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THE mysterious growling noise that has been terrifying visitors to the ruined church in Thundridge, near Ware, has been captured on video, which the Herald can exclusively reveal.
We reported earlier this month how a Cambridge couple fled after hearing "groaning noises" in the darkness, when they visited the ruined church off Cold Christmas Lane.
Robert Gough and girlfriend Rebecca Thorburn heard about the site from some friends and this was the second time they had explored it, but things took a sinister turn this time around.
Robert told the Herald: "I went through that hole and heard those groaning noises. I thought it was just the wind or something, but then I heard it again but a lot louder and then I saw something in the dark. I didn't think to stay and see what it was so I just ran. To this day i have no idea what it was, could have been kids messing about, or an animal, or something else! One thing's for sure I'm never going back there again."
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Last week Hoddesdon pensioners Ann and Leonard Crump heard the "menacing" noise, which they claim was a warning to stay away from the site, off Cold Christmas Lane.
Legend has it the circa 1100 tower's unorthodox alignment caused tragedy and bad luck for the village in days gone by.
Ann, 63, of Crossfield Road, said: "We went along there yesterday my husband and myself, I'm in my 60s and he's in his 70s. I do believe in things but I put it in my mind to be sceptical.
"It was around about 12.30pm, he was taking photos from the outside and I walked around the outside to the hole in the wall, I put my hand on the wall to put my head inside and I heard this awful groan. It was a cross between a groan and a growl. It was a horrible menacing growl, as if to say 'don't get near'."
The church is thought to have been built circa 1100, and the rest of the structure was demolished in 1853. Legend has it the church faced the wrong direction, and so brought bad luck to the village. The material from the demolition was used in the restoration of Sacomb Church.
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