Kent County In The UK Is A Hotbed For Sightings Of The Strange

1. Bigfoot spotted in Tunbridge Wells – November 2012

Claims abounded that a strange creature had been spotted in woodland near Tunbridge Wells.

Dubbed the Kentish Apeman, it was said he was a mighty eight-foot tall, was covered in hair and had red demonic eyes.

The 2012 sighting tied in with one nearly 70 years ago on the same spot on Tunbridge Wells Common – the 200-acre wooded site which sits in the centre of the town – and after it was reported, it jogged the memory of another local resident.

He went online to reveal how it tallied closely with a story he had heard years ago.

The author, who billed themselves as Graham S from the town, revealed how when he was working as a painter in the house of an elderly lady, she regaled him with a tale of coming face to face with the apeman on the Common during World War Two.

The post read: “One particular day she went to the Common with her husband and was sitting on a bench when they became aware of a shuffling noise behind them.

“Upon turning around both her husband and herself saw what she described as a tall, hairy ape like creature with eyes that were burning a reddish colour and it was moving towards them at a slow pace. They observed this creature for some time until they became afraid and they both fled – terrified.

“She went on to say that they told the police and members of their family, thinking that a gorilla had escaped from a zoo, but were laughed at and were not believed.”

2. Crabzilla – Whistable, October 2014

Controversy raged over a photo showing what appeared to be the world’s largest crab – in Whitstable.

While some claimed that the photo, which shows the creature dubbed ‘crabzilla’ proves the existence of the 50ft beast, others are more sceptical.

The picture shows the outline of a crab in the Kent harbour, at the end of a pier, many times bigger than the surrounding fishing boats.

Because the crab is very similar, if not identical, in form to the common edible crab (which grows to a more realistic five inches in span) some have claimed the imaged have been photoshoppped.

The image was first posted on website weird Whitstable.

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