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Finding the Notoriously Shy Dormouse
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sarwah · 1 year
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cryptids-of-the-world · 8 months
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The Sandown Clown is a mysterious humanoid that was encountered by 2 children in May of 1973 at Lake Common in Sandown on the Isle of Wight in the UK. The Sandown Clown is described as a tall humanoid standing around 6.5 feet tall and very thin with white skin that had the feel and look of paper; it's hands and feet also only had three digits on them and it had two triangular blue eyes, a brown rectangular shaped nose, and yellow lips which all appeared to be painted on it and it also wore a hat in where reddish-brown hair could be seen under it; it also had two antenna which appeared to be made of wood and it also carried a microphone. The Sandown Clown was said to be friendly but very shy and scared of humans; it was so scared of humans in fact that it said if it were attacked, it would not defend itself. It drank water from the stream that it cleaned before drinking it and ate berries that it ate oddly; it ate them by putting its head forward and moving the berries back and forth between both of its eyes and then down into its mouth. It had a sign that had the words, "Sam" and "All colors". When the kids asked if it was a ghost the Sandown Clown replied, Well not really, but I am in an odd sort of way." Any other questions the children asked it about itself it replied with "You know". The kids talked to it for 30 minutes then it was never seen again. To this day, the Sandown Clown still remains a mystery.
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Enfield 8000, 1974. An electric city car that was developed by Isle of Wight company Enfield Automotive, owned by Greek millionaire Giannis Goulandris. The prototype and early production were built on the Isle of Wight before Goulandris moved operations to the Greek Island of Syros. In total 120 cars were built with 65 used by the Electricity Council and electricity boards in the south of England. The project failed not least because the cars cost as much as a new Rover 2200, also the range was limited to 40 miles but could drop to 15 in cold weather.
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retrosaurus · 4 months
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Dinosaur Isle Museum in Sandown on the Isle of Wight, England 🦖
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ornithorynquerouge · 3 months
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Miles Davis, Isle of Wight by Jim Marshall. 1971
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thesubtlepenguin · 9 months
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oldmanpeace · 3 months
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Isle of Wight Festival, 1970.
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federer7 · 2 months
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Pamela Minchin on the Isle of Wight, 1939
Photo: Norman Parkinson
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worldwillhatethis · 3 months
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(from top left) 'Broken Gate', 'Gorse', 'Longstone', 'Ryde Pier', 'South Away'
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death-by-mercury · 1 year
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What's Going On - Taste with Rory Gallagher at the Isle of Wight on August 28, 1970
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kvetch19 · 7 months
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Isle of Wight - Needles Lighthouse
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livesunique · 1 year
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Osborne House, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
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ltwilliammowett · 8 months
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Frigate off Bembridge, Isle of Wight, by Tim Thompson (1967-)
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sbrown82 · 1 year
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Marsha Hunt performing at the Isle of Wight Music Festival in August 1969.
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countriesgame · 1 month
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Info: Isle of Wight is not a country. The blog is open to non-country polls now. In this case, it refers to an island in the south of England.
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