I'm oop North and would not be walking alone in the dark

Looubylou · 21/02/2022 22:04

Startled Deer on it's back legs - months wages.

HoliHormonalTigerlilly · 21/02/2022 22:08

We need a diagram op!.

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HoliHormonalTigerlilly · 21/02/2022 22:08

@WonderfulYou

If it was just outside Staverton I’m pretty sure it was my dad staggering back from the pub

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This comment has made my day.

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HoliHormonalTigerlilly · 21/02/2022 22:09

@FujiIX

MrsLargeEmbodied

a man with harem pants

Like MC Hammer?

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Bluecatsalltheway · 21/02/2022 22:09

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JohnStonesMissus · 21/02/2022 22:17

@FromEden

Ah...that's interesting. Nothing to do with him, but if "Scucca-Beorg" is Germanic, then it has other connections in that area. That is the old name, but now that village is called Shuckburgh.

Shuckburgh? Well that settles it..clearly it was a black shuck you saw then 😱

Oh my goodness that looks scary! Imagine meeting him down a country lane, I LOVE English folklore and myths..
LampLighter414 · 21/02/2022 22:18

Hairy doggers most likely

Chocolatehamper · 21/02/2022 22:21

@Laiste

The Badby woods OP - yes, stunning when the blue bells are out. Everdon Stubs also, which is East of Badby.

I got the complete heebie jeebies in Everdon Stubs a couple of years ago. Nice Autumn day walking with DD4 when she was about 3 ish. Left the car in the little car park/layby and went into woods. I know it well as i used to walk my dogs there a lot (no dogs now). Well at some point i noticed everything had become still and silent - birdsong had stopped completely. I hadn't seen anyone else in the woods, and I had the most awful feeling we were being 'stalked'. Well once you start glancing behind you you've had it haven't you Hmm Nerves shot I basically bunged DD under one arm and legged it back to the car. My car was the only one there. That hasn't happened to me before, but then i've always had dogs with me in the past. Or been with another adult.

Anyway - all this google mapping of the area i've lived in for 20+ years has been fascinating. I never knew there was a penguin sanctuary round here for a start HmmGrin

Just peering at Goblin Hill area now.

I've lived around the corner from the 'Penguin Sanctuary' for 20 years... never seen one yet!!!

Where is Goblin Hill though, couldn't find that one and yes, Everdon Stubbs can give off some very weird vibes!!

ImprobablePuffin · 21/02/2022 22:25

@Hov1

Completely incested and placemarking in the hopes you capture something tonight!
That's taking it all a bit far, really
JohnStonesMissus · 21/02/2022 22:28

@Laiste

The Badby woods OP - yes, stunning when the blue bells are out. Everdon Stubs also, which is East of Badby.

I got the complete heebie jeebies in Everdon Stubs a couple of years ago. Nice Autumn day walking with DD4 when she was about 3 ish. Left the car in the little car park/layby and went into woods. I know it well as i used to walk my dogs there a lot (no dogs now). Well at some point i noticed everything had become still and silent - birdsong had stopped completely. I hadn't seen anyone else in the woods, and I had the most awful feeling we were being 'stalked'. Well once you start glancing behind you you've had it haven't you Hmm Nerves shot I basically bunged DD under one arm and legged it back to the car. My car was the only one there. That hasn't happened to me before, but then i've always had dogs with me in the past. Or been with another adult.

Anyway - all this google mapping of the area i've lived in for 20+ years has been fascinating. I never knew there was a penguin sanctuary round here for a start HmmGrin

Just peering at Goblin Hill area now.

The birds always fall silent when a predator is nearby..crikes that must have been scary. I wonder what it was?
Rollonspring1111 · 21/02/2022 22:29

A llama? Not sure if they can stand on two legs though!

whatisheupto · 21/02/2022 22:30

Watch the first 20 seconds of this video OP. It's a black llama running in the road. What do you reckon?

Saracen · 21/02/2022 22:31

@Namechangedididittoo

Re the wallaby you saw: ("Me too in Oxfordshire nobody in my family believed me,quote from a family member “why didn’t you take a photo” I was driving at the time")

There's a little farm park not far from Wootton near Abingdon which used to keep wallabies along with llamas and some other exotic animals. Apparently they had to stop keeping wallabies because they were terrible for constantly escaping.

I hadn't heard any rumours about them breeding in the wild. But if this was a while ago, you definitely might have seen one of their escapees.

EmmaH2022 · 21/02/2022 22:32

@JohnStonesMissus

EmmaH2022 Yes lets! I forgot to mention Kingley Vale, the trees there are meant to have Vikings buried underneath which come alive at night.. so we have a good choice!
Amazing. I really want to do some tours around this kind of thing. Not with an overexcited guide but with interested people. We should have an MN weekend.

I love folklore but particularly fond of creatures. I will listen to that podcast.

I keep saying it but I honestly can't wait to live in a place with all this stuff in the local lore.

Dontburstmybubble · 21/02/2022 22:32

My first thought was maybe a stray llama or alpaca ? Thry can be really tall and face on you may not see thr body shape well. They can certainly move fast too

whatisheupto · 21/02/2022 22:32

A llama's long neck might have made you think it was standing upright.

ImprobablePuffin · 21/02/2022 22:34

@Shehasadiamondinthesky

It was a wallaby. I used to live in West Sussex and they were all over the place. You'd often see a rogue one at night.
At 6 feet tall it's highly doubtful
pinkstripeycat · 21/02/2022 22:39

GallopingHighRoad

Not sure wallaby or kangaroo fits what we saw, but I get the hips thing. Definitely not those. Much taller and upright when moving.

Do you realise kangaroos can grow to the height of a man! They are huge! I mean REALLY huge

whatsitallabout1 · 21/02/2022 22:39

I'm not far from there...
There's an alpaca farm in Woodford Halse. Lots of local reported sightings of "big black cats" round here too...

Justilou1 · 21/02/2022 22:39

It’s nearly rutting season too… I have had a deer run out in front of my car and spin on it’s hind legs like that also before leaping off the road. Scared the absolute shit out of me. This was in the the Netherlands on a similarly isolated road. I lived there and have friends in the midlands so have driven around both areas. The landscapes are rather similar. I’m going with Bambi.

Sceptre86 · 21/02/2022 22:42

Centaur?

whatsitallabout1 · 21/02/2022 22:47

The most common deer by far around here are Muntjacs, rarely see anything else. And Muntjacs are diddy...

JohnStonesMissus · 21/02/2022 22:47

Has the OP updated yet?

Hov1 · 21/02/2022 22:48

@ImprobablePuffin it’s not letting me quote for some reasonHmm
But I did correct myself a few comments down- I promise!Grin