Road Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Vanishing Dog
Location: Hempnall (Norfolk) - Market Hole (road)
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Twentieth century?
Further Comments: The dog in question ran in front of a cyclist - the man braced for impact, only to see it vanish. A quick search revealed no sign of the creature.
Pushing Force
Location: Hempton (Oxfordshire) - Main road through village
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Victimising cyclists more than any others, an invisible force is said to have pushed several people from their bikes while passing through the village.
Misty Figure
Location: Herne Bay (Kent) - Thornden Wood Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1986
Further Comments: A motorcyclist riding along the road experienced their lights failing, quickly followed by the engine cutting out and the breaks of their bike jamming. The rider managed to keep her balance, and then watched as a misty human shape crossed the road. The figure moved from left to right and was followed by the sound of large dogs. As the sound of the dogs faded, the motorcyclist started to push the bike and managed a bump start.
Elderly Lady
Location: Hersham (Surrey) - Seven Hills Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November 1966
Further Comments: In 19966 a cyclist reported passing through a grey-looking old lady who stepped out into the road in front of him. The ghost normally takes the form of white mist which crosses the road where it bends on the hill.
Abigail in her Carriage
Location: High Laver (Essex) - Main road through village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 24 December (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Abigail Masham spent her remaining years in the village. Her residence is now gone, and Abigail passes through the village in a carriage once a year to have a quick, sad look at where her house once stood before disappearing.
Grey Woman
Location: High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire) - Cock Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: January 1994, and early 1980s
Further Comments: A man reported seeing this phantom woman in 1994, dressed in grey clothing as she crossed the road in front of him. Around ten years previous, another witness reported seeing the figure floating towards him from the direction of the old gypsy camp. The witness ran, and when he looked back, she had vanished.
Lady on Horseback
Location: High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire) - Loakes Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This ghostly woman is reported to ride her mare along the lane where she fell from her horse and died.
Man in Black Cloak
Location: High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire) - White Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 1936
Further Comments: A lorry driver and his mate reported hitting a man dressed in a black cloak on a misty winter's night along this road. They watched the figure go under the truck, but when the duo tried to find a body, the figure had vanished. When the police were informed, the officer told them that several other people had recently reported the same story along the road.
Monks
Location: Hillsley (Gloucestershire) - Coldchange Hill, between village and Hawksbury
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Ghostly monks are said to haunt this crossroads between the two locations.
Horse Drawn Coach
Location: Hindon (Wiltshire) - Junction of the A303 and the A350
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This ghoulish coach is drawn by a team of four grey spectral horses.
Unknown
Location: Hinton (Gloucestershire) - Aging chapel along Church Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This area of the lane is said to be haunted by a ghostly figure, though the exact details are not forthcoming.
Loping Phantom Dog
Location: Hockley (Essex) - Road between Hockley and parish church
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Misty nights
Further Comments: Appearing on misty nights, those who see the dog are said to die before the end of the year. One witness walking home on a dark night fainted after a large black dog appeared by her side, disappearing into thin air several minutes later. It is not known if she suffered the fate that legend dictates.
Waving White Lady in a Coach
Location: Hockley (Essex) - Road outside the church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: August (possibly) (reoccurring)
Further Comments: After losing control of the horses, a coach driver and his female passenger died. Now, the phantom vehicle is seen outside the church; the white woman in the carriage waves at witnesses before the coach pulls away and the accident is repeated.
Mag
Location: Hockliffe (Bedfordshire) - Mag Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This entity has been nicknamed Headless Mag - she is thought to have been a local witch, and her misty form now drifts along the road looking for people to scare.
White Lady
Location: Hockwold cum Wilton (Norfolk) - Hockwold Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The gates to this hall are reportedly haunted by a white lady who has unnerved several drivers through the village.
St Bernard Dogs
Location: Hoddlesden (Lancashire) - Main road through village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: January 2007
Further Comments: A pair of St Bernard dogs were spotted by a man walking his own dogs. Concerned that their owner was nowhere in sight, the witness closely followed them around a corner, where they vanished. The man later found out that disappeared at the rear of the house where they once lived, even though the alleyway leading to the house had been closed off.
Horse Farmer
Location: Hodnet (Shropshire) - Unnamed road in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An unidentified road in this village was haunted by a farmer who had a horse's head instead of his own.
Bob
Location: Hodson (Wiltshire) - Road between Hodson and Chiseldon
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An entity with 'no particular shape', the ghost is said to bob up and down as it moves before vanishing.
Grey Man
Location: Holcombe (Devon) - A374 Teignmouth Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1978
Further Comments: The road is haunted by a phantom middle-aged man dressed in a grey overcoat. The ghostly figure uses a torch to wave at passing motorists. At least one driver believed they had hit a real person, though no evidence of a collision could be found.
Man with Children
Location: Holcot (Cambridgeshire) - A43, Holcot / Sywell junction
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: October 2003, 18:00h
Further Comments: A driver spotted a man with two children, wearing 1970s clothing, standing in the brambles at this roundabout. The driver circled around for another look, but the figures had vanished.
Black Car Vanishes
Location: Holme Moss (Derbyshire) - A6024, where it emerges from the Longdenvale Valley
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1999
Further Comments: Mr Andrew Sylvester reported seeing an old fashioned car in mint condition that vanished behind him as he drove along this barren road.
Armed Cavalier
Location: Hook (Hampshire) - A30, south side
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Wearing a long cape and wide brimmed hat, this Civil War soldier holds what appears to be a broken sword in his hands. One theory is that the man was a messenger caught and killed by Royalists.
Caped Man
Location: Hook (Hampshire) - Road between Crooked Billet pub and Hook House, and other roads in the area
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: Wearing a long cape or overcoat with a tricorn hat, this phantom gentleman is believed to appear only to those who will die within two years.
Jet Black Car
Location: Hook Green (Kent) - Road from village leading to Bell's Yew Green
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This dark limousine has been watched moving silently down the road, disappearing if another car comes too close.
Tall Grey Man in Long Coat
Location: Hopton (Norfolk) - A12 near Hopton, heading towards Great Yarmouth
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 02 November 1981
Further Comments: While driving towards Yarmouth, Andrew Cutajar lost control of his car after passing straight through the figure of a man who appeared in the road ahead of him. The figure is said to have been spotted several times since the 1950s.
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