weather bound apparitions, hauntings, legends and other paranormal reports

Weather Dependent - Paranormal Database Records

Weather dependent: Misty nights (Davies)

David Davies

Location: Dartmoor (Devon) - Prison
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Davies tended to the prison sheep between 1869 and 1929. He died soon after being released, but his ghost returned, walking the prison grounds on misty nights. The prison is also haunted by French PoWs from the Napoleonic wars, while some inmates believe jackdaws which fly around the area contain the souls of dead staff.

Weather Dependent: Misty nights. Event occurred pre 1890s

Heard's Lantern

Location: Alderfen Broad (Norfolk) - Marshland between Alderfen and Neatishead, known as Heard's Holde
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: The ghost of Heard, a man who was drowned after committing heinous crimes, would wave his lantern on misty evenings, trying to lure the unwary into the marshes. The phantom was finally trapped in a bottle by three men reading scripture and a boy with two pigeons which distracted the spirit.

Weather Dependent: Misty weather

Highlander with Hounds

Location: Corrieyairack Pass (Highland) - Bridge over a stream
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: This shade is said to guide people to the bridge when the weather becomes treacherous.

Weather Dependent: Misty, rainy conditions

Scottie of Tidworth

Location: North Tidworth (Wiltshire) - Road opposite to the military barracks
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: This figure, thought to be either a Scotsman in a kilt or a Roman legionnaire, stands over six foot tall and only appears in low visibility.

Weather Dependent: Prior to a storm

Isobel

Location: Fraserburgh (Aberdeenshire) - Kinnaird Head Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Isobel killed herself after she discovered her father had drowned her secret lover in a cave along the coast line, having chained him to a rock while a storm raised the water level over its norm. A sighting of her shade now denotes incoming bad weather.

Weather Dependent: Prior to a storm

Suicidal Screams

Location: Gwithian (Cornwall) - Hell's Mouth
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: A man once killed himself by leaping off the cliffs after he found his home burnt to the ground and his sister missing. His screams bounce off the steep cliff sides as stormy weather approaches.

Weather Dependent: Prior to snow

Chanting Monks

Location: Ware (Hertfordshire) - Amwellbury House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: These phantom monks were said to materialise and chant on the property, the evening before snow would lie.

Weather dependent: said to become more active on stormy nights

Moving Shadows

Location: Elgin (Moray) - York Tower
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Seen darting around the tower after dark, no one really wants to investigate these dark shapes any further. Screeching and laughter have also been reported.

Weather Dependent: Snowy nights

Naked Lady Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh

Location: Edinburgh (Lothian) - Woodhouse Lee (or Woodhouslee) ruins and meadow, on the outskirts of the city
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: After her husband's castle was taken by force, Lady Hamilton was banished into the cold winter night without clothing - needless to say, she froze to death soon after. Her naked shade has been reported in the area, though it never leaves any prints in the fresh snow. Some say she holds the body of her dead child.

Weather Dependent: Stormy autumn nights

Crying Child

Location: Baldock (Hertfordshire) - Hinxworth Place
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Further Comments: Thought to relate to a particularly ironic incident when a maid accidentally killed a child who had dressed up as a ghost to scare her, the infant's screams can now be heard echoing down through the ages.