The Yow Yows of Sheringham.

'Yow Yows' is a local Sheringham term for the sound of an incoming coastal storm. But it is also thought to be the ghostly wailing cries of drowned mariners heard off the coast of Norfolk before a storm hits. 

Or perhaps it is actually both. 


Legend says the eerie sounds shifting across the waves are the voices of doomed fishermen, or a curse from a sea captain who perished after locals failed to rescue them, probably because they intended to salvage and sell his cargo. 

If you hear the Yow Yows, don't be foolish enough to keep following these quickly moving cries, thinking someone is in need of help. You will become one of them. 


These are actually cause to return to shore and safety as quickly as possible before you are caught in the eye of the storm.