We were and after riding the first section at about 20:40 we stopped before going across the bridge, which identically was bloody slippy. We were only still for about two minutes and we heard somebody shout out. It wasn’t a word or anything just Ahhhh. I shouted back but no answer, 30 seconds or so later there was another Ahhhh. Again I shouted back. We were beginning to wonder if it was somebody who was hurt, but why didn’t they answer? Or was it somebody who was playing silly buggers or a group of kids wanting to nick our bikes?

It only sounded like one voice and we couldn’t see any lights in the trees. It also sounded like the voice came from in the woods that the first section is in. Anyhow as the voice wasn’t answering back we decided to get moving. We heard it another two or three times and at one point I thought I could hear voices behind us. Almost felt like we were being chased or followed but I couldn’t see any lights so how could they see us.

Just wondered if anybody knows if there was a group doing some sort of night expedition or if anybody has been found hurt last night or even this morning. Thanks.

It’s a Yeti innit

Sounds like a singlespeeder had ventured off the fire roads.

Or it was an Owl.

Blair Witch

D of E kids, Army yoof group, Chavs, werewolf, Brummies having a meaningful discussion etc…

One of the suggestions at work was that it could have been a Sasquatch. I don’t think it was an Owl it was definitely more of an Ahhh than a Sqwark. To be honest it did actually sound like one of the calls from Finding Bigfoot.

A few of us actually got lost in the chase in the dark with no lights a week after watching The Blair Witch, we were shitting ourselves.

It wasn’t a word or anything just Ahhhh

Sounds like you found the dogging spot that night 😉

Waits for follow-on post from a worried person asking if anyone riding FtD saw their missing loved-one.

It wasn’t a word or anything just Ahhhh

Can’t a man enjoy a pint of Bisto, outdoors in the woods, in peace?

Isn’t there a St. Arrrrrggggh’s in Cornwall?

There be Pirates in them there woods…

http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/03/31/cannock-chase-and-the-spooky-demonic-ghost-dog-66331-23272464/

just saying…

Sounds like just another night on the Chase tbh

Earlier this year I crossed over one of the fireroads and was surprised to see in my peripheral vision a couple of bright lights about 10 feet off the ground moving slowly and silently along the fireroad

I came to a halt in the trees and watched it go by.

What do you think it was? 😉

an owl.

Grey Lady ghost by Springslade, crying dead baby by Pottal Pool. Various suicides been found hanging from trees or floating in the Brocton duck pond, IRA hitmen, poachers, wallabies, panthers, wild boar, Rob Lamb 😆

nope

Here’s a clue: the lights were as far apart as the fireroad and were moving along in formation

two one eyed siamese tigers with very large heads?

several owls.

Maybe it’s that guy looking for his kid that he left behind…

Come on then, who was it?

Beast with two backs?

two jackdaws with headtorches?

Swan wi 2 necks?

A haunted tractor?

one of these?

Orbital and Stephen Hawking?

It wasnt a UFO or two MTBrs with helmet lights on stalks like all these things there’s a simple explanation

It was the TA or the mountain rescue pushing a trolley with a large satellite dish on it, which apparently they use when setting up comms in remote areas. They were practicing on the Chase at night

Brilliant so amongst the two possible suggestions we also have a Yeti a hellhound a pirate and thunderbird 2.

I doubt it was doggers as there is no access for public cars, it would have to be a terribly nice cup of bovril for the Ahhhh to be that loud. And I don’t think it was search and rescue as we saw them at the Horns last week.

not forgetting the big black cat or the scariest we had……night riding where a chap suddenly appeared in a suit with not a drop of mud on him and dry in the pissing rain and in a strange voice asked for “the nearest civilisation” seeing as there’s cannock or rugeley nearby we had no idea where civilised folk would dwell….so left him for the panther.

was a proper X-files “they are amongst us” moment

Oh yes the Panther I forgot about that. I don’t think it was a large cat the noise wasn’t deep enough, it definitely sounded like a man. t

I would have thought that a group of DofE kids would have made more noise or answered, anybody who wasn’t up to no good or badly injured would have answered back shirly?

Unless you heard their terminal breath before they slipped into unconsciousness and died a slow lonely death?

Does the Gruffalo ride round Cannock?

Does the Gruffalo ride round Cannock?

yep on a singlespeed, it explains the funny knees, general hairiness and lack of social skills displayed in both of the gruffalo master-works

Just found this.

Cannock Chase without a doubt defiantly has got ten out of ten for strangeness

Rutting Deer? (more of a big pig being sick sound). I’ve just been over with the dog for his first proper night ride, didn’t see ANYONE.

Three of us were out for a ride last night and stopped at the forest track crossing before the bridge at approx. 8pm. We heard various strange noises which I took to be some local jokesters trying to scare us…

Thats where we were addy. Was this tuesday night? I very much doubt they would hang around in the rain for 40 mins before we came along.