OCCULTISM IN DARTMOOR, UK - THE SPOOKIEST PLACE IN THE WORLD
You may have heard about the novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Hound of The Baskervilles’. This book was inspired after Doyle visited the misty moors of Dartmoor…the spookiest place in the world. If you are not from the UK and you ever visit…Dartmoor is a must place to see!
News articles of occultism on Dartmoor, UK together with the thick mist and large buzzards wheeling above, is enough to send people scattering - without stumbling across the many Kistvaens (Bronze Age burial chambers above ground) dotted around the landscape.
Below are the Kistvaens: Pic from: http://legendarydartmoor.co.uk
My brother lives in Dartmoor and often walks his dogs on the moors, this is how I came to know it.
Dartmoor comprises a hefty chunk (368 square miles) of the South Devon countryside. High rolling hills - intermittent granite rock formations (tors) - intense westerly breezes and heavy mist give the terrain a very sinister feel. But more importantly…Dartmoor is a place where occultism is rife. There are still police reports of mutilated animals found and left in a sacrificial manner. The farmers continually refer to occultism as being the main reason for this.
Here are two news articles about the sacrifices, thought to have been carried out because of occultism in Dartmoor, UK: I give a PG caution here to younger readers.
“In October 2005, farmer Daniel Alford of Sampford Spiney, near Tavistock, Devon, England made a shocking discovery on the wilds of Dartmoor: namely, six sheep, horrifically slaughtered, with their eyeballs removed and their necks viciously broken. More sinister is the fact that the corpses of the animals had been deliberately laid out in the form of a Pagan symbol near a series of ancient standing-stones.
Alford was convinced that this was the work of occultists – primarily because this was not the first occasion upon which he had made such a gruesome find. In January 2005, he had stumbled upon five sheep, killed in a similar fashion and spread out in a circle, only half a mile away. Interestingly, on both occasions the animal attacks had occurred at the height of a full moon.
Alford said at the time: “This was a sacrifice – they had their necks broken. Initially, when you think of sacrifices you think sharp knives and slit throats. That wasn’t the case here. If they had killed them and taken them, I would have accepted it more. Just to outright kill them and leave them is just a waste.”
As Alford perceptively noted: “You wouldn’t just get kids catching sheep like that. Someone’s got to know what they’re on about.” Alford was not wrong: somebody most definitely did know what they were doing, and the attacks were set to continue.
In late June 2006, yet more strange sacrifices of sheep on Dartmoor occurred, again near Tavistock, and specifically on moorland at a location called Pork Hill (pic just below title above. If that isn’t the spookiest place in the world, then i’d like to see a landscape that looks more intimidating).
Once more, the necks of the animals had been broken, and their eyes had been taken. This time, however, the tongues of the animals had also been removed.
RSPCA [The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals] Inspector Becky Wadey commented: “These sheep must have been rounded up on the open moor by whoever carried out this barbaric attack. That would have required a number of people and potentially been quite a spectacle.”
http://www.ufomystic.com/the-redfern-files/uk-animal-mutilations
ARTICLE TWO from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-401380/Occultists-slaughter-sheep-Prince-Charless-estate.html
Sheep have been mutilated and slaughtered in what appears to be bizarre occult rituals on land owned by Prince Charles.
In some cases, the butchered animals have had their eyes removed and their carcasses arranged into a satanic star.
A bloodstained stone altar and wooden stake have been discovered by local farmers.
Police are now investigating the killings near Princetown, Devon, part of the Duchy of Cornwall’s 69,000-acre Dartmoor estate.
Officers are examining whether the attacks form part of a ritual fantasy triggered by phases of the Moon.
Since the attacks began last year (*I add* -on his estate), more than 20 ewes and rams have been strangled and some have had eyes, tongues or sex-organs cut out.
Three incidents in the past two months all happened on nights with either new or full moons. And RSPCA officers are investigating a dead sheep found last week which had a half-moon symbol carved into its flesh.
Carcasses are often laid in lines near gateways or, in one incident, were arranged as a seven-pointed star.
