Silver Hare.

[launditch1]

Yesterday on a bimble in a corn field that was being harvested i watched a silver/grey Hare dart out and run down the field.I have lived in the country all my life and ive never seen a Hare that colour...Is it unusual?Anyone else seen one?Imagine a photo of a Hare taken in black and white and the contrast set on high,thats what it looked like.If you get what i mean!No chance of photo,they move to fast!!
It was beautiful.

 

[launditch1]

Im not making this up y'know!

 

[Toddy]

Well, those ones are supposed to be very special.
Don't hunt it 'cos you don't know who it is, kind of special.

Our Celtic ancestors didn't hunt the hare we're told, the Romans did though

cheers,
Toddy

 

[launditch1]

Yes,i thought it was special..Hairs on the back of my neck stood up!I certainly wont be hunting it.well,only to look at it running about!

Its kinda magical i think.

 

[Toddy]

On a harvest field too

cheers,
M

 

[fishfish]

ive seen and killed hundreds of brown hares over the last 30 years,but never seen a silver! ide say it was special.did see an albino once though.

 

[K.NYPH]

You are quite correct. the same is true for silver pheasants ,bad luck & bad form to shoot them

Well, those ones are supposed to be very special.
Don't hunt it 'cos you don't know who it is, kind of special.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Lincs Bushman]

About 35 years ago... my father (who was a gamekeeper) was clearing some Hares for a farmer, and he shot a Blue Hare (also known as a Mountain Hare), local people said that they had been becoming more and more numerous, he actually sold it to a taxidermist, and I remember seeing it after it had been stuffed and cased, and it did look 'silvery' doing a bit of research, it does seem that they are becoming more numerous in the UK. So this may have been what you saw.

 

[HeltorChasca]

I have read about white/silver hares and have been recorded so obviously occur in this form.

There is also a story of a very beautiful witch here in the South West who disguises herself as a white hare and by the moonlight seduces and bewitches any young men who lay eyes upon her.

Dangerous love…hc