Tales from English Folklore #6: The Wild Man of Orford

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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
  • A story from the Suffolk town of Orford tells of a peculiar creature pulled from the sea by local fishermen. Hair-covered and illiterate, he was a mystery to the local townsfolk.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 151

  • @tanya292
    @tanya292 4 роки тому +81

    Another entry in the Crocombe Cinematic Universe!

    • @yoginc
      @yoginc 4 роки тому +6

      With a crossover by Aquaman from the dceu!

    • @alejandrosakai1744
      @alejandrosakai1744 Рік тому

      Mrs. Crocombe is a renactress!

  • @franzludwig6064
    @franzludwig6064 4 роки тому +197

    Mrs. C: After a week of torture, our ingredient is ready for cooking...

    • @pattizayas1051
      @pattizayas1051 4 роки тому

      lol

    • @robarans4866
      @robarans4866 4 роки тому +1

      what is Mrs. Crocombe a Dark Eldar Archon now?

    • @Tina06019
      @Tina06019 4 роки тому

      Ouch!

    • @Arch732
      @Arch732 4 роки тому

      For god sake

    • @sheep1ewe
      @sheep1ewe 4 роки тому +2

      Ha ha ha!
      (I lover her, but i think it's fun because she seem to be a kind person in reality, at least i think she is. :) )

  • @unclekendy8497
    @unclekendy8497 4 роки тому +168

    I'm a simple man i see miss crocombe
    I must watch it

  • @ThisApp
    @ThisApp 4 роки тому +24

    Mrs Crocombe should make a fish pie. Give us more cooking videos please! I need something to watch at 2 am

  • @ameliabrown3987
    @ameliabrown3987 4 роки тому +100

    Definitely thought that was Hugh Laurie in the thumbnail for a second.

    • @WouldntULikeToKnow.
      @WouldntULikeToKnow. 4 роки тому +4

      Me too! Had to do a double take! 😂

    • @eetadakimasu
      @eetadakimasu 4 роки тому +4

      Me too, that's why I clicked rofl!

    • @raraavis7782
      @raraavis7782 4 роки тому

      Amelia Brown
      Me, as well!

    • @raraavis7782
      @raraavis7782 4 роки тому +2

      Vera Didenko
      I know, I wish they would name the actors in the description box. Poor guys never get any credit!

    • @bertabear74
      @bertabear74 4 роки тому

      I did too, that’s why I watched it 😋

  • @corvuscorone7735
    @corvuscorone7735 4 роки тому +6

    What a gorgeous looking wild man, those eyes

  • @annagulina5954
    @annagulina5954 4 роки тому +5

    Music on the background of the tale is mesmerizing! Absolutely love it

  • @rachelball1174
    @rachelball1174 4 роки тому +6

    Thank you for this. I thoroughly enjoyed it. And was quite pleased to see our Mrs. Crocombe.

  • @kirstenpaff8946
    @kirstenpaff8946 4 роки тому +119

    Hmm, I would have guessed the historical roots of this story were that some fishermen found a shipwrecked foreign sailor. It would explain why he didn't speak English and if he looked sufficiently non-English, that would have led to the sort of human but not really description. Him returning to the town for a few months could have been the result of his first escape attempt failing. Escape is all well and good, but without a way to get home or communicate with the locals, he would have been dependent on the people who found him until he figured out a plan that went beyond escaping.

    • @yoginc
      @yoginc 4 роки тому +2

      You have a point but my a question remains in my mind... How did he end up naked??

    • @BeagleLove13
      @BeagleLove13 4 роки тому +16

      yoginc, Wet clothes can be very heavy. He probably pulled them off to keep from being drug under by the weight.

    • @Eowyn3Pride
      @Eowyn3Pride 4 роки тому +2

      I like this explanation!👍

    • @Eowyn3Pride
      @Eowyn3Pride 4 роки тому

      @@yoginc shipwreck? Fever?

    • @loganstroganoff1284
      @loganstroganoff1284 Місяць тому

      Poopoo peepee

  • @HumDoodle
    @HumDoodle 4 роки тому +66

    Mrs Crocombe: the Time Lord

  • @mrscrocombe7246
    @mrscrocombe7246 4 роки тому +63

    That woman looks oddly Familiar.

