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Ghost Hunters
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| 5 May 04
| Daniel Menhinnitt
Posted on 05/05/2004 4:15:08 PM PDT by CurlyBill
Ghost hunters
By Daniel Menhinnitt
A team of ghost hunters experienced some spooky activity when they visited a pub in Thornton Heath.
Jack Bryer and the rest of UK Paranormal Investigations spent a night at the Wheatsheaf Inn on Saturday after landlady Maria Seal told them the pub had been the site of some unexplained occurrences, including bottles moving on their own in the bar and a permanently cold boiler room.
According to Mrs Seal the pub was once a court where prisoners were held before being hanged on Thornton Heath pond, then known as Gallows Green.
The team set up recording equipment including tape recorders and camcorders to try and capture evidence of any paranormal activity on film. Mr Bryer said: "We went into the part of the pub that used to be a court room and next door - now a boiler room which used to be where the accused were held. "We set up the camcorder and tape recorder for 45 minutes and when we reviewed it there was a very faint voice which said hello."
The camcorder also recorded several orbs, lights seen on a camera but not with the naked eye which are believed to be the manifestation of a spirit.
Mr Bryer added: "We went down to the basement and we heard a shuffling sound like someone was moving a cardboard box, which the camcorder picked up as well.
"We returned to the boiler room later and all five of us started feeling sick. Using a digital camera we were able to see lots of orbs and I asked the spirit if it would move the orbs round one of the team's head, which it did. I asked the spirit to do it a couple of times and each time the orbs moved.
"This is the first time I've seen orbs move like that. I'm sure the pub is haunted."
Mrs Seal said: "I watched the recordings, and it's just unbelievable. I'm not worried though, I've been here for four years and if something scary was going to happen I think it would have by now."
3:42pm Wednesday 5th May 2004
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: apparition; ghost; ghosthunters; ghosts; haunt; haunted
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To: mtbopfuyn
WELL, I was never a "hot" co-ed... i was more the Velma typre from Scooby-doo.... you know...glasses and nerdy! LOL!
I have heard that some get jealous.
So far, I have never had that "privelege"!
Good story!
101
posted on
05/06/2004 5:44:08 PM PDT
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: Vigilantcitizen
That is a disturbing story. Sounds like the legend of the Bell Witch where a family was tormented by some malevolent entity that was violent, and did cause bodily harm. The spirit being mobile, and following them was even more disturbing. I was reading that these could be evil spirits that may never have had a physical body, and have more power to interact with our dimension which differentiates them from ghosts, but who knows. This is not something I would hope to encounter when I do my own investigating, but I will definitely keep Savannah in mind as it is also beautiful, and historic.
To: gawatchman
Maple street mansion in Carrollton is a closer one.
Roswell and Marietta squares.
103
posted on
05/06/2004 6:09:27 PM PDT
by
Vigilantcitizen
(Don’t go around stating the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first.)
To: gawatchman
104
posted on
05/06/2004 6:12:40 PM PDT
by
Vigilantcitizen
(Don’t go around stating the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first.)
To: Vigilantcitizen
Is it open to the public?
To: gawatchman
Is it open to the public? Maple street mansion is a restaurant in a 150 odd year old house.
Talk to the help.
106
posted on
05/06/2004 6:18:29 PM PDT
by
Vigilantcitizen
(Don’t go around stating the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first.)
To: gawatchman
107
posted on
05/06/2004 6:21:55 PM PDT
by
Vigilantcitizen
(Don’t go around stating the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first.)
To: Barnacle
No disrespect intended, the part that was creeping me out was your comment about the recordings...I listened to them all and they made the hair on my neck stand up...
take care,
108
posted on
05/06/2004 6:26:11 PM PDT
by
in the Arena
("rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.” ~ Orwell)
To: Vigilantcitizen
Thanks for the info. This is defintely enough to get me started.
To: gawatchman
Thanks for the info. This is defintely enough to get me started. You're welcome. I was hesitant at first to say anything, because I've been down the road you're about to travel.
Let me say this, don't be shocked when you find what you're looking for. Some people think they can handle it, but they really can't.
110
posted on
05/06/2004 6:32:22 PM PDT
by
Vigilantcitizen
(Don’t go around stating the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first.)
To: in the Arena
I didn't mean to imply that you would be disrespectful. It is I that must be on guard for that. I knew those people and so the burden upon me to honor their memories. God willing, I will meet them again in Heaven.
To: Vigilantcitizen
Yes, I can believe what you are saying. To someone who has never had an encounter with the supernatural, it may just seem like a thrilling new hobby, but I know it must be a different experience first hand. I am not sure I can even handle it although I think I could deal with certain events and seeing an apparition or two but I don't know the scope of what I could experience. I will problably have to find out for myself.
To: Sam Cree
...that show a rose bush in front.... the rose bush had been dead and gone years before the photographs were taken. Has anybody considered slow, I mean really very slow, photons?
To: Barnacle
God willing, I will meet them again in Heaven. Amen...
114
posted on
05/07/2004 12:20:02 AM PDT
by
in the Arena
("rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.” ~ Orwell)
To: Choose Ye This Day
LOL!!! I hadn't thought of that.You may already know this but it is claimed that Redd Fox does haunt his last home. (just a little aside)
115
posted on
05/07/2004 5:24:45 AM PDT
by
#3Fan
(Kerry to POW-MIA activists: "You'll wish you'd never been born.". Link on my homepage.)
To: Sam Cree
Ghost plants ????
116
posted on
05/07/2004 5:28:33 AM PDT
by
BSunday
(I'm not the bad guy, kid)
To: CurlyBill
Very strange, indeed...
117
posted on
05/07/2004 5:32:02 AM PDT
by
BSunday
(I'm not the bad guy, kid)
To: Calvin Locke
What is a photon?
118
posted on
05/07/2004 6:02:00 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Democrats are herd animals)
To: #3Fan
...Redd Fox does haunt his last home. I heard on the radio today that Andy Kaufman clained he'd come back 20 years to the day, and today is the day.
Big party out on the left coast tonight, with or without Andy.
To: Sam Cree
Photon: Measured quantification of light that strikes the retina. Mass-less, no elec. charge, indefinite life span.
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