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Old 25-07-2007, 05:18 PM
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Re: Gamekeeper's gibbet? *Gruesome pic alert!*

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Originally Posted by wildlifesnapper View Post
Hi

if it was a gamekeepers gibbet I can't see it being at the side of a public footpath.Like you the couple I've seen have been away from public access such as at the side of a field tied to wire etc. (Moles on that one). Could someone with a sick sense of humour found it dead and sqewered it on the hedge??

neil
Not my experience, I've known gamekeepers (presumably - but could have been any simple sadist) deliberately do this sort of thing near public footpaths, especially barbed wire by stiles. Serves the added benefit of deterring the public from access to the country.
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