Yorkshire's most mysterious myth and legends
Hobgoblins, smugglers, vampires and lost lands – there is more to the coastline and countryside than meets the eye.
Yorkshire has magical creatures, mythical heroes, monsters and miracles different from anywhere else in the world and with a unique sense of otherness.
Authors including Bram Stoker, Lewis Carroll and JRR Tolkien drew on the region's rich legacy to create new myths.
With the witching hour around the corner we look at some of the ‘tall tales’ from across the county.
Staithes sea creatures
Beautiful mermaids have been caught infishermen's nets in the fishing village. Legend hasit twomermaids were sweptashoreduring a storm. Theywereimprisoned formonths beforecharming a fisherman to set them free