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A fire breathing dragon used to roam the moor!
The Drizzlecombe Dragon used to stand guard on Dartmoor looking after the minerals.
Dartmoor's Phantom Houses
Have you ever seen a house, and the next time you visit it's not there? you are not alone
Don't be too kind to pixies! It may backfire on you.
Lisa Schneidau has the cautionary tale of the pixie Threshers. Picture credit: Getty
The Nine Dancing Maidens
The Beltane festival and dancing has origins on Dartmoor. Emma Cunis has the story
What is the inspiration for the pixie based stores from Dartmoor?
The origin of stories in which people claim to have been led astray by pixies
What's the worst that could happen if you walk on the moor to meet your true love?
Lisa Schneidau has the sorry tale of the Huccaby Courting.
The Haunting of The Abbots Way
Headless horseman, supernatural hounds, a red monk and more: all seen on the Abbots Way
The carpenter's pencil
A kind of 6th sense tells a trainee lawyer to go to Exeter. He might save a life.
The Witchfox of Hound Tor
A nobleman falls in love with a witch's grand daughter, but all is not well
The faithless wives of Chagford.
The stones of Dartmoor decide the fate of the 'Faithless wives of Chagford'
