Someone is sending hate-filled 'poison pen letters' to a Yorkshire village. No one knows who

Residents of a tiny village in Yorkshire, England are facing a unique threat. They are being terrorised by someone sending anonymous abusive letters, The Independent reported. The poison pen letter scandal has enveloped Shiptonthorpe and some people are even comparing it to the famous TV series Bridgerton.

The village has only about 500 people and most of them have been targeted by the person sending these letters. “Whoever’s doing it is quite professional,” village Councillor Leo Hammond told The Independent. The said person has not even spared the elderly residents, councillors and volunteers.

The letters carry hate-filled comments and filthy words. One of them told the publication that they received a blank Christmas card with only the word "c*nt" written on it.

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Parish council chair, Victor Lambert, was told by the poison pen writer that they hoped "a bus on the A1079” would run them over.

Councillor Leo Hammond has also received eight such letters, starting from November 2022. However, he says he knows he will get some extra attention considering he is a politician.

The letters are being sent through the Royal Mail. Some of them are handwritten, while others are “typed on different machines” using different fonts. The size of the paper also varies. The weirdest part is the names signed at the bottom.

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“Some of them, weirdly, have been signed by people who don’t exist,” Councillor Hammond said.

Person wishes bad luck on residents

The person sending the letters is also praying for bad luck to literally "rain down" on the residents. One of his letters shared in the residents’ Facebook group, reads that they wish Yorkshire weather delivers lots of rain "so your house can get flooded again and again”.

“Most people in Shiptonthorpe are wanting rain and floods so you are washed away never to be seen again," it adds.

The letters have been haunting the village for years. Councillor Hammond said that he received his "last letter earlier this year."

"At least two people have had them this month, and I think somebody else got one in August," he added.

There have never been any clues about who the person sending the letters is or why are they doing so. However, Councillor Hammond suspects that the person might be unhappy with certain decisions taken at the parish council.

"At the end of the day, the parish councillors and volunteers are trying to do good stuff for their local village or the local community," he said.

An investigation has been launched into the matter.