The Paranormal Database

An old woodcut appearing to show figures summoning a winged beast.

Town Witches

Location: Fairford (Gloucestershire) - Poulton Crossroads
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A small group of evil witches are said to have once plagued the town. After they died, they were buried at this crossroads, and their shades now haunt the area.

Standing Man

Location: Fakenham (Norfolk) - A1067, Docking/Hunstanton junction
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 24 March 2006, 22.30
Further Comments: A ghostly figure has been seen standing on the roundabout here at least twice.

Unlit Bicycle

Location: Fakenham (Norfolk) - A148 Bale Crossroads
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 14 December 2010, 16:35h
Further Comments: A driver was forced to brake sharply as a cyclist pulled out in front of their car. As the driver started to drive again, they realised the cyclist had vanished.

Young Girl

Location: Fareham (Hampshire) - Saltern Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1999
Further Comments: The misty figure of a young girl crossing the road was seen by three occupants of a vehicle which had to break hard to avoid her. The figure disappeared into a verge on the side of the road.

Headless Horseman

Location: Farley (Staffordshire) - Road between Farley and Alton
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Riding a white horse and donned in a full suit of armour, his knight can also be recognised by his lack of head.

Fast Moving Old Lady

Location: Farnham (Surrey) - West Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Wet winter nights
Further Comments: Limping, this OAP runs by witnesses at a rate of knots and disappears into the doorway of a house along the street. The same street is also haunted by a black dog which performs a similar action to that of the old woman.

A phantom coach on a country lane.

Horse and Coach

Location: Farningham (Kent) - Main road through village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An old coaching route, some still say that phantom horses and coaches can still be heard passing along the road.

Drifting Nun

Location: Fawkham Green (Kent) - Pennis Lane
Type: Curse
Date / Time: Autumn (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Appearing at dusk, the figure of a nun has been reported floating down this lane. Her skull is housed at Pennis Farm and it is said if the object is ever removed a great curse will befall the valley.

Smoky

Location: Fazakerley (Lancashire) - Higher Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1950s onwards, last seen February 2006
Further Comments: Last seen by a policeman in the early hours of the morning, this smoky entity is reputed to appear in front of cars, resulting in accidents.

Hitchhiker

Location: Felixstowe (Suffolk) - Crossroads controlled by lights
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: For several days, a car driver found himself giving a lift to a Second World War pilot, who would suddenly appear in the back seat of his car when he reached a certain point of his journey. This stopped once the driver started taking a different route.

Phantom Peacock?

Location: Five Ashes (Sussex) - A267
Type: Other
Date / Time: October 2006
Further Comments: Wildlife rescuers were called to this road twice by motorists who claimed that they had hit a peacock which was crossing the road, though on both occasions no evidence could be found of the bird's existence.

White Lady

Location: Fleet (Hampshire) - Bagwell Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A ghostly white lady haunts this country lane - she is also said to cross a field and vanish into a pond.

Insane Nurse

Location: Fleetwood (Lancashire) - Unnamed road in the town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century?
Further Comments: Travelling with her husband and a chauffeur, Therese watched a nurse run in front of her car. The woman in grey was knocked down, and when all three people jumped out of the car to help her, she had vanished. Therese saw the ghostly woman several more times after that event, in different places. Seeking help, Therese met a spiritualist who recommended that she return a recently purchased second-hand writing desk as it belonged to a nurse who committed suicide after murdering a patient; after that, the apparition departed.

Germans

Location: Forest (Guernsey) - Le Bourg (road)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid-to-late-twentieth century
Further Comments: A line of soldiers wearing grey uniforms walking along this road are said to be occupying German forces from the Second World War.

Woman in Green

Location: Formby (Lancashire) - A565, between the town and Ince Blundell
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This stretch of road is reportedly haunted by a woman in a green coat, who has been observed by motorists.

A quiet road leading from Fossebridge, Gloucestershire.

Motorbike & Sidecar

Location: Fossebridge (Gloucestershire) - Roads around the area
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: August 1997
Further Comments: Three men in a car reported being followed by this aging vehicle, ridden by a man with no crash helmet. It suddenly vanished while close behind them.

Hessian Cavalry

Location: Foulkesmill, Horetown (County Wexford) - Battle of Horetown site and Green Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 20 June (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The entire Battle of Horetown is replayed on its anniversary, while a lone Hessian trooper is seen standing by a tree along Green Road where his body is thought to be buried.

Man in Light Jacket

Location: Foxton (Cambridgeshire) - A10 between Foxton and Royston
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Summer morning, exact date not unknown
Further Comments: A driver expressed concern to their passenger as a man in a light-coloured jacket and dark trousers crossed the road in front of traffic. However, the passenger was unable to see the pedestrian, and as the man reached the other side of the road, he disappeared with no sign of where he could have gone.

Headless Lady

Location: Freckleton (Lancashire) - 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.

The Spittal Hill Tut

Location: Freiston (Lincolnshire) - Spittal Hill Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century?
Further Comments: Nicknamed the Spittal Hill Tut, this ghostly entity would take the form of a small horse. The entity grabbed one man passing through the area on horseback, almost crushing him to death. Some believed the Tut existed to protect some treasure concealed beneath the hill.

A ghostly figure walks the roads in Frimley Green.

Charlie Miles

Location: Frimley Green (Surrey) - Old Guildford Road, and surrounding area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid to late twentieth century
Further Comments: This old man tragically lost his son, and now walks the road with his dog, looking for new friends.

Woman in Black Dress

Location: Friskney (Lincolnshire) - A52 road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early 1990s, October, early morning
Further Comments: A family of three travelling by car passed a woman wearing a Victorian-style dress walking along the roadside. She had long curly hair under a hat, and a face which glowed green. The car turned and drove passed her a second time before turning off the A52 and taking a different route.

Military Cyclist

Location: Frome (Somerset) - Road outside the Morton Guest House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 22 July 1990
Further Comments: A photograph taken here could show either a phantom motorcyclist or a double exposure of the photographer himself. Even though the latter is much more likely, the site was the location of a fatal motorbike accident in 1940.

Murdered Servant

Location: Galgate (Lancashire) - 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.

Vanishing Vehicle

Location: Gare Hill (Somerset) - Unnamed road between Gare Hill Road and Witham Friary
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: March 2023
Further Comments: Driving a van to Witham Friary down a single track lane, a driver and colleague spotted headlights coming towards them down the hill. They pulled into the passing place at the bottom however the headlights never arrived. There was nowhere for the car to have gone.