Are churches being attacked by satanists?
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Heather Tomlinson2025-02-26T10:05:00
Heather Tomlinson investigates disturbing reports from the New Forest
In January, residents of Lyndhurst, a village in the middle of the New Forest, were horrified to discover the severed head of a deer in the porch of their local church. Unfortunately, it was not an isolated incident.
At a church in nearby Bramshaw, a dead cat was hung from a flagpole next to the church. An inverted cross and the number ‘666’ was painted on the door back in 2019. Dead sheep sprayed with pentagrams were found in 2020, as well as animal carcasses left in various places. In 2021, another severed deer’s head was left at a foodbank in St Michael’s in Lyndhurst, while pigs’ hearts and candles were found in a deserted area in 2023.
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