    • @Eowyn3Pride
      @Eowyn3Pride 4 роки тому +8

      A cousin, twice removed from your mother's side, perhaps. 😉

    • @brookeggleston9314
      @brookeggleston9314 4 роки тому +6

      @@Eowyn3Pride No, her father's side!

  • @rachelcollins8158
    @rachelcollins8158 4 роки тому +31

    Another wonderfully done video from English Heritage. This channel is wonderful as far as education on England's heritage. The videos are always so well done with wonderful actors and terrific explanations.

  • @zinniagarden
    @zinniagarden 4 роки тому +28

    Old Gregg! They pulled him up with their strong arms.

  • @sandyCP
    @sandyCP 4 місяці тому

    More folklore please! I love folklore and I wonder why we don't get to hear about English folklore as much as we get to hear about other aspects of their culture?🤔

  • @christinethornhill
    @christinethornhill 4 роки тому +10

    Much as I love watching the delightful Miss Crocombe , please forgive me for being distracted from the story by her presence. 🙏🏼

    • @Textile_Courtesan
      @Textile_Courtesan 4 роки тому

      Agreed! I'm pleasantly surprised to see her here. I knew she didn't live in the kitchens but still...

  • @Mlu4207
    @Mlu4207 4 роки тому +2

    I really love this story section by English Heritage. They're not such well-known tales, but that's why I like them so much; unusual and magical. In addition, they are certainly very educational. Keep up the good work! :)

  • @debbieboring3422
    @debbieboring3422 4 роки тому +5

    Thanks, I love these Folktales.

  • @backandstillbgmsdangerusda5493
    @backandstillbgmsdangerusda5493 4 роки тому +13

    I was so hoping our time traveling heroine, Mrs. Crocombe, would make an appearance. I was not disappointed.

  • @AliciaNyblade
    @AliciaNyblade 4 роки тому +47

    "We want to learn about this strange gentleman, but he doesn't speak English."
    "We will torture it into him!"
    That is the most stereotypical British response ever. Poor wild man. :(

    • @WyattRyeSway
      @WyattRyeSway 4 роки тому +2

      Alicia Nyblade ....sounds a bit American too actually lol

    • @AliciaNyblade
      @AliciaNyblade 4 роки тому +1

      @@WyattRyeSway I thought the same thing (and I'm American).

    • @KJ-xx6xr
      @KJ-xx6xr 3 роки тому +1

      @@WyattRyeSway we American's learned from the masters.

    • @WyattRyeSway
      @WyattRyeSway 3 роки тому

      @@KJ-xx6xr .....meaning?

  • @blissgirl9052
    @blissgirl9052 4 роки тому +4

    Fast becoming one of my favorite series. This is a wonderful and weird story, thank you!

  • @nemosangel
    @nemosangel 4 роки тому +3

    Wow, I've never heard of this story! Thank you for sharing! You guys have a special place in my heart. The love and dedication you have for your history is praiseworthy!

  • @taytertotize
    @taytertotize 4 роки тому +8

    So beautiful and well done!! Keep up the good work!

  • @LillianLouiseInNature
    @LillianLouiseInNature 4 роки тому +31

    So sad they tortured the fellow.

    • @yoginc
      @yoginc 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah... white people....

    • @htoodoh5770
      @htoodoh5770 4 роки тому +2

      @@yoginc not just white

    • @BedboundME
      @BedboundME 3 роки тому

      Not really fair, look at how natives of America or rare tribes were supposed to have treated the alien white Man

  • @brendawhitehead7575
    @brendawhitehead7575 4 роки тому +32

    The wild man of Orford, or Mrs. Crocombe goes on Plenty of Fish .com

  • @mirandamom1346
    @mirandamom1346 4 роки тому +3

    Dear Dr Hutton. I love that you find the idea that the wild man would hang around after being tortured improbable, but his existence passes muster. 😘

  • @graphite2786
    @graphite2786 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you so much for dramatizing this tale!
    I remember reading about this when i was a student in the school library.
    The tale puzzled me greatly and piqued my interest in all things Fortean.

  • @ceciliaspears161
    @ceciliaspears161 4 роки тому +2

    Wow! These just keep getting better and better!

