Bovington Tank Museum
BOVINGTON, DORSET



In the Dorset countryside lives one of the largest and most impressive collections of military hardware in the world. The tank museum boasts five cram packed halls of 150 types tanks and armoured vehicles of from over 25 countries ranging from WW1 to the modern day Gulf War. It is a theory that not only places and buildings that have hauntings, but so do objects and vehicles. Many of the vehicles in the museum would have seen horrific action and it is said that the soldiers that may have died within these vehicles may still be there. Mediums have visited Bovington and felt connections with many of the tanks here, giving the same information. Recent paranormal activity in the WW1 and WW2 halls have been reported, such as visitors frequently reporting strange things in photographs they have taken. Photographs also taken using standard 35mm cameras have had strange lights and distortions on the prints that can't be explained. Other stories include an occasion when a warden opened the museum one morning to discover that every light bulb in what is now the WW2 hall had been removed from its fitting and placed carefully on the floor directly below. Not one was broken – even though the light bulbs hung some 15’ up. A local myth relates to the mysterious death of Bovington resident Lawrence of Arabia, who was knocked off his motorbike at nearby Clouds Hill. At dawn, 5.30 am, it is said that the distinctive sound of his motorbike can be heard at the place he fell from his bike.