The popular Haunted magazine recently ran a feature on Gedling Woods which has been home to paranormal activity for centuries…
Gedling Woods were originally part of the ancient Sherwood Forest, home to Robin Hood. However, today Gedling Woods is but a fraction of its original size, and is a nature reserve close to Shearing Hill.
There is full public access to Gedling Woods and it is a very popular destination for dog walkers and hikers.
Most people have no idea of the many hauntings associated with it.
There have been many reported cases of paranormal activity over the centuries, including a ghostly nun and also of a White Lady – both of which have been seen to glide along the many tracks which criss-cross the woodland.
Both of these hauntings are not known by name and do not seem to notice the living.
The most infamous haunting at Gedling Woods though is a haunting which has no visual aspect to it, only an audio aspect – that of disembodied screaming. This horrific screaming has been reported several times but when people investigate (assuming a human being is in trouble) they find nothing. It is not known if this screaming is linked to either of the other two known hauntings, either the ghostly nun or White lady, but many people have reported hearing this horrific, blood curdling screaming ring out across the woodland.
In the daytime it is a peaceful little oasis of calm, but as darkness falls it becomes a more sinister place
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The ghosts will soon have something to be terrifyed about and thats the noise of John Clark’s beloved bulldozers ripping the place up to put down more concrete. Poor ghosts will be screaming then. I think cllr clark is scared of greenery
My aunt reckons she saw the white last and it looked straight at her and she won’t walk their again now. Wasn’t a ghost dig also meant to be in the woods? A white dog. Always remember that story about geding woods from school
It sounds like vixens screaming in season.