England's oldest attraction turns teddy bears to stone

In Knaresborough, in Yorkshire, sits Mother Shipton's Cave. Folks there have been charging admission for nearly 400 years, and the star of the show is a "petrifying well". A few folk legends do actually turn out to be true.

Mother Shipton's Cave: https://www.mothershipton.co.uk/ - thanks to all the team there, and especially to John!

Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin)
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Thanks to Jake Robshaw for the suggestion.

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