East Riding of Yorkshire Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Wet Footfalls
Location: Driffield - Sunderlandwick Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The passageways of this building are haunted by the sounds of wet feet quickly pacing along their stonework. The sounds may relate to a murder that occurred at the hall in the eighteenth century.
Running
Location: Dunnington - Private residence, Water Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twenty-first century
Further Comments: Several sound-based activities were heard here, including footsteps running on the staircase and walking through an empty room, and bangs that resembled gloved hands knocking on glass. On one occasion, a figure seen sitting on a bed quickly disappeared after being mistaken for a real person.
Green Serpent
Location: Easington - Off coast
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Late 1930s
Further Comments: This sea creature was snakelike, possessing a flat head. It appeared to gasp for air as it skimmed across the waves.
Orange Energy
Location: Flamborough - Area near the lighthouse
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 20/21 June 2019
Further Comments: One witness spotted two red lights hovering silently hovering over the cliff before they descended and vanished. Sheep in a nearby field appeared destressed. The following night, the same witness spotted a small drone-like craft which transformed into a rectangular orange object, like a ball of energy, which crackled and buzzed. The object remained visible for a few minutes. Two people nearby were able to hear the crackling of the object but could not see it.
Jenny Gallows
Location: Flamborough - Dane's Dyke (nature reserve)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Dating back to prehistoric times, this ancient feature is home to a pale female form that flitters around the site. She was given her affectionate nickname by locals. A woman in the nineteenth century is said to have died after she, along with her fiance, tried to find the ghost - she caught a chill and was dead within a month. A local story once said she could be summoned by running eight times around a circular pit and singing 'Ah'll tee on me bonnet, an' put on me shoe, an' if thoo's not off, ah'll suan catch thoo'! As a side note, running nine times around the hole (without pause to sing) will enable the runner to hear fairies.
Bonneted Female
Location: Flamborough - Streets of the town and/or Tranmer Hill area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Two female wraiths walk the roads of the town; one going by the name of Jenny, wearing an old fashioned bonnet, while the other possesses neither a bonnet nor a head.
Rectangular Block
Location: Flamborough - Thornwick Bay
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 4 or 5 October 2023
Further Comments: One witness heard a quiet mechanical sound and could make out the faint shape of dark rectangular shape pass their caravan.
Norman Soldier
Location: Flamborough - Tower Field, near remains of Flamborough Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This phantom figure was observed by someone living nearby - the ghostly soldier was in full uniform, carrying a pike over one shoulder.
Stinker
Location: Flixton - General area
Type: Werewolf
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: There are stories that the area around Flixton is home to a werewolf, which has glowing red eyes and a particularly bad body odour.
Parachutist
Location: Great Driffield - Driffield RAF base
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Post-Second World War
Further Comments: A pilot who bailed from his aircraft above the airfield landed on the tower while in a controlled descent, though died falling from the tower onto the ground. His shade has been seen slowly parachuting onto the building.
Long Sea Monster
Location: Hilston - Off coast
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1945
Further Comments: Two sightseers watched a fast moving long creature in the sea here, with a small head and several humps, travelling northwards.
Ruined Twice
Location: Holme on the Wolds - Church
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Fairies advised the people building a church here to place it at the top of the hill and not at the bottom. The builders ignored the advice and twice found their church in ruins just before completion. They moved their third attempt to the top of the hill, where it remains.
Spinner
Location: Hostock - Old spinning mill (note - Hostock was reported as being near Bolton, but cannot be found on maps)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1887
Further Comments: A mill was said to have become haunted by a spinner who died twelve months previous. The ghost was said to appear at any time of the day or night, and workers were afraid to go anywhere alone.
Raining Soot
Location: Hull - Private flats along Hessle Road
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Circa October 1997
Further Comments: Two couples living in the same building started sleeping in a car at night to avoid the strange happenings in their flats. Events included one man grabbed by an unseen presence, soot raining down in a kitchen, cold spots, and screeching and banging.
Dummy Thief
Location: Hull - Private house, Orchard Park Estate
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1963-1973
Further Comments: Items would vanish, including a shaving kit and baby's dummies, while light bulbs fell from their sockets and disembodied footsteps were heard on the staircase and on the roof. A local vicar who investigated the haunted claimed other properties on the estate had similar paranormal problems.
Green Eyed Hound
Location: Hull - Private residence
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2014
Further Comments: Two people spotted a dog-like shape with green eyes walk across the upper landing before vanishing into a bedroom. Other phenomenon in the same building included items that moved or were thrown through the air, and a large black shape that, after being observed in the corner of a room, exited through the ceiling.
Shaking Wardrobe
Location: Hull - Private residence
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980 - 2000
Further Comments: Friends and family were reported to have witnessed figures reflected in mirrors and objects that moved unaided by human hand. A wardrobe took to violently shaking and was chained shut by a family member.
Burning Bugs
Location: Hull - Private residence
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1991
Further Comments: A lamp lifted itself up and flew across the living room, shattering above a child's head. On another occasion the occupants returned to their empty home to find a large Bugs Bunny doll burning in their fireplace.
Presence
Location: Hull - Private residence, Beverley Road
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Circa 1960s
Further Comments: This haunting had a very brief mention in a 1971 newspaper, which stated a man refused to live in his house because of a presence.
Electric Train
Location: Hull - Private residence, Princes Avenue
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1960s
Further Comments: After the death of a resident, a model railway enthusiast, the following occupants could hear an electric train being used within the building.
Stone Throwing
Location: Hull - Private residence, Sykes Street
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1908
Further Comments: After windows were broken by stones thrown by an unseen agency, a police officer visited and witnessed pots, pans and other household items fly across a room. The occupant, whose son had died a few days before, was reported to be in a 'state of great nervous prostration'.
Dancing People
Location: Hull - Stonebridge Avenue, playing fields
Type: Other
Date / Time: 09 August 1977, 01:30h
Further Comments: A policeman reported seeing several strangely dressed people dancing around in a circle - they disappeared soon after.
Arthur Lucan
Location: Hull - Tax office built on site of the Tivoli Theatre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Arthur died in his dressing room in the theatre. He was known for his dislike of taxes (and tax men), so it was no surprise that his ghost came back when the Inland Revenue building was placed on top of the theatre. His spirit is dressed as Old Mother Riley, a character he played in fourteen films.
Elizabeth Clark
Location: Hull - Trinity Almshouse
Type: SHC
Date / Time: January 1905
Further Comments: Elizabeth Clark spent the night here and was discovered in the morning covered in heinous burns which later claimed her life. No one heard any noises during the night, and although covered in the ash from her nightdress, the bed itself was not scorched.
Bumps
Location: Hull - Unidentified house, Exmouth Street
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: January 1964
Further Comments: A brief newspaper report mentioned a house belonging to the Jackson family experienced a poltergeist which created 'bumps in the night'.
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