Muncaster Castle's escaped boggles found across Cumbria

Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 20 Oct, 13:28 · Archive

Muncaster Castle has announced that all of its missing 'boggles' have been successfully tracked down after a county-wide hunt. The creatures escaped from the castle near Ravenglass on 10 October and were hidden at locations across Cumbria, with members of the public invited to hunt them down.

The search took participants across the county, with boggles found at Windermere Jetty Museum, Carlisle Tourist Information Centre, Ulverston Market Hall, Honister Slate Mine, The Village Stores in Ravenglass, Kendal Library, Just Sew Penrith, The Rum Story, Barrow Town Hall and Workington town centre. Muncaster thanked the businesses and organisations which helped with the hunt, describing it as a 'county-wide effort'.

Successful boggle hunters were offered tickets to Muncaster's Halloween Family Festival and its new castle show, The Zombie-Boggle Apocalypse, as prizes. Anyone who found one of the creatures has been asked to claim their prize by calling Muncaster on 01229 717614 before 23 October.

With the escaped boggles accounted for, the castle is now turning its attention to its Halloween celebrations. The Halloween Family Festival will run for nine days from 24 October to 1 November 2026, with this year's theme centred on zombies and boggles.

Visitors will be able to experience a scary maze, pumpkin patch, spooky trails, parades, live entertainment and the Haunted Castle, alongside bird of prey displays and a torchlight march. The festival will also feature The Zombie-Boggle Apocalypse, a new family-friendly theatrical promenade performance featuring folklore, music and boggles.

How it is being reported

• Mischievous creatures that ‘escaped’ Cumbrian castle found in time for Halloween funA county-wide hunt for a group of mischievous creatures which "escaped" from one of Cumbria's best-known castles has come to an end.Cumberland News · 20 Oct, 13:18
• Mischievous creatures that ‘escaped’ Cumbrian castle found in time for Halloween funA county-wide hunt for a group of mischievous creatures which "escaped" from one of Cumbria's best-known castles has come to an end.NW Evening Mail · 20 Oct, 13:00
• Mischievous creatures that ‘escaped’ Cumbrian castle found in time for Halloween funA county-wide hunt for a group of mischievous creatures which "escaped" from one of Cumbria's best-known castles has come to an end.Westmorland Gazette · 20 Oct, 13:00
• Mischievous creatures that ‘escaped’ Cumbrian castle found in time for Halloween funA county-wide hunt for a group of mischievous creatures which "escaped" from one of Cumbria's best-known castles has come to an end.Whitehaven News · 20 Oct, 13:00

In this story: Muncaster Castle · Ravenglass · Cumbria · Windermere Jetty Museum · Kendal Library · Honister Slate Mine

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