The Paranormal Database

Dog with Glowing Eyes

Location: Formby - Coastline
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 31 October 1962
Further Comments: Locally known as 'Old Trash', this black dog bounds along the dunes leaving no prints or marks in the soft sand. He was last seen by two journalists and a photographer, though it is unclear whether an image was caught of the entity.

Black Monk

Location: Formby - Tower Grange
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This monk in a black habit reportedly haunts the main bedroom.

Little Folk

Location: Foulridge - Area around Lake Burwain
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The area around the lake is reportedly home to boggarts and hobs. There are also stories of ghostly Roundheads moving around the area, some on horseback and others wearily walking holding pikes.

Glowing Cross

Location: Foulridge - The New Inn, Skipton Old Road
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: Two boys staying in one of the bedrooms here reported a glowing crucifix which appeared on the ceiling. More recently, claims have been made that phantom Quakers haunt the building.

Headless Lady

Location: Freckleton - Road leading to Kirkham
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Murdered along the road, this decapitated woman drifts along the area where she died.

Murdered Servant

Location: Galgate - Green Lane, near the war memorial
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Once a year (reoccurring, but exact date unknown)
Further Comments: A maid was once found murdered along the road, her body partially covered by a layer of snow. Once a year the spot is snow covered, even if the rest of the area is baron.

A skeleton holding an hourglass and an arrow, from an engraving circa 1757.

Skeletal Woman

Location: Garstang - Bridge and lanes around the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Murdered on the bridge, this ghoul now extracts revenge by standing by the roadside with a hood covering her face - when approached, she reveals the white skull that is now her face. She was said to have chased a postman, only ceasing the pursuit when he ran past a churchyard and she disappear within.

Noises

Location: Garstang - Nateby Hall (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: The room above the kitchen area was said to be haunted, but little information is available to identify the entity further.

Footfalls

Location: Glazebury - Speakman House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Heard descending a staircase which had been removed many years prior, the footfalls belong to person or persons unknown.

Brown Dog

Location: Godley - General area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The size of a cow, this large dog was mistaken for an escaped lion until it vanished into thin air.

Lady Eleanor

Location: Goosnargh - Chingle Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Often (if previous owners are to be believed)
Further Comments: Haunting the priest room, Lady Eleanor is one of several ghosts reported to haunt this building. The others include priests and monks, St John Wall, blue & white lightning... In total, 16 different ghosts have been listed in the various volumes written about this building. A reasonable summary of these is given in Sally Wallbank's 'Chingle: Britain's Most Haunted House'.

Soft Laughter

Location: Goosnargh - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Heard at night, the witness reported the sounds of fairies and pixies playing in the summer night.

Brown Monk

Location: Goosnargh - Hill Chapel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: The living room was haunted by a monk who entered through one door and vanished through another - one priest tried to talk to the spook but was ignored.

Hooded Woman

Location: Goosnargh - Horns Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 15 November 2007
Further Comments: Several people have reported seeing a phantom woman wearing a long black cloak standing in the middle of the road. Cars have skidded to a halt, only to find the figure has vanished.

Unknown

Location: Goosnargh - Whittingham Hospital
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: As the building next door is allegedly the UK's most haunted, it only stands to reason that some of the shades would migrate to this hospital, though no one appears to know for sure which ones have.

Toilet Haunter

Location: Grasscroft - Farrars Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This public house is home to a male spook that haunts the woman's bathroom area. The upper part of the building is said to be haunted by a maid who died on site.

White Lady

Location: Great Eccleston - Cross House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pale woman was seen several times in the house.

Six Figures

Location: Great Harwood - Council house along Burns Way
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: October 1957
Further Comments: Five shadowy figures, each ninety centimetres tall, were seen emerging a fireplace and crossing a bedroom in this home until they reached another dark figure wearing a crown sitting in a chair. Each of the five shadows offered a gift to the seated figure before they turned and walked back to the fireplace.

Electrician

Location: Greenfield - Landing jetty at old paper mill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: July 1967
Further Comments: The white figure holding his arms by his side was watched by two workers at the mill for several minutes. As they approached, the figure vanished. The ghost stood on the spot where a young electrician died a few years previous.

Raura Peens

Location: Greenfield - Pots and Pans Stone
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Early nineteenth century?
Further Comments: Raura Peens, the last fairy of the area, may have appeared to a local man at these stones during the nineteenth century. The fairy tried to lure the witness to her realm (or at least a cave under the area) but failed. Another story said the stones were once home to a giant named Heywood.

Giant Cow

Location: Grimsargh - Cow Hill
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A giant cow would provide milk to all in the neighbourhood until tricked into passing milk into a sieve. The result was the death of the cow, and it was buried under what is now Cow Hill.

Dancing Folk

Location: Grindleton - Catsteps
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Knee high fairies were once said to use the steps as a stage, dancing along them between sunset and sunrise.

Fox-Headed Creature

Location: Hale - Rivington Road
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 30 April 2012, 05:00h
Further Comments: Sue Langham reported seeing a creature around the size of a small dog with a fox-like head and muscular body. The witness said the animal was making the sound of a 'strangled wolf'. Earlier in the month the creature (or something similar) was spotted along Belmont Road.

Mary Holt

Location: Hale Altrincham - The Railway public house, Ashley Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twenty-first century
Further Comments: A former landlady, Holt has been seen drifting along corridors in the building. She also moves heavy barrels in the basement at night.

Red Lights

Location: Halewood - General area
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 2003/2004
Further Comments: Seven red lights were seen bobbing up and down as they slowly moved across the sky before fading away. The witness was told the lights were actually 'light reflecting off migrating birds', although they had not seen this effect prior to the sighting or since. The village was considered a hotspot for UFO sightings during the early 2000s.