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Bristol Ghosts
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Skid Marks The Spot
A38, Barrow Gurney Reservoir, near Bristol.
The spirit of a departed life has almost caused others to lose theirs when it suddenly walks out in front of them on the A38 south west of Bristol.
Many people have reported exactly the same experience, which is typified by the first witness.
This young man was driving along the road when all of a sudden a lady in a white coat appeared to be crossing the road just in front of him.
He slammed on his brakes and skidded across the road, luckily managing to keep control of the car.
When he came to a halt he realised that there was no-one there, he went to investigate that bit of the road and found that there were lots of skid marks in exactly the same spot.
Indeed several other people have since come forward to say that they encountered the same lady on that stretch of the road.
Duchess of Beaufort
Vassals Park, Fishponds, Bristol
This spirit has been seen by a lot of people over the years as they've gone through the park.
Two teenagers were halfway across the footbridge in the park that leads over the River Frome when they saw the hooded figure dressed in a cloak with its arms outstretched.
They couldn't make out a face or feet and the figure gave the impression that it was floating.
After moving a little way onto the bridge the spirit turned around and vanished into the wall just past the end of the bridge.
Other teenagers from the same youth club went to revisit the spot for the next few nights and saw an inexplicable white light floating near the wall where the figure had disappeared.
A lady went with others to check out the spot and she reported hearing monks chanting.
Achtung!
The ghost of a Luftwaffe officer has been seen at Hengrove Park, the former site of Whitchurch airport. Could be he's trying to get a ticket to the multi-screen cinema.
The Girl on the Roof
Sally was a serving girl on a Hanham farm during the Civil War and was killed by Cromwell's troops for refusing to tell them where some Royalists were hiding.
The story goes that she tried to escape through a trap door on to the barn roof because that's where she has been hanging out ever since.
Evil Dwarf Highwayman
Jenkins Protheroe was a dwarf highwayman who begged for money and then held up and robbed passers-by who didn't give enough.
Jenkins was hanged in 1783 at the top of Pembroke Road. He still haunts the area.
The Union Activist
This was a ghostly figure who used to appear in the Spillers animal feed mill at Avonmouth - but only to Transport and General Workers Union members.
The general theory was that he was trying to join the union, although frightening the brothers seemed an odd way of going about it.
"We won't be beaten by a ghost" said their shop steward stoutly. And he added: "As far as I know, it's not a card carrying member."
Everybody out!
The Starving Monk
If the chap who haunts Oldbury Court is who we think he is, it's no wonder he's still wandering around.
Back in the days when there was a stately home on the estate, the story goes that a Catholic monk or priest was secretly celebrating Mass at a time when it was illegal.
When visitors arrived, he was hidden in a priest hole or secret passage and forgotten.
This does sound slightly dubious - would you forget storing a priest in your walls? But he is supposed to have starved to death.
The last recorded sighting was in the '70s when some teenagers saw a cowled figure in a cloak which seemed to float before vanishing into a wall.
The Roundhead
We haven't heard from the local Roundhead ghost recently but he was once a regular in the woods at Stapleton.
This was the area where Cromwell mustered his New Model Army before the attack on Prince Rupert in Bristol.
For some reason, the ghost walks up to walkers as if to speak to them and then walks straight through them. It would be interesting to know if those who saw him were all staunch royalists and were simply being snubbed.
Bristol Ghosts
Headless coachmen, Nazi airmen, medieval soldiers - we've got the lot.
Ghosts abound in and around Bristol, as befits an area inhabited for thousands of years.
Some are little more than a chill at the back of the neck - others are rather more solid.
Whether they really exist or are a figment of drink, tiredness, superstition or simple imagination is up to you to decide.
Here is a selection of more of the West's best ghosts . . .
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