- A road that runs along the Norfolk coast has been named
among the most haunted in Britain.
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- The A12 is famed for motorists spotting ghostly apparitions
as they drive between Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
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- The spookiest stretch is near Hopton-on-Sea where there
have been numerous scary sightings over the years, according to paranormal
experts.
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- A grey haired old man who has been spotted crossing the
road near the turn off to Lound supposedly haunts it.
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- Several motorists have reported hitting him, but when
they get out of their car there is no sign of him anywhere.
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- Other sightings involve a hovering grey mist, which gradually
forms into the 'grey man' complete with long coat and boots.
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- The road has now been named among the top five on a new
definitive list of Britain's most haunted roads, compiled by some of the
country's leading ghosthunters.
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- Ivan Bunn, a ghost and folklore expert from Lowestoft,
said: "It doesn't surprise me a lot of people have reported seeing
his stooped figure.
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- "I've never seen anything myself, but there have
been many sightings, from the 1930s right up to the present day, of this
figure of an old man.
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- "It's supposed to be the ghost of a postman who
lived in Hopton and who dropped down dead at the side of the road in 1899.
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- "He was based at Gorleston post office but part
of his round took him through Hopton. He was reportedly warned by his doctor
to stop work because he had a heart condition, but he carried on because
he thought it was his duty to deliver the post."
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- Ian Addicoat, president of the Paranormal Research Organisation,
who researched the list for Vauxhall, said: "Motorists are spending
more time in their cars, which means roadside sightings are on the increase."
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