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Zombies, UFOs, witches ... they've seen them all in Wales
Zombie sightings are among a list of unusual call–outs disclosed by a police force in Wales.
One of the zombie sightings turned out to be a character from a horror film being shot at Pembrey, Carmarthenshire Photo: GETTY IMAGES
12:39PM BST 26 Apr 2011
Officers were twice called to reports of the living dead stalking their largely rural area. They were also asked to investigate 26 ghosts, 20 UFOs, 11 witches and even two vampires. In none of the cases do Dyfed Powys Police record having found evidence of supernatural or extra–terrestrial activity.
One of the zombie sightings turned out to be a character from a horror film being shot at Pembrey, Carmarthenshire.
The calls were among a list of responses to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act.
The force said it had been called to about 20 possible visits from UFOs in the last nine years, along with 11 witches and two reports each of zombies and vampires. Under a separate request for information, it disclosed that it was also called to 26 reports of hauntings since 2006.
UFO sightings in mid–Wales include one in Caersws, Powys, in October 2002, which was reported as a "bright light in the sky heading over mountains".
There was also a report in Newtown, Powys in June 2008 of "flashing balls" believed to be two UFOs and in Llanidloes in May 2009 of three orange lights.
Between 2005 and 2010 there were 36 big cat sightings or animal deaths where giant felines were suspected.
During the last five years, the force had dealt with more than 3,300 requests under the Freedom of Information Act, which had cost it more than £500,000 a spokesman for Dyfed Powys Police said.
In response to a request about how much the force had spent on mediums, clairvoyants or other psychics during the last five years it said it did not use such services.
It could not respond to a request about how many officers were Pagan as it did not record "religion or faith as Pagan or any of the Pagan derivatives such as Druid, heathen or Wiccan."
