The Ghosts of Blue Bell Hill & other Road Ghosts (The Ghosts of Blue Bell Hill: and Other Road Ghosts: A Case-Centred Study of Phantom Hitch-Hikers & Phantom Jaywalkers in Folklore and Fact)

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Climbing out of his car, he discovered that the girl was injured, but her injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. This one particular picture showed a blurry outline of what looked to be a person, some say with a child, looking over the busy traffic and standing next to the central reservation. The accident was particularly poignant because of the age of the young women and the fact that it was the eve of Suzanne’s wedding. In 1992 three separate motorists reported knocking down a figure that ran into their path late at night but police failed to find any evidence that an accident had occurred.

However, he cannot explain numerous reports of people encountering different ghosts dating back several decades.I would never look at it for more than a second and try not to even look at it in the corner of my eye. The A229 dual carriage way, which follows the course of an old Roman road past Blue Bell Hill, is the reported home of one of the UK's most famous road ghosts. Terrified they have hit her, drivers claim to have got out to investigate, only to find no trace of a body.

In the 1960s, author Charles Christian described how a lorry driver was left terrified when a red-eyed, hairy creature tried to smash its way through his windscreen as he drove along the isolated road. The film is based on the true story of a bride-to-be killed following a crash on the A229 in November 1965 on the eve of her wedding day. Most of the reported sightings took place in the 1960s and 70s, but some of the last were reported in 1993. As well as the reports of the ghost jumping in front of cars, there have also been four reported experiences of a female hitch-hiker on Bluebell Hill.When she didn’t arrive at her destination or the place where she worked, her mother and her employer reported her missing. Four years after the accident, a man on his way home to Rochester late at night, saw two pedestrians walking towards him, then suddenly disappear.

An enquiry found that the bridge, opened just a year before, had construction flaws and was unable to cope with high winds.

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Others have reported seeing a black dog that suddenly appears in front of their car, causing them to swerve off the road. I definitely believe in ghosts after having an experience as a young girl that nobody could explain.

This 30 mile long road is a main route from Rochester to Hawk Hurst and is home to Britain’s most famous “phantom hitchhiker” form of haunting. In 1990, an “old hag dressed in black” was spotted on a dark road around 3am, out of the Lower Bell part of the village to Aylesford. Other motorists have reported hitting a woman wearing a red scarf, who stares intently at the driver before disappearing under the bonnet. Hundreds of cars were left at the side of the road, with some abandoned, leaving passengers including pregnant women and children stranded for hours.