Paranormal Watch September Issue by UK British Paranormal Association

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September 2009

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The Enfield Poltergeist The Compelling Tale Of One Of The Worlds Strangest And Most Well Known Hauntings

Phantom Aircraft Over Derwent Valley Read About The Experiences And Stories Of The Phantoms Bombers inside!

Rendlesham Forrest Forrest— —The UK’s Roswell Mysterious Goings on In Rendlesham, And Details About The Alleged Cover Up

FEATURES : Terror In Berkeley Square, UFO’s In The USA, Strange CCTV Pictures In York, Nessie On Google Earth? Devils Hoof prints Return To Devon, The Mystery Of Roxley Road, The Alien With The Scandinavian Accent and lots more!

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The Editors’ Say… Ne Te Illegitimum Carborundum! As you probably noticed, the PARANORMAL WATCH has a growing internet fan base, and is rapidly evolving into a serious paranormal magazine (as opposed to a 6 page newsletter, which is what it was in its first incarnation) and is receiving hits from all over the world from people interested in reading about paranormal stories and issues, as well as BPA member clubs and groups for updates on Tam Kinnear-Swift, Editor of how the BPA is doing. the Paranormal Watch The PARANORMAL WATCH as you may have noticed, is slowly Welcome to the September edistepping aside from how the BPA tion of the PARANORMAL is doing, what we are doing and WATCH. how were progressing, as the new Firstly, apologies for missing the website is up and running (which last few editions of The Magayou can view at www.ukbpa.org) and has all the zine, but it was left in very capadetails about this, so it is our inble hands in the form of Brian tention to make it a paranormal Lambert, and our Guest editor, only magazine as of the beginning Steve Gill, to whom I extend my sincerest thanks for the great job of next year. they did while I was away. This will also come with a new magazine format, to start the new year with a bang and hopefully, we can transcend from being “just another online magazine” and cross over into hopefully being published properly, or least that’s the plan, but we will see how that one pans out, with regards to the future, for now, were perfectly content to keep it an online magazine with a growing fan base.

Steve Gill And Brian Lambert, Who Held The Fort In MY absence.

The BPA’s “knockers” still continue to abound, well, if I'm honest, it’s the same group as last time who seem to have taken exception to us without actually really knowing what were about or what we do, which to be honest

says more about them than us. Our replies, as always, have been dignified and matter of fact, theirs have been silly and hypocritical, and some of them have been down to silly things like spelling mistakes on the website showing how unprofessional we are… All I can say to those people (and I wont be unprofessional and name the group responsible) is if you don't like what we do, don't join, its not obligatory, but just because you don't, agree with us, doesn't mean to say you need to put down those who DO think what were doing is good and who DO wish to be a part of us. As they say, “ya cant please all the people all the time”…

“it is our intention to make it a paranormal only magazine as of the beginning of next year. This will also come with a new magazine format, to start the new year with a bang and hopefully, we can transcend from being ‘just another online magazine’ and cross over into hopefully being published properly”

Slainte! Tam KinnearSwift To contact us, or send in any stories or articles, you can email us at Tam@ukbpa.org

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Ghost Sightings Cause Traffic Jams In N. Ireland The numerous ghoulish encounters with a mysterious 'white lady' has prompted many to believe they had met a supernatural being. Over the past six weeks there have been dozens of sightings of the apparition near the ruins of a remote farmhouse in near Coalisland in Co Tyrone.

Rya Bell, the son of the local landlord Raymond, claims he has seen the ghost more than 20 times. 'I was freaked out the first time I saw her, but now I'm getting used to it,' he said. 'It looks like an old small woman with a shining white cape.

'When you drive by the run-down Ghoulish encounters: Cars have been house, the figure emerges from the queuing at a road near Coalisland in Co Tyrone after dozens of sightings of a mysterious 'white lady' near the ruins of a remote farmhouse (file picture)

see her on the side of the road with her thumb out. When they pulled up to offer her a lift, she would vanish. 'Sometimes she would walk across the road in front of cars. But when drivers swerved to avoid her, she disappeared. These sightings were about a mile away from the latest sightings.' Mr Coates, who set up his paranormal organisation in 1991, believes the ghost might be a woman who has died in a car crash in the area.

Convinced that the sightings are true - rather than the result of one too many pints of Guinness - convoys of ghost hunters have flocked to the dip in the road where she was seen. Up to 60 cars have been spotted parked on the side of the road at midnight, causing traffic jams in the usually desolate area.

Others, however, are more sceptical and believe the apparition is a hoax.

The Lane in Coalisland Where The Mysterious White Lady Has Been seen

Villagers who have spotted the ghost say it looks like an old woman with a sad expression. However, none have so far been able to describe the features of her face in any detail. The spot where the ghost was spotted could perhaps best be described as a 'ghost's paradise'. The damp crumbling walls on the ruined house where the ghost was spotted still bear the scorch marks from a fire.

Desmond Donnelly, a Sinn FĂŠin councillor, said: 'At one point, there was a line of up to 60 cars on the road with people trying to spot it.

'It wasn't just one night, it was going on for a week or trees and crosses the road in front so over the holidays. I'm not sure of you before coming to a halt in the how it all started - I wouldn't be same place each time. one for ghosts, but you know how 'It's definitely a creepy experience. this type of thing spreads. You can only see the profile of her 'If you ask me, it's more likely to face but she appears sad.' be a reflection of the moon on the Paranormal experts are now heading to the area with thermal imaging cameras and high frequency voice recorders in the hope of verifying the sightings.

river that flows through the area. Although the talk is that what was seen was in the shape of a person.'

Ireland is increasingly becoming the 'ghost capital of Europe', as holidaymakers from around the Warren Coates, of the Northern Ireland Paranormal Research Asso- world visit in the hope of a superciation, said he was aware of previ- natural experience. ous paranormal activity in the area. Tam Kinnear-Swift

Broken doors now creak in the wind and tree branches scratch against the collapsed roof. The birds in the trees 'It related to a phantom female hitchhiker, who caused a stir five are strangely silent. years ago,' he said. 'Drivers would

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Featured Investigation — Gothic Ghost Hunters At Unnamed Pub, Bradford carried around as we moved from room to room, as well as using two digital cameras, a Gauss meter, an digital thermometer and a recording device for EVP's.

The preliminary EMF The Orbs Captured By The and temperature baseDoor, Seen On The Middle line checks, were done Left Hand Side around 8 o’clock in the evening, this being done, i tried to find a little more on the history of the queens hotel, only to draw a blank, it appears that from 1812 - 2000, there is a complete lack of information on the pub, and its history, for “Becky noted a whatever reason, so it sounds like a was not possible to disstone being cern any more info than thrown, and was given to us by the asked quietly if manager/staff. anyone was Team : Tam Kinnearthere to do it Swift (lead Investigator) again, and as Becky Oldfield (GGH soon as she Team Member/ moved away Sensitive), Emily Carras from the door, (Manager), Sam Lindley, heard two taps Olly Breary (Staff) and on the door. She Kate Madden (Staff). noted the atmosphere, Equipment : We used was 3 cameras, one set facing comfortable the chair where the lady and not is supposed to have been oppressive in sighted sitting, 1 locked any way. ” off in bedroom 3 with the trigger object experiment(s) and one that we

The investigation proper started at around 0045 GMT with all everyone starting upstairs in one group. The first room investigated was the upstairs toilet, a temperature drop was noted upon getting onto the staircase, no more than 2 or 3 degrees, but enough to be noticeable, even through a thick jumper. although the toilet has had various reports of disturbances, it was difficult to ascertain whether anything was happening due to the size of the room, the size being approximately, 5 ft x 3 ft.

Moving upward onto the top floor, we moved into the kitchen, where we tried some calling out and took photos. the EMF readings were peculiar, but not entirely unexplainable due to the fact it was a kitchen and is heavily wired in certain places. From there, we moved to bedroom 3, the very back room, where earlier i had set up a trigger object, and had set the laptop with the webcam running to record any movement,

should it happen. The first trigger object set up was a lighter without a flint (due to the fire link) to see if any reaction could be caused by it. 45 minutes after setting the experiment up, we checked for any movement, and the lighter had moved fractionally, but enough to be spotted straight away. we left the camera running, and set the experiment up using the lighter again, using a different sheet of paper, and setting it at a different angle. when we checked back on room 3, in the second half of the investigation, (as will be described later) for the second experiment, we found it hadn't moved at all.

From room 3, we moved directly downstairs, to the cellar, where most of the happenings had been reported. Moving down the stairs, immediately, an odd smell was noticeable, as well as a noticeable drop in temperature, but as we were headed toward the cooler room, it was almost certainly due to that as further areas in the cellar AFTER that, were uncommonly warm.

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Featured Investigation — Gothic Ghost Hunters At Unnamed Pub, Bradford Cont. Continued From Over Becky noted a sounds like a stone being thrown, and asked quietly if anyone was there to do it again, and as soon as she moved away from the door, heard two taps on the door. She noted the atmosphere, was comfortable and not oppressive in any way. We took some photos, as well as a video and called out, to see if anyone present wished to make themselves known. one member of the group reported feeling as if the atmosphere was playful, almost taunting as if, to quote her words, "as if he was saying, i know you know I'm here, but its up to YOU to prove it" moving through the cooler room, into the corridor, a notable temperature rise was evident, we took some photos of the stairs, directly below the bar area, where a lot of activity has been reported, and a quick EMF sweep discovered an unusual reading of about 5-7 mG on the original stone steps (which were put in and have been in situ without disturbance since being originally built) thus eliminating the possibility of electrical wires beneath giving the reading. nothing was recorded on camera, unfortunately, and no feelings were indicated by any of the team who were investigating. Moving into the boiler room, the room where the

box is usually kept, we noticed another temperature rise, but again, due to the boiler being located in there, it again was almost certainly due to this fact. We again, called out, and took some more photos, this time catching a few light anomalies, around the area of the box. conditions were difficult due to the cellar being illuminated by neon lights, which made photography difficult on my camera, however results on Emily's camera were notably different. after taking a break, we split into two teams to investigate separately, Sam and Becky, going off to the cellar with the video camera, and Myself, Emily, Olly and Kate, investigating the bar area, male and female toilets, and downstairs area, before moving to the third floor and back into bedroom 3. Whilst in the cellar, Becky initially didn't feel anything from the immediate barrel area, corridor and 'coal room'. However, she was still feeling a playful, inviting feeling from the other 'area' which her and Sam proceeded into. One room being a freezer area the other the barrel receiving room. The barrel receiving room felt empty and uneventful. The freezer area felt playful and they sat there and spoke out several times in a playful manner. Upon asking if anyone was there who wanted to 'play' a noise immediately

likening a small piece of gravel or something similar was thrown. However this could have been coincidence. Upon leaving this area after asking to make a louder noise etc Sam proceeded immediately up through the barrel room and up the stairs whilst Becky closed the door to this room. Immediately there were two bangs identical to the ones experienced previously. This is why initially Becky wanted to go alone as I had the feeling this was aimed at my interest only etc. Hence She decided to take another look on her own on Thursdays daytime investigation. (see investigation day 2 report) Upstairs, on the first floor, We were getting a lot of light anomalies, in the fireplace area of the rear lounge, and in the front quarter of the bar area. None of these were noticed at the time, but upon reviewing the evidence in close detail the next day, a few light anomalies were noticed, and almost all came from the same two areas, which were between the fireplace and the shutter to the restaurant (immediately opposite the bar area, where all a lot of activity has been reported) and in the front, bar side of the pub (where the lady has been seen crossing, and sitting in the chair)

“One member of the group reported feeling as if the atmosphere was playful, almost taunting as if, to quote her words, "as if he was saying, i know you know I'm here, but its up to YOU to prove it”

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Featured Investigation — Gothic Ghost Hunters At Unnamed Pub, Bradford Cont. conclusion, and moved quickly to the female toilets, noting the urinals had flushed on the way out.

