The Lights at Hendricks Farm

The record

Wednesday, 20 October 1926

1. 10:00 Before the report: An unusual visitor at Hendricks Farm asked odd questions and left no name.

Friday, 22 October 1926

1. 14:00 Before the report: A strange weather at Hendricks Farm: frost on one wall on a mild morning.

Monday, 25 October 1926

1. 07:00 Before the report: Something has gone missing at Hendricks Farm.

Saturday, 30 October 1926

1. 09:00 Before the report: The Gazette has had three letters this week about Hendricks Farm.

Sunday, 31 October 1926

1. 11:00 Before the report: A local rumour about Hendricks Farm is doing the rounds again, decades old.

Monday, 1 November 1926

1. 07:00 Before the report: A minor electrical failure at Hendricks Farm, fixed and unexplained.

Tuesday, 2 November 1926

1. 07:00 Before the report: The police have been asked, quietly, to keep an eye on Hendricks Farm.

Wednesday, 3 November 1926

1. 07:00 Before the report: Someone was seen leaving Hendricks Farm at an hour nobody can account for.

Thursday, 4 November 1926

1. 07:00 Before the report: An unexplained smell reported at Hendricks Farm.

Sunday, 7 November 1926

1. 07:00 Before the report: A doctor notes an unusual number of poor sleepers living near Hendricks Farm.

Monday, 8 November 1926

1. 07:00 Before the report: A second, unrelated witness now confirms what the first said about Hendricks Farm.

Tuesday, 9 November 1926

1. 17:00 Before the report: Two households near Hendricks Farm report the same sound on the same night.

Wednesday, 10 November 1926

1. 13:34 Initial report received. Lights reported moving at Hendricks Farm after dark. Neighbours say it has been building for 21 days — since 20 October.
2. 14:08 Bell takes up the investigation.
3. 16:28 Bell arrives at Hendricks Farm.
4. 16:40 Stream bed examined.
5. 16:57 Bell reports a smell of woodsmoke.
6. 17:19 Birches pale in the dusk noted in the tree line.
7. 17:42 Ditch: nothing unusual.
8. 18:05 Bell leaves Hendricks Farm.