The burned man from Shoreham Beach persecuts the coastal city

The burned man from Shoreham Beach persecuts the coastal city
12 August 2025 J.W.H

In the seaside town in England, Shoreham Mea, it seems that there is a spectrum on the beach. From the time of World War II, there have been stories about the spirit of a burned man haunting a section of the earth at the shore.

Shoreham Beach in 1986 a group of teenagers from a private school had the end of the celebration. One of the boys looked up and saw the figure close to the water. His hair burned, covered with shadow and ash. Before they could react, the figure charged them, screaming. The teenager escaped from the beach, suddenly filled with a stink of rotting meat, melted plastic and burned skin. They just met a burned man from Shoreham Beach and they were certainly not the only ones.

During the day, Shoreham Beach in West Sussex is a placid section of the coast, its gravel edges and gentle surfing offer a silent respite from the hustle and bustle of nearby Brighton. But when the clock strikes in the north, and the coastal air in Senny Brzeg-P-SEA thickens with fog and the mood changes. Along the beach, an antique footbridge and a narrow, poorly lit High Street Shoreham streets, restless, worried spirit wanders-portrayed phantom known only as a burned man.

Revelation of the birth of the war

Unlike many older visits of England, this spectral story has a well -known starting point: the 1940s. The era of World War II left deep scars in the British Isles, and Shoreham was no exception and many believed that it was a place where the Germans would come in if the country was attacked. 37 air raids hit Shoreham and Southwick during the war and killed at least 17 people. Eight of them are locals. The worst number of fatalities took place on October 21, 1940, when the bomb landed by Shoreham Shipping Company and killed five people, including the 17 -year -old guardian of the house George Earthey, Arthur Lakeer, fireman and John Hoad from Shoreham.

Locals believe that a burned man could have been a victim of these turbulent years – regardless of whether a soldier, a unlucky civilian caught during a bomb raid, or someone absorbed in fire lost.

What makes this legend particularly disturbing is the extraordinary coherence of eyewitness accounts. From war years to up-to-date times, people walking alone after midnight reported almost identical, frosty meetings.

Terrifying sequence of events

Those who crossed the paths with a burned man describe in the air onerous stillness, as if time itself was hesitating. The traces are reflected a bit too loudly on the abandoned streets. The glow from Streetlamps seems to darken.

Then the smell appears in a clear, stomach sink with a burned body and charred material. Witnesses say that it starts lightly, but quickly surrounds them, leaving no escape.

And then, without warning, appears.

Loud, blackened the figure, waving the waving waving, as if still consumed by hidden flames, his face with a grotesque mask of pain. From his cracked, charred lips moan, crazy shouts of agony – sounds that witnesses say that they remain in the ears long after the disappearance of the phantom.

Reports note that observations occur only between midnight and 2:00 in the morning, always in isolation, and most often near the edge of the beach, along the main street of the Old Town and near the historic footbridge.

Although the war Shoreham has long been remembered, the burned man remains, his tormented soul trapped between antique streets and restless tides. Some still say that they catch the smell of burned meat into particularly vague nights, the sinister sign that the burned man is coming again.

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  • J.W.H

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