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Corfe castle, Wareham
King Edward and King John both had links with this magnificent ruin, King Edward was murdered in the grounds,King John had 22 frenchman locked in the dungeons and left to starve to death,But the most documented haunting of them all was that of a headless woman who is said to walk the hills around the gateway of the castle. Witnesses say that when the figures appears,there is a sharp chill in the air.
Bovington Camp Tank Museum / Bovington
Amongst the halls housing a great selection of military vechicles dating from WW1 through to the Gulf war,There are two vechicles of much interest,both are housed in the WW2 hall.The first is that of a German Tiger Tank that arrived at the museum in the 1950s, Witnesses say they have seen a german officer by the tank and also inside and outside the buildings.The second vechicle is that of a Hanomag Half Infantry Carrier,many people have felt a very uncomfortable presence around it.
BOOT INN / Weymouth
The Boot Inn is situated in High West street, Weymouth, and dates back to the seventeenth century,its believed to be haunted by an old seaman. The residents have been woken by heavy footsteps and furniture being rearranged ,the seaman has also been seen in the cellar, the landlord at the time felt a eerie chill in the air.
Badbury Rings / Nr Blandford
This concetric ring hillfort dates from the iron age and has many stories to tell,witnesses have said there is a disfigured dwarf like figure that lurks around the car park at the entrance of the rings.There is also reports of a large black hound creature that dashes out in front of cars.The most disturbing sighting is that of a scar faced warrior on horse back that chases and torments people,last reported in 1999.
ATHELHAMPTON HOUSE / Puddletown
This grand house was built in the fifteenth century,The Martyn family lived there for 300 hundred years,several ghosts have been seen here,the grey lady that glides through the walls of the tudor room,two mysterious ghosts re- enact a dual in the great chambers thought to date back to the cival war.The most interesting of them all is a spirit of an ape which belonged to one of the martyns daughters,it is said the ape followed the daughter into a secret room,she killed herself and the ape died of starvation.Witnesses have said they have seen the ape by the secret stairway and have heard chilling sounds as if the ape is clawing at the door to escape.
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