The Legend of the Hairy Hands

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00:00The legend of the hairy hands is a ghostly tale that haunts the roads of Dartmoor in Devon,

00:04England. This eerie legend revolves around a stretch of road known as the B32-12,

00:10particularly the section near the village of Postbridge.

00:14According to local lore, the hairy hands are disembodied,

00:17spectral hands that appear to unsuspecting travellers driving along the road.

00:22The legend suggests that these ghostly hands emerge from the moors, reaching out to seize

00:27control of the steering wheel, attempting to force the vehicle off the road.

00:31Numerous stories recount the experiences of motorists who have travelled the B32-12,

00:37claiming to feel an inexplicable force tugging at the steering wheel.

00:41Some report seeing large, hairy hands materialise before their eyes,

00:45grabbing at the controls as they desperately try to maintain control of their vehicles.

00:51One of the most well-known tales associated with the hairy hands involves a couple driving

00:56through Dartmoor. The woman, who was behind the wheel, suddenly felt an unseen force wrestling

01:01control away from her. Despite her efforts, the car veered off the road, resulting in a

01:07tragic accident. The woman survived, but her husband lost his life in the crash.

01:13In another version of the story, a Dartmoor prison officer was found dead along the B32-12.

01:19His hands were said to be locked in a grip around the steering wheel,

01:23and the cause of death remained a mystery.

01:25Local legends attribute the hairy hands phenomenon to the spirit of a man who died in a tragic

01:31accident along the road, and his ghostly hands are believed to reach out to motorists in a

01:36desperate attempt to prevent a similar fate. While sceptics attribute the reported experiences

01:42to natural phenomena, such as sudden gusts of wind or fatigue-induced hallucinations,

01:47the legend of the hairy hands continues to captivate the imagination of those

01:51who traverse the haunted roads of Dartmoor,

01:54adding an extra layer of spookiness to the already mysterious landscape.