"British fishermen have long been known to exaggerate the size of ‘the one that got away’. In fact, some stretches of water in these Isles have produced consistent reports of abnormally large fish, dating back centuries. But despite innumerable accounts over hundreds of years, there is at least one freshwater creature that has so far eluded scientific discovery. If reports are to be believed, it has claimed dozens of lives in England’s Lake District. Resembling a gigantic pike but possessing a horse’s mane and hind legs, it goes by many names: Viking settlers called it the Slœdgadda. But in Cumbrian dialect, it is known as the Dregpike."

Produced in 1974, the British Cryptids films were presumably destined to be sold to a UK broadcaster either BBC or ITV but they seem to only have been shown at schools and ended up languishing in public libraries.

Sadly, the video files recovered from the Internet Archive (which no longer seem to be online) were of poor quality and incomplete. The fragments are presented here as we found them. We leave it to the viewer to imagine what may be missing.

Amongst the titles we were able to acquire are: ‘Yorkshire Yeti’, ‘Hereford Twiggywitch’, ‘Stag Men’, ’Souter Sea Wolf’ and ‘The Woodwose of Cannock Chase’, but the catalogue numbers on each film suggest that there could be many more.

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