The Black Water at Hilltop Dairy

Findings

• A lock-keeper records the river running upstream for eleven minutes.

The record

Monday, 27 September 1926

1. 15:01 Initial report received. Wells near Hilltop Dairy report black water.
2. 15:31 Reeves & Miriam take up the investigation.
3. 16:47 Reeves & Miriam arrive at Hilltop Dairy.
4. 17:01 Investigators move to the old wall.
5. 17:21 Strong smell of wet earth noted.
6. 17:43 A path gone to moss noted in the clearing.
7. 17:59 Sound of breathing, too loud noted.
8. 18:28 Finding: A lock-keeper records the river running upstream for eleven minutes.
9. 18:42 Investigators leave Hilltop Dairy.
10. 22:36 Miriam arrives 22 minutes late.
11. 22:37 Reeves & Miriam arrive at Hilltop Dairy.
12. 22:49 Strong smell of the sea, a long way inland noted.
13. 23:07 A door open that had been left shut noted in the clearing.
14. 23:36 The water tastes of the sea and is always a little warm.
15. 23:36 Outcome: Unresolved.
16. 23:48 Afterwards: Hilltop Dairy is quiet, for now; Miriam cannot let it go.