Between 12 and 16 ghost sightings have been reported in the village, including a screaming man, a highwayman who appears at "Fright Corner", a schoolmaster found hanged by a group of children and an old woman who used to sit on a bridge smoking. Joshua Lester-Rigg, from Telford, spent several days visiting the Chase with a friend after dark in a bid to get to the bottom of scary reports from the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, The paranormal investigator added: “In my mind it seems likely that even if my auntie had continued to chase the little girl, she would never have caught her, because it wasn’t a child at all, but an evil force, planning to do away with my own family member.” Read More Related Articles

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The Battle of Rowton Moor took place here during the English Civil War in 1645 and it appears to have left its mark on the land. One time I turned the light on in the kitchen and a single cup was swinging from side to side hanging from a hook under the cupboard. All the others were still. The strangest thing was after we started calling out asking if any spirits would like to communicate by the Katyn Memorial just off Camp Road that's when things changed," he added.

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We have shown this piece of evidence to a number of people already that don’t believe any of this and each one of them couldn’t explain it and all said it’s a figure walking when asked what they thought it was. And to make matters even spookier, the macabre apparitions have coincided with a surge in reports of UFO’s. The Daily Star reported a mother and two daughters who “lost four hours of time at the ghoul hotspot – a classic symptom of alleged alien abduction.” According to the chilling report , “the abducted mum found “October 27” written on her hand – sparking fears a dreadful incident will take place on that date.” A spokesperson for the firm said: “With Halloween around the corner, we’ve researched and revealed some of the scariest outdoor spaces in the country. He said he glimpsed "a grey figure" and asked if others had seen anything similar. Several people replied describing a variety of ghosts said to haunt the cemetery or the adjoining Swains Lane.

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A lot of sceptics will always deny evidence because it’s not that they want proving wrong, they don’t want to believe at all. Reports of wild cats have been rife in the Midland woodlands, ever since the Dangerous Wild Animals Act in 1976 imposed stringent conditions on anybody keeping predatory big cats as pets. According to urban legend, owners released them into the wild rather than have them put down. We couldn't find the child anywhere and so stopped to catch our breath, that's when I turned round and saw a girl stood behind me, no more than 10 years old, with her hands over her eyes, like she was waiting for a birthday cake.

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It was one of the bloodiest battles of the conflict, with a huge number of English soldiers brutally killed here. Most famously, it's known for its 'werewolf' sightings and, according to myths, the monster prowls the outskirts of Stafford.