Ghost Wolf and the Curse of Hexham Heads (10 photos)

The story happened relatively recently, when the superstitions of the dark times seemed to be a thing of the past. In 1971, the Robson family, living in Hexham, Northumberland in northern England, left their home due to strange incidents. Strange things began for them only after they discovered two stone heads in their garden.





The Hexham heads were small, only about 6cm in diameter. One of these heads was called "boy" because of the masculine shape of the skull, and the other "girl" because of its feminine features and long hair.



Hexham

According to family members, the heads moved on their own. And this was not the whole list of surprises.

The most terrible event of the first days was an incident witnessed by one of the family’s children. The front door to the house opened by itself, and a terrifying creature appeared outside - half sheep, half man. A neighbor also saw the creature at the front door, but by the time the family responded to the child's cries, it had already disappeared.

Buried and damned



Robson Brothers

The stones were discovered by the boys, Colin and Leslie, who were digging in the garden of their house. The children found two small stones in the shape of skulls. They turned out to be carved heads, which the brothers brought into the house to show their parents.

The heads from Hexham, however, only vaguely resembled skulls and were distinguished by a rather primitive design. The crafts were spherical and had small necks, which indicated that they were once connected to something larger - a body, torso, or stand.

The discovery of these stones aroused not only curiosity, but also horror. The Robson family began to experience paranormal activity in the house. Once it was noticed how invisible hands were moving heads, and bottles that were standing in the house were flying across the rooms.



These oddities were not limited to the Robson family. Even neighbors reported strange events.

After information about the find became known to journalists, art experts came to study the Hexham heads. Even experts have had difficulty determining when these stone heads were created. They were carefully studied several times, but the results were always different from each other.

It is generally accepted that such things are associated with the Celtic tradition. Dr. Anne Ross, an art expert, took the trouble to examine and analyze the artifacts.



But, taking the heads in her hands, she fell under the influence of the curse. Later in her reports, she wrote that she saw a half-wolf, half-man walking up the stairs in her house. She said she followed the creature down the stairs and into the kitchen, after which it disappeared.

Shortly thereafter, Dr. Ross's daughter, Bernice, also experienced a similar phenomenon. She felt a dark figure standing behind her. Moreover, most often such sensations arose when the stone craft was in her hands. It soon became clear to everyone who lived in the house that these Hexham stones had some kind of supernatural influence on them. The stones were removed from the house and the persecution ceased.

Then a man named Desmond Craig showed up and claimed that he had made the heads. In 1956, while he was living in the house that would later be occupied by the Robson family, he made three such stones for his daughter, he said.



Craig with heads

One of these stones was lost, but two remained. He said he used local water, sand and stone to make the faces.

But Craig’s statements were not immediately accepted: he was asked to repeat the experiment. He did, but his copies were much cruder than the ones he claimed to have created 16 years earlier.

Over the course of several years, several researchers worked with Hexham heads. The heads eventually ended up in the possession of the University of Southampton and were then given to a psychic in 1978. After this, the stones were considered lost, as there is currently no information about their location or owner.

Versions and theories



Since the heads were initially believed to be of Celtic origin, they were associated with an ancient curse.

A theory then emerged that the stones were associated with Norse mythology, specifically the monster known as the wulver or wolverver. This half-man, half-wolf matched the descriptions offered by Dr. Ross and her family very closely. In mythology, the wulver was a powerful spirit, but he treated all people favorably as long as they did not provoke him.



Wolver

However, the people of Hexham had, as they thought, good reason to fear him. In 1904, the city suffered an attack by a creature described as a wild wolf. Many at the time believed this creature to be supernatural, and of course, a connection was made between the sightings in the 1970s and this monster.

In 1904, a wolf was killed by a passing train as it escaped from the fields after killing a mass of livestock. Many people believed that the creature from the 1970s was the wolf, which was more than just a feral animal. In their opinion, the power of the heads helped the wolf regain strength and live.



But, unfortunately, today there is no way to study either the heads themselves or the effect they were rumored to have. After the stone heads were lost, reports of such cases stopped.



Hexham or Allendale Wolf