Get-it-to-Go Haunting Forest of Dean
Deep in the Forest of Dean, near Ruardean Hill, a strange and unsettling phenomenon occurred in the late 19th century. For several months, a family living in the area was plagued by persistent hammering and drilling sounds emanating from a disused pit close to their property. The noise was so consistent that it became a source of concern and curiosity for the family. They must have wondered what could be causing it, and whether it was connected to the local stonemason who had gone missing around the same time.
The mystery began to unravel when the body of a man was finally discovered in the disused pit. The local stonemason, nicknamed 'Get-it-to-Go', had disappeared under unclear circumstances. Although the body was in a bad state, it was identified as the missing man. Interestingly, the strange sounds stopped abruptly after the body was removed from the pit. This haunting is classified as a post-mortem manifestation, which suggests that the spirit of the deceased man was somehow reenacting his last actions or communicating his presence through the hammering and drilling noises.
The haunting occurred in 1890, during the Victorian era.
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