Post by snozz on May 19, 2008 8:20:22 GMT -5
Saw this on the Mirror website in the UK:
Ghost girl is blamed for crashes in accident blackspot
A ghost is being blamed for a series of car crashes.
Paranormal researchers are investigating the sightings of a girl aged between three and five in Victorian dress who appears late at night near an accident blackspot.
Researcher David Taylor, chairman of the Parasearch group, said: "Although people who reported sightings didn't actually crash they had to swerve round the apparition.
"It could be an optical illusion of some sort. The area around there is an accident blackspot and there have been some serious incidents, so maybe they had all seen the same thing," Mr Taylor, who has been investigating paranormal incidents for 22 years, said.
The girl is said to appear on Oldnall Road, between Wollescote and Cradley in the West Midlands, late at night.
"One person who had an accident on that stretch of road said he'd swerved to avoid a child in old-fashioned - possibly Victorian - clothes standing in the middle of the road; and then, after going into a hedge, he looked back and there was nothing there," Mr Taylor added.
Jimmy Lahn, 54, who lives near the road between Wollescote and Cradley in the West Midlands, said: "We've had quite a few accidents. Maybe now we know why."
The team from Parasearch are trying to find out if there are any local stories which could throw light on who the girl is.
A West Midlands Police spokesman said the most recent incidents included a crash involving a motorbike and a car in November while last July a woman was taken to hospital after a collision on the same stretch.
Parasearch is a West Midlands-based research group and is looking into the possibility that the spooky sightings are linked to the area's nearby archaeological sites such as Wychbury Hill.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/05/19/ghost-girl-is-blamed-for-crashes-in-accident-blackspot-89520-20422349/
Snozz
Ghost girl is blamed for crashes in accident blackspot
A ghost is being blamed for a series of car crashes.
Paranormal researchers are investigating the sightings of a girl aged between three and five in Victorian dress who appears late at night near an accident blackspot.
Researcher David Taylor, chairman of the Parasearch group, said: "Although people who reported sightings didn't actually crash they had to swerve round the apparition.
"It could be an optical illusion of some sort. The area around there is an accident blackspot and there have been some serious incidents, so maybe they had all seen the same thing," Mr Taylor, who has been investigating paranormal incidents for 22 years, said.
The girl is said to appear on Oldnall Road, between Wollescote and Cradley in the West Midlands, late at night.
"One person who had an accident on that stretch of road said he'd swerved to avoid a child in old-fashioned - possibly Victorian - clothes standing in the middle of the road; and then, after going into a hedge, he looked back and there was nothing there," Mr Taylor added.
Jimmy Lahn, 54, who lives near the road between Wollescote and Cradley in the West Midlands, said: "We've had quite a few accidents. Maybe now we know why."
The team from Parasearch are trying to find out if there are any local stories which could throw light on who the girl is.
A West Midlands Police spokesman said the most recent incidents included a crash involving a motorbike and a car in November while last July a woman was taken to hospital after a collision on the same stretch.
Parasearch is a West Midlands-based research group and is looking into the possibility that the spooky sightings are linked to the area's nearby archaeological sites such as Wychbury Hill.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/05/19/ghost-girl-is-blamed-for-crashes-in-accident-blackspot-89520-20422349/
Snozz