  • @ellenkarlsson9490
    @ellenkarlsson9490 4 роки тому +8

    I take it all back, Mrs C is FOR SURE the next doctor! Also, is it possible that the wild man was just a seal? 😂

  • @KanishQQuotes
    @KanishQQuotes 3 роки тому

    For this tale
    You will need

  • @drbrungus
    @drbrungus 2 роки тому

    These are so good, please make more!

  • @coronastern
    @coronastern 4 роки тому +24

    I love these stories! .. But this fellow is quite unfortunate. Pulled out from the see, put directly into a hole and then tortured. This wasn't his lucky day I guess.

  • @FunFilmFare
    @FunFilmFare 4 роки тому +8

    Aquaman's English great-great-grandfather !

  • @markitsche987
    @markitsche987 4 роки тому +1

    I like these types of stories for my own thing. Thank you.

  • @emmaflint6126
    @emmaflint6126 4 роки тому +2

    Brilliant, love these videos!

  • @mrs11w
    @mrs11w 4 роки тому +1

    I love these stories!

  • @n.w.flannel3463
    @n.w.flannel3463 4 роки тому +2

    So, Sirius Black fell into The Veil, ended up in the late 12th century, was tortured for a week for not understanding Old English and then slipped off to the new-ish Hogwarts, only coming back to find his wand.
    Haha, anyway, this was absolutely lovely. We always knew Mrs C was a kind lady.

  • @deusexrockina
    @deusexrockina 4 роки тому +1

    Yee! So happy to see more of tales from English folklore. My favorite series aside from Vicorian cooking!

  • @LadyJ_88
    @LadyJ_88 4 роки тому +1

    Love, love, loved this ♡ Especially the very beginning! Such a treat, thank you! :)

  • @GarrickSteyn
    @GarrickSteyn 4 роки тому

    What a beautiful story and wonderfully made.

  • @zlatkosokolikj5351
    @zlatkosokolikj5351 4 роки тому +2

    You guys should do songs and shanties from English folk lore.

  • @Sunshine-zm1fx
    @Sunshine-zm1fx 4 роки тому +1

    Fantastic story, I love it! I hope it's true, sort of.

  • @mawmawd627
    @mawmawd627 4 роки тому +9

    I came for the Crocombe.

  • @carollynnwhite99
    @carollynnwhite99 2 роки тому

    I love these historical shorts. I just wish the producers would run the credits or put a name on the face I only recognize the woman from Audley House, and the professor at the end. Great fun! Thank you!

  • @tatardenisa6020
    @tatardenisa6020 4 роки тому +1

    I love it!!!

  • @TabbyAngel2
    @TabbyAngel2 4 роки тому +3

    I ❤ this

  • @teganl6032
    @teganl6032 3 роки тому

    I really enjoyed this series, will there be more? Beautiful presentation and I love the added touch at the end with Professor Hutton.

  • @carolinebennett5615
    @carolinebennett5615 4 роки тому +1

    Just to be clear, it’s not Hugh Laurie, the man in the net is not Russel Brand, and yes - it is Mrs Crocombe, but she’s pretending to be a fisher woman.

  • @laurenhawes7201
    @laurenhawes7201 4 роки тому +4

    I think its real. Could just be a forigner that the locals count identify the language of.

  • @ebhelyn3479
    @ebhelyn3479 4 роки тому +6

    Another Brilliant background song in middle! Who ever is in charge of your music is doing a good job :) may I ask what song was used?

    • @EnglishHeritage
      @EnglishHeritage  4 роки тому +3

      Thanks Ebhelyn, we're glad you liked it. That piece is called Solar Sails by Viljami Mehto.

    • @ebhelyn3479
      @ebhelyn3479 4 роки тому

      @@EnglishHeritage thank you

  • @zinebfarid3133
    @zinebfarid3133 4 роки тому +1

    That lady looks absolutely like a cartoon character

  • @Mcb35366fggj
    @Mcb35366fggj 4 роки тому

    1:35 this is mrs. Crocombe when the queen isn’t watching

  • @Ju0Ju0Bug
    @Ju0Ju0Bug 4 роки тому +1

    this kinda reminds me of the short story 'the harbor-master' by robert w chambers

  • @xandercreusen9912
    @xandercreusen9912 4 роки тому +3

    Does anyone know the name of this music?

