The Green Children of Woolpit: Folklore or Alien Encounter?
In the 12th century, in the quiet farming village of Woolpit, Suffolk—about eight miles east of Bury St Edmunds and roughly seventy miles northeast of London—two children emerged from the fields near deep wolf traps dug to protect livestock. Their skin was green. Their language was unknown. And they survived on nothing but raw beans.
Recorded by medieval chroniclers during a time of war, famine, and fear, the story of the Green Children has puzzled listeners for centuries. Were they lost refugee children, victims of illness and displacement? A symbolic medieval folktale? Or something far stranger—visitors from another world, underground realm, or parallel land bathed in perpetual twilight?
In this episode, we explore the history, folklore, medical theories, and modern speculation behind one of England’s most enduring mysteries—and ask the question that still refuses to fade: Who were the Green Children of Woolpit, and why does their story still haunt us today?
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