Legendary Creatures of Britain - Documentary

In this video, we take a look at some of the most famous legendary creatures of England, Scotland, and Wales, and consider if, some of them may have a basis in reality...

Music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

Dreams Become Real
Night of Chaos
Fantastic Dim Bar
Hidden Past
Lightless Dawn
Come Play With Me

Works Cited

[19] Gifford, T (1921). "The Unseen Hands". London Daily Mail.

[20] “Morgawr.” Wikipedia, the Free Encylopedia.

[25] "Loch Ness Underwater Photographs Page.” LochNess.Org

[26] "Loch Morar Monster Morag Sightings Uncovered.” BBC News, 25 Feb, 2013.

[27] « Morag. (Lake Monster) » Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

[28] Henderson, William. “Notes on the Folklore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders.” Nichols and Sons, 1879, Chap. 7

[perciusmandate]

"It looks and sounds just like a big owl!"

Maybe... it's a big owl.

[suzanmotan]

I think they prefer to be referred as "British people"

[MrMalformedllama]

The funny thing is, 1, 000 years ago this would've been unbelievable, but now with the technology available I can go into the forest with two red LEDs and a blanket and scare the shit out of people

[apelikemenace]

The only time you should be frightened on Loch Ness is if everything gets quiet, and you hear...
"I need about Tree Fitty"

[BobsCancer]

guess your not gonna talk about the queen then

[graysylvian]

No beast of Bodmin moor? That one is most likely real, probably an escaped big cat.

[chudson]

I know In my part of the country people have reported seeing Roman soldiers marching along old Roman roads with their feet under the modern roads obviously because current roads built over old Roman roads

[diebesgrab]

“the loch is only 10, 000 years old”

Thank you. So few arguments about Nessie (as a relic plesiosaur), whether for or against, make mention of this, when it’s pretty clearly the most damning evidence to the idea of a plesiosaur in Loch Ness.

Also thank you for presenting all of these so evenhandedly. It seems like virtually every detailed account of cryptids I’ve seen either aims to convince the viewer or outright ridicules the idea. Happy to see a rational account presenting the stories, hypotheses, and counterevidence without descending into bluster or mockery.

[someonesomeone]

One of the best things of living in Britain is how haunted and enchanted it all is ... everywhere you go has tales of ghosts, monsters, fairies and whatnot.

[allnamesweretaken.]

As a Scottish person, I was surprised by how well he said the names of places and other things. Well done

[Mr.internet.Lag.]

the scariest creature is the immortal lich that is said to eat small children in Buckingham Palace

[Somewhat-Evil]

The TV series Grimm could've done an entire season in England.

[frederickwallace]

My mother from Connemara, she would be 102 this year, as we were walking along a road pointed at a small peaty brown pond and said, very matter of factly that a water horse lived there, a horse's head, shaggy fur, about 6ft long, smelling of ammonia would cross the road into another pond. Dogs were also scared of it. She mentioned it as simply as that's a yew tree.

[TheMercian]

British folklore, ancient & modern is incredibly rich.

Thanks for the video.

[deathsyth]

Tourist: Glaswegians aren't real.
A Glaswegian: Oi.
Tourist:

[ofthedarknessthemoonlight]

Wow. I was just writing this when you mentioned the low frequency sound effect... "I wonder if the feeling of anxiety could be caused by wind conditions and resulting low frequency sound..."

Good review of possibilities, man. Nice work!

[richiebcarric]

Thank you for a very clear, concise and measured narration..makes such a change from the more loud, hysterical excitability that we hear.

[ximthedespot]

A Scottish Bigfoot. Don't you mean McBigfoot?

[purplehaze]

I misheard “The grey man” as “The gay man” initially.

[houselightkell]

4:55 I've heard footsteps behind me once. Turns out though my boots were flinging snow behind me as I walked