Here's a short clip of our current filmmaking project - The Pike a Bownessie and Eachy in our Lakes; geese disappearing on Bassenthwaite; what is this mystery creature? #folklore #mystery #filmmaking #indiefilm #lakedistrict #cumbria

A giant pike, the Eachy, Bownessie, what is lurking in our Cumbrian lakes? Hollywood glamour, folk tales and tall tales: "The Pike", coming soon #mystery #cryptozoology #folklore #indiefilm #lakedistrict #cumbria

Residents of a rural village fall under the influence of a demonic presence after a farmer unearths a mysterious deformed skull in a field #horror #folkhorror #film The Blood on Satan's Claw, 1971 dir. Piers Haggard

"And now descends the Night of Sin!" #folkhorror #horror #film Enys Men, 2022 Dir. Mark Jenkin

Silent Hill (2006)💀🎬

KING KONG (1933)

In Druidry, Owl is one of the three Elders of the World, the others are Eagle and Blackbird An Owl appearing in your dream represents transformation, hidden wisdom and spiritual evolution #owlishmonday #folklore #druidry 📷 Connor Stefanison

Häxan, a hybrid of documentary and fiction, this silentfilm explores the history of witchcraft, demonology and satanism. dir. Benjamin Christensen, 1922

“Fly camping” Fancy a free campsite in the #lakedistrict?? Just head to the shores of a public park in Keswick! In a campervan? No worries! Just drive on to the shores of beautiful Derwentwater and disturb the habitats that live by the shore 👍 #overtourism #countrysidecode

A tale from the Solway Firth of a mermaid who fell in love with a sailor whom she rescued when his ship ran aground. She slipped a gold ring on his finger and promised to return to him, but after many years, he died, alone. #fairytaletuesday #mermay2025 art: Arthur Rackham

A mermaid would swim up the River Stinchar to Knockdolian Castle at night, sit on a particular black stone, and sing. The inhabitants of the castle had the stone destroyed, so the mermaid put a curse on the family. #FairytaleTuesday #mermay2025 🎨 John William Waterhouse

In Cumbrian dialects, 'merl' is blackbird Blackbird, Stag and Salmon are the 'Three Oldest Animals' in this world Never fall asleep whilst listening to it's song, or you shall awaken in the Land of the Fae #birds #folklore #cumbria #druidry 📷 Walter Baxter

Druids were described as those with ‘raven knowledge’ raven possess the attributes of healing, prophetic knowledge and initiatory power ravens were once only white, they helped humans master fire, and were turned black by the flames #ravens #mythology #Druidry 📷 Shane Lamb

The Scots Gaelic for red deer is 'fiadh ruadh'. In the Highlands people once called them ‘faerie cattle’ as they believed faeries milked them #folklore #faeries #Scotland art: Echoes from the Golden Grove by Annie Stegg

In Cumbrian dialects, 'haeg' is hawthorn Hawthorn stands guard over sacred springs and at the threshold of The Otherworld. It is the tree of the Ancient Ones, faeries #trees #folklore #Cumbria

Woodland teaches us to walk more slowly, listen more deeply, feel more keenly, and sense more subtly, so we can taste the extraordinary magic in each ordinary moment. Our innate sense of magic, mystery and wonder is restored, because woodland reawakens the ancient wisdom that

A 'wraith' is an undead being from Scottish folklore, the embodiment of a soul on the verge of death a 'waff' in Northumberland, and a 'swarth' in Cumbrian dialects #folklore #Scotland art: Vera Violetta

It's #LoveATreeDay 🌳💚🌲 "Every time I meet a tree, if I am truly awake, I stand in awe before it. I listen to its voice, a silent sermon moving me to the depths, touching my heart, and stirring up within my soul a yearning to give my all" ~ Mary Webb #trees 📍#lakedistrict

It's #EndangeredSpeciesDay time is running out for our beloved red squirrels, they could easily become extinct in England in Cumbrian dialects, 'con' and 'swirrel' is red squirrel it's lucky to have them nesting near your home #redsquirrels #folklore #cumbria 📷 Terry Abraham FRGS

'People are still haunted by what happened' - how history's brutal witch trials still resonate now bbc.com/culture/articl…