Fears ‘Devil worshippers’ are again as severed deer head left hanging on lamppost
Locals fear “Satanists” have returned to a village famous for its long history of witchcraft.
A severed deer head strung up from a lamppost is thought to be the latest in a string of “sacrificial killings” linked to Devil worshippers in New Forest, Hampshire. Police are now investigating and have stepped up patrols in the wake of the “sickening act.”
Weeks before the deer slaying, Commoners Defence Association chairman, Andrew Parry-Norton found some sheep that had been attacked. He said sheep deaths have been happening for the last five years and believes a spear or knife was used.
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He told MailOnline: “Whoever this person is needs to be caught. If they can do this to sheep, what else could they do if confronted?
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“This is just pure sick behaviour. Someone must get some perverse enjoyment from it.”
In May 2023 another commoner, Patrick Langdown said he suspected occult-style animal killings after one of his lambs was found dumped and with its throat slit at Long Cross Pond, near Fritham.
He had heard of another incident in Beaulieu where a dead lamb had a Bible placed on it. Another was found slaughtered and sprayed with pentagrams.
And in January 2023 animal entrails including hearts, surrounded by a circle of 30 candles, were laid out in a pattern on the top of a stone-mounted trig point at Stagbury Hill, near Bramshaw.
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In December 2022 the 12th century St Peter’s Church, on Judds Hill, was targeted twice. The vicar warned on “sinister” activities after the bodies of dead animals were dumped there.
Later that year police launched an investigation after sheep and cattle were found stabbed and sprayed with occult markings in the space of five days within a few miles of each other in the Bramshaw area, but the perpetrator was never found.
Burley has been associated with tales of witchcraft for centuries. It was home to Britain’s most famous ‘witch’, Sybil Leek, who lived in Burley in the 1950s.
Hampshire Police said: “Enquiries are ongoing, please contact Ringwood police if you have any information that may assist.”
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