Hednesford Scareship
According to David Taylor’s article ‘Scareships or Motherships : The British phantom airship scare 1909 – 1918’, one night in 1913, at 7.30pm, several people saw an airship carrying a light.
Country and County: Staffordshire
Kinver Scareship, Staffordshire
According to David Taylor’s excellent article ‘Scareships or Motherships : The British phantom airship scare 1909 – 1918’, in 1916, reports circulated that a German ‘Zeppelin’ had landed in the area whilst on a bombing raid.
Scareships or Motherships : The British phantom airship scare 1909 – 1918
At the turn of the 20th century, visionaries began to dream that the new science of aeronautics would bring universal peace on the Earth by love or fear. Love because as people travelled more they would get to know each other as human beings and no longer as sinister foreigners; fear, because the destructive power of aerial bombardment would render war unthinkable.
Monsters In The Neigh-boar-hood: Cannock Chase
Search for “Cannock Chase” on the internet and you will come across a wealth of articles and websites referring to the area as one of England’s top paranormal/UFO hotspots – a strangely alluring and ultimately warranted title.
UFO’s Werewolves & The Pig-Man by Lee Brickley
The eternally mysterious woodlands of Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, England are known throughout the world as an entry point for bizarre and unearthly, paranormal phenomena. From werewolf sightings and spectral encounters, to documented UFO crashes and spooky urban legends, this supernatural portal area experiences more inexplicable activity than you even dare imagine.
Paranormal Staffordshire by Anthony Poulton-Smith
Welcome to Staffordshire, I have to say it’s not a county I’ve visited very often. I did get lost one time in Staffordshire down some country roads whilst looking for a haunted property.
Selection Of Big Cat Sightings (2001 – 2011)
On Friday, 13 January 2012 the following article entitled ‘Previous ‘big cat sightings’ appeared in the Tamworth Herald mentioning sightings across Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Leicestershire.
Cannock Crocodile?
The following article entitled Croc Shock in Cannock was published on the BBC website on 19 June 2003.
’Loch Ness has its monster and Bodmin its beast, but is a ferocious reptile set to put a small corner of Staffordshire on the map?
Paranormal Stoke-on-Trent
"Paranormal Stoke-on-Trent" (History Press Ltd) is the new 96 page book detailing hauntings, myths and legends in and around the city of Stoke. It is the culmination of many years experience and research by Matt Hicks, along with Terri Setterington.
Molly Leigh
In St John’s graveyard, Burslem, can be found the last resting place of Molly Leigh, a local woman accused of being a witch but dying before she could be brought to trial. Her body is the only one positioned North to South, putting it at a right angle to every other grave in the cemetery. The story of Molly Leigh is a mixture of fact and folklore that has grown over the years.
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