Elizabeth Prettejohn, The Last Person In Hallsands Village

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

On this day in 1917, a massive storm destroyed most of the small village of Hallsands, in southern England. Nearly everyone in town moved away after that, but one resident, Elizabeth Prettejohn, stayed for the rest of her life, until the mid 1960s. Plus: why a university in Melbourne, Australia has an upside-down statue.

The strange but true life of Elizabeth Prettejohn who lived alone in ruined Hallsands (Devon Live)

Upside Down Statue (Atlas Obscura)

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