MARK OTTOWELL investigates the spooky accounts of hauntings experienced at the Historic Dockyard at Chatham in Kent.

In 2007 Mick, a member of the local Chatham Historical Society, and his dog Ben, were staying at the Historic Dockyard at Chatham in their campervan. During that evening, Ben suddenly started to growl at something or someone outside. Unusual behaviour for such a mild-mannered dog, thought Mick, trying to calm him.

He looked out of the window but could see nothing in the enveloping blackness that might have caused his dog to behave in such a manner. Mick was uneasy. He looked outside but nobody was there. He went back into the van and Ben started growling again, the hackles rising on the back of his neck. Then Mick saw something that chilled him to the bone.

An inexplicable mist was appearing and disappearing on the side window as if someone were breathing on it. Mick went back outside. Still there was not a living soul in sight. It struck him that the mist on the glass was about the height of a young child. Perhaps the cause of it was the mischievous ghostly children who roam around the Dockyard playing their tricks?

This article can be found in Paranormal Magazine issue 39

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