The Paranormal Database

A water fairy.

Water Fairy

Location: The Black Mountain / Myddfai - Llyn y Fan Fach mountain lake
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Circa thirteenth century
Further Comments: A legend tells of a lake fairy that once emerged from Llyn y Fan Fach and married a local man. She eventually returned home to the lake after her husband hit her, but only after bearing him three sons; she later returned to teach them medical skills.

Sinking Dream

Location: The Smalls - Smalls Lighthouse
Type: Other
Date / Time: Pre-1921
Further Comments: Henry Rees, the principal lighthouse keeper, had a dream in which a ship sank but he managed to save three lives. Rees shared the story with a visitor, who laughed the story off. A week later, when the visitor returned to the lighthouse, he discovered the dream had come true - a Norwegian steamer had sunk off the rocks, and Rees had saved three of the crew.

Tregaron burns before the flood.

Sunken Village

Location: Tregaron - Llyn-y-Maes
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This lake covers what is said to be the original Tregaron - within a few hours, the village was burnt to the ground and then flooded with water to atone for the sins of the evil villagers, who all died during the event.

Hounds

Location: Trelech - Unknown Lane in the area
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown, likely pre-nineteenth century
Further Comments: One witness heard invisible hounds moving down the road. Shortly after, a woman visiting Trelech died, and the route her body was taken matched that of the phantom dogs.

Guardian

Location: Trelech a'r Betws (also spelt Trellech a'r Betws) - Prehistoric tumulus
Type: Dragon
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A gwiber, or large lizard, protects this ancient tumulus.

Stagecoach

Location: Trimsaran - Area of road between Llanelli and Trimsaran, between Farriers Arms and speed camera
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: January 2011
Further Comments: A driver was reported to have seen a ghostly stagecoach moving slowly up the road before disappearing close to a pub.

Good Night

Location: Tumble - Unknown house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1910
Further Comments: Residents in this property reported a ghost which could be heard entering the bedroom and wishing them a 'good night' before leaving again.

Future Train

Location: Whitland - Area close to or between the abbey ruins and River Taf
Type: Other
Date / Time: Pre 1864
Further Comments: A fisherman witnessed the ground shake and a loud whistle fill the air. Moments later, the sound of 'a thousand wheels' panicked nearby horses which leapt into the river to escape. The witness considered his experience an ill omen, and although nothing untoward occurred to the man or his family, a few years later the South Wales Railway company dug out a tunnel which crossed the land where the event had occurred.

Arthur's Pot

Location: Whitland - River Taf, near Gwal-y-Filiast burial chamber
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present?
Further Comments: A naturally formed hole in the stones was said to have been created by Merlin so Arthur could cook his dinner.

Glowing Light

Location: Ysbyty Ystwyth - Llwyn Malees mine
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 14/15 (or 7/8) July 1884
Further Comments: A glowing light which appeared to flit around an office was witnessed by several people after dark. The following night, the light returned even brighter, and this time a woman and two men could be seen moving around the building. Nothing occurred on the third night. It was debated whether the 'ghosts' were paranormal entities or three people playing a joke.

Grinning Grim

Location: Yscarhir (aka Yscanhir) (note - does not appear on maps, so likely a pseudonym) - Pont Cnwca bach (bridge)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Likely pre nineteenth century
Further Comments: An entity which took to haunting this bridge would terrify people into jumping over the edge after a 'cold dread' took over their bodies. On man claimed that he had seen the ghost which grinned a ghastly grin.

Dealing with the Devil.

Sir Dafydd Llwyd

Location: Yspytty Ystwyth - Church wall
Type: Legend - Old Nick
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This local wizard had made a pact with Satan, and in return for power Llyyd's soul would belong to Old Nick whether 'buried inside a churchyard or out'. On his deathbed, the wily wizard asked his friends to bury him under the churchyard wall, thus preventing the Devil taking his due.