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A man who claims he saw a "10ft creature" that was "darker than the night" run across the A18 near Humberside Airport has encouraged others to come forward with their spooky sightings.

Lee Solway, who runs the Realm of the Supernatural podcast with co-host 'Finchy' McFinch, said they would be discussing some of the area's most infamous cases at the Research and Witness Convention (RAWCON) 2020 at Princes Quay Shopping Centre.

The convention will run between Friday, February 28 and Sunday, March 1.

Lee said they would be discussing the strange sightings from across the region, including Hull's infamous 'Old Stinker', and other tales across the region.

"We want to see if there are other witnesses who could come forward," he said.

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He said a "black mass about 10ft tall" had recently been seen crossing the A18 near Humberside Airport, first by an elderly couple and then by his co-host 'Finchy'.

"He thought it was a ghost at first, he could see it had a humanoid form but it was darker than night and it just moved across the road.

"We went back the next day and there was a hole in the bottom of the hedgerow so something could have crossed there."

Soon after, co-host Finchy also found and photographed two "deer legs" in the middle of the road nearby.

"I just think that's a little bit strange," Lee said.

"The picture quality isn't great as it was taken from inside the car because he was a bit creeped out.

"You tell people about it and they say it's just poachers, and yes that does go on but why would a poacher stop on the A18 to butcher a deer carcass?"

The 'Old Stinker' is a famous tale of Hull and East Yorkshire folklore, a half-man half-dog creature mostly seen stalking the area around Barmston Drain, near Beverley.

It was even reportedly seen eating a dog before being spooked by the onlookers and jumping over an 8ft fence with it still in its mouth.

But that is far from the only strange sighting reported in the region.

"South of the river there's been quite a few sightings of a half-deer, half-man creature very similar to the 'puca' in Celtic folklore," Lee said.

"You also get Bigfoot sightings that run up and down the A15."

He said he and his co-host started the podcast after having different encounters with a shadow man and a UFO.

"We'd listened to other podcasts by people who hadn't experienced this stuff and we had, so we just did it," he said.

The podcast is available on streaming sites including iTunes and Spotify and each episode gets thousand of hits, often heard by listeners as far afield as the US and Australia.

He said his opinions on the supernatural are often met with scepticism, but he still believes there are more people out there yet to share their experiences.

"One of my mates was talking about this dog-man sighting and this guy suddenly got interested," he said.

"He normally poo-poos this sort of thing this guy, who was in his 70s, but he asked what he was talking about and he told him and he said, 'Well that's what I ran over all them years ago.'

"He said it had been a foggy morning driving his Mini, and he hit something crossing the road and it spun the Mini 360 degrees. He saw an animal lying there and it sprung up and turned round, with yellow eyes and the hind legs of a dog, and it just bounded off.

"And he had carried that with him for 30 years, so there are people out there."

Now he is asking others to come forward to share there experiences, anonymously if need be, for them to discuss at the upcoming convention.

"I expect people to be doubtful but it's just out makeup," Lee said.

"We used to have acceptance of these things in the past but with technology and the rest of it we've moved away from the spiritual side but people do run into it now and again, like many people will get the feeling of being watched and things like that.

"We do have the ability to believe these things we just don't use it."

Those wanting to share their stories can get in touch with Lee and Finchy via the podcast email: supernaturalpod@gmail.com.