The Orbs Captured By The Rear shutter, completely By accident, as The Camera Went Off Unexpectedly

“i returned to the male toilets to investigate, (nobody else was willing to at this point) and immediately on entering the toilets, got Goosebumps (something i might add is very uncommon for me on investigation, being a sceptic, as i tend to only believe what my instruments are saying) ”

Continued From Over Of course, it is not possible at this stage without further examination to conclude that all if any are paranormal, but there are at least 6 or 7 photos, that in my experience, i believe to be light anomalies as opposed to dust (which i believe to account for about 3 of the other photos due to the large amount of light anomalies captured in said 3 photos at once) After investigating the bar area, we then moved to the toilets, investigating the male toilets first, starting with a cold spot i had noticed earlier in the night, whilst doing the baseline checks throughout the building. Emily and Kate seemed a little on edge in the male toilets, but we investigated the cold spot and took a few photos, not really coming to any

The Female toilets, were about 6-8 degrees warmer than the men's, and Emily and Kate, were the first to depart, after only a few moments, having felt an air of intimidation, Olly also picked up on this, a few seconds later and was also quickly out of the door. I remained and took a few photos, wondering whether it was a good thing or a bad that i had missed this feeling, but soon also quickly departed, just in case i was missing something, as i tend not to pick up on vibrations and feelings in a room/building at all. As we left, after spending a total of about no more than 2 minutes in the female toilets, we noticed the male toilets flush themselves again. Emily and Olly, being 2 of the staff of the pub, noted that, it is not usual for the urinals to flush themselves that close together, and usually there is a gap of about 510 minutes between flushes, this struck me as odd, so i returned to the male toilets to investigate, (nobody else was willing to at this point) and immediately on entering the toilets, got Goosebumps (something

i might add is very uncommon for me on investigation, being a sceptic, as i tend to only believe what my instruments are saying) took a few photos, which didn't really turn up anything specific or noteworthy. On leaving the toilets, we then proceeded back to bedroom 3, to check on the second trigger object experiment we had set up, after the first had moved slightly (see earlier account) and after discovering that it had not moved, proceeded to investigate the immediate area, and started calling out again. The EMF meter was going off in different places, which was slightly different to earlier, but was slightly biased towards the back of the room, nearest the window. For some unexplained reason, the window pane, started giving of an EMF signal of about 6 mG for a period of about 10-15 seconds, as i moved the Gauss meter, around to see if there was an electric wire in any of the adjacent walls, the signal dropped off and as i replaced the Gauss meter on the same spot on the window as before, the signal dropped back to the baseline reading of about 2.5 mG Continued Over

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Featured Investigation — Gothic Ghost Hunters At Unnamed Pub, Bradford Cont. Continued From Over as recorded earlier in the night on the preliminary checks. It was at this time Emily started calling out and talking specifically to the little girl that is believed to have caught her nightdress alight and burned to death in that room, and she asked "did your nighty catch fire as you brushed your hair" at which point i decided it might be a good idea to set up a trigger object using a hairbrush. This we did, using the same method as earlier, i.e. setting the hairbrush on a sheet of plain A4 paper and drawing around it, leaving the camera running and locking off the room. We then proceeded downstairs, to wrap up the investigation, and discuss what we had each felt and thought had happened throughout the evening for about 20 minutes. Returning to the room later, we found the hairbrush had in fact moved, as the lighter had in the earlier trigger object experiment. Unfortunately, we didn't actually catch either of the movements on camera, as i had unfortunately left the camera on pause, rather than start the camera "rolling" and therefore missed all the movement described above. Investigation Day 2 We started looking through the photos from the evening

investigation, and found on closer inspection, that a few of the photos, had light anomalies in, ranging from single light anomalies, to 7+ in one photo. Its of my opinion that the photos with more than 2 or 3 light anomalies in, are most likely caused by dust particles reflecting the flash from the digital cameras we were using, but as is always the case with light anomalies, it is very hard to prove anything conclusively, without further investigation of said photos. Whilst i was looking through the photos, Becky was looking through the videos we had captured on the laptop, and after comparing the video with some of the earlier photos taken of the chair in which the lady is reported to sit, it is clear that at some point, the curtain behind the chair, was moved, and swept backwards onto the windowsill. The video showed only the curtain after it had been swept back, but the earlier photos (taken for reference as to how the chair was left, as it was a leather chair and anyone sitting in it would have left a mark in the leather) clearly showed the curtain hanging normally, as Emily had told us she had left it when she closed the curtains, about 30 mins prior to the photo being taken. After Becky and Sam's experience in the cellar the

night before, when we separated to investigate separately, she was feeling positive and happy enough (she described the feeling as "playful” the night before) to go down there on her own with a camera, and a digital camera, and do some calling out.

As she was walking down the stairs into the cellar though, it became clear to her that the feeling was very much different, and the playfulness of the night before, had been replaced with a malevolent, oppressive feeling. upon walking through the door, she immediately felt uneasy, and had a flash through her mind of this person overbearing a woman, and instant feeling of the dread this woman must have felt. She wanted to leave, but much to her own credit, decided to stay and try to investigate further, and position the camera on the dishwasher so it could capture almost all of the cooler room.

“As she was walking down the stairs into the cellar though, it became clear to her that the feeling was very much different, and the playfulness of the night before, had been replaced with a malevolent, oppressive feeling. ”

Her almost immediate feeling was that it was a mans presence in the cellar, although not aware at that time that the staff of the pub had also picked up that it was a mans presence in the cellar, described him as "a nasty, evil man, who didn't like women. Continued Over

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Featured Investigation — Gothic Ghost Hunters At Unnamed Pub, Bradford Cont. he wanted her to stand, and asked him if he liked messing with people, and if he liked her messing with him. At this point, she felt a slight shift in the presence and in her own words "it seemed to back off, i felt it almost leave me alone" and immediately heard a shuffling noise in the opposite corner from where she stood. The Picture By The Chair where The old Lady Is Sighted, Clearly Showing The curtain Movement.

Continued From Over he used to beat women, or abuse them some way. i don't think he killed anyone, but he certainly doesn't like women"

“After relating the story to me, and a few other members of staff who were working (Emily and Kate) who also confirmed they had had the same type of feelings in their arms whilst they had been down there”

After calming herself, and steadying herself a bit, she called out, confronting whatever it was that was down there, noting also that she had a "pins and needles" type tingling in both her arms and also the air seemed thicker than it had been the previous evening.

Moving over to barrel room door, she asked if this was where

Almost as soon as she had walked through the door, the camera started playing up and went blank, after turning it off and back on again, she had an awful feeling that something was going to happen pretty shortly, and deciding it probably wasn’t likely to be a good thing, decided it was time to leave. I noticed, she was slightly shaken and also bemused, as she had been expecting a playful presence as opposed to the nasty one she encountered. After relating the story to me, and a few other members of staff who were working (Emily and Kate) who also confirmed they had had the same type of feelings in their arms whilst they had been down there, i decided to do a trigger object experiment using the brushes from the box in the boiler room, in hope it would provoke

some sort of reaction, as the previous time the box was moved, the incidents increased until it was replaced back to its original position. This was something Emily wasn't too keen on at first, but could see the value of the experiment in trying to pin it down as a link to the spirit. The experiment, took the same form as before, an A4 piece of paper, with two brushes, one a regular sized shoe brush, and the other a small toothbrush sized brush, both drawn around in pencil, one set straight, the other at an angle of about 45 degrees. The camera, was set approximately a foot from the piece of paper, on the ledge directly to the side of the door to the corridor (where the blocked up window was found at an earlier date by the bar staff) and i left it running, whilst i went upstairs to finish off looking through the rest of the previous nights photos. About an hour later i went to check, and noting that the air temperature was about the same as it was when i left, and that also neither of the brushes had moved, decided to go back up and leave it a bit longer. Continued Over

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Featured Investigation — Gothic Ghost Hunters At Unnamed Pub, Bradford Cont. Continued From Over

either way, i am convinced that there is an element of unusual activity in the cellar.

some different equipment and do a After returning about half few other experian hour later, and still havments to see if we ing no results, we decided to could establish fur- “Becky, though, Bedroom 3 also seemed to wrap it up for the day. decided she ther what (if anybe quite active, although wanted to go thing) paranormal Becky, though, decided she nowhere near as active as back down to events were occurwanted to go back down to the cellar, but i believe if the cellar one ring, and how we the cellar one more time and could more time and see if the set see if the atatmosphere about mosphere was trying was different, different, and and noted that to esnoted that tablish whatever had whatever had been there some been there bebefore, had more fore, had gone, history gone, as had the as had the feelfeeling of of the ing of oppresHotel, oppression, sion, noting as very noting also that also that the little is the place felt place felt "empty" and know "empty" and adding that curadding that The Editor Checking Out The Strange EMF readthere was rently, there was ing in The Middle Of A Window Pane, That Kept ‘absolutely there"absolutely Coming And Going. fore not nothing there nothing there anymore’” being anymore" anything is happening in able to establish if bedroom 3, it is not a mathere is any historilevolent force causing it. Conclusion : cal significance to Although Becky picked up anything we have I believe, although i am a on the fact the bar area experienced so far. firm sceptic, that something seemed "quite busy" i am odd IS happening in the not convinced that there is pub, although i have to say, (if any) residual energy prefurther examination of the sent in the pub, and that if evidence we collected is reanything, both the cellar quired (at the time of writand bedroom 3 are visitaing, the audio recordings tions (as no evidence of the and video haven't been exlady seen in the bar area was amined, found) and i am sure after everyAfter discussing with Emily thing that has happened about the events of the day that there will be something and the last evenings inveswhich backs up this belief) The Wooden Lectern Type Thing, tigation, we agreed that we and although i remain scepKept Giving Off Strange EMF Signals, would like to investigate tical to actually having anyWith No Wires Or Electrical Signals further, and that we would thing conclusive to prove Nearby, Its Hard To establish Why come back fairly soon, with

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Britain's Most Famous Hauntings — Terror At Berkeley Square “The house in Berkeley Square contains at least one room in which the atmosphere is supernaturally charged, fatal to mind and body. A girl saw, heard and felt such horror in it that she went mad, and never recovered sanity enough to tell how or why"

50 Berkeley Square, The Scene Of One Of Britain’s Most Famous Hauntings

50 Berkeley Square was the most famous of London's hauntings in Victorian times. Often families would take a detour to look at the house, during “The Victorians tours of the Love of the houses of hemacabre and all roes such as things William Pitt, supernatural Earl Grey and lead to an Clive of India. increase in At the time, stories around Prime Minister, this time, but George Canning were they real lived two doors or were they away from merely a No.50 until his figment of the death in 1927. Victorian inquisitive mind? ” The Victorians Love of the macabre and all things supernatural lead to an increase in stories around this time, but were they real or were they merely a figment of the Victorian inquisitive mind?

A gentleman, a disbeliever in ghosts, dared to sleep in it, and was found a corpse in the middle of the floor, after frantically ringing for help in vain. Rumour suggests other cases of the same kind, all ending in death" Mayfair Magazine, 10 May 1879. In 1840, there were reports of "supernatural" noises coming from the house, which was often empty and deserted for long periods. Jessie Middleton in her Grey Ghost Book wrote that a little Scots girl in a kilt haunted the house. The child was supposed to have been tortured to death in the top-most room of the house. Another of Jessie's stories suggests a girl called Adeline jumped from the top floor window to escape from her lecherous Uncle and since has haunted that room. Charles G Harper, also investigated No 50 in his book "Haunted Houses":

"There is quite a literature accumulated around No.50 and even in the staid pages of Notes and Queries the questions of "haunted or not haunted?" and if so, "By what or whom?" have been debated. It seems something or other, very terrible indeed haunts or did haunt a particular room. Whatever it is, has been sufficiently awful to have caused death, in convulsions, of at least two fool hardy persons who have dared to sleep in that chamber. The story is told of one who was not to be deterred by the fate of an earlier victim. He was sceptical and practical as well. Before retiring to bed he gave some parting instructions to those who occupied the rest of the house. "If I ring once," said he, "take no notice, for I might be only nervous, without due course; but if I ring twice come to me." They bade him good night. When the clock struck twelve they heard a faint ring, followed by a tremendous shout. On opening the door they found the unfortunate man in a fit. He died without ever being able to reveal what it was. Continued Over

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Britain's Most Famous Hauntings — Terror At Berkeley Square — Cont. one of a handprint on a large photographic AHere’s shuddery pendant to this plate, the subject placing in their palm, an ‘Om’ story is that which tells symbol which directly relates to the vibrational how, of sound. a dance influence being given next door, a lady leaned against the wall dividing the Haunted House from its neighbour, and distinctly felt an inexplicably dreadful shock."

The Mayfair magazine wrote about the house many times, in its May 1879 issue it published "The very party walls of the house, when touched are found saturated with electric horror. It is uninhabited save by an elderly man and woman who act as caretakers, but even they have no access to that room. This is kept locked, the key being in the hands of a mysterious and seemingly nameless person who comes to the house every six months, locks up the elderly couple in the basement, and then unlocks the room, and occupies himself in it for hours." Elliot O' Donnell further intrigued the nation in his book "Phantoms of the Night", writing in a hand that wouldn't seem out of place in a Barbara Cartland novel, Elliot describes an incident that happened at Berkeley Square. Two sailors were scared out of their wits when a "shapeless and horrible something" appeared. One of the sailors leapt to his death; the other arrested for his murder, claiming that a ghost had pushed his friend out of the window.

Jack Hallam offers a more sober account of Berkeley Square in his book "Ghosts of London" and offers a likely cause to the sightings in the form of a recluse called Mr Myers. The first reports of the ghost happened about 1840 when Miss Curzon, who died in 1859 aged 90, owned the house. Miss Curzon must have contacted Jessie Middleton, who then wrote about the "girl in the kilt". It wasn't until after Curzon's death that 50 Berkeley Square achieved notoriety when the building was leased to a Mr Myers, whose eccentric conduct caused him to be referred as "an odd cross between Scrooge of Christmas Carol and Miss Havisham of Great Expectations" In 1873, the local council sued Myers for not paying taxed or rates. He didn't appear in court, but the judge summed up "the house in question is known as a 'haunted house' and has occasioned a good deal of speculation amongst the neighbours." A writer in 1880 said that Myers had leased the house for his impending marriage and began to furnish the house, when his wife-tobe left him. "This disappointment is said to have broken his heart and turned his brain. He became morose and solitary, and would never allow a

woman to come near him" said the writer. Myers, to escape society lived in the famous top room of the house and would often walk around the house at night to see what should have been the scene of his happiness bathed in candlelight. His midnight wanderings could have laid the foundations for ghost story. Hallam also writes that in 1907, ghost author Charles Harper revealed "The secret of the house, according to Mr Stuart Wortley, was that it belonged to Mr Du Pre, of Wilton Park, who shut his lunatic brother in one of attics. The captive was so violent he could only be fed through a hole. His groans and cries could be distinctly heard in the neighbouring houses." So could it be the nocturnal wanders of a jilted recluse or the insane cries of violent lunatic spurned the stories of a lurking murderous ghost? Or may be the house was damned, haunted by angry ghosts, hell bent on revenge on the living. Today, world famous antique booksellers, the Maggs Brothers, occupy the property. Over a hundred years after the first incidents, the tourists still ask if the house is haunted but after 30 years of occupation, the business has seen no evidence of a ghost. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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Rendlesham Forest — The UK’s Roswell Rendlesham forest is well known for the UFO sightings of the 1980’s and is thought to be the UK’s Roswell. I will try to condense the information, but first I will discuss the twin airbases of Woodbridge and Bentwaters and the experiments done at Orfordness, as Military history of the area is interesting

and bones are affected. There are unconfirmed suggestions that some type of time experiments have been tried at Rendlesham similar to the Philadelphia experiment. The earliest documentation of a UFO sighting I can find at Rendlesham was in 1952 an oval light and an UFO looking

happened in December of 1980. On The 26th December 1980 at 3am the east gate of RAF Woodbridge by security patrol reported an Unidentified Flying Object and they initially thought it was a downed aircraft. On further investigating into the forest, strange lights were seen moving through the trees and an unidentified bright light, with flickering , yellow, red and green lights and a large white light moved across the forest boundary, animals were running everywhere, high static electric and the static supposing knocked the men’s Berets off their head.

