Posted on 12/07/2004 7:13:00 PM PST by CurlyBill
"A night of terror" is how a man described the time he spent in what is said to be one of Warwickshire's most haunted houses.
Michael Chapman was one of 10 people who spent the night at Shrieves House Barn, in Sheep Street, Stratford.
The 500-year-old building, now home to Falstaffs Experience museum, is said to be a hotbed of paranormal activity.
Mr Chapman, 48, a fine art expert from a village near Stratford, said the ancient building soon revealed its dark secrets.
Volunteers reported feeling dizzy, sick and breathless, and felt icy chills and pains.
He said one woman suffered bruising after being hit on the head by a mystery object and others watched as a picture moved to and fro on the wall.
A photo was taken which is said to show the ghost of an eight-year-old girl who wanders the medieval hallways.
Mr Chapman and his daughter Melissa, 17, were the only two people brave enough to last the whole night - but it is a night they will not forget.
"We were total sceptics. I always thought the dead will never hurt you but now I am not so sure. We felt icy cold, saw flashing lights and I could smell burning - there was a fire here once in which people died.
"I am the most level-headed person there is - but there are things in there that left me thinking perhaps there is more to this world. Even the mediums had to leave.
"I don't believe in heaven and hell but I have to say it's got me guessing. It's a very spooky place." Melissa, a student, said: "I was one of those people who thought this life is all we have - now I am open-minded about everything.
"Something was pulling and shaking me on the night and things have been happening to me since I left. I was at college and someone kicked the chair from under me but there was nobody there. I've also felt a presence at home and in the car."
Other members of the group who stayed in the house at Halloween also said strange events had happened to them afterwards.
Dave Matthews, a white witch and owner of Could It Be Magic, in Shrieves Walk, said he returned to his shop at 3am to find it icy cold. He reports hearing mysterious footsteps and seeing objects being moved around. He then felt a sharp pain in his arm and believes he was followed by an evil spirit.
Another member of the group said she returned home to find the cupboard doors in her kitchen opening and closing and the contents on the floor.
Steve Devey, who owns the museum, said: "We are astounded but not surprised at the level of unexplained paranormal activity"
Unless you have visited haunted places, places confirmed by scientists to have something funny about them (not just places you hear rumors of in your hometown that some ghost is there or whatever), I suggest you tone down the joking.
Until you experience it, it is hard to believe. But, once you do, you believe.
"There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy [science]." --Shakespeare
Is it one of those "face jumps out at you and screams" ones? Those suckers are all over the net.
I'm with you. We have it on good Authority that a spirit world and demons exist.
But the only examples we have of a dead person appearing were those that were on a mission from God.
Samuel appeared to the medium that Saul had consulted. But Samuel rebuked King Saul for consulting a medium and the medium let out a scream leaving many of us to speculate this was the first time her powers had ever really worked. Before and after this I bet she was a fraud.
Moses and Elijah (?)appeared to Jesus on the Mountain. But evil dead people would be in Hell awaiting judgement. They wouldn't be haunting people.
I don't like to use the Lord's name in vain...dammit ::))
What about Washington, DC?
A Christian in my HS tried the Ouija board once and had so many freaky things.....sheets being pulled off her bed while she was awake etc....that she never did it again.
So far as I understand, that authority is widely presumed, but that presumption is an inference on what Scripture says. I dare say much of what goes on as "exorcism" is nothing more than drama queens using the theologically naive as players in their theater. I also suspect when the rubber meets the road, these self-styled exorcists are about as successful as the Christians, both clergy and rank-and-file, that presume to hand out marital advice.
See post 169.
Absent with the body, present with the Lord (not festering in the grave as your heretical rotting in teh grave until the Second Coming doctrine would have us believe).
He also said where two or three are gathered together in His name, and in agreement, anything asked would be given them...apparently the mandate is not as comprehensive as many would like to believe.
That's not an uncommon story in the reviews posted at Amazon. A friend of mine had a board when I was a kid. I probably would have played had he asked me. Glad I didn't.
My wife played with her sister as a kid and got spooked when the planchet began to move by itself.
Now, while you are partially correct, let's get to the core of your contention: Exactly where are you seeing Biblical caveats to a believer's authority in Jesus Christ over demons so as to cast them out?
And have shrunk the word 'saint' to be applied to only a VERY small subset of believers, unlike the biblical description.
Please Ghost Ping me.
Thank you very much.
I'm interested in these types of stories also. If you have any more to share please do so even if you private freep me. Thanks.
agreed. With one caveat. As long as they've been saved and baptised. (This caveat applies both to Catholics and protestants. Just because someone goes to church doesn't make them a Christian)
2 Corinthians 51. Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
2. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,
3. because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.
4. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
5. Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
6. Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.
7. We live by faith, not by sight.
8. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
9. So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.
well I agree 100% .
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