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A short story inspired by the 1921 Hairy Hands legend of Dartmoor Strange things happen on Dartmoor. They always have. It’s not Dartmoor’s fault, there are just certain places where the dark can get a little too close. As to its legends, they come from a time when nobody was really certain where the natural world ended and the supernatural began. However, one legend…
