Metheringham Lass
The Metheringham Lass is the name given to an apparition which has been reported at RAF Metheringham.
Reports have stated that the woman, wearing a jacket bearing RAF insignia, approaches cars as they pass the old airfield, sometimes even physically interacting with the car.[1][2] She begs the driver to help her boyfriend who has been injured in a motorcycle accident.[3] However, when the driver exits the car to help, she vanishes.[4] The apparition is said to be accompanied first by the smell of lavender, followed by the smell of decomposing flesh.[3][2]
It has been speculated that the reported apparition is of Catherine Bystock, who died at the age of nineteen when her flight sergeant boyfriend crashed his motorcycle after a dance with them both on board.[4][1] She died instantly.[4][1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Buxton, James (1998). The Black Book of Modern Myths. Random House. ISBN 978-0-09-953362-7.
- ^ a b "Lavender girl's roadside plea". Lincolnshire Echo. October 31, 2007. p. 12.
- ^ a b "Tales from the crypt...". Lincolnshire Echo. December 22, 2007. p. 3.
- ^ a b c Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore (October 30, 2009). "The 'Metheringham Lass' haunting". BBC News. Retrieved September 11, 2011.