Metheringham Lass

The Metheringham Lass is the name given to an apparition, said to be the ghost of Catherine Bystock, which has been reported by RAF Metheringham.

Reports have stated that the woman, wearing a brown jacket bearing an 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]

Catherine Bystock, thought to be the young woman in question, 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

1. ^ ^{a b c} Buxton, James (1998) (in English). The Black Book of Modern Myths. Random House. ISBN 9780099533627. http://books.google.com/books?id=RHucQAAACAAJ&dq=the+black+book+of+modern+myths&hl=en&ei=MTltToyQDcqCOsLa0NcF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Lavender girl's roadside plea" (in English). Lincolnshire Echo: pp. 12. October 31, 2007. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Tales from the crypt......." (in English). Lincolnshire Echo: pp. 3. December 22, 2007. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore (October 30), The 'Metheringham Lass' haunting, http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/lincolnshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8332000/8332848.stm, retrieved September 11, 2011