Orfordness was used for secret military testing and was acquired in 1913. The atomic weapons research establishment had a base here. Robert Watson-Watt was the founder of the Radar, from 1935-1937 and moved to Bawdsey creating the chain home radar system. Experimental work “Un- in Aerial Warfare, An Artists Impression OF The The object seen was deconfirmed and which included the UFO Seen At Rendlesham In scribed as a small shiny possible parachute, aerial pho1978/79 stationary object with conspiracy tography, bomb and blue lights on and it was theories of a gun sights, camouflage like a dustbin lid was seen. about 3 metres tall and wide. radiology and and evolution of aircraft. The best-recorded sighting Another witness described a nuclear Firing and bombing was in August 1956 from 9pm seeing a cone/egg shape with accident, range, including the reuntil 3.30am, the UFO was lights around the belt with which was cording of the flight of tracked on radar and venom colours of blue, white and the hushed with a bombs. During 1968fighters were scrambled and red lights were flashing. UFO sighting” 1973, over the horizon this encounter has never been Noises were heard like a explained. During 1978/1979 radar project (Cobra woman screaming, farm ania large bright reddish-orange Mist) which was detectmals were making a lot of ball shaped object was witing and tracking of airnoise, a large yellow light nessed at the level of the treecraft, missiles, satellites and veseen above the trees, the centops. On January 1981 a hicle landing. strange object was seen chang- tre was red and blinking for Un-confirmed and possible conabout 5-10 seconds with a ing direction with almost imspiracy theories of a radiology steady blue light. The object possible speed with blue, red and a nuclear accident, which was thought to have 3 landing and green lights. Up to this was hushed with a UFO sighting. feet that left imprints. There day, UFO’s are regularly seen From 1953-1964 it is thought was a sense of slowness, slowin the Rendlesham area. trials of Ariel Spraying (Zinc and ing down with a loss of conCadmium Sulphide) of at least 76 The biggest and best known cept of time. Suffolk police times took place over East Anglia sightings at Rendlesham took were called at 4am but they place in December of 1980 but and at various times over Norclaimed the only lights they wich during 1963. A report from there is conflicting accounts of could see were that of Orfordthe exact dates and what was Porton Down in 1967 shows for ness lighthouse. seen and what actually hapshort term, the respiratory sysContinued Over pened but here is a summary tem is affected and the long of what is thought to have term, lung cancer and kidneys

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Rendlesham Forest — The UK’s Roswell Cont. Continued From Over There was no knowledge of aircraft and suggested what was seen was probably the re-entry of the Russian Cosmos 749 Rocket which was seen south the day before. The next day, broken branches and burn marks were found at the landing site along with 3 triangular impressions in the ground, the police were re-called at 10.30am and reported that the imprints could have been made by animals. During the early hours of 28th December 1980 the service men returned to the area with Lt Col. Charles I Halt to check for radiation, but the radiation readings are heavily disputed. Halt recorded the events (copies of the tape and transcript are on the net) at the Eastern edge of the forest. Flashing lights were seen on the east side near the farm house, star like lights seen in the north and the south, The ones from the North looked half moon shaped, dancing around with coloured lights and then turned into a full circle. The brightest looked like it was beaming a stream of light and this was seem in the security area of the base, the sighting took place from 2.44am and at 4.00am the object was still over Woodbridge base. Holt heard farm animals making a noise and the sound of a woman screaming, but it is disputed that the farm had animals at that time.

Charles L Holt’s memo was available in the states in 1983 dated 13th January 1981. The MOD maintained the only document on file was Halt’s memo but it was later confirmed that a covering letter from the RAF commander of Woodbridge had been sent with Halt’s memo. The MOD insists there was no defence significance/ threat in the alleged sightings and suggested they never investigated the sightings even thou it is thought they did investigate 2 weeks after the sightings. There were reports of strange people interviewing the witnesses and in some cases threatening and some witnesses were moved to other bases. The common explanation for the sightings of 1980 is the lighthouse at Orfordness but I have personally been to Rendlesham several times and would dispute the lighthouse theory as the lighthouse can not be seen through the tree at the East gate and if you stand at the farmers field you can only just see the light house and the light of the lighthouse is one colour and all different colour lights were seen in December of 1980.

During the 1980 UFO incident a witness saw a upturned mushroom shape with a greenish-white glow, heading towards the twin bases, his dog became ill and later died. Two different witnesses described electrical interference and high military activity. The Forestry Commission confirmed that some tops of trees were damaged and had to be felled and the wildlife had been disThe Letter To Central TV From Nick turbed. A farmer living near RAF Woodbridge received some money Pope in 1994 after this night from the USAF as he Radar tapes were seized from had problems with his cattle but then of the sighting were confirmed a RAF Watton and Neatishead 3 days moved to Devon on a larger farm. few years later. The first public later, but because of the mix up of report was in News of the World Continued Over the dates, some radar recordings nd were deleted before the exact dates on the 2 October 1983. Lt Col.

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Rendlesham Forest — The UK’s Roswell Cont. sometimes just fades away like a ghost. A mist/fog about In 1994, a letter from Nick Pope, the size of a football, see Then Minister Of Defence, to through. Several Central TV producers people have witClaimed the UFO sightnessed a red dot of ing was none other than a laser weapon, this Orfordness lighthouse I have visited the seen through trees and area on several ocdistorted. The letter also casions with Npeg claimed that nothing had and Talk of the been picked up on radar Dead, below is a and nothing unidentified brief summary of had entered UK airspace, what has happened therefore, no in various areas of threat to the the forest. Moving UK’s interests lights have been was present. The Photo Which Is Claimed To Be Leaked seen in the sky and From The MOD. Real Or Fake? A picture, the light just disapclaimed to be peared and a watch “In 1994, a leaked from witnesses lost 3 hours. Voices and RAF Woodbridge the ghost of letter from Nick at the MOD, shows a whispering heard in different East-end-Charlie has been Pope, Then strange flying object in seen. Charlie is a German who areas and with investigating, Minister Of the night sky, supposno source was found for these mistook the runway for one in Defence, to edly over Rendlesham. Germany, he has been seen in voices. The feeling of being Central TV But, it has never been watched and black shadows the old weapon storage area producers ratified that this actuand the tower in the same area seen/felt in different areas. A Claimed the UFO ally came form the and he is also see running into humming and high-pitched sighting was MOD, so could it be a sound has been heard. Lights the SE corner, in the woods none other than clever hoax, made in were seen down one of the (Queens Woods). Mysterious Orfordness order to give tracks. The farmers lighthouse seen credit to the field, lights were seen through trees various MOD of different sizes and and distorted” cover up condifferent colours, red, spiracies? white, yellow, near the farmers house Other activity and in the middle of in and the field. In another around area close to the Rendlesham farmers field, a feelincludes ing of spirit, footlights seen by the east steps heard and a gate, batteries draining, yellow light seen and low droning noises, The News Of The World Article, Dated 2nd further away lights time loss, un-natural seen up the track. It October, 1983 exhaustion, witchcraft is a very creepy place and druidism practiced at night, but well worth a black dogs with glowing red in the forest, cars failing for no visit. eyes, big cats, shug monkey reason and animals acting with features of a dog and strangely. The experiments at Brian Lambert monkey but with a body and Orfordness supposedly caused head more like a human and it electrical disturbances with Continued From Over

glowing lights around Orfordness and cars stopping for no reason. At the East end of

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Tiredness Kills take about 30 minutes to revive you. Take a nap of about 15 minutes to revive yourself and allow time for the caffeine to enter your system. Plan to stop for a 15 minute break every two hours on a long journey. Try to get a good night's sleep before starting a long drive. Share the driving if possible. Remember: sleep is the only cure for tiredness so if necessary find somewhere safe to stay overnight.

extended during the Victorian Era. Used primarily as a hunting lodge by the Victorians and Edwardians the building has many royal connections and is mentioned in Queen Victoria's Highland Journal as she often passed by on one of her many excursions. The building next door used to be the stables, and the "cottage" renovated next to that was the Gairnshiel Lodge, Aberdeenkennelling. Next door to the kennels shire stands Rinloan, now a keepers cottage. Over the last few weeks now I been During Queen Victoria's reign this was looking into the importance of our an inn where she once stopped after an safety when driving, many paranorexcursion up to Loch Builg.It was at Don't: Do not try to complete the mal teams or guests will travel Gairnshiel Lodge that King George VI journey if you are feeling really miles to visit a haunted location received his brother, the abdicated Edtired (you might never arrive). myself have pushed the limits of ward VIII. The King was holidaying at Don't start a long trip if you're being tired when driving from visitBalmoral, and since the abdication, Edalready tired. Avoid driving for ing a site over night, when chatting ward was not received in any royal long distances after a full day's to a few members, some venues will household. Wanting to see his brother work. Don't drive after you have offer you a place to sleep for the and knowing of the Lodge because he been drinking. Even just one at drivers and others will crash out in had often shot here, the King lunchtime will make you feel their cars for a few hours before "borrowed" Gairnshiel from the tenant sleepy. You should not drive if driving home and others will take and the two of them ate a fine meal in you are taking medication that turns in driving. So this got me the dining room. We are fortunate makes you feel tired (read the thinking what can we do to help enough to have a copy of the Game Book instructions carefully). Try to stay safe when driving from or too a for the period 1921 to 1932. Along with avoid making long trips between haunted location? containing signatures of King George V, midnight and 6 a.m. when natuHere is some information from the Albert and Elizabeth (later King George ral alertness is low internet covering safety because if VI and Queen Elizabeth) it is a fascinatyou fall asleep at the wheel you risk From this I started to contact a ing record of what was shot, by whom few places regarding overnight killing yourself, your passengers and where. It was not uncommon to bag stops therefore helping to provide and other innocent victims. upwards of 200 brace of grouse on the recommended overnight stops for hills around Gairnshiel, a far cry from Tiredness reduces reaction time, people, I was looking for interalertness, concentration, decision today, keepers agree. esting location that cover history making and all crucial driving During the late 1930's the Lodge fell into but also the location that would skills. An estimated 300 people a disrepair as it was not leased during the welcome you anytime ,I came year are killed and many more are war. It came into private ownership across a location. seriously injured where a driver has when a Mrs. Walton bought it for herself fallen asleep at the wheel. Gairnshiel Lodge way up in the and her husband to retire into in 1951. hills that is situated in beautiful Purchased from Invercauld Estate. How to avoid driver fatigue Royal Deeside in Aberdeenshire, It is a wonderful building, with many North Eastern Scotland. 50 miles Do: Find somewhere safe to stop. foibles but just as much warmth and west of Aberdeen. . If you're on the motorway don't atmosphere. Not a hotel and certainly stop on the hard shoulder, but take The Lodge was built in approximore than your average guest house, we the next exit and find somewhere to mately 1750 by the Garden family love Gairnshiel Lodge and we hope you park or stop at the nearest motorof Troup, originally called Garden will too way service area. Drink one or two Shiel. it came into ownership of Brian Lambert cups of strong coffee or other high neighbouring Invercauld Estate caffeine drinks. These will help, but during the 1800's and was greatly

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Myths And Legends — The Screaming Skulls Of Calgarth Hall In due course the Cooks were hanged. Some time after their execution, consternation was caused in the Phillipson's’ home by the appearance of two ghastly grinning human skulls at the head of a stairSeveral centuries ago—exactly case. They were at once taken how long is apparently not to a distant spot and buried. known—there lived in an old That night everyone in the Directly their doom was profarmhouse near Ambleside a house was awakmuch-respected ened by the most farmer and his wife, blood-curdling Kraster and Dorothy screams, and in Cook. The little land the morning, to they owned was covthe alarm of the eted by one Myles whole household, Phillipson, a wealthy the skulls were and influback in their ential place on the “Whatever magisstaircase, with scheme you trate. On even wider grins. undertake will several And so it hapwither in your occasions pened again and hand; the side he asked again. Whenever you take will the Cooks the skulls were Lake Windemere, As The View Would Have always lose; the to sell it removed they Been From Calgarth Hall time shall come to him, came back, and when no but they the night of their nounced, Dorothy rose in the Phillipson shall steadily refused on return the household was apcourtroom, and in tones which own an inch of the grounds that it palled by the most unearthly rang through the sombre land; and while was all they posscreaming. The skulls were building, pronounced the folCalgarth walls sessed and was, smashed, they were burned, lowing curse: “Guard thyself, shall stand we’ll therefore, indispenbut no matter what was done Myles Phillipson! Thou thinkhaunt it night sable. to them, they recovered and est thou hast managed and day. Never Enraged at being were to be found back in their grandly, but that tiny lump of will ye be rid of balked in his desire, staircase home, always grinland is the dearest a Phillipson us.” Phillipson swore he ning. has ever bought or stolen, for would get the land you will never prosper, neither In the meanwhile Dorothy’s whether they were curse was working. Nothing will your breed. alive or dead. Pretending to be the Phillipson's did ever pros“Whatever scheme you undervery friendly with them, he inpered, they lost all their land take will wither in your hand; vited them to a banquet, and and all their money. Their old the side you take will always during the evening contrived to home, and with it Calgarth, have a silver cup, which had been lose; the time shall come when passed into other hands, and no Phillipson shall own an purposely placed in front of one what became of them afterinch of land; and while Calof them, while they were dining, wards was never known. garth walls shall stand we’ll put covertly in one of their clothes which had been left in the haunt it night and day. Never hall. Pretending that the cup had will ye be rid of us.” Tam Kinnear-Swift been stolen by one of the guests, Screaming skull phenomena are certainly among the strangest of hauntings, and yet they are not uncommon. A particularly sad and tragic story is associated with one in the Lake District.

he had everyone searched, and the cup being found secreted in one of the Cooks’ belongings, he had Kraster and Dorothy arrested at once. Stealing in those days being a capital offence, Phillipson, before whom they were brought, sentenced them both to death.

