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Bella in the Wych Elm

Hagley Wood, Worcestershire

Four boys find a skull inside a hollow tree, and a wartime riddle begins.

In April 1943, four boys hunting for birds' nests found a skull inside a hollow wych elm. Police found the remains of a woman who had died about 18 months earlier.

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When
April 1943
Where
52.4200, -2.1230
Group
Unexplained

Visiting

Hagley Wood is private; the nearby Clent Hills are open to walkers.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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