Post by Flying High on Apr 16, 2024 23:33:49 GMT -5
Brit family flees dream home in Portugal after 'threatening' locals turn on them
A British family has been forced out of their dream Portugal home after claiming locals tormented them with death threats and killed their pet dog.
Husband and wife Lynn and Richard Appleby-Brisco and their two children emigrated from Bedfordshire to a remote village in Portugal's Guarda district for a more 'affordable' life in 2016.
Lynn, 51, says they found themselves homeless after locals allegedly spat at them, called them 'English pigs', and threatened to kill them after abducting their cats and attacking their pooch. The family claims they were harassed and targeted by villagers until they gave in and moved back to the UK in February.
Lynn says locals started a rumour that she was a prostitute and the family was 'devil worshippers'. She claims locals killed her dog before abducting two of their cats in January and poisoning their pet goats. One villager allegedly threatened:"We've taken your pets and you're next."
She says their retriever cross dog, named Cu, came under fire after biting one villager while protecting the family in 2020. She claims he was attacked a few months later with farming utensils and never recovered. Then their pet cats, Ponyo and Bubbles, vanished in January and locals allegedly admitted to swiping and killing them.
"We were devastated. I just couldn't take it anymore and it was my absolute lowest point. I was scared to be in the house on my own so I would hang around the biggest local town all day to feel safe," Lynn said."It was so bad that when I would go down to the farm, I would carry a knife with me, and I consider myself a pacifist."
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brit-family-flees-dream-home-32587660
A British family has been forced out of their dream Portugal home after claiming locals tormented them with death threats and killed their pet dog.
Husband and wife Lynn and Richard Appleby-Brisco and their two children emigrated from Bedfordshire to a remote village in Portugal's Guarda district for a more 'affordable' life in 2016.
Lynn, 51, says they found themselves homeless after locals allegedly spat at them, called them 'English pigs', and threatened to kill them after abducting their cats and attacking their pooch. The family claims they were harassed and targeted by villagers until they gave in and moved back to the UK in February.
Lynn says locals started a rumour that she was a prostitute and the family was 'devil worshippers'. She claims locals killed her dog before abducting two of their cats in January and poisoning their pet goats. One villager allegedly threatened:"We've taken your pets and you're next."
She says their retriever cross dog, named Cu, came under fire after biting one villager while protecting the family in 2020. She claims he was attacked a few months later with farming utensils and never recovered. Then their pet cats, Ponyo and Bubbles, vanished in January and locals allegedly admitted to swiping and killing them.
"We were devastated. I just couldn't take it anymore and it was my absolute lowest point. I was scared to be in the house on my own so I would hang around the biggest local town all day to feel safe," Lynn said."It was so bad that when I would go down to the farm, I would carry a knife with me, and I consider myself a pacifist."
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brit-family-flees-dream-home-32587660