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Strange Images Caught On CCTV In York “I put the cameras on in the office upstairs to have a look,” she said. “I saw what I thought was a man going up the stairs.”

The Light horseman, York, As it Stands Today Ghostly goings-on caught on CCTV at a York pub have stumped the city’s paranormal experts – and now television viewers in Japan will have a chance to look at the footage. Last September, The Press reported how landlady Janine Robinson had spotted a series of mysterious orbs moving through the hallway of the Light horseman, in Fulford Road, while watching the monitor of the pub and hotel’s digital surveillance system. The footage, shown exclusively on The Press website, attracted tens of thousands of viewers, among them executives at Japanese television channel TV Asahi. Producer Niki Matsukawa said a researcher had spotted the footage on our website while looking for material for a show called The Fountain Of Aura. “It’s a kind of paranormal show, looking at ghosts, psy-

chics and other mysterious phenomena,” she said. Ms Matsukawa said she did not think the show – which will air early next month – would necessarily come to any firm conclusions about the orbs. Janine said a film crew had been at the pub earlier this month. “We negotiated with them coming up, and then a cameraman and a Japanese lady came and did the filming,” she said. “They said it was quite a serious show they’re making, not a joke show, it’s some kind of documentary.” Strange sounds coming from the downstairs hallway early one Saturday morning last summer alerted the publican to the goings-on.

But since then neither she nor her husband, Steve, have seen any more of the ghostly shapes. “We’ve been so busy though, we can’t just sit and look at the CCTV,” she said. “I’ve had the odd look now and again, but I’ve not seen any“I put the thing.” cameras on in Surveillance expert Anthony Dickens, who installed the cameras, was unable to explain the apparitions at the time.

the office upstairs to have a look,” she said. “I saw what I thought was a man going up the stairs.”

“We do get people ringing up, thinking they’ve caught ghosts and things like that on their cameras,” he said. But in all other cases, he said, he had been able to explain the apparently unexplainable. “Usually, if you use infrared lighting, you see a fly or a spider Stwalking Mary’sacross Abbey Ruthe lens, which can look ins, Bungay, Suffolk funny because it’s out focus,” he said. “But I don’t really have an answer to what this is.” Tam Kinnear-Swift

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Strange Cloud Formations After UFO Report across from me as I flung open the door to the basement and called to her to come inside but she continued to bark and challenge the thing moving in the yard. Finally she ran inside and I The Still Picture, Captured From The Video Of The slammed the door. UFO.

The images above show a black UFO that appeared soon after what looked to be a ten foot smoke like Entity that started to appear in my backyard after I had taped the passing of a UFO farther down from me.

“The fact that the cloud at times looks like a woman I think is another example of their sense of humour for I know I must have sounded like a woman when I screamed and went racing inside that night the huge thing appeared in the yard across from me.”

I thought I had caught the thing on my tape but in my panic I must have

I raced inside to find I had left Lady outside and had to run back out to call her in I could hear the thing walking about in the yard

Whatever it was, I was so frightened that, I stopped going out back to tape for an awhile. The electrical system in my home went wild after that. My TV and other electrical equipment also went crazy and this continues to this day. The black craft shown in this picture appeared some days later after I had taped the UFO in the clouds. Please note the various faces that the opening becomes as the UFO continues on its way. One frame I mirrored and to my surprise it looks like the face of one of the smoke like Entities that would come into my home and take me later that year.

It, the thing appearing in the yard across from me, was first spotted by my dog Lady and it was her barking that brought my attention to the thing. Being the big brave macho hero, I am I screamed in the most manly Falsetto I could muster, and ran for my life.

I had that night will also turn off cameras.

The Mirrored Frame, with the “Smoke Like” Entity Clearly Seen

turned off my Camcorder or set it into standby. The NYCMUFON investigator said that sometimes the energy coming from these things during encounters like the one

The fact that the cloud at times looks like a woman I think is another example of their sense of humour for I know I must have sounded like a woman when I screamed and went racing inside that night the huge thing appeared in the yard across from me. I feel they of this passing Dark UFO were saying," We love you from the bottom of our heart, fear us not.”

Story : Posey gilbert

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SECOND Tantallon Castle Ghost Picture Reported above the window in the original ghost photo.

As before, Mrs Lamb does not recall seeing the face when she pressed the camera button.

The figure was only noticed when the photograph was developed and has been a topic of heated debate by the family ever since. The Second Tantallon Ghost Picture, Very similar To The First, But Taken 30 The family sent the years earlier photo to Prof Wiseman after The photographer who took the picture last May claimed he saw no one there, and tests have ruled out digital tampering.

Prof Wiseman, from Hertfordshire University, headed a panel of experts looking at ghost pictures from around the world as part of a project for Edinburgh International Science Festival.

“I am sceptical about ghosts, but this is a great find. There has been a huge number of people visiting the project website and I have received hundreds of images, but this is one of the most curious."

He said: "I am sceptical about ghosts, but this is a great find. There has been a huge number of people visiting the project website and I have received hundreds of images, but this is one of the most curious."

Experts suggested the image might have been a trick of the light, but confirmed sceptic Professor Richard Wiseman admitted he was puzzled.

Alex Pryce, of the Edinburgh Sceptics group, was unconvinced. He said: "When the picture is enlarged, it is quite The second photo was taken obvious it is a by Grace Lamb, from Edinwoman with a carrier burgh, at the same location bag in her hand and 32 years ago. her handbag over her shoulder. It is a woman in a pink The Original Tantallon Picture. Stun- jacket coming down It shows her late husband ning Similarities To The Second Hugh and two children Paul some stairs with a and Kelly – and behind shopping bag." them, what looks like a female seeing news coverage of the figure staring out of an opening original Tantallon "ghost". Tam Kinnear-Swift

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The Enfield Poltergeist They were even more afraid when they realised that the piece of oak furniture was about to block their bedroom door - their only means of escape.

One Of The Most Famous Paranormal Photos In The World Came in The Late 70’s During The Enfield Poltergeist Case

Nothing on that balmy August evening seemed even slightly out of the ordinary. Peggy Hodgson was busily tidying up her terrace house in Enfield, North London, after her four boisterous children had once again left it looking like a pigsty. Mrs Hodgson’s daughters were upstairs getting ready for bed. As usual, 11-year old Janet was play fighting with her elder sister, Margaret. Then, as the pair rolled around and giggled on the bed, something most peculiar happened: a chest of drawers began sliding slowly across the floor towards them. The two sisters watched aghast as the chest shuffled across the room as if dragged by a pair of powerful but invisible hands.

Luckily for the children, their mother burst into the room to complain about the noise.

She grabbed the chest and shoved it back against the wall. But the invisible force continued. Peggy watched in terror as the chest once again began sliding across the room. This time, the piece of furniture moved far quicker and Peggy could do nothing to stop it. She tried again to shove the chest back against the wall but failed. And this time she could feel an inhumanly strong force in the room. Objects would miraculously appear and disappear before the eyes of terrified onlookers. Confused and terrified at what she was witnessing, Peggy gathered up her children and fled the bedroom in panic. And thus began one of the strangest cases of alleged haunting ever recorded in Britain.

Over the following months the so-called “Enfield Poltergeist” turned the lives of the Hodgson family upside down. Toys, plates, cutlery, books and pictures would all inexplicably fly across the room. Such encounters may sound utterly absurd. But what makes the Enfield case so remarkable is that the events were exhaustively investigated by respected academic researchers and more pertinently were witnessed by more than 30 independent witnesses, including police officers.

“It was later to take an even more terrifying turn, when a cast iron fireplace would be torn from the wall, fires would ignite and extinguish themselves spontaneously, and Janet would be thrown out of bed, and made to levitate. One of these incidents were witnessed Although the haunt- by two passers by, who stopped ing happened 30 in amazement to years ago, Janet and watch” Margaret have not spoken publicly about it since childhood. They are still wary about discussing the incident in depth, as their lives have moved on. But in a documentary to be shown tomorrow they will break their silence for the first time - and what they reveal sheds new light on one of the most remarkable paranormal incidents ever to take place in Britain. “I felt used by a force that nobody understands,” says Janet. “I really don’t like to think about it too much.” Continued Over

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The Enfield Poltergeist Cont. Continued From Over I’m not sure the poltergeist was truly ‘evil’. It was almost as if it wanted to be part of our family. It didn’t want to hurt us. It had died there and wanted to be at rest. The only way it could communicate was through me and my sister.” Hard-bitten sceptics, of course, scoff at such suggestions and claim that poltergeist stories are simply the result of hoaxing and trickery. They point out that pre-teen girls are hardly reliable witnesses - and, crucially, Janet and her sister have admitted to playing tricks on some of those who were sent to investigate their haunting. This has made it easy for rationalists to dismiss the whole tale as hokum. And yet a close examination of the story reveals the truth is rather more complex, intriguing and perplexing. Above all, those who witnessed the events at Enfield were left in no doubt that they were involved in a genuine case of haunting, and while their testimony may seem far-fetched, it is equally improbable to suggest that so many adult witnesses could have been hoaxed. Key among the independent witnesses were the police officers, who were called to the Hodgsons’ home, soon after the poltergeist first

made its presence felt in August 1977. They took statements and noted the family’s sincere terror, but in the absence of any hard evidence were sceptical about what might have taken place. It was only as the officers were preparing to leave that they were forced to take the case more seriously: quite suddenly, a sitting room chair levitated off the carpet before their eyes and started moving slowly across the room.

A Strange And Certainly Sobering Photograph Documenting Some Of The Activity From The Case

“It came off the floor nearly half an inch,” recalls WPC Carolyn Heeps, one of the Metropolitan Police officers sent to investigate the haunting. “I saw it slide off to the right about four feet before it came to rest. I checked to see if it could have slid along the floor by itself. “I even placed a marble on the floor to see whether it would roll in the same direction as the chair. It didn’t. “I checked for wires under the cushions and chairs and I could not see any. I couldn’t find any explanation at all.” But, of course, no actual crime had been committed, so the police were unable to assist further. Desperate for an explanation about what could be taking place in their home, the family turned to the Society for Psychical Research,

a respected scientific body that examines cases of alleged haunting from an academic perspective. It sent two investigators, Guy Lyon Playfair and Maurice Grosse, to examine the evidence. And to avert any claims of trickery, the society drafted in an independent barrister, Mary Rose Barrington, to double-check all of their work. This would ensure that there could be no credible claims that the pair were being anything other than meticulous, honest and impartial in their investigations. Sure enough, over the following 14 months they spent on the case, the two researchers catalogued a range of inexplicable phenomena. Boxes flew across rooms, ornaments floated in mid-air, books mysteriously appeared and disappeared. Strange knocking sounds were heard inside walls. Continued Over

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The Enfield Poltergeist Cont. Continued From Over Soon afterwards Janet was even seen floating in midair - and this time there were two independent witnesses. A lollipop lady and a passing baker both glanced up at the house and through a top-floor window saw Janet apparently hovering above her bed. As Janet herself recalls it: “The lady saw me spinning around and banging against the window. I thought I might actually break the window and go through it. “A lot of children fantasise about flying, but it wasn’t like that. When you’re levitated with force and you don’t know where you’re going to land it’s very frightening. I still don’t know how it happened.”

who explained that “I had a haemorrhage and then I fell asleep and I died in a chair in the corner downstairs.”

Unfortunately for the girls, the recorder was running and caught their plotting on tape.

What could this mean? Astonishingly, subsequent research showed that long before the Hodgsons had moved in to the house, an old man called Bill Wilkins had indeed lived there. And he had died of a brain haemorrhage while sitting in a living room chair.

“They weren’t very good at playing tricks,” recalls Guy. “We always caught them out. What do you expect children to do? “I would have been more worried if they hadn’t played around from time to time. It means they were behaving like normal kids.”

