近期发表的一份名为《边缘科学怪异报告》称，英国在去年共经历了227起“超自然事件”，这份报告是由英国圣公会的一位牧师编写的，在这227起“超自然事件”中，“撞鬼”事件、 不明飞行物、怪声以及公路上的奇幻现象占到多数。

A report revealed that Britain has been witness to a record number of 227 spooky（幽灵般的） events last year.

The Fringe Weird² Report compiled by the Rev¹ Lionel Fanthorpe, a Cardiff-based Anglican priest, found that ghosts, UFOs, strange sounds and road phantoms⁴（幻影） were the most common spooks experienced.

Also among the reports are poltergeists（恶作剧鬼） , crop circles and shucks - spectres of large black dogs.

In a normal year there are 140 to 180 reports but the number has been rising steadily⁵.

"It has to be considered that news spreads faster in our technological⁶ days with mobile phones and the Internet. However, it’s beginning to look as if 2010 will produce a higher-than-average number of reports," the Sun quoted Fanthorpe as saying.

Some of the paranormal（超常的） hotspots around the country:

Prestwick: The most recent event - a man on Saturday reported seeing a ball-shaped red object in the sky close to this Scottish town that changed colour, flew and was joined by other similar shapes.

Truro: Passers-by reported in February hearing the rattling⁷ of chains at Comprigney Field, where criminals'' bodies were exhibited in an iron cage known as a gibbet（绞刑架） .

Ipswich: A woman was seen in February looking from a window in the Crown Hotel when the room was thought to be unoccupied.

Trowbridge: Unexplained orbs⁸ of light, a strange phantom³ figure and examples of poltergeist activity were reported in March at the Wiltshire town''s Rose and Crown pub.

Exeter: St Thomas station is apparently⁹ haunted by a person wearing heels who likes to pat dogs. The animals respond affectionately（亲切地） even though no one can be seen. The latest report was in August.

York: A girl carrying a child is reported on misty¹⁰（模糊的） evenings on the A64 Malton Road where a highwayman（拦路强盗） supposedly murdered her. She was spotted¹¹ in April.

Culcreach Castle: A phantom harpist（竖琴师） plays and in June was heard by boatmen on Loch Lomond.