Posted on 11/21/2016 4:10:39 PM PST by nickcarraway
This woman lived as a horse until the age of 13.
Kate Havord would gallop around on all fours, wear a bridle and even eat grass.
Between the ages of six and 13 the 47-year-old claims a ‘horse spirit’ entered her and eventually had 32 distinct horse personalities she could call upon at any given moment.
Kate, who lives in Chippenham, Wilts, but grew up ‘roaming free’ on a farm in Scotland, would even try to eat her meals like a horse and fashioned some horse shoes from old cork.
She said: ‘It was like the spirit of the horse entered me – I felt so free and powerful and this euphoria was intensified by the fact that I won the race by a long shot.
‘From that moment on there was always more of a pull to get down on all fours and gallop that to walk along on two legs – I would pretend to be a horse at every opportunity.
‘I remember going to my mum and dad’s vegetable patch and nibbling on broccoli flowers, a fennel bush or even a bit of grass – although that was a bit of a struggle to eat.
‘I created horse shoes out of old cork tiles and stuck them on to create horse shoe patterns, and I used to use my mum’s empty face cream pots as hooves.’
But she stressed she never fully believed she was an actual horse.
Single Kate, who has no children, said as younger sister Sarah, 44, joined in with her creative fantasy the pair eventually cultivated the personalities of 32 different horses.
But her days as a horse were eventually brought to a halt by her father, the late renowned television actor Conrad Phillips, when she was 13.
Eventually as a 13-year-old I was out trotting on my neighbour’s drive when my dad came out and said to me in his Shakespearean actor’s voice ‘there comes a time, my darling, when every young lady has to put away her hooves.
‘It was then I remember that I suddenly felt a switch go off. That was a really strange moment. That day my childhood was over – I stopped doing it after that.’
Although Kate’s strong connection to horses did not waver though and she struck up a close bond with pet horse Orinoco, who died last year.
The spiritual priestess-in-training believes the spirits of Orinoco and her father appeared to her in clouds when each passed away.
And art therapist Kate, who works with children, believes her childhood behaviour perfectly demonstrates how children use escapism to deal with difficulties in life.
‘I can look back and see that maybe that’s what happened for me as a child. It has definitely informed my work.’
Thought for sure I’d see a John F’n Kerry Photo.
Coocoo. However, the traitor and known loser, kerry, is strangely attracted to her.
If she lived in the U. S., she’d be a democrat and run for office and get votes! That’s a new one for the liberals to latch onto - anyone who doesn’t feel like they’ve been an animal at one time or another in their life is a -—————to be determined and it will be acceptable, believe me. Always wondered what would be coming down the pike for those sickos.
Yep, horse face. And my wife asks me why I call her that.
My four-year-old envies the 32 horse personalities. Kathleen has only two.
Tell her I think two is just fine.
I’d rather she thought she was a cat: it would be quieter.
I wonder if she got the idea from Gulliver’s Travels.
Eeew.
Descendant of King Nebuchadnezzar?
“Blücher !”
Since Dr. Phil is all in for gender dysphoria he would be throwing a saddle on this one too. Transgender really really really doesn’t mean anything. Thats why I use dysphoria. Wonder why Mozilla says it is misspelled?
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that something is wrong here. I mean she could clearly jump that fence and get out.
I don't know. If the fence thinks it's 12 feet high, even a horse might have trouble jumping it.
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