“A lot of children fantasise about flying, but it wasn’t like that. When you’re levitated with force and you don’t know where you’re going to land it’s very frightening. I still don’t know how it happened”

The Unexplainable Levitation Photo Asked Which Baffled Experts And about Onlookers such pranks today, Janet explains that she and her sisIt’s certainly an intriguing And that wasn’t all. Apparter did indeed play practical tale. But is it really a proven ently in the grip of some jokes - because they were so case of a poltergeist? disturbed force, Janet befed up of being tested all the gan swearing and hurling time. They had become like If you dig deep beneath the insults at those in the room surface, doubts soon begin to animals trapped in a zoo, in a disembodied voice emerge. On several occasions constantly being asked to quite unlike her own. So perform tricks for gawping the girls at the centre of the was this proof of a polteronlookers. case were caught playing geist, or simply a child hoaxes on their investigators. People would turn up explaying pranks? pecting inexplicable things The investigators began to happen, and when nothIn one instance, they were interrogating “the spirit” ing happened, the girls decaught hiding Guy’s tape reand the answers they got cided to play the occasional corder. They planned to prewere decidedly sinister. prank. tend that the poltergeist had The poltergeist identified whisked it away. itself as a man named Bill, Continued Over

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The Enfield Poltergeist Cont. But, crucially, Janet estimates that only about one or two per cent of the many hundreds of separate paranormal phenomena that took place in the house were faked by her and Margaret and these were minor things like balancing a chair on top of a door and pretending that the poltergeist had done it. Besides, in many cases, it would have been physically impossible for the two young girls to have faked the evidence. How does a 12year old girl rip out a fireplace, or make a chair levitate in front of police officers? The barrister, Mary Rose Barrington, who reviewed the case on behalf of the Society for Psychical Research, is in no doubt that the investigators did a thorough and honest job.

passers-by - all seem convinced by what they saw. Nevertheless, some experts remain unconvinced. Professor Chris French, a psychologist at London University, is in no doubt that the girls were mischievous and enterprising: “Children can be very ingenious. I don’t buy the idea that kids can’t outwit intelligent investigators. “There are undoubtedly some things in the case that defy rational explanation, but that does not mean that they are real phenomena. “When you also consider the fact that people, no matter how sincere, are notoriously unreliable witnesses then you have to take this case with a very big pinch of salt.”

Perhaps so. But incredible though the events of Enfield were, they are Maurice Gross Some Years After far from Enfield unique.

She reinterviewed and cross examined many of the witnesses and double-checked the evidence. Nothing she found suggested a wider conspiracy.

Equally, the 30 or so other witnesses who saw the hauntings - including police officers, journalists and

Professor David Fontana, a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, has investigated similar hauntings. He says: “From my own studies I know of accounts of poltergeists pulling people’s hair, causing objects to disappear before returning

Guy Lyon Playfair during The Height Of The Activity And Disturbances In Enfield

them in the most unlikely places, starting small fires, throwing water about, upsetting furniture, scribbling on walls, breaking objects and generally discomforting the hapless owners of the property they choose to haunt.” Are they all hoaxes? It seems unlikely. But perhaps the last word should go to Janet herself. Now aged 41, and eager to keep details of her presentday life private for fear of attracting ridicule, she is adamant that what she experienced was a genuine paranormal entity. “I know from my own experience that it was real,” she says. “It lived off me, off my energy. Call me mad or a prankster if you like. Those events did happen. The poltergeist was with me - and I feel in a sense that he always will be. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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The Knights Of Hickling Broad They make their way out of the building and follow the road to Stalham Broad. Here they are rushed by a Saracen, rising in his turn from the waters, wielding a mighty scimitar.

The Holy Trinity church, Ingham, Norfolk, Just Outside Stalham

Few ghosts have the good manners to keep to a set date for their happenings, but at Stalham Broad, Norfolk, it is said that two ghostly crusaders fight a deadly battle with a Saracen foe every August 2.

The fight of broadswords against scimitar is a desperate one, ended when Sir Roger, abandoning his weapon, strangles his enemy with his bare hands. When all the life

the following year. When the battle ends de Ingham and de Blois walk silently back to the church, kneel in prayer before the altar, and then their spirits return to the tombs vacated earlier that night – Sir Roger to rest his head once more on the body of a disembodied dead Saracen. It is also interesting to note that on several occasions, dancing monks have been seen at Ingham church itself, said to have originated from the dissolution when ancient bones were disturbed.

Even more helpfully, we know just who the two knights are, if not their enemy: they are Sir “The fight of Roger de Bois, who died In 1860, The broadswords in 1300 according to his Sir Roger And Margaret De Bois’ Tomb At altar was Ingham Church against tomb, and Sir Oliver de taken down scimitar is a Ingham, his tomb dated for repairs, and thirteen has been squeezed from the desperate one, 43 years later. skeletons were found beneath eastern warrior his corpse is ended when Sir them, along with a tunnel thrown disdainfully back into Roger, These two monuments, that lead from abandoning his housed within Holy the priory to weapon, Trinity Church in the the manor strangles his village of Ingham just house, howenemy with his northeast of Stalham, ever, the tunbare hands” are the starting point nel was not for the annual foray by explored furSir Roger and Sir Oliver ther and was against the unknown dutifully Saracen. bricked up. At midnight of August 1 No reports of the church, legend has dancing it, turns cold, and the monks have ghostly knights rise Oliver De Ingham's’ Tomb, At Ingham been seen from their effigies, Church since stone armour metamorphosing into bright metal. the Broad, to return of course Tam Kinnear-Swift All rights reserved to UKBPA Paranormal Watch Magazine 2009 ©

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Nessie Spotted On Google Earth? Some experts believe Nessie may be a Plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile with a shape like the Google image. Security guard Jason, 25, of Nottingham, said: "I couldn't believe it. It's just like the descriptions of Nessie." Researcher Adrian Shine, of the Loch Ness Project, said: "This is really intriguing. It needs further study."

The Image Depicted On Google Earth. Is This FINAL Proof That Nessie Exists?

he shape seen on the surface of the 22-mile Scottish loch is 65ft long

and ap-

pears to have an oval body, a tail and four legs or flippers.

Sightings have been claimed for centuries. To see the object, enter coordinates Latitude 57°12'52.13"N, Longitude 4°34'14.16"W in Google Earth.

Is An Evil Spirit Lurking In Lewisham? A quiet terraced house in Lewisham is an unlikely setting for a haunting, but its residents swear an evil presence lurks in the bathroom. Lea Spencer and Eliza Wager say they have noticed things go bump in the night ever since they moved into the property in Roxley Road, one year ago. Footsteps in the corridor, knocking on the wall, and floating white blobs known as orbs have left the couple spooked but curious. So curious they set up a paranormal research group called London Ghost Hunters to investigate haunted properties across the capital. Mr Spencer, 39, says most of the activity happens in

the living room and he once saw a little boy with a cat. Ms Wager also explained : “When I moved in here I refused to go to the bathroom. I felt like I was suffocating and I pictured there was a child being hung.” She added, “I’ve been getting whispers, banging, walking along the corridors, toilet flushing. “They don’t bother me but I have got one evil one. The only one I’m concerned about is the baby. The other night we took photos around him and there were orbs all around him. He won’t go in the bathroom” A Local Group investigated The house and although several strange anomalies turned up, like a few specks of light

in the corner of the photo were apparently being evidence of a ghostly presence., nothing approaching evil was reported. Indeed, a Ouija board experiment was conducted and the name of a boy called “John” turned up. Could this have been the mysterious child Mr Spencer had seen with the cat? What Is The Mystery Of Roxley Road?

Roxley Road, Seen In The Snow. Does An Evil Spirit Lurk Here?

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Junior Paranormal Watch — Story Corner

Shadows in The Mirror There was once a woman who lived by herself in a quaint house in the country. Her husband had passed away about 5 years back and she was planning on moving soon. One day, while packing up some of her husbands things, she noticed that the temperature dropped really low. She walked down the hall to check the thermostat, but when she got there it showed no difference in temperature. She thought about it but figured that it must be broken. She decided that she would call someone the next day to fix it. When she passed the mirror on the wall on her way back she thought she saw a movement of shadows in the reflection. Then the temperature suddenly returned to normal and when she looked back at the mirror nothing was there. She shrugged and went back to packing. A couple of days later the temperature dropped again. Again the woman went to the thermostat and again it showed no change. She remembered that she

had forgotten to call someone to repair it. She promised herself that she would call after her show on T.V. that she had been watching. When she passed the mirror she again saw the movement of shadows. She stopped. In the reflection she saw a shadow, nothing but a shadow. Slightly translucent but visible. The shape was indescribable. It changed shape, like water flowing, about the size of a tall person. It stepped out from the wall behind the woman, but when she turned around to face it there was nothing there. Now she was scared. She began to tremble. Slowly she turned back to the mirror. The figure was still there, and closer. She screamed out "HEEEEELLPPP!!!" but no one came. Closer and closer IT came...

A few weeks later a friend of the woman's stopped by to say Hi. She knocked and knocked but there was no answer. The next day a police officer came out to investigate, but he found nothing but a few empty boxes and the TV on. It was put down as an unsolved case. The house was soon cleaned out and put out on the market for sale. For many years the house was empty, what with all of the stories going around about it. But one day a small

family consisting of a mother, father and daughter moved from the city into the house. All was well until one day the temperature dropped in the house. The daughter went to her parents and asked them what happened. They said they didn't know and they went to the thermostat to see. It showed no change in temperature. They decided to call someone. The daughter went back to playing with her dolls in her room. Had she looked up into her mirror she would have seen a shadow peeking from behind the reflection of her bed. But just then her parents came in to tell her that someone was coming the next day to fix the thermostat and that she'll have to deal with it for a while, but when they finished saying this the temperature went back to normal. The parents said never mind.

“Had she looked up into her mirror she would have seen a shadow peeking from behind the reflection of her bed.”

A few weeks later the temperature dropped again. The girl was brushing her hair at the time, in front of her mirror. She saw the shadow behind the reflection as it started to creep towards her. She screamed. Her parents came in asking what happened. She told them but they didn't believe her. She tried to make them believe her but it was of no use. They took her to a psychologist to get her help. Continued Over

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Junior Paranormal Watch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Story Corner Continued From over When she came home she believed it was all a figment of her imagination. She probably would have kept believing that except that about a year later the temperature dropped once again. The girl was by herself because her parents had gone to the theatre and left her alone, since she was 13 years old. She was experimenting with make-up at the time, in front of her mothers mirror. She stared in terror as the THING crept out from behind the bed. She trembled but didn't call out, she knew no one would come. And now, as done before, the THING came closer and closer, closer and closer... When the girls parents came home they had no one to come home to. The Police report said another unsolved case... The house still stands to this day.

The Little White dog There was an old woman who had no family still living. Her only friend was a little white dog who went everywhere with her - with one exception. The dog loved the fireplace in winter, and after the old woman went to bed he would sometimes go and lie in front of the warm coals. Usually though, the dog slept at the very edge of the bed on a throw rug. The woman wouldn't allow the dog on the bed with her,

but if she became frightened or had a nightmare, she would put her hand down to the little white dog and he would lick it reassuringly. One night the woman was reading her newspaper just before going to sleep. She shivered and pulled the comforter up around her as she read that a mental patient had wandered off from a nearby hospital. No one knew if the patient was dangerous of not; he was a suspect in the murders of several women who had lived alone. The woman turned out the lights and tried to sleep, but she was frightened, and tossed and turned fitfully. Finally, she reached down to where the little white dog slept. Sure enough, a warm, wet tongue began to lick her hand. The woman felt reassured and safe, and left her hand dangling off the bed as she turned and settled in comfortably. She opened her eyes for a moment and looked through the open door into the living room. There in front of the fireplace, sat her little white dog, gazing at the coals and wagging his tail. Down beside the bed, something was still licking her hand.

Something Was Wrong One morning, John Sullivan found himself walking along a street downtown. He could not explain what he was do-

ing there, or how he got there, or where he had been earlier. He didn't even know what time it was. He saw a woman walking toward him and stopped her. "I'm afraid I forgot my watch," he said, and smiled. "Can you please tell me the time?" When she saw him, she screamed and ran. The he noticed that other people were afraid of him. When they saw him coming, they flattened themselves against a building, or ran across the street to stay out of his way. "There must be something wrong with me," John thought. "I'd better go home." He hailed a taxi, but the driver took one look at him and sped away. "This is crazy!" he said to himself. John did not understand what was going on, and it scared him. "Maybe someone at home can come and pick me up." he thought. He found a telephone and called home, expecting his wife to answer. Instead, a strange voice answered. "Is Mrs. Sullivan there?" he asked. "I'm sorry, she isn't," the voice said. "Her husband died a few days ago in a horrible car crash, she's at his funeral."

