Alligator Snapping turtles are very unique creatures. They have one relative the common snapping turtle. The Alligator snapping turtle gets much larger than their cousins. Alligator snapping turtles are threatened and may not be captured from the wild. In most states it is illegal to own one.

I know it may sound a bit nerdy and “anorak-y” but my partner and I like nothing more than spending a couple of hours away from our keyboards and miniscule home office to take our binoculars and digital cameras out and lurk around the woodlands and fens of rural Norfolk.

My great aunt, a very forthright woman, told me a very strange and eerie tale when I was a child. I did publish it in very brief terms two or three years ago before I'd gained in confidence with my writing, but here it is in full. My mother has recently found a letter which confirms the main details.