In 1988, a new section of road was carved through the hills of the Peat District in northern

England. Built to divert heavy traffic away from the small town of Stocksbridge, the bypass

was meant to bring relief. But almost from the start, strange reports began to surface from

workers on the site.

Sightings of figures where no one should be and unsettling incidents that defied explanation.

In the years that followed, this stretch of highway became known not just for its hauntings,

but for the unusually high number of lives it would go on to claim.

The I'm It was the 17th of November 1991.

The sun had long since sunk beyond the horizon and the rolling hills of the Yorkshire countryside were

bathed in a tepid darkness. A glow appeared over the tree line, the distant headlights of a car

cutting their way through the endless black. It was driven by a young woman, travelling home

after a long shift at the hospital where she worked.

The clock on the car's dash read 251am.

The high beams danced over a road sign, revealing a combination of numbers and letters,

which read A616, Stocksbridge.

The young woman yawned and looked in her rearview mirror, immediately wondering why she had even bothered.

The road receding behind her was pitch black, a featureless void.

There was nothing to see.

Yet the emptiness itself unsettled her.

The darkness pressed close to the car, and in that instant

the air seemed to turn colder, as though the night itself had exhaled against the windows.

An unborn fear not yet realised stirred somewhere in the pit of her stomach, though she had no idea

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