A GRAND FEN-ALE!

ROB GANDY concludes his investigation into strange tales from Lincolnshire with a selection of new witness accounts that have come to light over the course of the series

It is over four years since I started researching “The Ruskington Horror” – the name given to a Lincolnshire road ghost phenomenon by ITV This Morning host Richard Madeley in 1984 (FT401:32-38, 402:38-43). Little did I anticipate that my researches would yield over 30 first- and second-hand testimonies about weird stuff from across the county of Lincolnshire, stretching from a 12-ft (3.6m) tall monk strolling along a Scunthorpe road in the north to a driver being buzzed by a phantom motorcycle near Holbeach in the south. The phenomena ranged from the folkloric to the totally inexplicable (mainly the latter!) In this concluding article I present stories that came to light from further witnesses. GHOSTLY GATEWAY Noting that FT regular Nigel Watson is originally from Scunthorpe I contacted him to ask…

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