The Cave-Wyrm Theory

[Fjell]

It?s fully covered here, and I think you will agree Billy has the situation bang to rights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW-IgJHM3cY

 

[Pitlamp]

Imagine if you could get one of them things trained up - we'd never need to get our hands dirty digging again!

 

[Mrs Trellis]

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John Beck was in that film as a caving extra, who would've thought it, JB in a Ken Russell film
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I don't remember him looking like this:-

 

[Ed]

but is it the white or red wyrm variety?

 

[pwhole]

My aunt's family moved to Chester-le-Street in the early 1970s, and with her being an identical twin to my mum, we spent a lot of time up there, as one might imagine - and so got to find out about the local legend of the Lambton Worm, which is kind of wacky too. Most searches just bring up the same-named pub in town, so I've done the hard work for you all:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton_Worm

I certainly caught plenty of eels from the River Wear in the local park, but sadly no more than bootlace size. Also caught a flounder about as big as an oak leaf, which is what I thought it was at first. Not bad for ten miles inland! I also got smashed up by a very large salmon, but that's another story...

 

[PeteHall]

I like that pwhole, thanks for sharing. I lived in County Durham for 5 years and never came across this one.

 

[mikem]

Only the third time it's been mentioned in the thread 

 

[pwhole]

Sorry, I missed that one! But from memory, the one time I saw that movie years ago I don't remember anything about the Lambton Worm at all. I was pretty out of it though - watching it totally straight would be ridiculous

 

[PeteHall]

Clearly I haven't bothered reading the whole thread 

 

[Ed]

I like that pwhole, thanks for sharing. I lived in County Durham for 5 years and never came across this one.

There is also the Sockburn Worm

 

[mikem]

The only memorable thing in the film was Amanda Donohoe

 

[Mrs Trellis]

The only memorable thing in the film was Amanda Donohoe

Two memorable things Shirley?

 

[mikem]

For once your profile pic is appropriate...

 

[Cavewyrm]

Know about the new mythology of cave wyrms that have been circulating around the internet.. you will get a detailed guide about them at https://cavewyrm.com/.

 

[mikem]

The early mythology was obviously based on finding dinosaur fossils buried in the ground

 

[Jenny P]

I recall an early issue of the Orpheus Caving Club journal "The Lyre" which cxarefully explained how the scallop marks seen in caves were actually caused by an "Articulated Molybator" and these were its teeth marks.

There was also the "Elastic Theory of Cave Deformation" which explained how the weight of cavers descending a pothle or cave stretched the fabris of the cave so tht it was always further to come out than it was to go down.

 

[langcliffe]

There was also the "Elastic Theory of Cave Deformation" which explained how the weight of cavers descending a pothle or cave stretched the fabris of the cave so tht it was always further to come out than it was to go down.

Now, that does make sense!

 

[kay]

I remember being given a tour of a folly being built on a river in the NE, possibly Tees, which was designed to catch the Wyrm that lived in the river. How can I have forgotten so much about it that I can't even find it on google?

 

[Lankyman]

I remember being given a tour of a folly being built on a river in the NE, possibly Tees, which was designed to catch the Wyrm that lived in the river. How can I have forgotten so much about it that I can't even find it on google?

Would that be the Penshaw Monument and the Lambton Worm?

Lambton Worm - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Cantclimbtom]

The early mythology was obviously based on finding Dragon bones buried in the ground

Fixed it for you ..