Ghosts of Cannock Chase: Terrifying reports of paranormal activity from the UK’s most haunted town (Lee Brickley's Paranormal X-Files)

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Several of the witnesses claim the creature sprang up on its hind legs and ran into the nearby bushes when it was spotted. Tom captured the spooky figure in the darkness on Saturday evening while he was investigating the area for his TV show Haunted Finders.

Haunted Cannock Chase: Unveiling the Ghosts of Cannock Chase

A great place to head for a restful afternoon in the sun, but not all of the parkland is as welcoming. 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. When I was little, I found it all quite fun. It was only when I was older my dad told me the house was haunted and he always tried to play it down and hide it from me. 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. 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.Hundreds of the 10,000 men who fought there died - and it’s now said that the ghosts of the dead soldiers are spotted near the boating lake on the anniversary of the battle on May 13. 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. A link is often made between the ‘atmosphere’ at Heligan and the amount of staff that were lost during the First World War. And the continuing reports of supernatural activity there has definitely help to fuel my motivation and continuing interest.”

Ghosts of Cannock Chase: Terrifying Reports of Paranormal

This area of the Chase is probably one of the earliest parts of the District to have been populated with the impressive earthworks of the monument being built over 2,000 years ago….some say it is a portal to another dimension ….I think the paranormal puts fear in a lot of people because it’s the unknown and people fear the unknown and I think this is one thing that causes scepticism in our field.” Most famously, it's known for its 'werewolf' sightings and, according to myths, the monster prowls the outskirts of Stafford. This to me as a paranormal Investigator is amazing and every person including investigators I’ve shown agree that it’s an amazing piece of evidence.

Ghostly voices and apparition captured on hunt for Cannock

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. He said: “I definitely believe this proves there something out there. As I explain in the video, the figure seems to carry its own light source through the darkness of the woods, which a living person would not. It was one of the bloodiest battles of the conflict, with a huge number of English soldiers brutally killed here. 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, 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.

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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 Apart from a café, it is creepily empty. Allegedly, a ‘Blue Lady’ is known for luring in passers-by, only for them to fall of their death. 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. It contains many never-before published investigations of my own into some of the most scary supernatural happenings people have reported.