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Giant Rabbit Cryptid of Great Britain: The Hare-King Mystery

The Giant Rabbit – The Most Likely Cryptid of Great Britain

Around 50 years ago, in Dorset, Great Britain, a rabbit of abnormally large size was first spotted. Today, this cryptid is known as the “Hare-King”. In the summer of 1976, a Briton named Louise Hodgson went on a leisurely hiking trip through the Wiltshire hills and the surrounding areas of Dorset. By September, she had reached the village of Aploders, where she met two local gypsies. She stayed in the village for a few days to rest, and one evening, she and her two new acquaintances went for a walk through the moors near the village. They weren’t just strolling; they were looking for rabbits or hares to shoot and roast for dinner. They had two dogs on leashes with them. At one point, they spotted a whole “herd” of about ten hares, which in itself was an unusual sight, as hares are typically solitary animals and only group together during the breeding season. At first, they thought they saw a young deer among the hares, but the closer they got, the more clearly they could see that it wasn’t a deer but another hare, several times larger than the others.

“We came into a secluded valley, and it was early September, so it was an unusual sight for that time of year – there was a group of 10-13 hares, and what we first thought was a deer. But it wasn’t a deer, it was a hare, the size of a deer. It was a remarkable event. It shows that nature still has its mysteries,” said Louise.

The dogs began to bark at the hares, and the group decided to leave the valley to avoid frightening the “magical creature”. Since then, Louise hasn’t been able to stop thinking about that encounter. Decades later, she shared this story with the “witch” Marian Green, whom she met at an occultism festival near the ancient megaliths of Glastonbury in Somerset. Marian told her that sometimes in nature, one can encounter so-called “king and queen hares” – animals of extraordinarily large size.

Some cryptozoologists consider the British giant hare the “most likely English cryptid”, believing that Louise may have accidentally encountered a mutated hare with uncontrollable body growth, or perhaps an escaped South American capybara from a zoo. But what about the “royal squadron” – that is, the group of hares? Why were they all gathered there in the fall?

Aside from Louise, no one else reported seeing the hare-king for some time, but in 2005, in another British county, Oxfordshire, a man named Clive Parker saw a creature on the roadside that he initially mistook for a large dog. The creature had light brown fur, an elongated snout, and was sitting on its hind legs when Parker drove by in his car. It took him a few seconds to realize it wasn’t a dog, but a giant rabbit, judging by its long ears. He quickly stopped, turned around, and drove back, but by the time he arrived at the spot, the creature was gone.

A year later, on October 24, 2006, in the same Oxfordshire region, Tim Hill, his family, and several friends were kayaking down a canal. At one point, they spotted an animal in a neighboring field that appeared to be the size of a large golden retriever. The animal’s fur was reddish-yellow, and it had ears too long to be a dog, fox, or deer. As Hill and his wife took turns looking through binoculars, they confirmed it was indeed a giant rabbit or hare. Unfortunately, the creature quickly disappeared into the nearest thicket, and they never saw it again. Upon discussing the animal’s appearance afterward, they concluded that it was too fluffy to be an ordinary rabbit, meaning it was more likely a giant rabbit.

A popular theory is that the hare-king is actually just a kangaroo, most likely a wallaby, a species of which has been spotted in the wild in Great Britain. It is believed that several wallabies escaped from a zoo some time ago and have been quietly breeding and inhabiting British forests ever since. However, both Louise and later witnesses swear they can distinguish hares and rabbits from kangaroos, and the creature they saw was certainly not a kangaroo.

Interestingly, in nearby Ireland, similar giant rabbit-like creatures have also been spotted, and curiously, the most famous encounter occurred at the end of the 1970s. At that time, a man named Morgan Jones from Dublin was fishing in the Shannon River, and on an island in the middle of the river, he noticed something that resembled a giant rabbit. Jones had binoculars with him and clearly saw the creature.

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