Archive briefing
The Darkives lists 8 roads where our community has documented paranormal phenomena. They span 3 countries, led by the United Kingdom (5), the United States (2) and Iceland (1), and the most-recorded areas are Devon (2), Cornwall (1) and Dumfries and Galloway (1).
The phenomena most often recorded at these roads are ghost and spirit activity (4), demonic activity (2) and several types of phenomena (1).
Members have filed 14 first-hand witness reports across 4 of these places; each location page holds its full history, photos and reports.
United Kingdom
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6 reportsCryptid › DogmanHairy Hands of Dartmoor
Yelverton, Devon
On a lonely stretch of Dartmoor's B3212, motorists have allegedly encountered enormous, hairy hands that seize their steering wheels and force…
RoadOpen file
3 reportsMultiple Types of Phenomena › Ghosts, UFO/UAPs & CryptidsA75 Kinmount Straight
Annan, Dumfries and Galloway
The A75 Kinmount Straight, a lonely stretch of road near Annan, is famed for its intense roadside apparitions. Drivers report spectral figures…
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2 reportsGhost › ApparitionStocksbridge Bypass
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
The Stocksbridge Bypass, built in the late 1980s across remote moorland near Sheffield, is infamous for ghostly children, hooded figures, strange…
RoadOpen file- Ghost › Apparition
Newbridge
Penzance, Cornwall
Person sat on the edge of the road. They faded out as I got closer.
RoadOpen file
DemonicThe Devil's Footprints of Devon
Exeter, Devon
On the morning of 9 February 1855, residents across Devon discovered mysterious hoof-shaped footprints stretching through snow-covered streets…
RoadOpen file
United States
2Iceland
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More roads & structures

Lighthouses
4 locations

Bridges & Viaducts
5 locations

Tunnels
2 locations

Railways
2 locations

