Weird Bristol: Unexplained & Paranormal Occurrences In Bristol, UK

While wandering around the streets of Bristol in the South West of England, you can't have failed to have noticed the many unicorns scattered across the city, but have you ever wondered why these mythical creatures are so prominent in Bristol's history?

It's not uncommon for newspapers to get strange letters from readers, but one man wrote to the Bristol Post claiming that one of the city's landmarks is in fact a charging point for alien spacecrafts.

Late last year the National Police Air Service shared a video on Twitter of an unidentified object which could not be seen with the naked eye, capture by thermal cameras 1000ft over the Bristol Channel.

Bristol is a city steeped in history, some of it grisly, from the slave trade to smugglers, pirates and brutal murders. Around every corner in the city there’s a story to be told and with so much history it’s not surprising that Bristol has so many ghost stories.

Bristol's Northern Storm-water Interceptor, nicknamed 'The Motherload' by drainers, is a massive storm-water drain which acts as a flood prevention measure for Bristol.

Actually nearer the small village of Purton, many boats lie in the mud on the banks of the Severn, some concrete hulled boats still remain in good condition today, while the wooden ships slowly rot away. In the middle of the Severn the wreck of an old cargo ship which sunk can be seen on low tide.

The night skies of Bristol in the UK lit up tonight to a mysterious and unexplained light which left residents scratching their heads.

The ghost of an officer is often seen at Hengrove Park, the site of a former airport in Whitchurch, Bristol where there was reportedly a crash during the Second World War.

Apparently a pregnant nun took her own life in the building and now haunts the hotel, her sisters supposedly bricked her body up in an alcove.

In the 1840s local newspapers in Bristol reported the story of a haunting at a house adjoining All Saints Church in Clifton.

Oldbury Court Estate in Stapleton, Bristol has a gruesome past, a monk who secretly held mass at a time when it was illegal to do so was hidden in a "priest hole" and forgotten about and starved to death.

Last night Bristol became the location of a strange alien sighting. A strange, glowing squid swimming through the murky waters of Bristol docks was caught on camera by multiple on lookers.

A Brewery in the centre of Bristol, now close and currently being redeveloped. The brewery produced George's and then Courage's beer from 1702.

On top of a hill over looking the Severn off of Hallen Road to the East, North of the M5.

A few years back I went to visit Christine Grant, a clairvoyant based out of St Nicholas Market in Bristol... see, I am open minded!

Ex-Royal Mail/Parcel Force sorting depot with connection to Bristol's Temple Meads station.

A nautical triumph, mysterious death and a phantom seeking a final destination await the Most Haunted team as they travel to Bristol. This week the team travel to a place of many deaths and great misery, welcome to SS Great Britain.

A complex of man made caves under Bristol carved out of red sandstone. The caves are open to the public for one or two weekends a year, more details can be found on the Axbridge Caving Club website.

A vast and disused hospital and later mental hospital. The site is in bad condition now-a-days after closing in the 80s. The hospital is known to be haunted by ex-patients, staff and people who have visited the hospital since it's closed.

A cluster of huge underground fuel tanks, built to store fuel stocks in WW2 serving the Avonmouth to London pipeline with aviation fuel, an HAA site was set up to protect the fuel reserve.