Ghost? Naaah.
Posted on 04/29/2006 7:51:33 AM PDT by CurlyBill
Apr 27 2006
By Stephanie Turner
MYSTERIOUS sightings of a "ghostly figure" wandering across the Caterham bypass have left police officers stumped.
Several drivers have now reported spotting the young girl as they travel along the A22 in the early hours of the morning.
But a full-scale police search - involving a helicopter and the dog unit - has uncovered absolutely nothing.
Father-of-two Matthew, who did not want to reveal his surname, was driving along the road at 2.30am on Thursday, April 13 with two of his work colleagues.
The 36-year-old from Whyteleafe said: "We saw a young girl's figure cross the road in front of us. It totally freaked me out.
"We decided to call the police and they said that somebody else had also reported it.
"She was wearing black boots or wellies, a dark top and a beige skirt. We turned around at the roundabout and went back along the bypass; the figure was still there.
"We saw her three or four times that morning. She was just walking across the road. All three of us saw her; it really freaked us out."
Matthew added: "The girl did not have any features on her face. It made the hairs stand out on the top of my neck.
"It wouldn't stop me going along there in the future but I have never seen anything like this before. It's the kind of thing that you don't believe until you see it for yourself."
The mystery girl walked from the northbound carriageway over to the southbound lane near the edge of the woods.
Matthew and his colleagues, who are floor layers, remained at the site near a milestone until the police arrived. An officer claimed spooky sightings dated back to 1962.
Another driver went to Kenley police station to report the incident.
A spokesman from Surrey Police said: "Surrey Police were contacted by the Metropolitan Police just after 3.10am on Thursday, April 13 after a motorist attended Kenley Police Station.
"He said that he had been driving along the A22 Caterham bypass when a young white woman wearing a miniskirt and ripped tights had run across the road in front of him and into woodland towards Tillingdown Farm.
"Several other motorists contacted police around the same time to report seeing the same thing.
"Witnesses described the woman as being in a distressed state and so officers, including a dog unit and the Metropolitan Police helicopter, searched the surrounding area but could find no trace of her.
"An almost identical incident was reported to police by a lorry driver at the same time on Wednesday, March 1. Again officers searched the area but could find no trace."
The spokesman said that although he was aware that similar incidents had been reported over the years on that stretch of road, there are no records of when these sightings were or how long they date back.
A website called the Paranormal Database records another spooky incident in the area around the A22 on July 28, 1963.
It states that eight figures dressed in black cloaks were seen running and leaping around heading towards the dual carriageway.
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Yikes!
Were they driving home after watching "Silent Hill"?
I would have thought that this was a job for those other guys that bust ghosts... not some totally hot TV babe with a smokin' body.
Bringing Mary Home
I was driving down a lonely road a dark and stormy night
When a little girl by the roadside showed up in my headlights
I stopped and she got in the back and in a shakey tone
She said my name is Mary please won't you take me home?
She must have been so frightened all alone there in the night
There was something strange about her cause her face was deathly white
She sat so pale and quiet in the back seat all alone
I never will forget the night I took Mary home
I pulled into the griveway where she told me to go
Got out to help her from the car and opened up the door
But I just could not believe my eyes the back seat it was bare
I looked all around the car but Mary wasn't there
A light shone from the porch someone opened the door
As I walked toward the house I wondered more and more
What happened to the little girl so frightened and forlorn
Could I have just been dreaming bringing Mary home?
I walked up to the lady who was standing in the door
And asked about the little girl that I was looking for
She gently smiled and with her hand she brushed a tear away
And said it sure was nice of you to go out of your way
But thirteen years ago today in a wreck just down the road
Our darling Mary lost her life and we still miss her so
Thank you for your troubles and the kindness you have shown
You're the thirteenth one who's been here bringing Mary home
Thanks, just love these stories.
Paranormal Database:
http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/index.htm
ping. Spooky
Last night at the dance I met Laurie,
So lovely and warm, an angel of a girl.
Last night I fell in love with Laurie -
Strange things happen in this world.
As I walked her home,
She said it was her birthday.
I pulled her close and said
"Will I see you anymore?"
Then suddenly she asked for my sweater
And said that she was very, very cold.
I kissed her goodnight
At her door and started home,
Then thought about my sweater
And went right back instead.
I knocked at her door and a man appeared.
I told why I'd come, then he said:
"You're wrong, son.A strange force drew me to the graveyard.
You weren't with my daughter.
How can you be so cruel
To come to me this way?
My Laurie left this world on her birthday -
She died a year ago today."
I stood in the dark,
I saw the shadows wave,
And then I looked and saw my sweater
Lyin' there upon her grave.
Strange things happen in this world.
Hello Freeper Ghost ping friends! I just wanted to mention that the new movie coming out in theaters on May 5 called "AN AMERICAN HAUNTING" is based on the Bell Witch. I have seen it and its pretty creepy. The ending will surprise you though. I'm surprised that the Bell family (or their decendants) havent sued yet!
Did any of you see the new episode of Ghost Hunters last night where they visited the Florida Light House? Man that was creepy! These guys are getting better footage this season. This weekened they are running a marathon of all the episodes.
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