Piddlehinton Camp was set on the side of a hill close to the Dorchester to Yeovil road which ran through the village of Piddlehinton along the valley. During WWII it had probably been two American camps; One for an Artillery unit and the other for a unit of Airborne forces. Each camp had its own Guardroom, the Airborne Guardroom slanting towards Dorchester, whilst the other, belonging to the artillery, was more convenient to the village of Piddlehinton.After the war the two camps were combined into one but still retained the two Guardroom buildings-The Airborne one being permanently locked and unused. Every night, the duty of the guard, included an instruction that TWO soldiers were to proceed to the disused guardroom; unlock the door and reach inside to turn on the perimeter lights. Instructions were firmly given that for no reason were the men to enter the empty guardroom, but were to ensure that the building was again locked until the following morning when two men would return to switch off the lights.Nobody seems to have questioned these quirky orders until one dark rainy evening in the mid 1950s, when suddenly a great commotion arose. A member of the guard rushed hysterically back to the main Guardroom in a dreadful state. He had to be put into a cell for his own protection and the Medical Officer sent for. The soldier claimed that at the disused Guardroom he had seen the Ghost of an American soldier in full battle order appear, walk across the parade square and disappear through the wall of the ablution block.Whilst all his comrades laughed and suggested that this man was trying to 'Work his Ticket' the Officer of the Day, having seen the state that this unfortunate man had been in, was intrigued and got permission from his Colonel to investigate further. What he discovered from camp records was amazing. The records told how, on the eve of D-Day an American airborne soldier, geared up for the “off”, in full battle gear, had hung himself from the rafters in that very Guardroom. It seemed that this Ghost had been seen before, and a team of “Ghost Hunters” sent by the War Office had concluded that there was indeed a spirit 'not at rest' in the Guardroom. As a result the War Office had issued orders that in future the Guardroom was not to be used, and on no account was it to be entered; that the turning on and off of the street lights had to be carried out by at least two persons and never by anyone on their own.Spooky?