Wookey Hole Wookey Hole Wookey Hole is a village close to Wells in Somerset, England. It is within the parish of St Cuthbert Out. One possible origin for the name Wookey is from the Old English "wocig" (an animal trap), although it is also a possible alteration from a Celtic word "ogo" (cave), referring to Wookey Hole Caves. The village of Wookey Hole is dominated by the Wookey Hole Caves tourist site which has show caves and a controversial crazy golf course which was built on the site of the village bowling green. The village has shops, a pub, restaurants, hotels and
Man of the Hole 2007, the Brazilian government's Fundação Nacional do Índio (FUNAI) "declared a 31-square-mile [8,029 hectare] area around him off-limits to trespassing and development." His territory was later expanded by 11.5 square miles (3,000 hectares). Brazil's constitution, ratified in 1988, had already granted indigenous people rights to lands they had traditionally inhabited. Since the reserve's establishment, FUNAI has monitored him and tried to prevent intrusions into his area. Despite this, the Man of the Hole was attacked by gunmen in 2009 but managed to survive. Though he has avoided further direct contact with others, the Man of the Hole is aware that