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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I couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl, but they definitely seemed in distress and sounded very close to us, so we instantly started running towards the noise.

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These are places steeped in history, myths and legends, from cursed trees to vampires and werewolves.

Another report in an area known for sightings, Birches Valley, describes a mother and daughter chasing after the sounds of a screaming girl. I can honestly say now that this is by far the most convincing piece of evidence to prove ghosts exist, I have ever captured. 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. The entire village of Pluckley has a reputation for being among the most-haunted in Britain – and it was named just that by the Guinness Book of World Records in 1989. A number of paranormal sightings have been reported on the Chase in previous years, including sightings of creepy black-eyed children, aliens, UFOs, the slender man, bigfoot and even a terrifying pig man.

The ghost of Cannock Chase is caught on camera The ghost of Cannock Chase is caught on camera

Cannock Chase is home to some of the weirdest and most terrifying paranormal encounters recorded anywhere in the United Kingdom. In this article, we’ll discuss the infamous Black-Eyed Child and all the other mysteries surrounding Cannock Chase, plaguing locals for centuries.Legend has it that there’s one sinister “Death Tree” within the grounds which should be avoided at all costs. They came across a girl "no more than 10 years old, with her hands over her eyes, like she was waiting for a birthday cake" who lowered her hands to reveal "eyes completely black, no iris, no white, nothing," and vanished. He said: "Myself and a friend went out there to film as it's the Halloween season as we have heard so much about Cannock Chase with reports all over the Chase over the years, so we wanted to see if any of them had any truth to them. A new list of the nation's spookiest outdoor spaces has been compliled - and Cannock Chase has come out top of the list, with myths of half-man-half-wolf creatures chief among the reasons why. Perhaps the most astonishing find has been the Old Coachman’s uniform, preserved for over 150 years behind the chimney.

Ghosts of Cannock Chase: Terrifying Reports of Paranormal

After we took some photographs we started heading to another part of the Chase to do more of the investigation. It contains many never-before published investigations of my own into some of the most scary supernatural happenings people have reported. 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. His ghost has been seen riding horseback through the woods, often accompanied by a pack of ghostly hounds.Around 2 months ago my daughter and I were walking through Birches Valley (an area well known for it's spectral sightings) when we heard the screams of a young child. A great place to head for a restful afternoon in the sun, but not all of the parkland is as welcoming.