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.
ID #2686, last updated 2002-10-17
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.
ID #14370, last updated 2022-01-27
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.
ID #4376, last updated 2003-06-28
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.
ID #15626, last updated 2024-09-15
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.
ID #3787, last updated 2003-02-12
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.
ID #3786, last updated 2003-02-12
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.
ID #15627, last updated 2024-09-15
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.
ID #6225, last updated 2005-04-30
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.
ID #2691, last updated 2002-10-17
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.
ID #6205, last updated 2005-04-17
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.
ID #4811, last updated 2003-12-24
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.
ID #11959, last updated 2015-10-24
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.
ID #13732, last updated 2020-05-03
Stone Thrower
Location: Hull - 22 Pennington Street (no longer standing)
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: December 1854
Further Comments: People living at this address called police after they were bombarded by lumps of coal and stones. Police were unable to find who was responsible, and the attacks carried on for several days.
ID #13325, last updated 2019-08-21
Monks
Location: Hull - Bransholme general area, including Foredyke Stream
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Ghostly monks haunt this area, perhaps connected to the former Cistercian community wiped out by the black death. The story has resulted in wooded statues of monks being erected along the roadside.
ID #15871, last updated 2025-04-20
Wet Couple
Location: Hull - Brazil Nut Company, east bank of the river Hull (now Thompson's Plastics?)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1960s and 1970s
Further Comments: Several workers at the plant reported seeing a woman and a decapitated man, both dripping wet. The phantom figures vanished within seconds of being spotted. They were said to be the parents of two children who fell into the river - the whole family were drowned in the accident, though the bodies of the parents were never recovered.
ID #6757, last updated 2006-02-26
Footsteps
Location: Hull - George Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: July 2013
Further Comments: The new owners of this building reported hearing footsteps in the empty rooms above them and feeling a rush of air as something invisible ran by them.
ID #11371, last updated 2013-07-23
Shouting Child
Location: Hull - Hull Council of Disabled People building, Ferensway
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2016
Further Comments: The local newspaper covered the experiences of Rachel Nason's ghost hunting activities, which have included encountering the shouts of a ghostly child and mild poltergeist activity.
ID #12278, last updated 2016-09-24
Floating Charlie
Location: Hull - Hull New Theatre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: His real name unknown, this man with dark straggly hair wears a long grey coat. He has been seen several times and is often heard banging or walking around the theatre.
ID #3639, last updated 2003-01-18
Beryl
Location: Hull - Manchester Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 01 November 2012
Further Comments: Lisa Fowler believed to have caught the pub's phantom, nicknamed Beryl, on the CCTV camera, although the 'figure' could be lens flare. The owners have also reported the sensation of someone running fingers through hair and of glimpsing fleeting shadows which vanish.
ID #11182, last updated 2012-11-25
Fast Ball
Location: Hull - Noddle Hill Playing Fields
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1992
Further Comments: At least four people watched a fast moving ball, around the size of a car, pass overhead. After the object moved away, the witnesses were left with an odd static feeling.
ID #14823, last updated 2023-03-18
Thick Necked Creature
Location: Hull - Off coast
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1927-1930s
Further Comments: While travelling along the coast in heavy fog, the crew of a steamship spotted what they first mistook for a mast jutting out of the water. The 'mast' then moved to the side of the ship, the men realising that it was the neck of a large creature. It then drew a large black body from out the water, then dived and vanished. Sightings of the creature continued for several years.
ID #5440, last updated 2004-09-16
Mr Yates
Location: Hull - Old Grammar School, Trinity Square
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Most likely to be seen at 20:40h
Further Comments: A former vicar at St Mary's Lowgate, Mr Yates is considered an unlucky ghost, and those who have seen him drifting along the first floor corridor have suffered misfortune.
ID #6756, last updated 2006-02-26
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.
ID #14856, last updated 2023-04-10
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.
ID #14854, last updated 2025-05-26
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