West Yorkshire Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana
Tapping
Location: Wharfedale - Greenhow Lead Mines
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The sounds of mining could often be heard here, even when no miners were down the shafts.
Barghest
Location: Wharfedale - Trowler's Gill
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century?
Further Comments: This demonic dog is the size of a small bear, with yellow eyes as large as saucers. To stare the beast in one of these eyes will result in the death of the onlooker within days.
Lady in Long Dress
Location: Wheatley - Long Can, currently the Brewery Visitors Centre
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: An elderly female wearing a long dress has been reported in the upper part of the centre, and she is sometimes heard walking around once all the tourists have left.
Footsteps
Location: Whitkirk - Vicarage
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Sounding like someone moving across flagstones, the echoing footfalls may belong to the owner of a ghostly dog also seen in the premises.
Smoky Lady
Location: Woodlesford - Snooker club (no longer operational), Aberford Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1997
Further Comments: It was reported that a smoky figure of an older woman with her hair tied into a bun appeared briefly in the former projectionist room in this building, which was once a cinema.
Horsemen
Location: Wyke - A58/A641 junction, also known as Hell Fire Corner
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Both ghostly horsemen and a phantom car have reported around this junction. The area is considered an accident black spot, begging the question whether ghosts cause the accidents or are they the products?
Fred the Flusher
Location: Wyke - The Hypnotist public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: 'Fred' is thought to be the ghost of an engineer, based at a nearby dam, who drowned in an accident. He is described as middle aged and dripping wet. Fred is blamed for flushing the toilets when no one is around.
Thrown Paint
Location: Yeadon - 1 Gill Lane
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1970, and periodically since
Further Comments: This noisy spirit broke dozens of telephones and threw a large tin of paint across the room.
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