By Stephanie Turner
MYSTERIOUS sightings of a "ghostly figure" wandering across the Caterham bypass have left police officers stumped.
Several drivers have now reported spotting the young girl as they travel along the A22 in the early hours of the morning.
But a full-scale police search - involving a helicopter and the dog unit - has uncovered absolutely nothing.
Father-of-two Matthew, who did not want to reveal his surname, was driving along the road at 2.30am on Thursday, April 13 with two of his work colleagues.
The 36-year-old from Whyteleafe said: "We saw a young girl's figure cross the road in front of us. It totally freaked me out.
"We decided to call the police and they said that somebody else had also reported it.
"She was wearing black boots or wellies, a dark top and a beige skirt. We turned around at the roundabout and went back along the bypass; the figure was still there.
"We saw her three or four times that morning. She was just walking across the road. All three of us saw her; it really freaked us out."
Matthew added: "The girl did not have any features on her face. It made the hairs stand out on the top of my neck.
"It wouldn't stop me going along there in the future but I have never seen anything like this before. It's the kind of thing that you don't believe until you see it for yourself."
The mystery girl walked from the northbound carriageway over to the southbound lane near the edge of the woods.
Matthew and his colleagues, who are floor layers, remained at the site near a milestone until the police arrived. An officer claimed spooky sightings dated back to 1962.
Another driver went to Kenley police station to report the incident.
A spokesman from Surrey Police said: "Surrey Police were contacted by the Metropolitan Police just after 3.10am on Thursday, April 13 after a motorist attended Kenley Police Station.
"He said that he had been driving along the A22 Caterham bypass when a young white woman wearing a miniskirt and ripped tights had run across the road in front of him and into woodland towards Tillingdown Farm.
"Several other motorists contacted police around the same time to report seeing the same thing.
"Witnesses described the woman as being in a distressed state and so officers, including a dog unit and the Metropolitan Police helicopter, searched the surrounding area but could find no trace of her.
"An almost identical incident was reported to police by a lorry driver at the same time on Wednesday, March 1. Again officers searched the area but could find no trace."
The spokesman said that although he was aware that similar incidents had been reported over the years on that stretch of road, there are no records of when these sightings were or how long they date back.
A website called the Paranormal Database records another spooky incident in the area around the A22 on July 28, 1963.
It states that eight figures dressed in black cloaks were seen running and leaping around heading towards the dual carriageway.
Have you seen any spooky goings-on along the Caterham bypass? Contact us at: Letters to the editor, Surrey Mirror, Trinity House, 51 London Road, Reigate, RH2 9PR or e-mail: editor@surreymirror.co.uk
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