The Paranormal Database

Figure in Silver Suit

Location: Isle of Sheppey - Roadside of Sheppey Way
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 22 March 1979
Further Comments: A figure in a baggy silver suit climbed down a grassy verge by the roadside, watched by several motorists. It is thought this has a connection with a UFO seen a few hours earlier in the area.

Triangle

Location: Istead Rise - Skies above village
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 24 November 2017
Further Comments: A large triangular craft was watched as it moved irregularly across the sky. It made no sound and would occasionally disappear and reappear.

An old woodcut of a knight in armour riding a horse.

Knight in Shining Armour

Location: Kemsing - Kemsing Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 29 December (reoccurring)
Further Comments: This gallant looking figure rides up to the church, enters the building and briefly prays at the altar before vanishing again until another year goes by.

Materialising Figure

Location: Kemsley - Bowaters Mill, shower room
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Appearing to several men at different times, this spirit would appear once the witness had entered the shower. Two of the men ran from the room naked, such was their horror.

Raining Money

Location: Kenardington - St Mary's Churchyard
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1989
Further Comments: Reports say that it has rained money in this graveyard several times, but do not become too enthusiastic - the coinage is always pre-decimal.

Nurse

Location: Kings Hill - Private residence
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2009-2012
Further Comments: The resident of one of the properties built on a former RAF airfield has said they have seen a nurse in an old fashioned uniform, an airman's head and a shadowy figure moving across their hallway.

Highwayman

Location: Knockholt - Harrow Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A highwayman hanged on gallows that once stood outside this building is still said to make his presence known in the area.

Religious Procession

Location: Lamberhurst - Bayham Abbey
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Midnights
Further Comments: On still, moonless nights, a line of monks have been observed in these ruins. Plainchant has also been heard and the smell of incense detected by tourists at the site.

Horse Mover

Location: Lamberhurst - Furnace Mill Farm
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1906
Further Comments: This playful spirit succeeded in transporting a horse into a hayloft through a gap so small that a wall had to be knocked down to remove the creature! Large barrels were also transported around the site, unhindered by guards and their dogs.

Bus

Location: Lamberhurst - Road between town and Frant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Witnesses report seeing this vehicle coming towards them along narrow parts of the road; they pull in to give way, only to see the bus vanish. An earlier version of the story says the bus (or coach) is seen parked at the side of the road but vanishes when witnesses pass.

Revenue Man

Location: Lamberhurst - Scotney Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Said to have been killed by Arthur Darrell (a previous owner of the castle), this agent of the Government now climbs out of the castle moat, dripping wet, and stalks the castle looking for revenge. Arthur Darrell's body was buried near the castle, and there are stories that say he turned up to his own funeral, his ghost saying, 'That isn't me!' before vanishing.

Foretelling War

Location: Langley - Well in a unnamed park (may no longer be present)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This well would be full of water during times of peace, but as soon as war broke out, it would dry up until hostilities ceased.

Mr & Mrs Children

Location: Leigh - Ramhurst Manor house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1850s
Further Comments: Believed to have now left the property, the two ghosts could be heard talking and walking about the building. A nineteenth century medium claimed they stood by the front door, waiting to be released.

Pilgrim

Location: Lenham - Red Lion public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The pub is thought to be home to the ghost of an elderly man who once rested here during a pilgrimage to Canterbury.

Appearing Ring

Location: Leysdown-on-Sea - Private residence
Type: Other
Date / Time: July 2020
Further Comments: A ring thought to have been thrown out several years previous was found in the middle of a floor of this property. The ring had a personalised message and had been a gift to an occupant from a life-long friend who had recently died.

Presence

Location: Littlestone - Private residence close to coast
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 2007
Further Comments: Guests at this property reported an unwelcome feeling and the sensation of not being alone. They later found out a previous cleaner had quit because they were convinced the site was haunted.

Pins to See

Location: Loose - All Saints church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The church is reputedly home to two ghosts that can only be seen after one has stuck a pin in a yew tree in the churchyard and quickly circumambulated the church thirteen times.

Battleship Conqueror

Location: Lower Upnor - Dockyard
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: 1923
Further Comments: Wandering around the Conqueror during her decommissioning and deconstruction, Donald Maxwell found himself in the remains of the wardroom. As Maxwell stood there, figures started to form around the room, and he recognised the Commander and other officers who were still alive and likely only a couple of miles away. Maxwell quickly left after the phantom sounds of battle flared up.

Cat

Location: Lydd - George Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1978
Further Comments: People have reported being woken during the night when a small cat jumps on their bed, though they can no trace of it when they turn on the light to investigate.

Young Man

Location: Lydd - Jury's Gap Road, the last bend before entering Lydd
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1998, 23:00h-00:00h
Further Comments: Travelling along Jury's Gap, the driver of a car spotted a man in his twenties in the road. He slammed on his brakes and the man in the road jumped to the side, landing in a ditch. The driver stopped to make sure the man was okay, but he was nowhere to be seen, and a search up and down the side of the road turned up nothing.

Six Saxons

Location: Lympne - Lympne Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Brutally murdered by Normans, the Saxon warriors now haunt the castle. It is also said that a ghostly Roman soldier has been seen falling from the battlements.

Smallpox Victims

Location: Maidstone - Holy Trinity Church
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: Three young girls, the daughters of a local vicar, died of smallpox on the same day and are believed to haunt the graveyard. They were last seen by a woman walking her dog in the area.

Not an Accident

Location: Maidstone - Hunton Hill
Type: Other
Date / Time: 20 September 1985, 23:30h
Further Comments: Lorry driver Peter Russell hit a woman who was lying in the road. A police officer and a doctor were already at the scene; they told him that he had not killed the woman, and that he should go home. When he later went to the police station, there was no record of the incident, and after a brief investigation the police declared that Peter was the victim of a hoax.

Charlotte

Location: Maidstone - Larkfield Priory Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: Charlotte was an eighteenth century serving girl who died after an abortion went sadly wrong. The ghost created so much havoc during the 1980s, the owner called on a medium to help calm her down. During this process it was discovered gallows once stood on the site, and that many unhappy spirits remained.

An old magic lantern slide of Leeds Castle in Maidstone, Kent.

Black Dog

Location: Maidstone - Leeds Castle
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Prior to a death or grave misfortune
Further Comments: This shuck is only an ill omen for those who see him and live at the castle.