SECRET CROC
Rumours of a crocodile hidden under the floor of Gynradd Gymraeg Bodringallt School in Ystrad, Wales, passed down through generations, turned out to be true when workmen discovered its remains in 2019. The legend described a local who served in World War I bringing back the body of the saltwater crocodile as a souvenir for the school where it was supposed to have been on display for a time, but was hidden during WWII, after which it was largely forgotten about. Now, after conservation, it has been returned to display in the school. walesonline.co.uk, 14 Jan 2022.
BADGER CRIME
Police in Dudley, West Midlands, were seeking an arsonist who had killed a badger and set fire to its body. They had then dressed the animal’s charred remains in a Babygro and suspended it from a nearby post and burned the shape of a heart into the ground at
