Mysterious Somerset and Bristol

     Mysterious Somerset And Bristol is the next volume in Derby Books’ Mysterious Counties series. It takes the reader on a fascinating journey through this most beautiful, mystical, enchanting and yet sometimes eerie county, looking at its strange historical curiosities, unexplained mysteries and supernatural phenomena. Covering a wide area – from Exmoor, through the Brendon Hills and the Quantocks, the Mendip Hills and Cheddar Gorge, to the Avon Gorge and southern Bristol – the author has unearthed hundreds of strange tales and anecdotes to capture the imagination and, sometimes, chill the blood.

     Researched and compiled from archive sources, although up-to-date and including many contemporary first-hand accounts and contributions, Mysterious Somerset and Bristol should prove a satisfying read for the lovers of all that is weird, wonderful and unexplained in this part of the South West. What is behind the ghostly sobbing that plagues an organic farm near North Petherton? Can it be that King Arthur’s ghost still patrols South Cadbury?What are the monstrous creatures that have occasionally been encountered in the Bristol Channel? Does a petrified witch really glare at tourists in the subterranean recesses of Wookey Hole?  And what to make of the strange things that have been witnessed in the skies: phantom battles over Lansdown, exploding meteorites over Yeovil, twin suns over Chard and, most recently, a staggering array of missiles, phantom aeroplanes and mysterious UFOs? Within these pages, the reader will discover a Somerset and Bristol rich in folklore, supernatural and paranormal phenomena, myth and legend – a land where every town and village from Minehead to Bath hides a perplexing mystery; Mysterious Somerset And Bristol is the most thought-provoking and comprehensive look at the region’s mysteries in years.