Beth Read

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Have The Devil’s Footprints Returned To Devon? clearly defined tracks bore striking similarities to those which appeared across South Devon in February 1855. According to some reports, the socalled Devil's footprints covered a trail of about 100 miles. The unexplained phenomenon became known as the Great Devon Mystery. Now it seems the puzzle The Hoof prints Found In Jill’s has been resurrected, Garden after the new tracks appeared on March A mysterious set of tracks bearing an eerie resemblance 5, leaving investigators flumto the legendary "Devil's moxed. footprints" which appeared in Devon more than 150 He said it was unusual to get years ago is being investisnow in the West country at gated. all, but tracks that appear on A pensioner was perplexed to white ground look different find pointed, hoof-like marks to those left in mud, because in freshly fallen snow at her of the different consistency. home . The tracks crossed the garden before returning in the Grandmother Jill, 76, of same direction, before frusWoolsery, Devon, said: ‘I looked in the garden and it tratingly disappearing in an really intrigued me. ‘I could- area with no snow cover. n’t believe it – the footprints were in the shape of a cloven Jonathan Downes, who runs hoof. There were no other the centre, is investigating marks at all in the snow. whether the footprints could have been left by hare or rab‘I was quite surprised by it bits hopping on their hind and I hadn’t got a clue what it was, but I thought I would legs, perhaps as a combination of both the snow and love to know.’ spring mating hormones. He said: "Thousands of people She called in the experts across the world believe in from the Centre for Fortean the paranormal, but so far Zoology (CFZ). The organisaevery single thing we have tion, based near Bideford, looked into has turned out to specialises in looking into have a natural explanation. unexplained sightings. They I'm sure these will as well." quickly recognised that the

When Asked If He Believes in the Paranormal, Mr. Downes Replied : “Do I believe that the Devil comes from the pits of Hell to wander around the gardens of North Devon? Of course not. But if you’re asking if there are things that can’t be explained by modern science, then yes. But human knowledge is expanding all the time. I believe that things that are currently put down to the paranormal will one day be explained by science.” He said the Devil's Footprint myth emerged at a time when many South Devon parishioners were angry at the clergy for changing the standard prayer book. When the tracks appeared, they blamed vicars for letting the devil in to their communities. "It was a piece of local politics which had nothing whatsoever to do with the paranormal," Mr Downes said.

“Do I believe that the Devil comes from the pits of Hell to wander around the gardens of North Devon? Of course not. But if you’re asking if there are things that can’t be explained by modern science, then yes. But human knowledge is expanding all the time. I believe that things that are currently put down to the paranormal will one day be explained by science”

A Close Up Of The Hoof prints

The CFZ is kept busy in North Devon alone, with sightings of beasts and large cats wandering the moors. But Mr Downes has travelled the world on his investigations, and now boasts 400 members in the organisation.

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Have The Devil’s Footprints Returned To Devon? Cont. Graham Inglis, the biologist who visited the garden, said: "This is certainly a first for me." HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

of its veracity have also been called into question. On the night of 8-9 February 1855 and one or two later nights, after a light snowfall, a series of hoof-like marks

inch diameter. The area in which the prints appeared extended from Exmouth, up to Topsham, and across the river Exe to Dawlish and Teignmouth.

R.H. Busk, in an article published in Notes and Queries decades later, stated that footprints also appeared further afield, as far south North Devon, Looking Inward Towards Woolsery. as Totnes and Torquay, and that there appeared in the snow. were other reports of the called beprints further afield in Weycause some superstitious These footprints, measuring mouth (Dorset) and even Lincolnshire. In each case, people be1.5 to 2.5 inches wide and lieved that eight inches apart, continued the prints would go on for miles and miles before the footthroughout the countryside for a total of over 100 miles, abruptly stopping. prints were and, although veering at varithe tracks of ous points, for the greater Satan, as There were also attendant part of their course followed rumours about sightings of they were straight lines. allegedly a "devil-like figure" in the made by a Devon area during the scare. cloven hoof. Houses, rivers, haystacks and Many townspeople armed other obstacles were travelled themselves and attempted Many theostraight over, and footprints to track down the beast reries have appeared on the tops of snow sponsible, without success. been put for- -covered roofs and high walls which lay in the footprints' ward to exTam Kinnear-Swift path, as well as leading up to plain the inand exiting various drain cident, and some aspects pipes of as small as a four

The Devil's Footprints is a name given to a peculiar phenomenon that occurred in Devon, England, in 1855: after a light snowfall, trails of hoof-like marks appeared in the snow, following primarily straight lines for over 100 miles. The footprints were so “There were also attendant rumours about sightings of a "devil-like figure" in the Devon area during the scare. Many townspeople armed themselves and attempted to track down the beast responsible, without success”

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NO Vampires At Boston Latin School cause of the rumours. "At no time was anyone's safety in jeopardy," she wrote.

enough to cause anxiety among the student body and disrupt classes on Thursday.

Boston Latin School, One Of Boston's Oldest And Most Prestigious Schools

The headmaster of one of the city's most prestigious exam schools is dealing with an unusual rumour sweeping student classrooms. There are no vampires at Boston Latin School, says headmaster Lynne Moone Teta.

"I seek your cooperation in redirecting your energy toward the learning objectives of the day. Please do not sensationalize or discuss these rumours," Teta wrote in a notice obtained by the

Seriously. Students at the school, which was founded in 1635, began e-mailing news organizations Wednesday night with the strange story of vampires roaming the halls. "Supposedly 3 students believe that they are vampires and today when a student was bitten the police were informed," wrote one student in a message to TheBostonChannel.com. "I heard that one girl was arrested another suspended." Police, however, denied reports that anyone at the school was bitten. The rumours were strong

“We did go over there and speak to some In its long, rich history the of the students school's students have inand quelled cluded revolutionary firebrands Ben Franklin, Sam the rumours Adams, John Hancock, but that were golikely never vampires. ing and kind Boston police acknowledged of told them visiting the school Wednes- the effect day after learning about the those rumours rumours. could have on the rest of the "We did go over there and student popuspeak to some of the stulation," dents and quelled the rumours that were going and spokesman kind of told them the effect Eddy Chrispin those rumours could have said.” on the rest of the student population," spokesman Eddy Chrispin said.

Interest in vampires among young people has been rekindled in the past year with the release of the hit movie "Twilight". It tells the story of a teenage girl who falls in love with a vampire. The movie, which stars teen heart throb Robert

Students Of Boston Latin School

Boston Globe and sent to faculty, students and parents. Teta said she was concerned that some students' safety might be jeopardized be-

Pattinson, was released on DVD last weekend. The DVD sold 13 million copies on its first day of sales, according to Entertainment Weekly.

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Warwick Castle Construction Stirs Up Spirits hallways at the site. He had seen anything so I was so scared he imme- carried on as normal. diately upped tools and ran away in fear. “When I saw him again later that day, I knew it “When we started was no trick of the clearing out the site for mind.” the new dungeon, which is in what used Paul’s claims to having to be the castle’s arseen spirits in the formoury, I started to no- mer armoury are not the tice some pretty first. Several mediums strange things,” he have visited the castle in Warwick Castle, Seen Before The Construction said. the past and have come across a ghost matching Started “I kept smelling laventhe same description. der which, for a building Work on a new tourist site, was very odd inA recent visit made by attraction being built at deed. two mediums also rea Midland historic castle ported seeing a woman was dramatically hovering around one “Later that day I brought to a halt after of the doorways in the saw a tall, slim terrified builders area of the castle man wearing some claimed ghostly goings where the new dunkind of tunic and on were leaving them geon attraction will be trousers walking too spooked. situated. out toward the doorway. “At first I thought it was just my imagination and asked the other guys if they had spotted anything, but nobody else had seen anything so I carried on as normal. “When I saw him again later that day, I knew it was no trick of the mind.”

The new dungeon being built at Warwick Castle would, when complete, include a “torture chamber” and would see actors dressing up as ghosts and creatures from the dead to create frightening fun for visitors.

The mediums, who also noted a “general sense of fear and negative atmosphere”, believed the woman could have been the ghost of Frances “Daisy” Greville, the A Strange image Taken Countess of Warwick at Warwick Castle… Is and mistress to King THIS What Frightened Edward VII who died Builders? However, the castle in 1938. may now not have to “Later that day I saw a hire actors as contractall, slim man wearing tors working on the site some kind of tunic and Sue Kemp, general manclaim the real deal is trousers walking out ager at the castle, said: already haunting the toward the doorway. “We have long attracted historic building. attention from mediums “At first I thought it was and those interested in Site manager Paul just my imagination and the paranormal from all Woodfield was left petri- asked the other guys if around the world.” fied when he spotted a they had spotted anyTam Kinnear-Swift strange figure in the thing, but nobody else

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Ghosts Of The Tower Of London band executed before her eyes, which caused her a great deal of sorrow. Her ghost is seen walking in the bloody tower while a sad pale figure of a man can also be seen which is said to be that of her husband.

The ghost of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury returns here in a dramatic and alarming fashion. At the age of seventy-two she became an unwitting and undeserving target for Henry V111’s petty vengeance. Her son, Cardinal Pole Another famous ghost that had vilified the King’s claim as haunts the Tower of London is head of the Church in Engthat of Anne Boleyn, the secland. But he was safely enond wife of Henry the Eighth. sconced in France and so In 1536 Anne was imprisoned Henry had his mother brought in the tower of London and to the block on 27th May 1541. was charged with adultery. When told by the executioner The Tower Of London : Most say that it was a false to kneel, the spirited old lady Awash With Ghosts charge put forth by the king refused. “So should traitors do because he wanted to remarry and I am none” she sneered. since she couldn't bear him a The executioner raised his axe, The Tower of London is the son. She was executed with a took a swing at her and then place where many people were sword and people say that chased the screaming Countexecuted because of adultery, they have seen the event take ess around the scaffold where treason and murder. According place before their eyes in the he, literally, hacked her to to many books, the common tower even 200 years later. death. The shameful spectacle people were executed in public Many people have claimed through the use of axes, guillo- that they have seen foggy im- has been repeated several times on the anniversary of tines and burning while royalty ages of the event in the past her death, as her screaming was executed using a sword or like a hazy replay. Once a phantom continues to be an expensive axe. Many ghosts guide was giving a lecture on chased throughout eternity by have been known to pass the Anne Boleyn's persecution to halls of the tower at night and the tourists as well as showing a ghostly executioner. many ghosts have been seen in them around the tower. He Returning to the White Tower, the Bloody Tower that was told them that the Queen had and the fearless Custody built by the well-known Bloody been executed by using an axe Guards who wander its inteMary, Daughter of Henry the in the very room they stood in. rior in the dead of night, there Eighth. One of the most faA little girl replied that if truth is the eerie occasion when Mr mous ghosts is the ghost of were told, she was executed Arthur Crick, decided to rest Lady Jane Grey. using a sword. This was true as he made his rounds. Sitting She was queen of England for nine days but was overthrown by Mary Tudor. Even though she had become queen, Mary was somehow suspicious that Jane might take over the throne again and so she imprisoned her in the Tower of London, where she was executed because of a false charge of treason. Before she was executed, she had to see her hus-

since royalty was executed using swords rather than axes. The girl's father interrupted that she couldn't have known this beforehand since she was least interested in reading books at home. When she was asked how she knew about this, she replied that she had seen the execution take place before her very eyes in that room..

on a ledge, he slipped off his right shoe and was in the process of massaging his foot, when a voice behind him whispered, “There’s only you and I here”. This elicited from Arthur the very earthly response “Just let me get this bloody shoe on and there’ll only be you”! Tam Kinnear-Swift

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Shadow Seen At Derby Royal Infirmary Staff at the City General reported seeing a “black shadow” ten to their views to help put in the medical records depart- minds at ease.” ment. The Bishop of Derby’s advisor on the paranormal, Elaine The hospital today confirmed Jones, said she had been in case note services manager discussions with the hospital’s Debbie Butler sent out an email to staff saying she would chaplains. be arranging for someone from She said: “That would be nor“the cathedral” to exorcise the mal procedure with anything department. regarding the paranormal whether that be a local priest But the hospital trust said that would not now be taking place, or a hospital who called on me.” and that its own chaplain would be speaking to staff early next week reassure them. An exorcism is the practice of evicting evil spirits from a person or place which they are believed to have possessed. The person performing the exorcism, known as an exorcist, is often a member of the clergy.

ens of sightings during recent weeks, worrying staff, especially in departments near the mortuary. The original hospital was extended in the 1990s when it was built over section of a Roman Road, Rykneld Street. The super hospital is built on the existing Derby City Hospital site. It will be officially re-named as the Royal Derby Hospital in the coming months. Phil Wyman, of Living TV's Most Haunted programme, visited Derbyshire Royal Infirmary – renamed as London Road Community Hospital.

He hosted a ghost hunt on Friday, July 17. The Derby Royal Infirmary, What Is It that Haunts the Medical records Department? The investigation

The hospital - which will officially be renamed the Derby Royal once it is fully open said the manager had sent out the e-mail in an effort to reassure staff, but that an exorcist had not been called in.

followed reported sightings of a ghost She added that each case was at Derby City General Hospidifferent and she could not say tal. how she would advise this one Staff claimed they had seen a be dealt with until she knew "black shadow" in the medical more detail. It said it would be following its However she added her work records department. Managers normal procedure when emo- was investigative and that she invited a chaplain to talk to staff in January. tional and spiritual concerns would say a prayer with the were raised by staff or patients, people affected but that was It is also believed that a numwhich was to use its internal ber of Psychic mediums and not an “exorcism”. chaplain service. sensitive's have asked to visit The hospital said the “black A spokeswoman for the hospi- shadow” sighting was made by the hospital, although it is not clear if any requests were tal said: “We will be talking to two members of staff. granted. staff in the department to lisBut other press reports have ten to their concerns. We reTam Kinnear-Swift claimed there have been dozspect our staff and always lis-

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Strange Night At Mount Cook, NZ Mt Cook village residents are stumped but not spooked by recent supernatural experiences in the national park's oldest mountain hut. Mountain guides, visitor centre employees, a helicopter pilot and a cafe manager have all reported paranormal experiences in and around the old hut high up on the Hooker Glacier. The Hooker hut was built nearly 100 years ago, is a three-hour walk from the visitor centre and sits about â&#x20AC;&#x153;We'd only 1100 metres above Mt been in bed for Cook village. about 15 minutes when I Department of Conserheard footsteps vation (DOC) mountain on the deck guide Jane Morris and outside, It visitor centre assistant sounded like Monica Yeoman experisomeone was enced the surreal when unloading a they spent the night of pack. their lives in the hut last Friday. "The noise was constant until I heard the sound of an ice axe hitting the corrugated iron. It certainly wasn't an animal as the disturbance sounded organised.â&#x20AC;?

