The Renwick Cockatrice

December 8, 2008

During the 1700s a Cockatrice terrorized the village at Renwick when the local church was being demolished, and this legendary creature was described as resembling a bat. Villagers would say that they could sense the presence of this creature due to a sudden chill in the air. The beast was eventually slain with a rowan branch by John Tallantire.

However, the classic description of a Cockatrice is a large rooster with a serpent’s tail, and the creature has reportedly been seen since in 1959. Perhaps Tallantire had not killed the legendary Cockatrice after all?

Read more interesting Lake District ghost stories at GrasmereCumbria.co.uk.

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