The Green Children of Woolpit
Picture generated with AI Location: Woolpit, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Dates Active: 1100s Category: Extraterrestrials, Lost Lands and Ruins, Odd People Cause: Unknown Status: Closed Entry ID: 022424F-00075 Summery: An odd story of a pair of green siblings arriving from an unknown land in 1100s England. In Depth: This tale is about a pair of children, a brother and sister, who were found at the bottom of a wolf pit near the village of Woolpit (which was coincidentally named after the wolf pits the children fell in.) The children were rescued from the pit and brought back to the village, where the townsfolk marveled at the children because their skin was an unusual shade of green. The children were otherwise normal looking, but were unable to speak the local language and would only eat 'broad beans' (also known as 'fava' or 'faba' beans) when they were first encountered. According to the legend no one ever came to claim the children, and the villag...