The motorist, indicating that he was pulling in, slowed and stopped just a few paces beyond the girl he’d seen some distance away making the trademark hitchhiker’s gesture.
Without saying a word, she slipped into the back seat and settled herself. Setting off again, the driver glanced into his rearview mirror to see if he could establish eye contact with his new passenger; there was no sign of her at all.
I wrote about Kent’s Most Haunted in November 2018. Two years on it’s time to look at some more of the county’s creepiest ghost stories. Make sure you’re reading this on a suitably dark night, but please ensure all your doors and windows are securely locked (although that might not deter an apparition).
10 Allhallows-on-Sea: A Stable Fable
A modest, D-shaped artillery fort built at Allhallowson-Sea on the Isle of Grain in 1867, Slough Fort was intended to guard the Thames at the time of a French invasion scare.
The fort was used as a command post during the First World War but had been sold off by the end of the 1920s. Since the 1960s it’s been used as stables adjacent to a holiday camp.
An investigation was mounted in 2013 after bright glowing lights were captured on CCTV.
Unusual white objects are reported to have ‘popped up, floated around and darted across the sky.’
Was it a coincidence that the 19th-century tunnels at the fort had been cleared the year before having lain filled up for more than 50 years?
It has been claimed the lights may be nothing more sinister than late-season bugs flying close to the camera lens. Or is the reason actually far more other-worldly?
The choice of leaders
It’s a small, scenic Kentish market town on the border with Surrey, famous for not one but two great leaders. We take a look around Westerham
The eco-warriors
Awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize in 2019 in recognition of its research in global nature conservation, the role of Kent-based DICE has never been more relevant
Kent's most CURIOUS MONUMENTS
Our county can boast some of the most celebrated and downright unusual protected mouments in the country
Ghosts of a river's life
Kent Life discovers an an other-worldliness about the marshes, creeks, and saltings of the lower reaches of the river Medway
The return of the son
The Unknown Warrior’s journey from the World War One battlefields via Dover to his resting place in Westminster Abbey is 100 years old this month
We will remember
In a year when we got an inkling of what living through a war means, we remember the 75th anniversary of the end of the Great War
Age-old advice
Just become a grandparent for the first time? Perhaps you need a little guidance, so here are some top tips about how to embrace your new family role
10 GOOD REASONS TO VISIT Medway Towns
A vast Dockyard, a Napoleonic fort and a JCB diggers theme park - let’s visit Chatham and Medway
KENT'S CREEPIEST- GHOST STORIES
Here are 10 tales to make you shiver as we celebrate All Hallows’ Eve
Joking apart
From his home in Broadstairs, Royston Robertson comes up with satirical, topical and sometimes just plain silly cartoons
