The Paranormal Database

Dog that is not There

Location: Pimperne (Dorset) - Road between village and Letton Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1970s
Further Comments: Heard dragging chains as it ran, this phantom hound is said to be invisible, though it has been touched by witnesses as it passes them. A similar story is told in Stourpaine, Dorset.

Alarm

Location: Pluckley (Kent) - Private residence
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1989
Further Comments: Two employees would be woken at 02:15h by their alarms over a two week period, although neither had set their devices. The figure of a young woman quickly vanished after being spotted by one employee, and a cat would appear in the building before disappearing in areas with no possible exits. Finally, men (but never women) would find one room particularly disturbing, with builders refusing to work within and guests leaving during the night.

A Man and his Dog

Location: Plumtree (Nottinghamshire) - Outside Perkins' Bar & Bistro (formally Plumtree railway station)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: The ghosts of a man and his dog haunt the site of former railway tracks just outside this bistro, where it is believed they were killed by a steam engine.

Ghostly monk in a park.

Monk

Location: Plymouth (Devon) - Radford Park, Plymstock
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This park is said to be haunted by a figure wearing a habit near the gates of the lodge, a white lady who drowned in a lake while eloping, and a strange animal with very large eyes.

Bloody Horse

Location: Pool (Cornwall) - Road and tunnel close to South Crofty mine
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Circa October / November 1995, around 22:30h - 23:00h
Further Comments: Driving past the mine in bad weather, a driver and his passenger felt a strange negative sensation wash over them. The driver slammed on the brakes and as the car stopped, they spotted a bloody horse standing in the lights. The driver started to climb out of his car to move the horse out of the road, but the creature had gone - there was a steep drop to one side of the road and a wire fence to the other side.

Fox Terrier

Location: Portsmouth (Hampshire) - 44 Laburnum Grove
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1910
Further Comments: Elliott O'Donnell wrote that a medium who receded here believed her home to be haunted by several cats, which were mistreated by a former owner of the property. The medium also detected the presence of a fox terrier.

An old woodcut of a monkey.

Scratching Monkey

Location: Puddletown (Dorset) - Athelhampton House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Home to several ghosts, the monkey was accidentally bricked up behind a wall and now tries to escape. Headless figures allegedly sit around the dinner table, duellists re-enact their last fights outside, and a grey lady walks through walls in the east wing.

Miss Effie

Location: Reading (Berkshire) - Elm Park football ground
Type: Other
Date / Time: 1996
Further Comments: The (former) owner of Miss Ellie, a dead hamster which was buried on the goal line of this football ground, claimed that the animal's spirit had prevented Reading FC being relegated.

Woman in White

Location: Reagill (Cumbria) - Country lanes in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: It is not clear if the woman in white, a large black hound and a black hog which once haunted this area were all the same entity. The phantom (or phantoms) would all suddenly grow once seen, before pursuing any witness.

Woman in a Carriage

Location: Redbrook (Gwent) - Edge of the river
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century?
Further Comments: While walking by the river, Mr Morgan heard horses approaching from behind but could not see anything. As the sound reached him, Morgan leapt to one side and watched as a team of horses pulling a coach appeared from nowhere. The coach contained a woman who looked out of the window at the witness. Instead of following the road, the coach entered nearby woodland and vanished.

Farm Animals

Location: Rhondda (Mid Glamorgan) - Exact location unknown
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1992
Further Comments: Built on a farm, one house here was reportedly haunted by pigs in the garden. Poltergeist-like activity was reported inside the building itself, including exploding cups and electrical equipment powering itself up and off.

Horse

Location: Riseley (Bedfordshire) - Eastfield's Corner
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A farmer heard a galloping horse rapidly approaching him, even though he could not see the creature. Moments later, there was a crashing sound, and a large gust of wind passed the man, even though the creature remained invisible.

Horses

Location: Rochdale (Greater Manchester) - Gristlehurst Lane, Heywood
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This lane is reputed to be haunted by the phantom sounds of horses.

Funeral Procession

Location: Rockfield (Gwent) - General area
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Prior to a death in the area
Further Comments: An old story states that any death in the area would be heralded by a ghostly funeral procession and ghostly horse drawn hearse.

Coach and Horses

Location: Rockfield (Gwent) - Road between Rockfield and Monmouth (Ancre Lane?)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather dependent: Stormy nights
Further Comments: A coach pulled by a team of frantic horses reputedly vanishes into a field after crashing through a wall on the roadside.

An old illustration of a cat.

Cat

Location: Ropley (Hampshire) - Cottage along Old Chapel Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1920s?
Further Comments: An old woman who lived in this cottage was convinced it was haunted by a black cat, which she believed was her mother, due to the way it walked.

Shag Foal

Location: Roxby (Lincolnshire) - Road formally known as Goosey Lane (and/or Boggart Lane)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 1830
Further Comments: A ghostly donkey covered in long shaggy hair was said to haunt this lane.

Hound

Location: Rugeley (Staffordshire) - Britannia Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom black dog, unlikely to be a shuck, has been reported to walk around the corridors of the inn.

Sister Lucy

Location: Runwell (Essex) - Our Lady's Well
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Sister Lucy ran away from her chapel, but realising she had made a mistake, tried to return. She slipped as she passed the well and drowned in its waters. Her ghost is now said to haunt the area. The same location is also said to be home to a phantom horse.

A ghostly hare.

Hare

Location: Saint Martin (Guernsey) - Area around Profond Camp
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather dependent: stormy nights
Further Comments: A phantom white hare was said to manifest when storms rolled through the area.

Ewe

Location: Sandwick (Orkney) - Nether Benzieclett farm (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The phantom of a murdered man returned in the form of an ewe, appearing at the scene of the crime every morning at 1am.

Tailless Dog

Location: SE1 (Greater London) - Anchor Inn, Clink Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This inn is haunted by a dog which lost its tail while trying to protect its master from press gangers.

Boy with Cat

Location: SE13 (Greater London) - Private property along Roxley Road, Lewisham
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: March 2009
Further Comments: The London Ghost Hunters group investigated this property after the owners reported strange knocking and phantom footsteps. A little boy with a cat was also spotted by one witness.

Dead Dog

Location: SE3 (Greater London) - Blackheath, exact location unknown
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A woman from Bath saw a vision of her dog here, at the exact moment her pet died at home.

The painting Witches Going To Their Sabbath, By Luis Ricardo Falero.

Fox Hunt

Location: Seaham (Durham) - Five Sisters (group of trees)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather dependent: Fog
Further Comments: A local legend says that the five trees are where an old witch coven would meet. One of the witches took the form of a fox and led the local hunt over the edge of a cliff - the scene is repeated if the weather conditions are right.