The Paranormal Database

White Woman

Location: Clonmel (County Tipperary) - Unnamed road leading southwards, passing over a bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late nineteenth or early twentieth century
Further Comments: Walking to a friend's house late at night, this witness spotted a glowing woman in white with long hair cross a bridge ahead of him. The girl vanished without trace, and upon mentioning it when he arrived at his destination, his friend told him that the same figure had appeared at the foot of his bed a few nights previous.

Hooded Monk

Location: Clophill (Bedfordshire) - Between Haynes Church End and Clophill Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1969
Further Comments: A hooded monk on horseback holding a lantern was seen by a man delivering newspapers in the early hours of the morning. He said that the horse passed straight through his car.

A ghostly shadowy figure haunting a road.

Archibald Jacob

Location: Clough Mills (County Wexford) - Road between Clough Mills and Wilton Castle, Black Stream area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Renowned for his monstrous temper, Captain Jacob died when his horse stumbled and threw him from the saddle, breaking his neck. Jacob's ghost remains in the area, probably still a little angry.

Fast Moving Car

Location: Clyst St Mary (Devon) - Road between Clyst St Mary and Clyst St George
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 22 February 1997 (car), Autumn 2002 (soldier)
Further Comments: This witness was passed by a fast moving car which turned off in front of them. As the witness drove by the turning spot, they realised that the route that the fast car had taken was blocked and there was no sign of the vehicle. Five years later the same witness reported a blue soldier which manifested in the front seat of their car along the same road.

Sound of a Horse

Location: Clytha (Gwent) - Road on the hillside
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Autumn 1898
Further Comments: The driver of a horse and cart and a passenger were left shaken after encountering the sounds of a horse which passed them, and although nothing could be seen, the sounds were accompanied by a cold gust of wind. A murder had occurred along the road a few years previous, where a woman on horseback was decapitated by a former lover.

Moon or Hitchhiker

Location: Coalisland (County Tyrone) - Mullaghmoyle Road, Brackaville
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: January 2009
Further Comments: Reports of a white phantom in the form of a woman resulted in an approximately sixty car long traffic jam as people tried to spot the spook. Local Councillor Desmond Donnelly said the 'ghost' was more likely to be the moon reflecting in the nearby river.

Vanishing Hitchhiker

Location: Cobh (County Cork) - The Fota Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mostly unknown, coach in 1930s
Further Comments: A single woman is said to stand by the roadside, her thumb stuck out trying to attract the attention of passing male motorists. If the driver stops, she vanishes, but if the driver passes by, the ghostly woman manifests in the back of the vehicle. Or so the stories say. The road is also haunted by a little girl who fell from a wall alongside Fota House (she also occasionally manifests in passing cars). During the 1930s, several witnesses claimed to have seen a phantom coach, the sighting coinciding with the death of a prominent local woman.

Field Marshal Lord Ligonier

Location: Cobham (Surrey) - A3 near town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 27 November 1965
Further Comments: The musical group Peter Bs reported encountering a ghostly figure while driving along this stretch of road. They said the entity wore an army greatcoat, emanated a strange glow, and had hollow eye sockets. After conducting research, the band thought the figure could have been Field Marshal Lord Ligonier, buried at Cobham church.

Woman in Black

Location: Cockenzie (Lothian) - B1348 between Cockenzie and Prestonpans
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom woman dressed in black clothing walks between these two places.

Spheres

Location: Coddington (Nottinghamshire) - Between Balderton and Coddington
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Sometime between 2004 and 2011, 20:05h
Further Comments: A freedom of information request made to Nottinghamshire Police showed that they had received a call from a woman travelling back to Coddington from Balderton. After her dog started to bark, she spotted two clusters of misty spheres on the ground some 200 yards (183 metres) in front of her. The spheres then floated to her right over open fields before gaining attitude and disappearing.

Triangle

Location: Colchester (Essex) - Maldon Road
Type: Other
Date / Time: 15 January 2023
Further Comments: A strange white triangle briefly appeared to one driver along this road. Three years previous, the same witness had spotted a white bike pass by in the same area.

