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A real white knuckle ride: 'Headless monk' seen by workmen ...
Daily Mail ^ | 7 Feb 2011 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 02/07/2011 12:43:43 PM PST by BlackVeil

A headless monk, a sudden chill, objects moving of own accord.

A new ride at an amusement park? No, the strange, seemingly paranormal, behaviour was experienced by workmen building a water ride at Thorpe Park, one of the country's biggest theme parks.

There were reports of workers feeling like someone was watching over their shoulder and sudden cold feelings being experienced.

As a result of the ghostly sightings, and fears that an ancient burial ground has been disturbed, the project was moved to another site. ... The ride's foundations would have been over an area of the park where stone coffins have previously been excavated.

'The results were so strong, we felt the only explanation could be that an ancient burial ground or settlement was being disturbed, prompting the extra paranormal activity'

Mike Vallis, divisional director of Thorpe Park, said: 'It became apparent that something strange was going on when teams started clearing Storm Surge's initial site.

'Staff reports of eerie goings-on shot up and the only physical change in the park, at that time, was the beginning of ground preparation work for the new ride. 'As employees were getting freaked out, we decided to call on an expert to see whether there was anything to report but had no idea of the dramatic effects.'

Jim Arnold, of South West London Paranormal, said: 'We carry out these kinds of investigations quite regularly, with medium to weak results being reported on a weekly basis ...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: ghost; monk
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To: BlackVeil
'Headless monk' seen by workmen ...

Full Story at Vespers

21 posted on 02/07/2011 1:29:43 PM PST by bunkerhill7
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To: Huebolt

>The JREF sponsors The One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge offering a prize of US$1,000,000 to eligible applicants who can demonstrate evidence of any paranormal, supernatural or occult power or event under test conditions agreed to by both parties.<

I can demonstrate that dead people are registering as Democrats in every election. Where do I grab my dough?


22 posted on 02/07/2011 1:42:22 PM PST by max americana
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To: teeman8r

names “Ash” hadware.


23 posted on 02/07/2011 1:47:14 PM PST by brivette
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To: colorado tanker

...and it would have worked, too, if it hadn’t been for those meddling kids.


24 posted on 02/07/2011 2:08:58 PM PST by tarawa
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To: tarawa

LOL!

25 posted on 02/07/2011 2:19:30 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: BlackVeil

26 posted on 02/07/2011 2:22:02 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (Snowpalooza 2011)
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To: reagan_fanatic

Supergood illustration.


27 posted on 02/07/2011 3:03:03 PM PST by BlackVeil
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To: BlackVeil

Ghosts? Headless monks? What are these guys having for lunch?


28 posted on 02/07/2011 4:53:37 PM PST by jmacusa (Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
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To: Prime Choice; The Great RJ; Ciexyz; B4Ranch; johnny7; Monty22; Badeye; Sam's Army; Viking2002; ...

Ghost Ping!! Thanks to Black Veil for pinging me on this!


29 posted on 02/07/2011 6:21:46 PM PST by CurlyBill (1-20-13 can't get here fast enough!)
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As a result of the ghostly sightings, and fears that an ancient burial ground has been disturbed, the project was moved to another site. ... The ride's foundations would have been over an area of the park where stone coffins have previously been excavated
Ooh, nice and creepy. I didn't check the story, I'm guessing this is in the UK? Thanks colorado tanker.


30 posted on 02/07/2011 8:04:12 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: BlackVeil

And it was the Vikings who massacred a bunch of monks...!


31 posted on 02/07/2011 8:49:11 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: SunkenCiv
Just from the headline, it sounds like the old Raines Ghost story from James Herriot's All Creatures Great And Small series.

Cheers!

32 posted on 02/07/2011 9:26:13 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: BlackVeil
The top photo is an obvious Photoshop job. You can clearly see rows of "rubber stamp cloning" artifacts in it in several places. Looks almost as bogus as the Rooters "Beirut bomb smoke" hoax several years ago....
33 posted on 02/07/2011 9:45:04 PM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: max americana
The JREF sponsors The One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge offering a prize of US$1,000,000 to eligible applicants who can demonstrate evidence of any paranormal, supernatural or occult power or event under test conditions agreed to by both parties.

I can demonstrate that dead people are registering as Democrats in every election. Where do I grab my dough?

That's a good idea! Proving the voter is actually DEAD might be real interesting. Can I watch?

: )

34 posted on 02/08/2011 10:29:44 AM PST by Huebolt (It's not over until there is not ONE DEMOCRAT HOLDING OFFICE ANYWHERE. Not even a dog catcher!)
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To: SunkenCiv
I'm guessing this is in the UK?

Where else? :-))

35 posted on 02/08/2011 10:41:54 AM PST by colorado tanker
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