The Paranormal Database

Seaton

Location: Looe - Nearby beach
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Upset with the residents of the village Seaton, a mermaid caused all the buildings to be buried by sand.

Two Saurians

Location: Looe - Off coast
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 5 July 1949
Further Comments: A pair of green sea monsters were observed chasing fish off the coast. They were said to resemble Chinese dragons.

Bloody Man

Location: Looe Island (aka St George's Island) - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: According to folklore, a dark figure covered in blood wandered the island.

Aristocrat

Location: Looe Island (aka St George's Island) - Unnamed farmhouse
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1850s
Further Comments: A holiday maker staying at the farm saw a tall, well-dressed man with dainty hands and long fingers walk through a wall. Several years later, people discovered a hidden skeleton on the island, with longer than average fingers. The ghost may now take the form of a glowing blue ball of light that vanishes as quickly as it appears.

Horses

Location: Lostwithiel - Braddock Down
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 19 January (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The site of a Cromwellian defeat, the anniversary of which is marked by phantom hoof falls.

Pesky Polt

Location: Lostwithiel - Trout Hotel
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1987
Further Comments: There was alleged poltergeist activity in this hotel during 1987, though details are patchy.

White Lady

Location: Lower Boscaswell - Pendeen Vau, aka Pendeen Fogou
Type: Legend
Date / Time: 21 or 22 December (Winter Solstice) (reoccurring)
Further Comments: This figure in white holds a red rose in her mouth and turns and walks into the fogou once spotted. Some say to see her will bring misfortune, and anyone foolish enough to follow her... well, no one as yet has followed her.

Demonic Attack

Location: Ludgvan - Church
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The spire of this church was once torn down by a devil during a storm. The church yard is also haunted by a tall figure in white.

Vicious Little Folk

Location: Ludgvan - Well
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The well in the village is reported to be protected by violent fairies, which are also capable of summoning storms.

Escape Route

Location: Lundy Bay - Lundy Hole
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Hole still present
Further Comments: While combing her hair nearby, Saint Menfre was confronted by the Devil. She threw her comb at him, striking with such force he dug Lundy Hole in his haste to return to hell.

Cole

Location: Luxulyan - Vicarage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The garden of the vicarage is thought to be haunted by the shade of a former occupier by the name of Cole.

Protective Fairy

Location: Madron - Men-an-Tol
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Locals knew the good fairy which lived here would cure the sick. It was also known to go on missions to locate and retrieve children stolen by other fairies with lesser morals. The stones found on the site are believed to have curative properties.

Healing Well

Location: Madron - Well (or spring) of St Madron
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: The holy well here is said to have cured the injured and diseased. Dropping pins or pebbles into the water and counting the bubbles which rose enabled time-based divination questions to be answered (one bubble equated to one year). Another legend associated with the location is that of King Arthur, who was told that the waters would burn a man who was not pure of heart. Arthur placed his hand in the water and pulled it out unscathed, but when Mordred tried, his hand was scalded.

White Rider

Location: Marazion - Area once known as Marazion Green
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre-1840
Further Comments: In the days when horses were the main form of transport, this white woman would leap onto the back of a passing rider and refuse to leave until taken to the Red River, where she would vanish. The last witness, Buck Billy, died in 1840.

Giant Grave

Location: Marazion - Chapel Rock
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Rock still present
Further Comments: The giant wife of St Michael's Mount was accidently killed when struck by a carelessly tossed hammer. The rock was lifted by her husband and her body placed beneath.

An old woodcut of a woman hanging from a tree.

Elizabeth Thomas

Location: Marazion - St Hiliary's Church
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Hanging herself after being jilted by her lover, Elizabeth was said to appear at the church on the day her former partner was due to marry another woman.

Cornish Owlman

Location: Mawnan - Near church
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 17 April 1976, onwards
Further Comments: This man-sized creature was seen several times over a period of years - a giant owl with glowing red eyes and pincers for feet. All the witnesses would appear to have been teenage or younger girls.

Balls of Light

Location: Mawnan - Wooded area close to church
Type: Other
Date / Time: 03 March 2007
Further Comments: On a clear and calm night, a camper in this woodland could see two balls of light through the material of the tent. The camper's dog was also in the tent; normally quite boisterous, the hound quaked in the sleeping bag. The camper also said they experienced a strong sense of fear.

Red Cat

Location: Mevagissey - Area west of Town
Type: ABC
Date / Time: January 1995
Further Comments: This ABC, possessing a vivid red coat, was blamed for the carcasses of several deer that appeared to have been eaten.

Dark Mood

Location: Mevagissey - Lost Gardens of Heligan (botanical garden)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: This location was said to home to a 'dark mood' which enveloped gardeners working in certain areas, such as the rockery, bothy, melon garden and fruit store. An exorcism is said to have been performed.

Red Stagecoach

Location: Mevagissey - Road between Mevagissey and Truro
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A driver along this road closed his eyes and prepared for a crash when this eighteenth century coach driven by four horses appeared in front of him - but the accident never happened, as the coach vanished into thin air. The witness later said he had also seen the driver and a guard on the coach.

Petrified Hurlers

Location: Minions - Hurlers stone circle
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: For playing the ancient sport of hurling on a Sunday, these men were transformed into stone as a warning to others. As hurling had a habit of radically reducing life expectancy, it is rarely played today.

Victorian Girl

Location: Mitchell - Main road through village
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1965
Further Comments: A car driver passing through the village watched in horror as a young girl dressed in Victorian clothing ran in front of a lorry. The lorry did not stop and appeared to hit the girl, but there was no one there and none of the other pedestrians in the area appeared to have noticed the incident. A few miles down the road the car driver narrowly avoided a serious accident, and once again briefly saw the phantom Victorian girl smiling, as if happy that the accident had been prevented.

Seaman

Location: Morwenstow - Bush Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: One of the oldest pubs in England, the ghost of a sailor who haunts the building may be one of the unknown men washed up on the nearby beach.

An old photograph of people standing outside Morwenstow church.

Robert Hawker

Location: Morwenstow - Church and general area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 27 July 2024, late afternoon / early evening
Further Comments: Folklore says that Parson Hawker, proudly proclaimed a legend in his own lifetime by locals, has been heard walking about in his former church and other various areas of his old neighbourhood. In 2024, one witness looked up from their bible and spotted a figure in dark red robes, wearing wither a hood or a strange hat, standing in the centre aisle. The figure promptly evaporated. Many years ago, the church was due to be constructed in a different place, but the building materials were relocated by a supernatural agency to the place it now stands.