A young boy came across a scene of sickening and horrific brutality while out walking his dog.
On land used as an illegal dumping ground behind Dinting Cricket Club on Simmondley Lane, he suddenly discovered the corpses of six foxes.
His father told the Chronicle: “For God’s sake don’t name me. It’s obvious that some blokes are behind this and I don’t want anyone coming after me. I think it is disgusting at what has been done.
“One has been completely skinned, one mutilated, the others look as if they have had their heads and tails cleanly chopped off.”
The gruesome find came in February 1986 and the bodies were there when the reporter visited the following day.
But when a Chronicle photographer went to take graphic pictures less than 24 hours later, they had been taken away.
The Chronicle contacted High Peak Borough Council where a spokesman confirmed it had not removed the remains of the animals.
He suggested that whoever was responsible could have spotted the reporter at the scene and later returned to take them away.
The newspaper also reported an apparently unrelated sheep worrying attack after a Glossop farmer said a number of his pregnant ewes had died along with their unborn lambs after being attacked by dogs.
From the Chronicle files - Thursday 26th June 2025
Terror for terrier group on Snake Pass
From the Reporter files - Thursday 26th June 2025
Parrot fun day
Many fangs for the memories
