The Ilkley Moor Alien

From Bedtime Stories by Bedtime Stories | Daylight Media

May 6, 2026 · 33 min

About this episode

The episode discusses a man's mysterious encounter with a humanoid figure on Ilkley Moor in 1987 and the ensuing debate over its authenticity.

On the morning of 1st December 1987, a man walking alone across Ilkley Moor in Yorkshire claimed to encounter something he could not explain. Through the mist and silence of the moor, he reported seeing a strange, humanoid figure watching him from a distance. Acting on instinct, he raised his camera and captured a single photograph of the being before it vanished from sight. The image he produced would go on to spark decades of debate, drawing both curiosity and scepticism in equal measure. Was this fleeting encounter genuine evidence of something otherworldly, or simply a carefully constructed hoax that has endured far longer than expected? Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at https://shopify.com/bedtime Head to https://Ollie.com/BEDTIME, tell them all about your dog, and use code BEDTIME to get 70% off your Welcome Kit when you subscribe today! MUSIC Tracks used by kind permission of Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Tracks used by kind permission of CO.AG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Bedtime Stories

Topics covered

alien encounter
photography
mystery
true crime
humanoid figure
debate
hoax

Keywords

Ilkley Moor
alien
humanoid
photograph
1987
mystery
true crime
hoax

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CO.AG, Daylight Media

Places: Ilkley Moor, Yorkshire