  • @aliciadavis890
    @aliciadavis890 4 роки тому +1

    Wow.

  • @Abenatv965
    @Abenatv965 2 роки тому +2

    Look up wild man or otherwise known as cave man vs moors.

  • @amywright2243
    @amywright2243 4 роки тому

    @TA Outdoors, perhaps you had an ancestor once in Orford?

  • @LunarisArts
    @LunarisArts 4 роки тому

    Wow... poor man. 😭

  • @gaslitworldf.melissab2897
    @gaslitworldf.melissab2897 4 роки тому +1

    This is a good way for the storyteller to reveal just how evil the leaders of the day really were. A person in distress would be met with suspicion, no matter how obviously harmless they were. Good thing they didn't accuse him of being a witch. He's lack of English would have condemned him, had this really happened.

    • @wendyeames5758
      @wendyeames5758 4 роки тому

      Well, there are still a lot of people who attribute mental illness with being demon possessed, so...

  • @hithwentinuviel
    @hithwentinuviel 2 роки тому +1

    Sounds like a seal got caught

  • @MakeUpJulez
    @MakeUpJulez 4 роки тому +1

    What was that thing on his nose?

    • @JacquieLewis
      @JacquieLewis 4 роки тому +2

      YES! This question!! I tried seeing if anyone else figured out what it is in the comments. Personally, I think it looks like a baby barnacle... Maybe mer-people don't get pimples, they get barnacles instead? Idk but it's mildly irritating that I don't know the answer.

  • @aurevoiralex
    @aurevoiralex 4 роки тому

    Why would he want to stay when he encountered nothing but rejection, torture and meanness? What an awfully sad story.

  • @horrormetaldoll
    @horrormetaldoll 4 роки тому +2

    Can we try for stories at bedtime!!! Usually I'm in bed around midnight e.s.t. like 11:55pm I'm crawling back under my blankies and resting up for the impending morning that waits to wake me up

  • @TheInfinitySystem
    @TheInfinitySystem 4 роки тому

    Jason Mamoa gets lost on the way to Atlantis

  • @wendyeames5758
    @wendyeames5758 4 роки тому

    The constable looked like he could be related mrs crocombe (Kathy)

  • @Barbara_Schulz
    @Barbara_Schulz 4 роки тому +4

    Sometimes me thinks Brits of yore drank too much laudanum

  • @jhonabatil6875
    @jhonabatil6875 4 роки тому

    Mrs. Crocombe is a Time Lord.

  • @Monnis3
    @Monnis3 4 роки тому +1

    WTF did I just watch, I feel like the explanation should have come first. Seems so random, more Mrs. Crocomb please!

  • @bobknob5819
    @bobknob5819 3 роки тому

    For this recipe you will need
    One wild man

  • @Eowyn3Pride
    @Eowyn3Pride 4 роки тому +1

    He may have been a mainland foreigner lost at sea, and like many tales do, the story becomes embellished and exaggerated. Maybe he was from Gaul...Astrix and Oblix anyone?😁

  • @lilitharam44
    @lilitharam44 4 роки тому +3

    Looks a lot like they pulled Jesus's cousin out of the sea!

  • @VanderlyndenJengold
    @VanderlyndenJengold 3 роки тому +1

    I can now reveal the truth. The wild man t'was I. I'm a long-lived chap, some say Immortal though I'm unsure. I just haven't died yet. I don't suffer injury nor pain. This episode I remember well. Bored (you can't imagine the boredom of the long-lived!) and desperate I'd stow-away'd on board a carrack bound for I know not where. I fell overboard and was fished up off England. I was not naked nor particularly hairy! I don't know where that came from. I was abused a little by the authorities as I was out of my wits and speechless; they soon came round and I was well treated. A superstitious lot, the locals thought they'd like to see me bathe where they found me; well, I simply swam back to shore. Tarrying a while I regained my humour thence left for pastures new. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. At least Orford got a tale! I've been back since, my how it's changed.

  • @Zelmel
    @Zelmel 4 роки тому +1

    Medieval Crocombe

  • @Goatmama2000
    @Goatmama2000 4 роки тому

    Holy crap people, yes it’s Mrs. Crocombe...