Farmer Chris Cole, 49, who has lost two sheep, said: “It’s really unnerving. We don’t know who is behind this and where it might lead.”
Another farmer, who has had 12 sheep killed, said: “People are getting scared. If this cult can kill and mutilate sheep, what might they do to us?’
The farmer, who would not be identified for fear of reprisals, added: “We believe they are linked to the Roman god Janus, the god of gateways. Dead sheep are often left in front of a gate – their heads twisted back as though looking through it.”
The Duchy of Cornwall last year generated £14million to help finance Prince Charles’s public and private life. The Prince takes a keen interest in its moorland farms and is expected to be personally briefed on the attacks.
The area includes one of Dartmoor’s most important Bronze Age sites – the Merrivale stone circle and ritual complex – which local legends describe as the “Gateway of the Dead” and one of the spookiest places in the world.
Princetown beat officer PC David Pickles said the attacks were being treated as “criminal damage with a ritual motive”. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-401380/Occultists-slaughter-sheep-Prince-Charless-estate.html)
If you still think this isn’t the most spookiest place in the world, check out the other story about witches on Dartmoor below:
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By J Reynolds, copyright 2009 @ World Mysteries And True Ghost Tales.
This is very interesting and the photos are great! I actually read The Hound of The Baskervilles years ago when I was in school but until now I dont recall ever hearing about Dartmoor.
Thank you for such a thought provoking article, I am loving this site more and more all the time!
I’m glad you like it, Dartmoor is fascinating for many reasons.
I’m trying to find the document with all the stuff on Dartmoor, but can’t at the moment, i think i have it on floppy disc though.
I have not ever heard of this but it is very interesting
I have always been very interested in things such as this and I am a very strong believer in it. I will been back here to read the follow ups at least once a week.
This is a great blog and you have done very well with it
Thanks Tasha, I will do my best to keep it interesting…
Very interesting blog and subjects…this is one I have not previously heard of before reading this.
However I think this article gives a misunderstanding of Satanism, for if you were to read the Satanic Bible, you would see that animal sacrifice is not a ritual included in their philosophy.
Thank you for that jeremy. Beacause I am not aware of the Satanic Bible, I will change the title to occultism, as is mentioned in the article.
wow, that picture of pork hill reeks of evil and negativity (atleast thats wat i feel when i look at it). i mean, its just wrong to kill an animal and leave it there to rot. you should only kill what you plan on eating.
Mark,
That’s how I felt when I saw the pic. You ought to see the actual place, it reaks of evil in certain parts… even the huge buzzards attack people – don’t know how my brother can walk his dogs there. There was an article about the buzzards attacking, i’ll see if i can find it.
Just changing the subject…One very misty morning, my brother and his wife were walking the dogs when all of a sudden, out of the mist, they came face to face with an enormous wild boar. It was also stunned, so my brother and his wife legged it before it came to its senses. Lol, that didn’t half make me laugh when he rang and told me.
Around 100 of these boars had been released from a farm in 2006 by animal activists. They only caught about 40 of the boars. The rest have not been found and who knows how many more have been born.
Mark,
I know it’s wrong to kill them, especially HOW they’re killed. It is animal sacrifice committed by very evil people. The thing is, they never get caught doing it, it’s been going on for centuries.
I have heard that black witchcraft is very powerfull and i’ve even heard that these people are invisible when committing such acts.
I read something recently about tourists visiting Dartmoor, who were stunned whilst witnessing an Adder snake unable to enter a stone circle. They watched as the snake writhed upwards as though an invisible wall were stopping it moving further. The snake could not enter the circle, however much it tried.
In response to Jeremy
I dont think that Satanism is that well organized and in my opinion it is practiced in many different ways by different people, groups, etc. The same is true with “Christianity” there are many different versions of both.
Regarding Satanism, I would agree that there are many misconceptions of Satanism or different ways that people partake in it. I was personally referring to Anton Szandor LaVeys Satanism philosophies, but I see that Satanism covers a wider spectrum than just that now.
