#The Isle of Wight

[bobdylan-n-jonimitchell]

Joan Baez, Isle of Wight, August 30, 1970 © David Hurn.

[mxcottonsocks]

I realise this means, like, fossilised remains. But for a fraction of a second I lived in a world where a single species of dinosaurs had survived extinction and had been living on the Isle of Wight this whole time. and yet no one ever discovered them. on a small island. an inhabited island. They've lately taking to hiding out at Blackgang Chine among the effigies of all their old friends and any time they were spotted moving people were like, "oh that's realistic, it's amazing what animatronics can do these days; I wonder why don't they upgrade the weather wizard?"

[life-on-our-planet]

Finding the Notoriously Shy Dormouse

[undergroundrockpress]

Isle of Wight festival, 1969.

[sarwah]

[midchelle]

In the audience during Bob Dylan's concert at the Isle of Wight Festival: Pattie Boyd, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Maureen Starkey, John Lennon, and Yoko Ono | August 31, 1969 © Jeffrey Mayer

[cryptids-of-the-world]

The Sandown Clown is a mysterious humanoid that was encountered by 2 children in May of 1973 at Lake Common in Sandown on the Isle of Wight in the UK. The Sandown Clown is described as a tall humanoid standing around 6.5 feet tall and very thin with white skin that had the feel and look of paper; it's hands and feet also only had three digits on them and it had two triangular blue eyes, a brown rectangular shaped nose, and yellow lips which all appeared to be painted on it and it also wore a hat in where reddish-brown hair could be seen under it; it also had two antenna which appeared to be made of wood and it also carried a microphone. The Sandown Clown was said to be friendly but very shy and scared of humans; it was so scared of humans in fact that it said if it were attacked, it would not defend itself. It drank water from the stream that it cleaned before drinking it and ate berries that it ate oddly; it ate them by putting its head forward and moving the berries back and forth between both of its eyes and then down into its mouth. It had a sign that had the words, "Sam" and "All colors". When the kids asked if it was a ghost the Sandown Clown replied, Well not really, but I am in an odd sort of way." Any other questions the children asked it about itself it replied with "You know". The kids talked to it for 30 minutes then it was never seen again. To this day, the Sandown Clown still remains a mystery.

[pintoras]

Berthe Morisot (French, 1841-1895): Vue d'Angleterre ou Dans L'Île de Wight (via Sotheby's)

[ornithorynquerouge]

Miles Davis, Isle of Wight by Jim Marshall. 1971

[bobdylan-n-jonimitchell]

Joni Mitchell, Isle of Wight, August 29, 1970 © David Hurn.

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Enfield 8000, 1974. An electric city car that was developed by Isle of Wight company Enfield Automotive, owned by Greek millionaire Giannis Goulandris. The prototype and early production were built on the Isle of Wight before Goulandris moved operations to the Greek Island of Syros. In total 120 cars were built with 65 used by the Electricity Council and electricity boards in the south of England. The project failed not least because the cars cost as much as a new Rover 2200, also the range was limited to 40 miles but could drop to 15 in cold weather.

[retrosaurus]

Dinosaur Isle Museum in Sandown on the Isle of Wight, England 🦖

[scavengedluxury]

[undergroundrockpress]

Betty ans Miles Davis. Isle of Wight Festival, 1970. Photo by Jim Marshall.

[kitkins13]

Reptile pics!

visited the IOW reptilarium today and got some photos of these cuties 🥰 🐍 🦎

Taiwan beauty snake ^

blue beauty snake ^

eastern checkered garter snake ^

a couple of posing plumed basilisks ^

blue tongued skink ^

Madagascan day gecko ^

African spiny-tailed lizard ^

I also got some great pics of their yellow rat snake that I'll post next!

[lisamarie-vee]