Wold Newton Triangle

Inside England is a place called Yorkshire Wolds, a district of hills of the Chalk Group, limestone rocks and an arc formation that appeared during the Cretaceous era. The Rudston Monolith is the tallest megalith in England which is located in the area. The Wold Triangle is a term given to the mysterious nature of that location. It was the place of a huge meteorite crashing into this very place back in 1795, called the Wold Cottage Meteorite. It's recorded as the second biggest meteor crash in Europe. This space rock was collected and it's now on display at the Natural History Museum in London. On the crater now stands a monument to remember the meteorite event. 

Within the Wold Newton Triangle is folklore and local legends of werewolves, ghosts, fairy folk and dragons. Visualising the triangle, the eastern tip is at the North Sea, and the northern point is further inland at the Yorkshire Wolds, but the southern tip of the triangle is near a crossroads where the A614 and B1249 meet. 

The shape of the triangle itself passes along the coastline, main modern roads and old Roman roads. A certain river appears and disappears, called the Gypsey Race, which is a winterbourne stream that rarely breaks and causes flooding. This particular river is said to be cursed, and when it floods, bad things happen. It flooded soon before the outbreak of the bubonic plague, the 12th century Anarchy, the English Civil War, the Great Fire of London, the meteorite crashing in the Wolds, then bad harvests and storms, World War One, World War Two, harsh winter of 1947 and 1962, then also it flooded in 2012. 

In centuries past, wolves roamed the countryside and dug up graves to feast on the dead, making them turn into fearsome monsters. It was believed that an 8 foot tall werewolf lives in the area and is half man, half wolf. Alongside this terrible werewolf are the phantom black dogs running around the hills. Sightings of a black bear have been reported. It's believed that anyone who can hear howling coming from the wolds will perish the next day. 

There are plenty other weird goings on that it would be too much to mention in one brief post. There is a book about it called A Travel Guide to Yorkshire's Weird Wolds: The Mysterious Wold Newton Triangle by Charles Christian, and recently an added edition of same book with subtitle "New Werewolf Update!". 

A detailed map of the Wold Newton Triangle:

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