The Paranormal Database

A Cyclist Pulls Out

Location: A12 - Junction between Jay Lane and Rackham's Corner
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1988, late afternoon during winter, again in August 2001
Further Comments: Driving back to Great Yarmouth, a driver and his wife watched as a cyclist pulled out in front of their car, while travelling at 70 mph. They hit him, but felt no bump, and could find no trace that the cyclist had ever existed. A phantom jaywalker has also been seen in this area, described as having a weird and horrible leer.

Phantom Coach

Location: Acton - Acton Park, The 'Nursery Corner'
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown date, but appears at midnight
Further Comments: Midnight, at an unspecified date, and the park gates are said to burst open, letting in a ghostly carriage pulled by four horses which race to the area known as the Nursery Corner. Local legend states it is here that once a vicious battle took place between Romans and Britons.

Stalking Footsteps

Location: Acton - Private house along Barrow Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1982
Further Comments: A couple living in the house fled after phantom footsteps started to follow the wife around when she was alone in the house. Doors would also open themselves or jam when the human occupiers tried to open them.

Iron Chest

Location: Acton - Wimbell Pond
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Protecting their hidden hoard of money, if anyone comes too close to discovering this secret stash a white figure appears and cries out 'That's mine!'.

Akenham church.

Summoned Entity

Location: Akenham - Church
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local myth states that walking around the church thirteen times anticlockwise will summon the Devil.

A track in Akenham.

Cat Attack

Location: Akenham - Farm Track
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 18 February 2012, 09:50
Further Comments: Police reported that a man had called them saying that a large cat had attacked a deer. The deer had been found with marks around the throat area.

Off the coast of Aldeburgh, Suffolk.

Bells

Location: Aldeburgh - Coast
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Circa nineteenth century
Further Comments: Much of Aldeburgh has been taken by the sea, leading to the belief that the bells from sunken churches could sometimes be heard under the waves.

Airborne Battle

Location: Aldeburgh - Skies over Aldeburgh
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: 04 August 1642, 17:00h - 18:00h
Further Comments: A large phantom battle occurred in the skies over Aldeburgh; gunfire was heard and a large stone fell from the sky. What happened to this piece of rock is unclear.

The sky above Aldeburgh, Suffolk.

Round Platform with Handrail around Edge

Location: Aldeburgh - Somewhere over the town
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1916
Further Comments: A female witness watched for 5 minutes as this disk carrying a dozen men dressed like sailors flew overhead, at a height of about 30 feet.

Man with his Dog

Location: Ampton - Callow Hill Lane
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1940s
Further Comments: A young boy reported that he walked alongside a man and a dog, which both disappeared once they reached this lane.

One Legged Priest

Location: Ashill - House in village; exact location not known
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1974
Further Comments: Reputedly haunted by a priest with only one leg, this house received media attention when police responded to an activated burglar alarm; they arrived on the scene only to discover a set of one-legged footprints that disappeared into a wall.

ABC

Location: Assington - Assington, near Sudbury
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Early 1996
Further Comments: One of many big cat sightings reported in Suffolk during 1996.

White Figure

Location: Badwell Ash - Holland's Hill (aka Ashfield Hill)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Not much is known about the white phantom which apparently haunts the area.

Lantern

Location: Badwell Ash - Lane near Ladybrick barn (likely Ladywood Lane aka Ladywell Lane)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: A ghostly lantern which slowly moved down the lane towards parked cars was eventually declared to be nothing more than an optical illusion created by nearby houses. Another story states the lane is haunted by a phantom soldier.

Nan Silvers

Location: Badwell Ash - Nan Silvers pond, Shackerland Hall farm
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nights of the full moon (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Poor jilted Nan drowned herself in the pond which has taken her name, and her ghost can be seen in the water when the moon is full.

Headless Driver

Location: Badwell Ash - Old Vicarage Drive
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s?
Further Comments: A girl returning from a youth club watched a white horse and coach emerge from the driveway, the driver carrying his head under his arm.

Mrs Etteridge

Location: Badwell Ash - Richer Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1920s
Further Comments: A former farmer's wife, a boy watched the ghost of Mrs Etteridge as she passed through a hedge, crossed the road, and walked through another hedge, this one leading to the old cemetery.

Coach and Horses

Location: Badwell Ash - Road between village and Walsham Le Willows
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 31 December (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The coach and horses which appear once a year are considered unlucky, with any witness to the sight supposed to die within the year.

Shadows

Location: Badwell Ash - White Horse public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2020s?
Further Comments: Shadows resembling those of people have been spotted, as well as the more traditional pub poltergeist occurrences.

Lady in Red

Location: Bardwell - Bardwell Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This building is reputed to house a ghostly woman in red. A phantom dog haunts the surrounding area.

Rough Coated Dog with Large Yellow Eyes

Location: Barham - Along the main Norwich Road, Barham Church Lane, just past Barham Hall gates.
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 1910s?
Further Comments: The dog harassed a couple of men walking back from work - one of them reported trying to hit the creature with a stick, but the piece of wood passed straight through the dog's body. Another version of the story states the dog disappears into a solid wall.

Stagecoach

Location: Barham - Lane near Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: Observed during daylight hours, a coach is said to travel along a lane here.

Shuck Haunt

Location: Barnby - Bridge over Hundred Stream
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Legend states the stream to be the haunt of a Shuck, though no further information could be found.

Saxon Traitor

Location: Barnham - Tutt Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The man who helped the Danes take Thetford was rewarded for the treachery with execution by his newfound 'allies'.

Rolling Stone

Location: Barrow - Stone in pavement near village school
Type: Legend
Date / Time: New Year's Eve (Reoccurring)
Further Comments: A stone set into the pavement here is reported to mark the spot where a highwayman was hanged. Once a year the stone turns itself over on the stroke of midnight.