The Paranormal Database

Figure in Three Cornered Hat

Location: River Deben - The Old Groom House, near the River Deben
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Seen in the garden of the house, the unknown figure in a three corned hat has also appeared in the bedrooms, startling those in bed by bending over them.

River Gipping, Suffolk.

Gipping Girl

Location: River Gipping - General area
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The mermaid that frequented the Gipping would prey on children who played near the deeper waters of the river.

Black Puma

Location: Rougham - General area, and on the A14 turning
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Circa 2005 - 2020
Further Comments: Big Cats of Suffolk website reported three sightings of black cats in this area, two spotted by motorcyclists. The most recent sighting in 2020 described the creature as muscular and square jawed.

Kingshall Street, Rougham.

Shadowy People in the Gardens

Location: Rougham - Kingshall Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century, around noon on varying days
Further Comments: Happening at lunch time, villagers have reported seeing dark figures approach and cross gardens, only to disappear at dead ends.

Double Fronted Georgian House in Mist

Location: Rougham - Kingshall Street?
Type: Environmental Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: 'In the days before automobiles' a house with a beautiful garden appeared along Kingshall Street. A witness had never seen the building before, so went to investigate, only to see the house engulfed by mist and disappearing to leave an empty field.

The site of old air force base at Rougham.

Disappearing L'il Butch

Location: Rougham - Old USAAF base
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: 1945
Further Comments: Towards the end of the Second World War, L'il Butch was shot down during a bombing run on Germany, but briefly reappeared at the air base a few months later, as if it had just landed. Little exists of the airfield now - an industrial site now stands on the area, and fields cut off access to the runways.

Ringing Telephone

Location: Rougham - Private residence, Rougham Green area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008-2017
Further Comments: Occupants of this property heard an old fashioned telephone ring, even though there was not one in the house. Horses were heard outside, and on one occasion, one witness was hit three times while in bed.

Horse and Carriage

Location: Rougham - Road between village and Bradfield St George
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: September 2016
Further Comments: A taxi driver reported seeing a large black shadow that completely blocked out the headlights of the cab. The driver was convinced that the shadow was a carriage.

Fire Starter

Location: Rougham - Spinney Cottages
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: November 1989
Further Comments: After calling a vicar to rid their building of an 'evil presence', a fire broke out in the family's home, destroying a cupboard and causing smoke damage to the rest of the house. A few days later, one of the family heard a disembodied voice ask, 'that was funny, wasn't it?'.

Shadows Walking and Monk

Location: Rougham - Triangle formed by Gypsy Lane, Colville's Grove & Balmy Corner
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Haunted for unknown reasons, this area is said to be a hotbed for sightings of shadowy figures and a hooded monk.

Several Dancers in White Muslin

Location: Saxmundham - Harpers Lane
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: Observed by a couple of young children, the dancers only remained visible for a few seconds before disappearing.

Emu

Location: Saxmundham - Railway Line
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: 09 July 2012, 11:20h
Further Comments: A train driver reported spotting an emu crossing the Ipswich to Lowestoft track.

Big Cat

Location: Shelley - Exact location not known
Type: ABC
Date / Time: March 1996
Further Comments: This out of place feline stood around 350 metres from observers.

Fawn Coloured Cat

Location: Shingle Street - Unnamed country lane
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 23 March 2008
Further Comments: Prison Officer Heidi Hawley was driving to work when what she mistook for an Alsatian dog ran out in front of her. Believing it to have been an escaped pet, Heidi stopped her car to investigate further; she climbed up an embankment to follow the 'dog', only to realise it was a large fawn coloured cat with green eyes. The cat paused to look at her before running off.

Black Woman

Location: Shipmeadow - Road leading to lock (known locally as Geldeston lock)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: December 1908 - January 1909
Further Comments: A small number of men reported seeing this phantom woman several times over two months. She was described as having a black, shadowy appearance, standing around 1.75 metres tall, and moving swiftly. On one occasion the entity brushed against one witness and, on another, disappeared over a gate and into a field.

Faces in the Trees

Location: Sibton - Village Green, Nearby trees
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The location where a fight between two gypsies resulted in both their deaths, the trees are said to have taken on a life of their own; faces will appear in their branches, and the leaves drip blood.

Grey Figure

Location: Snape - Road between Snape and Sternfield
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 22 December 1974, 18:00h
Further Comments: Reported to the BSIG, a couple driving away from Snape encountered a dark grey humanoid shape which moved from the middle of the road and vanished into a hedge.

Cat Kill

Location: Snape - Tunstall to Snape Road
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 2005
Further Comments: Reported to The Big Cats of Suffolk website, a muntjac carcass found here featured a bite to the neck, with other cat spoor discovered nearby.

Giant and Bloody Rain

Location: Somerleyton - Exact location not known
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Varies: 17 July & 19 November (Reoccurring)
Further Comments: Somerleyton was once the hunting area of a giant, who is said to briefly appear on the evening of 17 July. The giant once stumbled across a plot to murder him, so struck first and killed the would-be assassin. The assassin's blood is said to rain down from the sky on 19 November.

Somerleyton Hall, from Country Seats by Francis Orpen Morris.

Samuel

Location: Somerleyton - Somerleyton Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This site is home to a ghost named Samuel who walks the corridors. Others have reported a small phantom girl and a grey lady.

Dead Zone

Location: Sotterley - Jay's Hill
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Along this road is said to be a patch of land, the site of a murder, where nothing grows.

Southwold beach, Suffolk.

Fisherman Swinging Tilly Lamp

Location: Southwold - Beach
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Carrying a large fish, a phantom fisherman has been seen walking along the beach, swinging a Tilly lamp.

Woman in Black

Location: Southwold - Cliff Face
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: Emerging from the solid cliff face, a woman dressed in black has been reported along the coastline.

Falling sounds

Location: Southwold - Former vicarage (currently a bus office, wool shop & paint shop)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Many sounds seem to have once haunted this building - sighs, creaking of a chair, the rattling of chains, and the sound of someone falling down the stairs.

Gun Hill, Southwold.

Headless Gunner killed by Exploding Cannon

Location: Southwold - Gun Hill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: After losing his head when a cannon backfired, the soldier is reported to return occasionally to stand by the old guns that face the sea. There are also reports that fairies once camped in little tents on the hill.