Mersea Road, heading out of Colchester.

Teenage Boy

Location: Colchester (Essex) - Mersea Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Through the rear view mirror, a driver spotted a teenage boy sitting in the backseat of her car. She turned her head to see who was sitting there, but the seat was empty. Turning back to face the road, the figure was once more visible in the mirror.

Old Woman

Location: Cold Ashby (Northamptonshire) - East bound from Long Buckby towards Cold Ashby
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1999, 03:30h
Further Comments: Returning home in stormy weather after a night shift, a driver spotted an old woman in his headlights walking towards him. She was bend over, as if she had a bad back, and held a shawl close to her head. Her clothing looked as if it was from the eighteenth century. As the driver passed her, a shiver ran down his spine, and looking into his rear view mirrors, realised she had disappeared. The driver stopped to try to find her, and then drove up and down the road a couple of times, but there was no sign of the woman.

Monks with Body

Location: Colwall (Herefordshire) - Road near village green known as 'Haunted Lane'
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 01 February 1940, and circa 1975
Further Comments: A woman cycling along the lane during the Second World War encountered a procession of cowled monks carrying the body of a young man draped in black. Pedalling away from the scene, the woman was overtaken by a ghostly horseman also galloping from the monks. Man and horse vanished as they reached the railway bridge in the village. Many years later two children walking home encountered a tall, hooded monk along a country lane. They quickly ran past.

Small Black Dog

Location: Combs (Derbyshire) - Road between Combs and Cockyard
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Early twentieth century?
Further Comments: Smaller than the average shuck, this phantom dog was reported to silently follow people down a hill before vanishing.

Romans

Location: Compton Valence (Dorset) - Roman road from Dorchester to Eggardon Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This old Roman road is still said to be the haunt of those who built it. A legend attached to the location says the road was built by Old Nick in a single night.

Vanishing Car

Location: Comworth (Bedfordshire) - Honeydon Road
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Circa late 1980s / early 1990s
Further Comments: Five occupants of a car driving along this road spotted another car a short distance in front of them. The vehicle ahead followed the winding road around a cutting; as the car behind did the same, the occupants realised that the other car had vanished, with nowhere to turn off or pull over.

George

Location: Congresbury (Somerset) - A370 road running through the town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid-to-late twentieth century
Further Comments: Thought to be a local man, the ghost of George now haunts this area of road, unnerving drivers as he steps out in front of them.

Postman

Location: Consett (Durham) - Wooded area, Consett Lane / Pemberton Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s onwards
Further Comments: A phantom postman in 1950s clothing was said to wander this area.

Nun

Location: Cookham (Berkshire) - Whiteladyes Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The lane is said to have taken its name from a local legend of a phantom nun who haunts the area.

Screaming Male

Location: Corby (Northamptonshire) - Rockingham Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 10 April 2011
Further Comments: A driver and her passenger heard a male scream and glimpsed someone at the roadside. They thought someone was hurt, even suspecting they had hit a pedestrian, so turned back to have a look and called the police. Nothing could be seen, and a police search drew a blank.

Fat Man Rolling

Location: Corntown (South Glamorgan) - A48, Crack Hill area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The strange sight of a short tubby man rolling down the hill only to vanish into a quarry has been reported here.

Grinning Skull

Location: Corsham (Wiltshire) - A4 just east of village
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Late twentieth century?
Further Comments: A truck driver claimed that he had seen a figure in the middle of the road which he had to slow down to drive around. The person then sprung onto the side of the cab of the truck, the driver realising that instead of a face, the figure had only a grinning skull. The entity vanished after a few moments.

Driverless Car

Location: Corsham (Wiltshire) - Hilly road around Pickwick
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century?
Further Comments: A woman reported driving past a large American-style car heading in the opposite direction. The car had no driver and its lights on full.

Escort

Location: Cottingham (Northamptonshire) - Old Corby Road area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This shuck was regarded as the traveller's friend, walking alongside anyone traversing the road on their lonesome. It would vanish into thin air if touched.