This morning, I was out and about early – before 5 a.m. – driving down our country road toward the highway. There was a thick fog everywhere, and as I passed areas where I knew there had been fatal car accidents, I felt a tightness in my chest and wondered if I was somehow connecting with the spirits of those who had passed away. I wondered if it was easier for spirits to manifest in the fog or if the spirits and the fog were somehow interconnected.
On the website Outlanderpastlives.com, a touring business based in Scotland, they share an experience they had on one of their tours. They wrote, “We had a really interesting experience on Culloden Battlefield one morning in October 2018. We arrived with our tour guests first thing in the morning in sunshine.
While we were at the Cairn, a mist rolled in at the pace of a man running. The mist moved only up the Jacobite line, along the path which follows the blue flags and the Clan markers.
If you’ve visited the battlefield, you’ll know the path. All of a sudden, the mist changed direction and began ‘charging’ diagonally across the battlefield in exactly the same direction as the Jacobites had at the time of the battle. We stood there in awe, watching what looked like hundreds of ghosts literally charging in front of us.”
They actually have a video of the “fog” rolling in and charging on their website.
The website The Paranormal Database has an entire section devoted to paranormal experiences and the weather. Here are some of the foggy night phenomena:
Stanhope
Location: Broughton Astley (Leicestershire) – A5
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Foggy nights
Further Comments: A member of the Stanhope family is reputed to haunt this road when the fog rolls in.
Treasure Hunter
Location: Higher Combe (Somerset) – The Caratacus Stone, just outside the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Foggy nights
Further Comments: The jutting rock is said to have treasure concealed beneath it, though it is now protected by the ghost of a man who tried to remove the stone to find the hidden wealth – his body was found crushed under the stone.
David Bowen
Location: Aberhowy (Powys) – Road to village from Cardigan Bay
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Foggy nights (last reported 1956?)
Further Comments: The ghost of David on his push bike is said to guide people along the road when the weather is densely foggy and dangerous. Bowen lost his son in an automobile accident on such a night, and now tries to ensure such a tragedy never happens again.
Troops
Location: Marston Moor (Yorkshire) – General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather dependent: Foggy nights. Last seen November 1932
Further Comments: Seen crossing the road in front of a car, these figures looked ragged and battle-weary, dressed in clothing that matched that of the 1644 Battle of Marston Moor. Local reports say the battle is sometimes replayed in full, normally on foggy nights. On one occasion prior to the twentieth century, two fiery pillars were seen in the sky at midday, accompanied by the fighting armies. After some time, the Northern army defeated the Southern forces, after which troops and pillars vanished.
Steam Locomotive
Location: Elsham (Lincolnshire) – Ancholme Bridge
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Foggy weather
Further Comments: Said to reappear in the same spot since an accident in the 1920s which killed four people, this large steam locomotive gently glows in its foggy environment.
Nance
Location: Sheriff Hutton (Yorkshire) – Area near the A64 York/London road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Foggy weather
Further Comments: The young lady Nance has been seen standing on the side of the road holding her young baby – she died in the area after being deserted and left penniless by the child’s father. It is thought she helps those lost and in peril.
Dancing Fairies
Location: Long Compton (actually in Warwickshire) (Oxfordshire) – The Rollright Stones – the King Stone and the Whispering Knights
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Weather Dependent: Mist. Grey figure seen pre-1937
Further Comments: The King Stone was once a place where fairies danced around. Legend says that the monolith was once a King who was petrified by a witch (though which ruler is unclear). There are so many other smaller stones that it is said to be impossible to count them all. Another set of nearby standing stones known as the Whispering Knights are thought to be the witch’s aids, who conspired against the king but were turned to stone anyway. Finally, a grey female figure would appear on misty days, twisting and moving strangely within the stone circle.
A Fox 5 website article reminds us that old battlefields here in the United States are just as haunted. “A man says he captured video footage of “ghosts” during a late-night tour of the infamous Civil War battle site in Gettysburg, Pa.
Greg Yuelling, 46, said he and his family had driven to the site as tourists “to learn more about the history of the Civil War and see the old battleground where the Gettysburg Address was given.”
“We were driving along one night, and we started hearing noises; I heard things to the left, and my uncle heard things to the right, and there was a fog, but the fog was weird; it was only in one patch, not dispersed,” Yuelling told The Sun.
He said he saw shapes “the size of humans” moving in the darkness.
“It was scary, it was crazy. My uncle got so scared he rolled up the window,” Yuelling told the outlet.
Later, Yuelling said, they watched the videos “over and over again,” blowing it up on the big screen to get a closer look.
“It was really exciting, but I also got this strange, ominous feeling, like something was telling me to go back there,” Yuelling said. “I couldn’t go to sleep, but I was creeped out, so I didn’t go.”
Some people have since debunked Yuelling’s video – but I’ll let you check it out and decide for yourselves.
Does the fog invite the ghosts, or does it just make us feel a little more isolated so our senses are even more alert?
Why don’t you test it out next time you’re alone in the fog on a dark night or early morning – I dare you.
Happy Friday!!!