It's a jungle out there!

If you go down in the woods today... you might catch a glimpse of pumas or panthers quietly stalking the tranquil Dorset countryside!

Disbelievers will scoff at such an unlikely scenario, but there are experts and enthusiasts who believe the idea is a genuine possibility borne out by a string of eyewitness reports.

Source: Dorset Echo Friday 20th Sep 2002

It's spooky... you've got to hand it to her!

Spooky battles, a disappearing coach and horses, baying hell-hounds and horses hooves rampaging through the woods at night.

Three women with plenty of spirit are compiling a book of ghostly goings-on in Dorset.

Cathie O'Donnell met her partners Sue Burleigh and Tracey Moody at a belly-dancing class in Blandford

Two years ago they started their popular Hallowe'en charity walk through bits of the town said to be haunted.

Source: Bournemouth Daily Echo Monday 9th Sep 2002