Somerset and Bristol Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Dancing Stone
Location: Wrington - The Waterstone
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Nights of the full moon (reoccurring)
Further Comments: This stone becomes animated on nights of the full moon.
First added: 2002-11-16 | Last updated: 2002-11-16 | ID #3229
Jack
Location: Yarlington - Crossroads
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Highwayman Jack White, gibbeted at Castle Cary, haunts this crossroads as well as the site of his death.
First added: 2026-09-13 | Last updated: 2026-09-13 | ID #16820
Robed Figure
Location: Yatton - Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1952
Further Comments: Two witnesses reported, at separate times, seeing a female figure in a grey robe walking away from the altar. The ghost had her head bowed and hands clasped.
First added: 2009-04-12 | Last updated: 2009-04-12 | ID #9203
Hungry Jack
Location: Yeovil - Barwick Park - Jack the Treacle Eater Tower
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: This monument tower has a statue of Jack perched on top of it - it is said that he will descend the building at night and eat any treacle left at the base of the tower.
First added: 2004-02-28 | Last updated: 2004-02-28 | ID #5021
Fading People
Location: Yeovil - Cemetery
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Summer 2013
Further Comments: Five people exploring the cemetery spotted a couple of figures with their heads bowed standing by a grave. As the group moved closer, the two figures faded away.
First added: 2024-01-06 | Last updated: 2024-01-06 | ID #15207
Woman with Sword
Location: Yeovil - Elephant and Castle public house, Middle Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: This lady is said to walk about the building holding both a lamp and sword (or possibly just a lamp). She was seen passing through a closed wardrobe.
First added: 2003-04-13 | Last updated: 2003-04-13 | ID #4125
Tizzy
Location: Yeovil - Ilchester Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: This spirit, thought to be a teenager who died of fever, was heard typing late at night. The teen is also blamed for creating the sounds of barrels being rolled over cobbled stones - the stones had been removed many years previously.
First added: 2002-09-28 | Last updated: 2002-09-28 | ID #2487
Molly
Location: Yeovil - Railway Station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Molly worked at the railway restaurant during the 1960s and died on the platform. Her ghost is held accountable when items are moved around, and electrical items are switched on and off.
First added: 2008-01-08 | Last updated: 2008-01-08 | ID #8143
Bear in Ball
Location: Yeovil - Road between town and South Petherton
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Seventeenth century?
Further Comments: Travelling between the two towns, a lone man reported a huge bear with flaming eyes along the road, rotating within what sounds to be a large plastic ball (like the hamster 'toy'). The witness's horse then bolted and ran back home.
First added: 2003-01-21 | Last updated: 2003-01-21 | ID #3670
Zig Zagging Light
Location: Yeovil - Road through Stoford
Type: UFO
Date / Time: Winter 2015, and Summer 2018
Further Comments: On two occasions, a witness travelling through the area observed a bright light flying low in a zig zag motion. During the second sighting, the witness checked their flight tracker app, but the craft did not appear. On both occasions, the witness found online comments that other people had seen the lights.
First added: 2024-01-06 | Last updated: 2024-01-06 | ID #15208
Footsteps
Location: Yeovil - Shop along Middle Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early 2000s
Further Comments: Marching footsteps could be heard in the upper part of the building in the evening. It was said that the building was used for drills during the Second World War.
First added: 2019-07-06 | Last updated: 2019-07-06 | ID #13275
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