User talk:John Wakley

Herne the Hunter. As Scouts in windsor during the fifties, we were always assured the true story was of a game keeper who poached the King's deer and was subsequently roasted in the beast's skin as a vindictive form of execution. His curse was that he would haunt the Great Park as long as deer ranged freely. He would appear riding a wild horse, wearing antlers with a white owl flying between their branches. On one occasion he was chased by the Kings hunters with dogs to a hole beneath the great oak. The dogs went down the hole but retreated raving mad. Legend has it he was seen by all monarchs right up to George VI's reign and the last deer dying. The current Duke of Edinburgh reintroduced deer later. Herne has not shown himself. John Wakley (talk) 20:24, 8 April 2014 (UTC)jejw