The Paranormal Database

A submerged town, taken by the sea.

Kilstiveen

Location: Lahinch (County Clare) - Sea west of town
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: Prior to disaster (reoccurring)
Further Comments: The town of Kilstiveen was submerged by a giant tidal wave, its inhabitants washed away to drown. The ghost town occasionally is glimpsed by fishermen.

The sea between Cornwall and Scilly Isles.

Lyonesse

Location: Land's End (Cornwall) - Between Cornwall and Scilly Isles
Type: Other
Date / Time: 25 December (bells) (reoccurring)
Further Comments: This mythical land was once said to connect Cornwall to the Scilly Isles - as recently as the early twentieth century, people claimed to be able to see flooded woodland between the two land masses. Some legends say that Merlin sank Lyonesse as Mordred's men tried to escape across it, while others say it sank after a judgement from Heaven. On Christmas day, 149 submerged bells are said to ring and in days gone by, Cornish fishermen would sail out and listen to the undersea music.

View of the sea from Land's End.

Thick Monster

Location: Land's End (Cornwall) - Off Coast
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1906
Further Comments: The crew of an American ship reported seeing a long snakelike creature with a thick body and fierce looking teeth in the water off the coast.

Glowing Light

Location: Latheronwheel (Highland) - High vantage point overlooking village
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1900s
Further Comments: A strange light that loitered along the coast was thought by locals to be a warning to a shipping disaster that happened off the coast the following day.

The Sea Witch

Location: Leigh-on-Sea (Essex) - Coastline
Type: Legend
Date / Time: 1850s-1870s
Further Comments: Sarah Moore, locally known as the Sea-Witch, was blamed for cursing unborn children with a hare lip, causing storms at sea, and spontaneously combusting a couple of children as they tried to break into her abode. Legend says she met her end after cursing a skipper; as he hacked away at his boat's rigging with an axe, his psychic energy (combined with the telepathic axe blows) killed her.

An old woodcut of a ship caught in a storm.

Singing

Location: Lemorna (Cornwall) - Mermaid's Rock
Type: Crisis Manifestation
Date / Time: Prior to sinking
Further Comments: Although this creature has not been seen, it can be heard singing - a ship will sink nearby exactly seven days later.

Kilstuitheen

Location: Liscannor (County Clare) - Off coast
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A magical kingdom known as Kilstuitheen or Kilstuiffen once existed in the bay before it was consumed by an earthquake. Every seven years the island briefly returns, any witnesses doomed to die before its next reappearance. It is said the island will permanently return when a golden key belonging to the island's chieftain is rediscovered.

An old postcard showing the Littlehampton marina.

Short Man

Location: Littlehampton (Sussex) - The Seahorse, floating restaurant in the marina (no longer exists)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1984
Further Comments: In the first year of opening, several spooky events occurred in the Seahorse, including the manifestation of a short gentleman near the staircase who disappeared when approached.

Old Sailors

Location: Lizard (Cornwall) - Pistol Meadow
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Several hundred men are buried in the field, killed in the sixteenth century when their transport ship went down off the nearby coastline. The shade of at least one of them has been reported in the area.

An old postcard of Llandudno Bay.

Long Sea Monster

Location: Llandudno (Clwyd) - Sea
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 03 September 1882
Further Comments: From the safety of the town pier, a small group of people watched a sixty meter long sea monster travelling at 50 kph as it moved towards the Great Orme.

Two Saurians

Location: Looe (Cornwall) - Off coast
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 5 July 1949
Further Comments: A pair of green sea monsters were observed chasing fish off the coast. They were said to resemble Chinese dragons.

Kilstiffin

Location: Loop Head (County Clare) - Off coast
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Kilstiffin (or Kilstapheen) is another one of Ireland's lost islands. It was said that towers from the city could sometimes be spotted emerging from the sea, and that localised storms periodically manifested over the site.

Humped Creature

Location: Mallaig (Highland) - Sea
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Late 1950s
Further Comments: The crews of two fishing boats were reported to have encountered a humped creature several metres in length moving through the water. A column of spines ran down the monster's back and it possessed a head like a tortoise with a large mouth.

A beach near the church on Mersea Island.

Wrecked Yacht

Location: Mersea Island (Essex) - Beach near church
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local man spotted a wrecked yacht just off the coast, the crew in dire need of assistance. The man spent several hours trying to save the badly injured sailors, only to eventually lose consciousness during the rescue attempt. He later awoke on the beach, only to discover there was no evidence the boat or the crew ever existed.

Long Snake

Location: Milford Haven (Dyfed) - Off coast, viable from the Shipwright public house
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 06 March 2003
Further Comments: A small group at the pub watched a snake-like creature, between 10 - 15 metres in length, a short distance off the shoreline.

Mrs Leakey

Location: Minehead (Somerset) - Culver Cliffs
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1634 onwards
Further Comments: This spirit was once blamed for every bad occurrence in and around the town - storms, attacks on the roads, sinking ships... These days the ghost is limited to making the odd appearance on the cliff paths.

Creature from Sea Monsters Unmasked by Henry Lee, 1883.

Two Metre Tall Neck

Location: Montrose (Angus) - Just over a kilometre offshore, 16 kilometres southeast of town
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1903
Further Comments: The crew of the Rosa reported this monster's appendage which rose from the sea by their boat. It looked around before diving again.

U Boat Sighting

Location: Muckle Flugga (Shetland) - Off coast
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 28 July 1918
Further Comments: The German submarine U108 encountered a giant marine saurian, estimated to be 18 to 24 metres in length.

Large Creature with Five Humps

Location: Mundesley (Norfolk) - Off coast
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: August 1936
Further Comments: While walking along the beach, a couple watched the creature move at fantastic speed through the water.

Forty Foot Creature

Location: New Quay (Dyfed) - Off coast
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1960s?
Further Comments: This sea serpent reportedly took a liking to the local seal population, though the pinniped's objected to the new arrival and their fleeing was an indication the creature was near.

Carrickogunnel

Location: Newmarket on Fergus (County Clare) - MacAulliffe's Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Holding a bright lantern to lure passing ships onto the rocks, the repulsive ghost of Carrickogunnel lurks around the castle. The other phantom found here is that of a bride who mysteriously vanished shortly after being married.

Newquay Harbour.

Vanishing Boat

Location: Newquay (Cornwall) - Harbour
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2009 (last encountered?)
Further Comments: Late on a calm evening, a fishing boat came across an old boat close to the harbour. The crew of the fishing boat pulled alongside the vessel and found it empty. They called the harbourmaster, believing the craft to have broken free of its moorings. The crew were told the vessel had been lost at sea eighteen years previous, and when the men left the cabin to double check the old boat, it had vanished. I was told that most locals know about the boat, but do not mention it, believing the vessel to be cursed.

Sea Monster

Location: North Norfolk Coast (Norfolk) - Sea
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1930
Further Comments: This saltwater creature was observed by the steward on a small boat.

An old woodcut of a large fish-like creature with legs.

Whale like Creature

Location: North of Island (Orkney) - Sea
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 1537
Further Comments: Fishermen reported a whale with characteristics of a boar in the sea in this area.

U-28 Monster

Location: Off Coast (County Cork) - Iberian Wreck
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 30 July 1915
Further Comments: U-boat commander Freiherr George G von Forstner claimed to have encountered a giant 'crocodile-like' creature as the U-28 torpedoed the British steamer Iberian. As the Iberian sank, a huge explosion occurred from under the sea. Moments later, the monster appeared, blown out of the water before travelling back down and sinking beneath the sea.