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Car Crossing
Location: A4 - Road west of Hungerford
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This phantom car crosses the road on a rise, vanishing as it does so.
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Misty Woman
Location: Abbots Ann - Poplar Farm Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: This figure was once seen behind the bar, and is blamed for slamming doors when no other cause is apparent. A black dog haunts both inside and outside the pub, and is thought to be protecting a secret passageway.
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Running
Location: Aldershot - Alma Lane, between town and Barracks
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1940s
Further Comments: The disembodied running heard along this lane has been attributed to a messenger who was taking the news of the victory at Waterloo to officers based at Aldershot - he was attacked and killed by robbers en route.
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Little Green Men
Location: Aldershot - Basingstoke Canal
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 12 August 1983, 1am
Further Comments: An elderly man who set up here for a spot of night fishing was invited into a UFO by two little men in tight green outfits, with visors covering their faces. They shone a light at him before saying that he was 'too old', promptly returning him to his fishing rod.
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Old Soldiers
Location: Alresford - Cheriton battlefield
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 29 March, every four years (last in 2004)
Further Comments: These troops are said to be doomed to return to their former battleground.
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Burnt Dog
Location: Alton - Crown Hotel, High Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid 1990s
Further Comments: A phantom dog reportedly haunts the hotel, where it was kicked to death by a drunken customer. Some say that a white (or grey) woman also glides around inside the building; the girl was a kitchen maid who was murdered in the hotel. Finally, the ghost of an old man haunts room number three.
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Civil War Skirmish
Location: Alton - St Lawrence’s Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A Royalist Colonel was trapped in the church by a detachment of Roundheads - he and several of his enemy were killed during the short fight. The small battle can still be heard.
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Pig
Location: Andover - Church
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1171
Further Comments: The priest here was hit by lightning - the congregation watched as a small pig appeared and ran about his legs and feet.
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Grey Lady
Location: Andover - White Hart Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This figure apparently haunts the upper regions of the building (particularly Rooms 14 and 20), though at least one sighting has her wearing dark green. The bar area is home to two misty figures.
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Low Flying Egg
Location: Avon - A338 between Avon and Sopley, near bridge over the river Avon
Type: UFO
Date / Time: November 1967
Further Comments: Two separate groups of witnesses watched as this craft, around 25 meters long, passed low over the road, melting the tarmac surface. Vehicles and lights nearby were disrupted.
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Faceless Girl
Location: Basingstoke - Barge Inn, formally Goat and Barge Public House (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: The landlord's wife and a customer both watched a phantom faceless woman walk past the bar. In another incident, a member of the public was knocked off his feet and another kicked in the knee as an invisible force rushed by them. Cries and screams would sometimes be heard late at night.
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Grey Lady
Location: Basingstoke - Hackwood House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1862
Further Comments: Seen emerging from one of the walls of a bedroom, this grey lady has also been seen on the staircase in the house.
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Former Performer
Location: Basingstoke - Haymarket Theatre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Haymarket is said to be haunted by several ghosts of old performers, though no one can say who, why or when.
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Attacking Monk
Location: Basingstoke - Kingclere Road and Catern's Grave
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: A particularly hostile entity, this grey cowled shade has reportedly attacked at least two witnesses, and tried to take possession of another's body.
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Passionate Woman
Location: Basingstoke - Old Vic public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1978 / 1979
Further Comments: The female spirit was responsible for keeping the landlord awake at nights, with her sighing and heavy breathing.
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Purple Object
Location: Basingstoke - Skies over the town
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 04 August 2007
Further Comments: A purple pear-shaped object was seen by Kris Reed, from his home. The ufo hovered before moving away, creating a noise like a washing machine. On the same night, another witness reported seeing a large red ball moving slowly across the sky.
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Baboon
Location: Basingstoke - The Swallows private house, on the outskirts of the town (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid Nineteenth century
Further Comments: Haunted by a large baboon and a huge dark cat, the owners finally left when screaming started coming from the attic. The building was pulled down when no one could be found to move in.
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Roll Out the Barrel
Location: Basingstoke - White Hart Public House, London Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s?
Further Comments: The sound of barrels being rolled around the basement work one landlord up - when he went to the cellar to check for intruders, nothing was found. Footsteps have been heard walking around at night, and fleeting shadows seen outside the building.
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Roll out the Barrel
Location: Basingstoke - White Hart, London Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Successive landlords have been woken at night by the sound of barrels being rolled outside, though nothing can be found when investigated further. A few staff have reported seeing a couple of spooky figures, one male and the other female.
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Monks
Location: Beaulieu - Beaulieu Abbey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1977
Further Comments: Haunted by several monks dressed in brown, they are also held accountable for the echoing footsteps and the smell of burning incense. At least one person has felt an evil presence at the location.
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Lake with Sword in a Stone
Location: Beaulieu - Exact location unknown, somewhere in the New Forest
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: 1951
Further Comments: A family driving in the New Forest while on holiday passed a mist covered lake, with a sword in a large stone a few metres off the shoreline. The lake had disappeared when they drove back, and has never returned.
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Loud Whispers
Location: Beaulieu - Palace Lane Cottage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: This cottage was haunted by loud whispers and footsteps heard in empty rooms. The presence also opened and closed doors around the building.
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Cloaked Woman
Location: Bishops Waltham - Claverton Farm
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1969 - 1971
Further Comments: Over three years three people spotted a phantom girl at the farm. She wore a grey hooded cloak, though her face could be seen beneath, and was described as young with pretty brown eyes.
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Duel
Location: Bisterne - Dragon Fields
Type: Dragon
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The area was held to ransom by a fire breather who demanded a pail of milk once a day. The knight who engaged the dragon in battle barely made it out of the conflict with his life, and though the dragon lay slain, the victor died shortly after.
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Missing Time
Location: Bordon - Forest Road / Hendon Road area
Type: UFO
Date / Time: June 1999 and March 2001
Further Comments: Two friends driving from the hospital to one of their parent's homes, a two minute trip, lost one hour forty minutes of their lives. Neither was aware of any periods of unconsciousness or 'jumps' in time. Two years later, another report came in of a missing time episode in the area; this time the witness lost three hours during a five minute walk.
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