The Metheringham Lass is the name given to an apparition which has been reported at RAF Metheringham.
Reports have stated that the woman, wearing a jacket bearing RAF insignia, approaches cars as they pass the old airfield, sometimes even physically interacting with the car.[1] [2] She begs the driver to help her boyfriend who has been injured in a motorcycle accident.[3] However, when the driver exits the car to help, she vanishes.[4] The apparition is said to be accompanied first by the smell of lavender, followed by the smell of decomposing flesh.[3] [2]
It has been speculated that the reported apparition is of Catherine Bystock, who died at the age of nineteen when her flight sergeant boyfriend crashed his motorcycle after a dance with them both on board.[4] [1] She died instantly.[4] [1]