  • @CraftncreationBlogspot
    @CraftncreationBlogspot 4 роки тому

    I’m earlyyyyyy ayeeee

  • @alejandrosakai1744
    @alejandrosakai1744 Рік тому

    This story is very weird to me, I think that the wild man was probably a monkey that shipwrecked from a merchant ship or a seal!

  • @fatcatwhodoesntmeow
    @fatcatwhodoesntmeow 4 роки тому

    Dr House became a fisherman?

  • @NeelLLumi-AnCatDubh
    @NeelLLumi-AnCatDubh 4 роки тому

    Is this _The Shape of Water_

  • @Shay45
    @Shay45 4 роки тому

    OMG What is the Wild Man was another hominid.

  • @mika9937
    @mika9937 4 роки тому

    I wonder what the origin of this tale is!
    and if mrs crocombe cooked for him

  • @magenkho2387
    @magenkho2387 4 роки тому +7

    Background music is loud overwhelming the narration

    • @brittnar
      @brittnar 4 роки тому

      Magen Kho It is a bit, but there are also captions in English available to help out.

  • @melaninrichblessdhighlyfavored
    @melaninrichblessdhighlyfavored 2 роки тому

    Woodwose...🤣🤣😂

  • @Cupapet93
    @Cupapet93 4 роки тому

    So mrs crocombe doesnt need glass anymore

  • @merindymorgenson3184
    @merindymorgenson3184 4 роки тому

    Merman, obviously!

  • @Liverpoollassie
    @Liverpoollassie 4 роки тому

    We are simple dudes
    We see mrs crocombe
    Clicks immediately

  • @carlingnugent
    @carlingnugent 4 роки тому +2

    You DO NOT want to be a hairy non english speaker in the 13th century. Yikes!

  • @mr3111
    @mr3111 4 роки тому +2

    i wonder if the wild man might have been a surviving hominid of unknown species like the hobbits of the island of flores or a neanderthal or maybe just a crazy man or a stranded foreigner. I guess without a body or remains we'll never know.

  • @lilimoon6446
    @lilimoon6446 4 роки тому

    I need sub in spanish pleaseee 😢😢😢😢

  • @p.samedi2473
    @p.samedi2473 4 роки тому

    He was french, thus nobody understood him

    • @xTruncz
      @xTruncz Рік тому

      Na, they said he didn't speak at all, they would've known if he was french

  • @TedBundysGhost
    @TedBundysGhost 3 роки тому

    Wildman has a honking zit on his nose.

  • @TheHomesteadingHobbit
    @TheHomesteadingHobbit 4 роки тому +4

    Is it me or does the wild man look alot like Ben Chaplin?

  • @hyunjinki1995
    @hyunjinki1995 4 роки тому +1

    Thought that only Asian have legend and folktales but also in Europe also

    • @whoopsydaisy6389
      @whoopsydaisy6389 4 роки тому +2

      Every continent has them.

    • @bee2022
      @bee2022 4 роки тому +5

      Literally every culture that has ever existed has them....where would you ever get a thought like that

  • @idraote
    @idraote 4 роки тому

    He definitely needs to wax.

  • @sissybrooks8588
    @sissybrooks8588 4 роки тому +2

    I don't know, I would rather hear a more traditional telling of the story. I wonder how much is embellished by modern sensibilities.

  • @cathrinewhite7629
    @cathrinewhite7629 4 роки тому +1

    The wild man needs dr pimple popper for that monster on his nose😖

    • @miekekuppen9275
      @miekekuppen9275 4 роки тому +1

      It´s probably kind of hard to pop a barnacle. But then did you know that barnacle penises (in some species) stretched up to eight times their body length?

  • @charlesmangum3108
    @charlesmangum3108 4 роки тому

    Many times truth is stranger than fiction The story makes more sense than your dumb explanation.

  • @susanspencer9538
    @susanspencer9538 4 роки тому

    Boring...👎

    • @wendyeames5758
      @wendyeames5758 4 роки тому +4

      Like my Dad used to say... 'only boring people get bored... '

  • @octogirlie
    @octogirlie 4 роки тому

    I love these stories!