Located adjacent to St Nicholas's Churchyard in Newcastle Upon Tyne is a mystery which has remained unsolved for a number of years. What is the mystery? It's the strange animal which stands guard over the doorway into an office block.
The Mystery Doorway. © Steve Ellwood
The Vampire Rabbit sits menacingly, with it's staring eyes and bared fangs above an ornate arched doorway of the 20th century Cathedral Buildings, just waiting for darkness before it comes to life and leaps onto a passing victim!
The Vampire Rabbit. © Steve Ellwood
No one seems to know why the Vampire Rabbit sits in a Newcastle back lane but there is a story that the rabbit is actually a 'hare', during renovations of the building several years ago, the ears were accidentally knocked off and inadvertently replaced the wrong way around.
So will this mystery ever be solved, why is the rabbit there and what does it represent?
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