Ms Morris said she understands their account of paranormal activity could be cause for ridicule. However, she believes there has been a lack of investigation into the countless reports of spooky happenings in the hut. Both of them explained the spooky happenings in and around the hut and the lack of investigation surrounding events.

The pair left the village after work and arrived at the hut around dusk on March 20. It wasn't until they had finished dinner and hopped into their

sleeping bags that things started to rattle in the night. "We'd only been in bed for about 15 minutes when I heard footsteps on the deck outside," Ms Morris said.

"The noises were quite purposeful," Ms Morris said. Both of them admitted to being "freaked out" initially but agreed the experience was intriguing once they got use to the noises. They left the hut the following morning to continue the day hike and returned in the afternoon to retrieve some gear. Ms Morris said she felt a presence on her return to the hut although it wasn't menacing. Both women said they are keen to return to the hut to discount any scepticism.

Mount Cook, NZ, with the hut seen in the middle left

"It sounded like someone was unloading a pack. "The noise was constant until I heard the sound of an ice axe hitting the corrugated iron. "It certainly wasn't an animal as the disturbance sounded organised." Ms Yeoman had woken by that stage and both went outside to look around only to discover nothing. After returning to bed, it was only a matter of five minutes before both women heard what they described as the sound of pots clanging. It was a sleepless night for both of them after that as the relentless sound of clanging and shuffling continued.

For more than 50 years, there have been numerous reports of paranormal activities at Hooker hut. Peter Graham outlined his experience with the ghost of Hooker hut in Mick Bowie's book The Hermitage Years. Graham was the proprietor of the Glacier Hotel at the Franz Josef Glazier for many years and his infamous tale was often told in the light of an open fire late in the evening. The original hut was built in 1910 and rebuilt in 1948. On its original site, it was visible from the Hermitage and was considered quite a landmark. However, in 1963 it was moved back intact some 40 metres on to new foundations, away from ominous cracks in the crumbling moraine wall and out of sight from the Hermitage. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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Money DOES Grow On Trees In Hawaii Kuulei Mata said she brought home fresh coconuts from a local market and cracked some of them open. She was disappointed to find that one, and then another, had water but no meat. The Coconut With The $5 Bill Inside it t is a mystery to a family in Pearl City, Hawaii, and they swear it really happened. A woman said she found a $5 bill inside a coconut.

The coconuts were so bad she was going to return them and ask for her money back. Then she cracked open another one and reached inside. "I went in with my fingers and out came this money. I didn't realize it was $5," Kuulei Mata said.

"I called my husband and said, 'Look! Look!'" Ron Mata had been watching TV. He said sure enough, his wife produced $5 from the coconut, which had been in a refrigerator. "So I grabbed it. It was a wet, damp and cold $5 bill she got. I said, 'No! No way,'" Ron Mata said. The couple has no idea how the money found its way into the hard shell fruit. The Matas understand sceptics saying, "It's too good to be true. It's like, believe it or not, you know?"

Aldwych Station — Alive With Spirits Aldwych station was open in 1907. The line was originally part of the Piccadilly line. With being so close to many West End theatres, it gained the unofficial title of the Theatre Line. Aldwych station itself was built on the site of an old London theatre - the Royal Strand. During the Second World War the line was closed and the tunnels used as an air raid shelter and to store various national treasures from the British Museum, including the Elgin Marbles. This station was closed in 1994 because the cost of refurbishing the lifts at the station could not be justified. It is still currently used

for parties, opening nights and for film sets. Numerous people have claimed to have seen the ghost who haunts Aldwych station on the tracks at night, mainly by staff who clean the tunnels and stations. The ghost is believed to be an actress who believes she has not enjoyed her last curtain call. Aldwych used to be on the site of the old Royal Strand Theatre.

Margaret, who could be the actress sighted many times before. During the investigation the crew walked through the tunnels in complete darkness. Yvette Fielding thought she saw someone or something in the tunnel. Meanwhile, over another platform, a motion detector was set off, yet nobody was near enough to trigger it.

A 15 strong camera crew from TV's Most Haunted spent 24 hours at Aldwych station in 2oo2. Derek Acorah managed to contact a ghost called

“Numerous people have claimed to have seen the ghost who haunts Aldwych station on the tracks at night, mainly by staff who clean the stations.”

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Phantom Aircraft Over Derwent Valley at a nearby cafe and alerted the police in Chesterfield. The duty officer checked with local airports and reported back to the puzzled family that 'there was no record of any aircraft in the vicinity at that time.'

A newspaper cutting from around the time of Tonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sighting A Sheffield woman called Doreen Ashall described will never forget the 'ghost plane' which turned an ordinary day out into a magical mystery tour. Doreen had been on a day-trip to Derbyshire with her husband Gordon, their daughter and son-in-law. The family were travelling in the Ashall's four wheeled drive and had reached a crossroads at Grindleford when they saw what Doreen described as 'a huge old plane' flying low in the sky, and apparently heading straight towards them. Gordon, who was driving, almost went into a ditch and Doreen said she was tempted to duck her head as the plane swooped silently above the startled foursome before disappearing from sight. The couple were so certain the plane would have collided with one of the nearby rocky fells if it had continued in its flight path that they stopped

The Ashall's were left with an experience that was both striking and real to them but for which there was no obvious explanation. Doreen said: 'It was definitely real and I saw everything and no one can tell me did not see it. I'm sure I saw what I saw.' Equally sure was a Chesterfield man called Tony Ingle, who was so puzzled by what he saw in the sky over the Peak District that he contacted a local newspaper. Tony was enjoying a holiday break at a caravan park at Hope when he decided to take his golden retriever Ben for a walk one sunny April afternoon in 1995. As they strolled along leafy Aston Lane, Tony suddenly put a foot backwards in time...and was astounded to see what appeared to be a wartime aircraft flying between forty and sixty feet in the air above him. 'It was very eerie...I could see the propellers going round but there was no sound,' Tony said. 'It was getting lower and lower and I thought "crikey, this thing's going to crash..." It was bizarre...I could see it was banking as if trying to turn, and then it seemed to go down just over a hedge. I

ran up the lane to see if I could see anything. I expected a plane to be in the field but there was nothing...just lambs and sheep. Everything was silent, you could hear a pin drop...the best way I can describe it was as if someone had died; it was terrible, a very eerie sensation.' Tony has been back to Aston Lane many times but Ben refuses to go anywhere near the field where the plane appeared to crash. 'He just cowers and won't budge and the only time I tried to pull him along he just slipped his collar,' he said. Before his experience, Tony did not believe in ghosts but now he is not so sure. 'I have racked my brains for a logical explanation but I can't find one. I can't explain it; I saw that plane all right, and it disappeared before my eyes.' Coincidentally Tony's sighting came just a short while after plaques commemorating two wartime tragedies, which claimed the lives of a dozen Allied airmen, were unveiled in the hills of the Peak. The air crashes, just two of fifty separate accidents which have claimed the lives of more than two hundred pilots and crew since the Second World War, have added to the sinister reputation of the mountains among fliers.

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Phantom Aircraft Over Derwent Valley Cont. Continued From Over These tragedies of half a century ago have become woven into local folklore and have more recently provided the backdrop to a string of reports describing 'ghost An Avro Lancaster Mk1, Of The planes' which Type That Would Have Been Used have baffled both By The Damn Busters the emergency services who have responded to calls of crashing planes and local historians who have struggled to explain them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;the woman said she distinctly saw four engines with propellers whirling round. She watched it fly past and disappear into the trees before turning to her husband but at first she did not dare to say anything in case he had not seen it. Her fear evaporated when she saw the look of shock etched upon his face and before she could utter a word he turned to her and said 'Did you see that?''

For experiences of Tony Ingle and the Ashall family are certainly not unique. Over the last ten years the high moors between Sheffield and Manchester have become the scene of dozens of sightings of phantom planes. They are generally described as large, propdriven machines of Second World War vintage, make no noise and vanish before the eyes of startled witnesses, often leaving them with the impression that the plane has 'crashed.' A number of witnesses have said that the plane they saw was so low they instinctively felt the urge to 'duck' their heads as it passed overhead. No sign of a crash has ever been found when searches have been carried out by the police and mountain rescue teams. Derwent Valley's historian Vic

Hallam said it was during this same period that rumours first began to circulate describing ghost fliers in this part of the Derwent Valley. Before that time there were stories about phantom organ music and bells ringing in the steeple of drowned church at Derwent, which can on rare occasions be glimpsed above the water when the reservoirs are low. Vic runs a small museum dedicated to the Dambusters Squadron which is housed in a tower in the Derwent Dam itself. Many hundreds of visitors have visited the displays of memorabilia and a number of them have volunteered their own sightings of ghostly wartime aircraft around the reservoirs. 'It's a real puzzle, but the ordinary people who see these things are genuine, they are not cranks.' Vic told me. The one story which impressed him the most was that of a woman who had been sat in a car with her husband enjoying a cup of tea from a flask on the Ladybower viaduct, near the site of the lost village. It was a fine, sunny afternoon and as she glanced sideways through the window she saw a plane fly past the car 'as quiet as a mouse.'

It was a large, dark coloured bomber of the Lancaster type and the woman said she distinctly saw four engines with propellers whirling round. She watched it fly past and disappear into the trees before turning to her husband but at first she did not dare to say anything in case he had not seen it. Her fear evaporated when she saw the look of shock etched upon his face and before she could utter a word he turned to her and said 'Did you see that?'' She came and asked about it in 1998 wanting to know if the Lancaster which sometimes visits had come over,' Vic explained. 'But I had to tell her there was no question about there being a four-engined bomber in the area at that time. They were also clear that the aircraft they saw was an old wartime Lancaster, which is nothing like the Hercules transports we sometimes get over the valley. The pair of them were literally staggered and the lack of sound is unaccountable because if it was a real Lancaster you would have been able to hear the familiar growling sound of the engines for miles.'

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was a sudden burst of moonlight which revealed the familiar outline of a Lancaster bomber of World War Two vintage. Mr Shaw said: 'It continued flying over the reservoir for about two hundred yards and then, quite suddenly, vanished before our eyes, leaving myself and my wife

phantom Dambusters sightings, Flight Lieut Chatterton told a documentary film crew: 'I have heard rumours that aircraft resembling old wartime Lancaster's have been seen flying over the Peak District hills in the winter, but I can confirm they are not ours.'

So the mystery has continued and in recent years has been increased by sightings of what appear to be ghostly versions of the wartime Avro Lancaster bomber which was used with devastating effect by the RAF against the cities of Nazi Germany in the SecIt is perhaps the linond World War. On gering memory of several occasions a tragedies such as phantom Lancaster these which have led has been spotted skimto the growth of stoming across the still ries and legends waters of the giant about the ghosts of Ladybower reservoir airmen who continue in Derbyshire's Derto haunt the scene of went Valley. Stories the crashes which which have been circuhave claimed so lating in the area for many lives. Aviation almost twenty years historian Ron Collier describe how the ghost The Ladybower Reservoir, Where has spent the last thirty flier appears on moonlit years studying the Peak Phantom Lancaster's Are Often nights and vanishes beDistrict air crashes and fore the eyes of spectators. A although he finds the restunned at what we had wittypical sighting reported to ports of ghost planes diffinessed.' writer Wayne Boylan came cult to believe he admits to Only two serviceable Lanfrom a couple called the being disturbed by expericaster's are currently in exisShaws who were returning ences which he cannot actence which could possibly home along the Snake Pass count for in scientific terms. account for these puzzling after a visit to relatives in 'There has to be a logical sightings. One forms part of Glossop one still, moonlit explanation but in my rethe Battle of Britain Memonight in October 1982. They search I have repeatedly rial Flight at RAF Coningsby had pulled into a lay-by become up against the parain Lincolnshire, while the side Ladybower for a breath normal,' he says. . And the other is preserved in the of fresh air when Mr Shaw scores of sightings of ghost aircraft museum at Duxford. caught sight of something planes only back that up. The pilot of the Coningsby flying across the waters of Something is going on' Lancaster, Flight Lieutenant the reservoir towards them. Among the stories Ron has Mike Chatterton, says the The object swung around to collected include that of a aircraft are flown only durhis right and continued up farmer who picked up debris ing the summer months the reservoir, and he confrom the wreckage of an when they take part in high cluded that it must have RAF Blenheim which profile, and well-advertised been a hang-glider. It was at crashed on Sykes Moor near display work. During the then that the flying object Glossop in 1939. winter, the ageing craft are turned again and flew back confined to their bases for towards the couple and at Continued Over servicing. Asked about the that precise moment there

