B3212, Dartmoor

The B3212 runs from Exeter to Yelverton, cutting through rugged terrain past stone tors, ruins, and mysterious Bronze Age stone circles. But the stretch we’re interested in runs from Postbridge to Princetown, home to Dartmoor’s prison.

Here, the hairy hands have plagued drivers since the 1900s.

The 1910s saw a spate of accidents with drivers losing control on this road. In 1921, respected prison medical officer E.H Helby crashed his motorcycle, tragically dying after shouting at his two passengers to jump as he wrestled an unseen force for control.

Another motorcyclist reported a similar incident, but this time the passenger clearly saw disembodied hands wrest control of the bike.

Since then, hundreds have reported encountering the same ownerless hands.

Could you think of anything worse than hairy hands of unknown ownership appearing on your steering wheel? No, us neither.