Phantom Box Carriage Hogs Back
Hogs Back, A31
On a drizzly evening in January 2007, a driver travelling home along the A31 near Hogs Back caught a glimpse of a horse-drawn box carriage crossing the road about 100 metres ahead. The rain was coming down heavily, limiting visibility, but the driver noticed a dim lantern at the front of the carriage. As he reached the spot where the carriage had seemingly passed, he realised there was no side road for it to have turned into. This strange encounter wasn't an isolated incident; similar sightings had been reported in the area decades earlier.