Mote Park is a 180 hectare multi-use public park in Maidstone, Kent. Previously a country estate it was converted to landscaped park land at the end of the 18th century before becoming a municipal park. It includes the former stately home Mote House
Reports by members of the public state that on several occasions a a little girl in a white dress has been witnessed late at night running around and playing within the trees at the park.
With such interest in this story a Mr Elspass, who lives locally to the park took the time to write in and recount his own experience…
“One night, I had gone to visit a friend on the town centre side of the park, when I decided it was getting pretty late, and I should be getting home – it was about 1am. I was tired and decided to walk through the park in order to reach my house on the other side. The park used to be a private estate, owned by an Earl and his family for generations. In the very centre of the park, ontop of a hill, is the old Mote House, a great big Georgian manor house, which became an old peoples home after the park became public, but has long since been derelict and empty.
Walking along the path through the park, I climbed the hill to the house, and then began to descend the other side. As it starts to slope back down, there is a line of trees down one side of the path. As I was walking along this line of trees (which are spaced a fair distance apart), I looked over and – baring in mind it was pitch black – I could ever so slightly make out a pale area of light positioned in front of one of these trees.
Its hard to explain it, it wasn’t really a light in that it lit up the surrounding area, but I could just tell that there was something there that was light enough for it to stand out against the darkness of night. I shrugged it off, thinking it was probably a plastic bag or something caught in the bushes at the base of the tree, and carried on. However, as it was a strange sight, I did not look away from it whilst walking past. I t was when I reached the other side of the tree, having now walked right past the tree, that I realised this light object couldn’t possibly be attached to the tree, as it had rotated around the trunk of the tree, so that no matter where I stood, this object was always positioned to the right of the tree trunk facing me.
Confused by this, I stopped walking and stood and just looked at it trying to figure out what it was. I don’t think it was my eyesight being bad before, but this object of plain “whiteness” changed as i stood there…whereas before all I saw was a light, paleness, I now could make out the outline of a little girl – no facial features or anything…just the outline of a girl, and something in my head said to me “there is no question, that is a girl standing there looking back at you”.
When I mentioned my experience to other people many I know agreed with me and said that they had seen a little girl in a white dress walking around the park before”
Have yo or anyone you know witnessed the same or something similar in Mote Park, if so we would love to read your story.
Hi my name roger I done some paranormal investergations in most park now for about 4 months and now I want to get a group together were we can get more locations to do investergations on. Please email me and I will get back in toch
Hi Roger,
If you’re still doing it, Id be more than happy to help with your investigations
Jonny Elspass
Hi yes I’m am looking for members still to join my paranormal group I got loads of investergations to do in and out of Maidstone but need to get a group up and runing first so if anyone would like to join the group please contact me via by phone or email. Roger 07534923504 – rogerhogg1988@yahoo.com and then we all could meet up some were and have a group meeting and get the ball rolling and start ghost hunting the group will be called Kent & Medway paranormal seekers a website I due to come up and runing soon. So of you want to join a paranormal team Kent & Medway is the one as I got loads of stuff ready to start once I got the group. Hope to hear from you all soon
Roger Hogg
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Kent & Medway paranormal seekers
Hello
I currently live on mote avenue with my family and last week my sister had a similar sighting in our house! She woke up at 4am to go to the toilet and saw a young girl approx 10 years old in a long white old style dress, with a long heavy set fringe, the little girl stared at my sister, turned her head to the side and then looked at her again. My sister slammed the door in fright and when she re opened it, the girl was gone.
I have around an old map of Maidstone from 1936 – http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/photolib/maps/Map%20of%20Maidstone%201936.jpg which shows that mote avenue used to be part of the mote park estate. Has anyone done any research to find out who this girl is? Everything I have looked at has drawn a blank. This includes family’s that used to own mote park and general deaths in the mote park area? The area I’m researching now is of the orphanage that used to be in mote house. The Caldecott community I believe it’s called. Any ideas of where to look would be ideal, thanks.
thanks you this is great !
On the 12th august 2012 time 1.30am
Me and my mate decide to do a paranormal investigation on the top side of the park near Sheapway. We did used the Ouija board asking if anyone was they but it showed no sign of moving.
We then decided to move on, when walking back to the path we felt a very strong energy, we both went really warm and the hairs stuck up on our necks and arms. We heard noises coming from the other side of the park then back again. Me and my mate Shawn we sure something walking by the trees and then we asked it to come forward, it came very close to us and I was drawn to keep looking in the area and all I saw was a figure building up, all I saw was a face starting to build and soon I saw the eyes and part of the nose, I was gone! then my mate said what’s up i said just run he looked and saw the full figure head looking at him then he ran. For the pass 3 years I have been doing this with a group called Kent paranormal seekers I never in my 3 years come across something like this and next time we will be going back as a group of us.
Thanks for your write up Roger, appreciated. Feel free to pass on this website to your Paranormal Group and ask if any other members would like to share their experiences with us.
me and my partner would like to do a night of camping here as we have heard it is haunted how do we go about it please?
Hello Amy I can arrange somethink with a group were we all can get together please email me with your details and I will get back to you rogerhogg13@googlemail.com