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Merlot said:
The lane at the bottom of our village is supposed to be haunted by a headless black dog.
http://www.sussexarch.org.uk/saaf/ditchling.html#g...
A headless black dog? How does it smell?http://www.sussexarch.org.uk/saaf/ditchling.html#g...
flyn said:
It's not the dual carriageway that's haunted, it's the old (now unpasable?) lane that runs parallel to it.
Ah thanks mate I always found that a bit strange lol. Do you know how I can get up there? By the way, check out this website, I found it a few months ago, it's real good:
roadghosts.com
Not 100% sure, as I haven't been around that way for a while, but I think you can still gain access to it at the top of the hill, but it's for local access only and no longer connects with the main road at the bottom.Ah thanks mate I always found that a bit strange lol. Do you know how I can get up there? By the way, check out this website, I found it a few months ago, it's real good:
roadghosts.com
It's an interesting story that one, with various ideas put forward, ranging from the neolithic 'Kits Coty' monument to the power lines running over the road.
If you look at google maps, it's the (now broken up) 'Chatham Road' that you need to follow (I think!)
The B655 coming from M1 Junction 12 heading towards Hitchin, near Baton, Hexton etc . Absolutely pitch black (0200 clock in the morning) and I saw a man in full Amish outfit just standing on the grass verge. I thought I was seeing things but have mentioned to other family members and I'm not the only one to have seen him. Fair enough he might just be a genuine Amish dressing chap who lives nearby or someone who just likes to scare the sh*t out of people.
flyn said:
Hey I am reading about some roads on WeirdNJ.com. I was wondering if any roads near you is spooky (not necessarily haunted) and if so please give the name and Google streetview of it
I'll start, Blue Bell Hill, Kent (road what goes into Medway). Been up there loads of times both in me dads car since I was a kid and more recently my own yet never experienced anything from it. Quite an unusual site for a haunting I must say! Busy dual carriage way and all.
Live in Medway myself (sitting about a mile away from Blue Bell Hill as we speak) and its not the dual carriageway that supposed to be haunted. I'll start, Blue Bell Hill, Kent (road what goes into Medway). Been up there loads of times both in me dads car since I was a kid and more recently my own yet never experienced anything from it. Quite an unusual site for a haunting I must say! Busy dual carriage way and all.Some of the lanes around that way are pretty spooky in the winter, Warren and Common Road are pretty spooky when the wind is blowing (and it does blow when you are the top of a 600 ft hill with no windbreak for 15 miles!)...
But then I have photos of it in the snow and its pretty beautiful, not scary at all...
Fear is in the mind i guess..
Casa1862 said:
The B655 coming from M1 Junction 12 heading towards Hitchin, near Baton, Hexton etc
Where exactly was this? I assume you mean the Barton to Hitchin road which I drive along almost daily. I'm intrigued to know where I need to be keeping my eyes peeled!Edited by Trevelyan on Friday 17th December 12:52
When driving back from watching a horror movie I was heading round one of the back roads to my folks village, pretty close to dark. First thing that happened a deer ran out in front the car, no drama until it ran along side and shoulder charged the car. Gave us a bit of a fright that a deer had gone so crazy. Half a mile later an owl flew off a fence post, straight at the car swooping up over the windscreen missing it by inches.
It is a road I know well and have never been spooked by it before but with the right conditions it certainly was that night!
It is a road I know well and have never been spooked by it before but with the right conditions it certainly was that night!
Casa1862 said:
The B655 coming from M1 Junction 12 heading towards Hitchin, near Baton, Hexton etc . Absolutely pitch black (0200 clock in the morning) and I saw a man in full Amish outfit just standing on the grass verge. I thought I was seeing things but have mentioned to other family members and I'm not the only one to have seen him. Fair enough he might just be a genuine Amish dressing chap who lives nearby or someone who just likes to scare the sh*t out of people.
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d, I drive the road nearly every day and now I'm going to have the heebie jeebies. 
Isn't Hexton supposed to be a place with weird goings on?
In September 2008 i was out for a drive in car, the tax was up in a day or two and this probably was the last time i would go for a blast in the 911 before putting it away for the winter, I was returning home on the A456, it was just starting to get dark as i was driving home, i was in the outside lane approaching the Badgers Set Formally known as the Gypsies Tent Pub, i was slowing down as i was approaching the round about to return in the opposite direction as i live just a few hundred yards from the pub on the same road. I looked across the road and saw lights, torches i thought and what looked like a group of people i could not tell what they were doing, then a man which i thought was in fancy dress ran across the dual carriageway onto the centre reservation towards my car, as he got closer i thought is he going to stop or run out in front of me ,as i got level to him i could see him, his face had a look that i will never forget, a look of sheer terror in his eyes, he seemed to be looking straight back at me,his skin looked so ruddy and weathered and wrinkled ,almost like old worn leather he had a small pointed beard, he was wearing a hat with long feathers in an long brown boots that were above knee length. also a leather sash type of belt and a sword at his waist and some sort of frills on his shirt he came so close to my car i really got a good look at him and did not stop running, as i drove past i saw him in my mirror cross the road and disappear into the hedge row. I came home to tell my wife that i had just seen a guy in the most amazing fancy dress costume but it looked almost to good and that i thought i had seen a ghost, some time later i saw an article in the Local Halesowen Newspaper about the A456 ghost.
To this day i will never forget the face of the ghost and the look of terror in his eyes, Having done a little research the area is well known for battles between the Cavaliers and the Round Heads, I believe the Cavalier was literally running for his life.
Just google A456 Ghost a Policeman had seem him years ago.
many years ago i heard late one night what could only be described as a coach and horses pass my house the noise of the horses hooves and the rumble of the carridge was unmistakable. I believe i am not the only one who lives on this road living just a short distance from the Badgers Set Inn to have heard this, there are also some reports of people who have seen the ghostly coach pulled by six horses.
I did not believe in ghosts really but some things cannot be explained,some of the things that happened at my mothers home and mine after my fathers death you would not believe.
Cyder said:
Casa1862 said:
The B655 coming from M1 Junction 12 heading towards Hitchin, near Baton, Hexton etc . Absolutely pitch black (0200 clock in the morning) and I saw a man in full Amish outfit just standing on the grass verge. I thought I was seeing things but have mentioned to other family members and I'm not the only one to have seen him. Fair enough he might just be a genuine Amish dressing chap who lives nearby or someone who just likes to scare the sh*t out of people.
bd, I drive the road nearly every day and now I'm going to have the heebie jeebies. Isn't Hexton supposed to be a place with weird goings on?
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