Haunted Roads In Devon (uk)

Many roads in Devon (uk) are haunted, by a phantom either visible or audible to some. Often there is a vague atmosphere of something tragic or evil which may even account for otherwise inexplicable accidents. Of all the roads those on Dartmoor must be the most obviously eery.

Where there are no hedges and the low drystone walls are barly visible, it is easy on a dark misty night to become disorientated, and if the camber of the road slopes sideways, hallucinatory sensations of being pulled sideways into the ditch can feel very nasty indeed.

One of these is the so - called 'Carter's Road' from Moretonhampstead to Princetown. It was called this because the first turnpike road there was constructed by contractor called Carter; it roughly followed the line of an older road, bypassing much of the Chagford route which had been used previously.

A man was walking back from Chagford late one night. The lane for most of its way lay between hedges set high on the walls. Suddenly he heard a horse galloping towards him down the lane. he had no light and he could only flatten himself against the hedge and hope the horse would not hit him. There seemed to be a rider, for he could hear the squeak of harness. Then he heard the horse behind him dashing on down but realised that he had not seen anything or actually heard it passing by.

however, there is no doubt that road and the area surrounding it are haunted by something pretty resentful of modern intruders. For many years there have been unexplained incidents in which people, usually travellers, have reported seeing or feeling a pair of huge hairy hands.

It is was under the impression that the Entity (whatever it was) seemed to confine its attacks to motor - cyclists on the slope on the west side of Postbridge about a hundred yards above Drift Lane where it is said there was this feeling of horror.

There have been two fatal accidents in one, a man riding alone was thrown off his machine and killed. In the second case the rider was killed, but a pillion passenger escaped with serious injuries. 'He said he saw a hairy hand touch the handle - bar of the cycle and upset it causing them to crash.