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Phantom Aircraft Over Derwent Valley Cont. told by a local nurse who he took it back to the crash site and buried it.' with a group of friends had dabbled with a But then one Retired Woodhead railOuija board during her day he and his wayman John Davies night shift. She apson saw the barn has also seen a ghost proached Ron Collier in flier above the northern almost shake a terrified state, claimitself to pieces. fells near his home in ing the board had They immediLongdendale. He tells spelled out a message ately took all the another story about reading: 'Where we are stuff back to pieces of the wrecked now, we are not at rest,' where they Blenheim which he and and then went on to give found it and it a friend recovered and The Boeing B29 Superfortress, Simi- never happened stored in an garage near all the names of the lar to the one that crashed at Bleak- again.' Another their home in the valley. crewmen who died in the Superfortress crash. low man who was Soon afterwards they 'I told her to see a priest, presented with a were terrified by a sound which she did,' he said. propeller from the plane like a large animal - a Another later sufpersonal fered such a experience series of Ron found disasters impossible and perto dismiss sonal tragewas that of dies that a his friend, year later fellow hishe became “My father didn't torian Gedesperate believe in ghosts. rald Scarto dispose But he said to me: ratt, who of the me"There's only one mento. 'I witnessed thing I can say - I'd saw him in the afterget rid of those bits The Remnants Of The B29 “Overa pub and math of the of Perspex if I were Exposure” That Crashed At Bleaklow B-29 crash as a he was shaking you." So I took it Glossop from head to right up t'moors schoolboy in 1948. Gefoot,' said Ron. 'He was huge cat, or a lion and buried it.” cursing and saying "you sniffing around the hut rald returned to the gave me that propeller" late at night. Describing wreck with his son a but I managed to calm the experience to writer quarter of a century later him down and he told me Rex Bellamy years later, and while scratching the full story, and what a John said: 'My father away soil during heavy story it was. Within didn't believe in ghosts. rain he came across what he thought was a months of taking it home But he said to me: and putting it on display "There's only one thing I tiny washer. After cleaning the 'washer' turned his financial world fell can say - I'd get rid of apart. Hs wife left him those bits of Perspex if I out to be a gold ring engraved with the name of and his kids were scatwere you." So I took it the plane's captain, tered. He associated all right up t'moors and Langdon P. Tanner. his bad luck with that buried it.' propeller, and in the end Then there was the story Continued Over Continued From Over'

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Phantom Aircraft Over Derwent Valley Cont. Continued From Over 'Shortly after the discovery was publicised, a group of aircraft enthusiasts asked Scarratt to show them the place where he found the ring, and he agreed to take them up to the crash site on Bleaklow. 'I bent down to show them where I had found the ring and when I looked up they had scarpered and were ten or fifteen yards away,' he said. 'When I caught up with them they were ashen-faced. They said they had seen someone standing behind me, looking down and dressed in full flying uniform. I told them I had seen nothing, but they said: "We've all seen him, thanks for taking us up, but we are going." And I have never seen or heard from them again.' Gerald added that ever since that time there have been reports not just of the ghosts of airmen, but of phantom aircraft flying over the area.

noticed a light reflected in the water. It was a misty day, and saw a large figure come out of the dam and disappear. It wore and old brown He just walked out of the water and disappeared into Hollingsend Wood. He was emphatic that it was definitely the figure of an airman or bomber pilot of world war vintage and he was able to describe it clearly. But he said it was unreal and not in proportion to the dam, almost as if it was a projection from something. The way he described it was a weird feeling.' Vic added: 'I can't explain it but he was very sincere and very convincing. When there is a mist it looks very eerie on

inexplicable happenings in the Derwent valley increases. On the surface, some of these sightings appear to be virtual replays of actual tragic events which have taken place up to fifty years ago in these hills. Peak Park Ranger Brian Jones, who is based at the Fairholmes Visitors Centre near Ladybower, says the rescue services receive several reports of supposed 'crashed planes' from the Derbyshire moors every year, to the extent that this kind of sighting has become almost a regular event. The sincerity and shock displayed by callers sometimes leads even the emergency services into believing real aircraft must have come down.

The most spectacular recent example happened on the night of Monday 24 March 1997 when police in both Derbyshire and South Yorkshire received a series of 999 calls reporting a low flying plane on a colliVic Hallam recalls a sion course with the ghostly airman who A Bomber Crew In Flying Kit, Is emerged from the waters This What Was seen Coming Out Of Peak District hills north of the Howden of the Derwent Reservoir The Reservoir? Reservoir. Once again one damp, misty mornreliable witnesses, including ing before the eyes of a territhe dam, but I have noted a police special constable fied walker. that there is a single conifer and several farmers reported This man was on the walkon the banking which can be seeing the plane and two way looking towards the mistaken for the figure of an gamekeepers were startled Derwent Dam looking up airman when the conditions by a huge explosion as if the valley,' said Vic. 'He was are right.' something had crashed into out hiking and was up there the moors near Strines ForAs the years pass by the ever early one morning; it was est. -growing numbers of sincere quite damp and there was a people who have witnessed Continued Over mist over the dam. Then he

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Phantom Aircraft Over Derwent Valley Cont. over as he worked on Midhope Moor. He said it was 'definitely a plane, and it was a big one, like an old wartime Lancaster.' It flew off towards the moors at Woodhead and he could hear a 'loud humming noise' as it disappeared from view.

ranger, Brian Jones says he remains baffled by the continuing reports of ghost fliers and 'phantom' crashes but tries to take a down-toearth view on the whole subject. Brian said that on many occasions people have reported seeing aircraft in distress and as a result the rescue The police were left with team have gone on full no choice but to take alert before they have these reports seriously realised there was only a Strines Forest, Near Where The Aircraft Was and called out a full possibility that a crash Reported Crashed In 1997 mountain rescue team had actually occurred. including more than one Often it has quickly behundred volunteers, The special constable, come apparent that only tracker dogs and two Marie-France Tattersa very low flying aircraft helicopters to search field, insisted the object has been seen and this more than forty square she saw while driving has been a view conmiles of barren moor. near Bolsterstone was a firmed when checks with They eventually called real plane police and air traffic off the search after fifand not a control have revealed ghost. But teen hours when no that no planes were retrace of any kind of she had to ported missing. crash could be found. “He said it was admit the As to what it is that so Afterwards, a police 'definitely a plane, plane was many people have reand it was a big 'the weirdest spokesman admitted ported seeing, Brian reone, like an old thing I have they could not rule out a mains open-minded. 'It's wartime ever seen ... 'paranormal' explanaa phenomena,' is the tion in the light of the Lancaster.' It flew it was big simple conclusion. legend of the ghost flier. off towards the and it was 'These are very genuine moors at well below The case remains an unpeople and usually they solved mystery to this Woodhead and he the legal are in trauma. They have could hear a 'loud altitude for day, and some have even seen these things, they humming noise' as night flying. speculated that the myscan't understand it, and it disappeared from All its win- tery was really sparked why should I disagree view.” dows were by a UFO which crashed with them? I honestly lit up which or had shot down a purbelieve that they believe made it look suing military jet over they have seen these even more the Peak District. As an things, and the last thing example of modern beodd as no we want to do is refuse pilot would fly blind at liefs and obsessions reto turn out and an inciplacing older traditions, that time of night over dent has actually octhis was a classic case of these hills.' Her story curred.' folklore in the making. was supported by a Tam Kinnear-Swift gamekeeper who said he As for the Peak Park saw the aircraft pass

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The Alien With The Scandinavian Accent trees. The report notes: "He asked her if she was aware of stories about large circular flattened areas appearing in fields of wheat, and then went on to explain that he was from another planet similar to Earth, and that the circles had been caused by others like him who had travelled to Earth."

The anonymous woman telephoned RAF Wattisham in Suffolk in a state of distress to describe an encounter she had the previous night. A covering letter in the files notes that it is “He asked her if she "one of our more unusual UFO was aware of reports". stories about large circular flattened The woman told areas appearing in the operator at fields of wheat, and the base that the then went on to incident hapexplain that he was pened as she was from another planet walking her dog similar to Earth, on a sports field and that the circles close to her had been caused by home near Norothers like him who wich at about had travelled to 10.30pm on NoEarth” vember 20 1989. She was approached by a man with a "Scandinaviantype accent" who was dressed in a light brown garment like a flying suit.

The man said the purpose of their visits was friendly but they were told not to have contact with humans for fear that they would be considered a threat.

The RAF operator who took the statement from the woman said the conversation lasted about an hour and described it as a "genuine call". OTHER REPORTS A boomerang-shaped object seen from an airport control tower and a woman's encounter with an "alien" are among the secrets revealed in official UFO files. The woman reported seeing a glowing, spherical object rise into the air in Norwich after meeting a man who said he came from a planet similar to Earth.

In anAn Aerial View Of Norwich, with The other Famous Cathedral seen sighting, a The woman said she was triangular craft hovered "completely terrified" then "shot off at and after about 10 min500mph". utes the man left. The third set of UFO As she ran home she documents to be reheard a "loud buzzing leased by the Ministry of noise" behind her and Defence covers the peturned to see a large riod from 1987 to 1993. glowing orange-white Continued Over spherical object rising vertically from behind

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The Alien With The Scandinavian Accent Cont. Continued From Over A letter from RAF Wattisham to the MoD and Norfolk police described it as "one of our more unusual UFO reports". Three years later two air traffic controllers at London's Heathrow Airport reported seeing a black, inverted boomerang-shaped UFO from their control tower. It was stationary then moved steadily in the morning sun, the files say. A week earlier on a coastal road in Louth, Lincolnshire, several people had reported similar sightings of a large, triangular-shaped object with three lights. Many witnesses reportedly stopped their cars and got out for a better look before it turned on its axis and zoomed off "at 500mph towards north west". Other accounts of strange lights and unexplained objects had plausible explanations. In November 1990, the crews of six RAF Tornado jets reported being overtaken by a "giant UFO" while flying over Germany. They thought it was a test flight for the then top-secret US Stealth fighter, but it turned out to be the burning debris from a Soviet rocket body used to launch a satellite into orbit.

On 31 March 1993 various reports of moving lights over south-west England and south Wales were later traced to the re-entry of a Russian Cosmos rocket body. The files suggest it had burned up, disintegrating over the North Atlantic. In 1992, a bright cigarshaped object seen flying silently over central London at night triggered a "spate" of sightings, notably in Ilford and Romford. “Many witnesses reportedly stopped their cars and got out for a better look before it turned on its axis and zoomed off "at 500mph towards north west".

It was later identified "almost certainly" as an illuminated airship advertising the Ford Mondeo car.

I don't think there's any solid evidence that we have been visited by intelligent life but I don't think you can rule that out.

"There are many good examples of puzzling things, for example seen on radar by the military, that need investigating." The files, which can be downloaded from the National Archives website, are being released as part of a three-year project. These latest documents are the first containing information written by defence intelligence staff to be made public. Dr Clarke said they were among tens of thousands of secret files contaminated with asbestos and were in danger of being destroyed. They were eventually saved after a campaign by historians to rescue them from the old War Office building in Whitehall. Tam Kinnear-Swift

UFO expert Dr David Clarke said: "The vast majority of reports are ordinary things seen in extraordinary situations. "So many things can be interpreted as unusual, you've got to eliminate all that noise and see what's left.

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Hauntings Causing More Homeowners To Relocate Along a treelined road in Cheras are some big homes with big yards. One of them, decades old, may have something the rest don’t — a former tenant too Are Previous Tenants Causing attached to Current Tenants To Relocate? leave. What makes the situation even more special is that he’s dead. “My wife and I looked at over 30 houses,” recalls owner Christopher “One evening, I was Lee. playing with my dog, Fleece, when I “Most were far noticed a shadow too expensive. out of the corner of Some were my eye. It was dumps and almimicking my most uninhabitarm’s motion. I able. This was didn’t think too the best, and the much about it, but price was right then my car keys, at 20% below which I always put the market in a dish, kept value.” going missing. I searched high and The fivelow for them to bedroom, fourlittle avail.” bathroom house was on the market for a long time and was sagging from neglect. “The plumbing was outdated, but the quality of

the workmanship was good. “The valuer’s report came out clean and there were no termites, so my wife and I bought it at a big discount. It was too good a deal to pass on,” says Lee declining to say how much he paid. After Lee and his wife contracted to buy the house, they were stunned to learn from a neighbour that their lovely new house had a sinister past. Lee wouldn’t offer details but says the previous owner of the house suffered a very gruesome death. The Lees became worried that their relatives wouldn’t want to visit them if they knew about what had happened in the master bedroom, and they were especially concerned about the value of their house. “One evening, I was playing with my dog, Fleece, when I noticed a shadow out of the corner of my eye. It was mimicking my arm’s motion. I didn’t think too much about it, but then my car keys, which I always put in a dish, kept going missing. I searched high and low for them to little avail.

gone missing from. It became clear that there was something in the house that wanted to make itself known to me,” says Lee. A medium told Lee to firmly tell the spirit to leave, so he took the advice and delivered a spirited monologue to the paranormal entity. “I said, ‘I know you loved this home and have lived here for many years, but this is my house now, not yours and I can’t have you disturbing my family. Move on. You would be happier if you crossed over’. “A spiritual cleanser came to bless the house, and whatever it was that was in the house, went away and never returned,” sighs a relieved Lee. Now, Lee and his wife have two sons. You’ll find flowers and playdoh on the lawn. A large glass window allows sunshine to illuminate their IKEA kitchen cabinets. The gloom has been lifted. “The ghost did one good thing for us, though — it got us this home for a steal,” Lee concludes.

“Every time, I would Tam Kinnear-Swift eventually find the keys back in the dish they had

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