The pond that runs red

A killer's hands, a quiet forest pond, and water that turns red every August.

Ocknell Pond lies on the open heath near Stoney Cross, a few miles from the Rufus Stone. Legend says that after the arrow killed William Rufus in 1100, Walter Tirel fled and stopped at this pond to wash the king's blood from his hands. Ever since, the story goes, the water turns red once a year, on the anniversary of the killing. Wikipedia records the tale alongside other Tirel legends, including a black dog called Tirel's Hound that is an omen of death in the forest. No other fetched source repeats the pond story, so treat it as a single-source local tale.

One sourceOnly one written account of this legend has been found so far.