Burry's Ghosts and Myths

All villages have ghosts and Burry is no exception. For instance the Legion club is supposedly haunted and there have been people who have apparantly captured the spook on video camera. (Ive not seen any film myself). But plenty more colourful legends and myths have been believed to roam the towns fields and hillsides. Of course as these lush green parts grow less and less, so do the mysterious beastlies who roam them.
One was creepily called the Hook, who was rumoured to wander the Furnace Fields at night looking for children to terrify. As a boy I spent most of my spare time in those fields but (thankfully) never saw this character. To be honest I sensed almost immediately that the Hook was nothing more than a tall tale told by older children in an attempt to frighten the younger ones. But in the darker recesses of my mind, I hoped he did exist because I thrived on danger and having a deranged hook weilding guy hiding out in the hedges gave me a queer thrill.
Another less sinister myth was that of Miner 49er who was supposed to live in the hills and chased young people away if they got too near. There is a Miner 49er in the Scooby Doo cartoons so it isn't difficult to see where this came from.
The Pembrey/Burry Port hills have quite a few legends attached to them including the story of a group of runaway boys who decided to leave home and set up camp in the wilds. As is the way with these type of tales, more rumours were added as the years rolled on until this gang had supernatural abilities. Like the fact none of them ever aged out there in the woods, and only the young could see them.
The ghost of killer Will Mani is said to haunt the Pembrey hills and I have covered that story elsewhere on this site.