The Nude In The Nettles Mystery
A Strange & Unsolved Mystery From Yorkshire This case has baffled many minds for almost 40 years A small headstone simply inscribed with the number 4601 marks the final resting place of an unknown female whose skeletal remains were found near to Sutton Bank in Yorkshire on Friday, August 28th 1981 after an anonymous phone call was made to the Thirsk Police. The male caller who refused to give any details saying that he could not reveal his identity due to matters of "National Security" gave the police an almost exact location for a badly decomposed body. The description of the location was "A lay-by on an unclassified road leading from Sutton Bank towards the villages of Scawton and Rievaulx" During the phone call, the man said "Near Scawton Moor House you will find a decomposed body among the willow herbs" The road where the lay-by is located is in a rural location and used mainly by local people and caravanners on route to a nearby campsite. The sur...