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Here at Uncanny UK, we are always pleased to receive genuine accounts of encounters with the supernatural.
Perhaps you have seen a ghost, glimpsed a fairy or caught sight of a strange creature prowling through the countryside.
If you have had a weird experience, or can report one had by a relative, we’ll be very interested to hear about it. Uncanny UK is the place to record previously undocumented supernatural encounters.
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Category Archives: Fairies
A Suffolk poltergeist in the Middle Ages
From P G Maxwell-Stuart’s excellent book on ‘Poltergeists’ comes this extract (in translation) from the works of Ralph of Coggeshall about a Suffolk poltergeist which manifested some time between 1189 and 1199. “At Dagworth in Suffolk during the reign of … Continue reading
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Tagged British fairies, British fairylore, East Anglia ghost, English fairies, English fairylore, fairy, fairy folklore, ghosts of East Anglia, ghosts of Suffolk, haunted East Anglia, haunted Suffolk, poltergeists, Suffolk fairy, Suffolk ghosts, Suffolk poltergeist
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Fairy Cup and Fairy Flag of Dunvegan Castle
The Fairy Flag of Dunvegan Castle is one of the most enigmatic of all the relics found in historic British homes believed to have a supernatural or legendary origin. However, it is not alone – the castle also possesses a … Continue reading
Was this the final home of the fairies in England?
MARK DAVIES revisits the local legend of Harrow Hill, in Sussex, where it is claimed the fairies lived well into the 20th century. Just over a mile to the north-west of Worthing, on the West Sussex coast, you will find … Continue reading
Fairies cross the Mersey: more modern fairy sightings
NIGEL WATSON cast his mind back to 1964 when beings described as ‘leprechauns’ caused chaos on Merseyside: two classic cases of modern fairy sightings. The Beatles were not the only group to send people wild in Liverpool during the summer … Continue reading
Top 5 fairy sites in Britain
JANET BORD continues her selection of the ten most fairy-haunted sites in Britain with her top 5. The Isle of Man is especially rich in fairy-lore, and one place where there have been recent sightings is Glen Auldyn (south-west of … Continue reading
Top 10 Fairy Sites: 10-6
JANET BORD is an expert on British fairylore and and I can heartily recommend her Traveller’s Guide to Fairy Sites (Gothic Image 2004). Janet has prepared a Top 10 of her favourite fairy-haunted sites (although with some difficulty) and I … Continue reading
A modern fairy sighting in North Wales
An encounter with a glowering goblin which suddenly appeared to a man out walking his dog. Continue reading
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Tagged Denbighshire, fairies, fairlylore, modern fairy sightings, St Asaph, Welsh fairies, Welsh fairylore
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A fairy witness on Skye
Recollection of an elderly resident of Scotland’s most romantic island who firmly believed in the power of the ‘sithe’. Continue reading
Flying fairies and friendly fairies
There is a wild expanse in Denbighshire, North Wales, known as the Hiraethog which at one time was well-known for its fairy-lore. Continue reading
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Tagged Denbighshire, fairies, fairies of Wales, Hiraethog, Tylwyth Teg, Welsh fairies, Welsh fairylore
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The bunny-bashing goblin
A bizarre and rather horrible story of a possible encounter with a particularly nasty member of the ‘Little People’ courtesy of Richard Freeman, of the Centre for Fortean Zoology. Continue reading