There seems to be a distinct line drawn between LaVeyan Satanism, and other forms of Satanism, so as with your example on Christianity, the same applies with Satanism.
That is an interesting article – i may visit Dartmoor now just to feel the atmosphere.
I am amazed by this article – i’ve been to Dartmoor before and must admit when the sun shines it looks beautiful but then the mist all of a sudden comes down and it is really really eerie. I am looking forward to further articles on this website…
Dazzer,
that is interesting that you too have seen this place!
Jill,
you won’t be dissapointed if you do visit.
i live very close to dartmoor and it really is a spooky place sometimes in the fog i get too scared to get out of my car
Stevie,
I’m not surprised you feel scared at times. It can be as clear as day one minute – then the mist just suddenly comes!
It reminds me of the film, ‘The Fog’.
Further to my last comment, I now find that I cannot get the full intrigue of your findings out of my head, and as a result look forward to your next follow up.
Dazzer,
working on the site layout and design at the moment, but within the next week or so, we will be adding more to this and other posts.
I’ve never heard of Buzzards attacking people. Also that first picture looks like bad video-game graphics, if you look closely at the rocks on the far righthand-side, anyhow, I dont aprove of Animal abuse of any kind. The other picture i know are real, and most of them you cant see very far because of the fog… Great article, never heard of dartmoor before either… Would like to hear more..
I am from Moscow and now live in London – i am still finding places to visit in England and this article has made me want to go to Dartmoor to feel it for myself. I visited the New Forest last year and that had the strange mist over various parts and it felt quite scarey too. I like to explore these types of stories so i look forward to more articles on your website – this article in particular has intrigued me.
Warrier Priestess,
the pic is not of Dartmoor, it’s just a kind of animated pic of mist.
Yes, the other pics are real shots.
Buzzards around that area do attack, not all do, but some, which gives it an even more sinister feel to the place.
Dima,
when you do visit, maybe you could tell us how it made you feel. Try and find the Kistvaens too (bronze age burial chambers). I’m going to add more about these chambers.
I read this article and was truly captivated by its content. The information is not only accurate but presented in such a way that it encouraged me to keep reading. I learnt a lot from it and intend revisiting this site.
I found this article fascinating, it highlights that Dartmoor is such an intriguing place. I have visited a place on Dartmoor where there is a small, ancient church some distance from any houses and it stands alone on a hill. The church is dark and empty apart from a stone slab which appears to be used as a table. On this there was evidence of candle wax and burnt embers all of which gave the impression of something sinister and this article reminded me of this place.
My friend and I have recently started walking on Dartmoor. We have seen many dead sheep…with bones scattered somestimes 20 meters apart and some with flesh still attatched. We find it difficult to agree on what killed these animals. Obviously natural death is more than likely. We do however like to believe that there is more to it, and after reading this article and others about the sheep killings we are even more intrigued. We are 20 and we do put ourselves in dangerous and secluded places for fun, but theres always the ‘beast’ or ‘ritual killings’ in the back of our heads. We thoroughly enjoy walking here and it is even more breath taking each time we visit, and always new places to discover! We have seen foals, lambs, new born foxs, some beautiful birds, BIG paw prints, dens people have made from sticks, boulders in trees, fish, and so much more!! My friend also thinks we should go camping there…no chance!
i really would recommend to anyone that dartmoor is a wonderful place to visit.
This article is so gripping, I can’t believe humans (if you can call them that ) would do such a thing to animals!
I know Aimee…bad people and that is fact!
OH it is so good to be here again…always seems like I am fighting one bug or another on this computer of mine!
Awesome article! I have heard of the Bronze age burial stones that are there in Dartmoor…and some of my dear Nana’s best ghost stories were centered around its misty moorlands. This article gives me even better insight to what must be a very spooky place.
The site looks fantastic, by the way!
Hey Scary, she knew Dartmoor…wow! It is a weird and wonderful place, apart from the Occultism of course.
Thanks about the site, but i still have to sort afew problems out with the home page la
yout.