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Something strange in Headley Road - Jay (6th Oct 2011 - 19:38:49) Had a strange experience with my dog in Headley Road today - just past Lowsley House and the big bend before Dryden Way. He started sniffing in the hedge and then got very nervous. We walked on to Conford and he was fine. When we got back to the same spot he sniffed again and then freaked out - almost pulling me into the road in his efforts to get away. He was really terrified. I eventually managed to physically drag him further up the pavement (with his tail between his legs) but he kept looking back over his shoulder as it he expected something to jump out at him. What on earth could it have been? He is used to fox, badger, deer smells from his normal country walks. This was really weird. My Mum (who probably needs to get out more) reckons Lowsley House must have a problem with moles and have taken a delivery of lion (or other foreign) animal manure to keep them away and that's what the dog smelt. Anyone else had a similar experience?

Re: Something strange in Headley Road - Sarah (7th Oct 2011 - 14:11:14) There is a dead deer somewhere along there near the track that runs to Conford. I think it was meant to have been removed but wasn't and someone said they think it's still there. Maybe it was that.

Re: Something strange in Headley Road - JG (7th Oct 2011 - 16:31:52) I definitely saw an image of a woman in a long flowing cloak walking through the hedge in this exact spot several years ago whilst driving towards Liphook. I haven't told anyone as I really do not believe in anything supernatural but it has always been in the back of my mind. Can Lowsley House be haunted?

Re: Something strange in Headley Road - Ginny (7th Oct 2011 - 17:58:01) There was definitely a dead deer on the pavement at the beginning of the week. I nearly landed on it when I was running in the dark and I could still smell it the day before yesterday. I can only imagine how strong it must smell to a sensitive dog's nose!!

Re: Something strange in Headley Road - jenny (8th Oct 2011 - 11:15:17) Opposite Lowsley House are fields backing towards Bramshott Vale. I have an article written some years ago about Ghosts in Liphook and Bramshott. In that it says "Two meadows near Bramshott Vale are reputed to be haunted. One by Elizabeth Butler, a young woman who drowned herself in 1746 and the other by a man who lies by the side of the road." We had a dog some years ago who used to act similarly when going through a particular area in Bramshott graveyard. Animals can be hypersensitive to ghostly phenomena, I can't imagine a dog would be terrified of a dodgy smell of rotting deer!

Re: Something strange in Headley Road - Ginny (8th Oct 2011 - 18:39:48) Yikes!!! As someone who goes running and dog walking in the dark (dusk and dawn) you've got me spooked now. I must admit, having read quite a lot about local ghosts in the lanes and fields I have kept my eyes open for strange appearances over the past few years but have not seen anything yet. My dog does occasionally react like yours in strange places through the lanes though and it has made me wonder what she can sense that I can't.

Re: Something strange in Headley Road - Jay (9th Oct 2011 - 11:53:15) Hmmmm, I'm hoping it was the dead deer or as my husband said, "probably a snake" that had come out due to the hot weather a day or so before. Well the dog certainly seemed spooked. I also walk the footpath round Bramshott Vale and out to Bramshott or cut across to Conford and said dog seems quite happy along there - generally. Might give that area a miss for a while and search for some new walks!

Re: Something strange in Headley Road - Boris (9th Oct 2011 - 16:41:50) Try the cemetary at Bramshot. Bottom left hand side about dusk. Tall individual in an old army greatcoat who suddenly appears and then fades away. Sit on the old bench and wait. You will suddenly feel somebody watching you. Seen him a number of times. Watch the hair on your dogs back!!!!!. They sense things we cannot.

Re: Something strange in Headley Road - susie (9th Oct 2011 - 20:15:48) My dog reacted to something up at Gunns farm, nothing was there but she's never been bothered walking there before, it was a very angry growl which I haven't heard her use before, or since. I know, probably a squirrel!

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