National Rail Enquiries tweet

[mrpoultice]

Rather unusual (and fortean) tweet from the normally prosaic National Rail Enquiries twitter account.

https://twitter.com/#!/nationalrailenq/ ... 3518760960

Screen grab Here

Safe to say if you are in the Shepley area, keep your eyes peeled for the Lion in question...
Mr P

 

[tony_carson]

BBC news report :-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-15614294

 

[Mythopoeika]

It could either be a hoax or a large dog fitting the description.
There seem to be no reports of a lion escaping from a zoo.

 

[Pete Younger]

Most likely a big ginger tom.

 

[OneWingedBird]

Or a return of the legendary 'beast of eczema' :lol:

 

[_Lizard23_]

Shepley had a big black cat report a few years ago too, I believe it made it into an FT ABC round-up, but I can't find anything about it online.

By coincidence the last time I was down there, at the end of October 2011, a friend told me about 'pagans' practising in Shepley woods, which is a story I last remember hearing something like 25 years ago (actually then it was 'satanists').
It wouldn't surprise me, and I don't suggest the events are in any way related, but the timing is interesting.

It's not a hugely mystical part of the world but the woods are very atmospheric and the train line runs through them.

 

[_Lizard23_]

And an update from the local rag:

Police Believe It Was A Hoax

 

[mrpoultice]

Hoax?

Three calls about different locations?

wouldn't genuine mistaken identity on behalf of the callers seem more likely if it was different people calling in the sightings.

They seem to have hit it with the "Hoax" stick a bit quick.

Mr P

 

[_Lizard23_]

... and a little local humour ....