Mer-Chicken of Portland (1457)
The year is 1457. ‘In the month of November, in the Ile of Portland not farre from the towne of Weimouth, was seene a cocke coming out of the sea, hauing a great crest...
Country and County: England
The Chichester Inn, Chichester
The Chichester Inn, (formerly known as the Castle Inn) has a reputation for being haunted by a Roman solider. The following account of the haunting by Joe Stack was published in the Sussex Express...
Slinfold Bell
There is a story associated with St Peter’s Church, Slinfold which concerns the common folklore motif of a new bell being lost in transport. The bell in question is thought to have been enroute...
St Pancras, Arlington
There is a thought to be a bell legend associated with Arlington parish Church, where the bell has been lost in a deep pool somewhere in the Cuckmere River. As with the Slinfold Bell...
St. Leonards Forest Dragon (1614)
A pamphlet was printed in 1614 warning of a serpent in St. Leonards Forest. The text can be found below: True and Wonderful A Discourse relating a strange and monstrous Serpent (or Dragon) lately...
M6 Puma (2021)
The following is extracted from a Gloucestershire Live article by Daisy Herman and Kim Horton, entitled ‘Big cat seen ‘waiting to pounce’ on side of motorway’ was published on 4 December 2021. ‘Out of...
M5 Wolf (2021)
The following Gloucestershire Live article by Daisy Kim Horton, entitled ‘Wolf seen crossing M5 by lorry driver at 4am’ was published on 15 March 2021. More wolf sightings have been reported and the latest...
Phantom Lancaster Bomber, Chatsworth [2020]
In the following Derby Telegraph article entitled ‘Mystery of ‘ghost’ Lancaster bomber sighted over Chatsworth’ [03/02/2021], Rheia Smith interviewed two witnesses who claim to have seen a phantom Lancaster Bomber flying over Derbyshire in...
The Town Bridge, Christchurch
Town Bridge is another location in Christchurch that a Dorset Echo article entitled ‘Haunted Hotspots’ (10/12/2002), suggested a ghost had been spotted at. This bridge is thought to date from the 15th century and...
St Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft
St Margaret’s Church in Lowestoft dates from the late 14th century and according to some, associated with a few apparitions. An East Anglian Daily Times article entitled ‘Weird Suffolk: Have you spotted ghosts in...
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