TREE CREATURE.
''Do i remember ?.....hell !..how could i forget?'' June drew sharply her cigarette,filled her lungs and snorted smoke through her nostrils several times before she could speak again.
''Yeah !...i know what you thinkin'.....she's lost the plot...i can see it in your eyes''
nervously she raked her fingers through her hair,took another drag on the cigarette and stubbed it angrily in the ash tray.
''do i look like someone who has made up a story?....y'know i cant understand !...why me ?''
June reached for the cigarettes,dragged one out the packet and placed it between her dry lips.
''i mean......yeah !....i mean....what the hell was that ?''
she fumbled with the matches,dropping several before she managed to light another cigarette......her fourth in less than 15 minutes.
''y'know you don't expect your holiday to be ruined by crap like that......maybe the caravan goin' up in flames coz you left the gas on....or gettin' sun burnt...not that !''
June stood up and began to pace around.
''just walkin through the woods.....Pixie( her dog) starts goin' nuts....never heard her bark like that......it was fear...a cry of fear....her little face was of terror.....i know my own dog...never seen that look before....an' at first i thought she had hurt herself....when i got to her she had froze to the spot.....there in front was this....i can only describe as a dark figure....a shape.....and it was pushin' it's way out of a tree....arms and legs.....a head.....it stood there...must've been about 7 to 8 feet tall.....i couldn't move !.....couldn't scream !......then it opened it's eyes....big ,bright burning yellow eyes....like cats eyes.......then it's mouth opened....dark and hollow and gave out a piercing screech.....i tell you...it must have been heard else where...someone must've heard it....then it shot up in the air...through the tree branches and......gone !''
What did she see ?......what was this creature ?
17 reports have been recorded....the first in 1897.
Does this creature only appear once every so many years?
Why didn't the creature attack both June and her dog ?
In 4 of the reported sightings..it is said that the creature seemed to be afraid of people and animals.....it caused no threat.
Are there such things as creatures that live in trees ?
YOU DECIDE.
Published Date:
09/03/2010
Modified Date:
09/03/2010
The ghost of little mary.
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Ghost of little mary twain.
Mary twain was only 7 years old when her life came to an abrupt end,by the hands of an evil man named Godfrey leech,who murdered her with his large boney bare hands...
Leech was a gardener to the twain house hold and a thief...and on april 7th 1902,his plans to steal from the good family was seen by the eyes of Mary,who ran off to tell her father...but she only got as far as the front door as Leech grabbed her and pulled her back into the house and strangled the little girl......then the evil Leech buried her in the local woods.
The twain family and the police searched in vain for the missing girl,and several days later she was found in a shallow grave.....Leech went missing and the search for him went on for two weeks,until he was arrested for the death of Mary Twain.
Mary's ghost has been seen many times around the wooded area where her body was found and screams have been heard many times too.
But she has been seen in the house most times,hiding in dark corners,giggling and singing,but her crying is heard when a man is in the house.
Sheila wiseman and her husband have had many encounters with the little girl.
sheila said that she always felt a comforting hug around her legs and had also felt her hair being stroked...but her husband has had his hair pulled...bitten on the arm (with a small childs teeth marks)...had objects thrown at him and had been screamed at.
''we have lived in the house for 12 years and little mary has been a big part of our life'' sheila told me.....''my husband has tried so hard to gain her trust,but i think all males are bad to her,because of what happened''
One night sheilas husband was home alone and suddenly he saw Mary run across the room...he followed her and she was crouched down in a corner crying....he reached out to her and as he did so he offered her one of sheilas teddy bears.....''it's ok ''he said ''it's daddy''
And from that day Mary has now got a bond with Sheilas husband...she dosn't harm him like she used to ''i think she feels safe now and has gained trust in my husband,who now giggles at him and sometimes rubs his face.....i suppose we are her family now''
Both Sheila and her husband see no point in putting her to rest as she seems happy and after all
her life on this earth was short lived...now she can enjoy it as she did when she was alive in her home with her adopted parents.
(as told by sheila wiseman)
Published Date:
17/02/2010
Modified Date:
17/02/2010
ivy grove haunting
IVY GROVE HAUNTING 1977.
''The name of the road it's self had quite a creepy ring to it,the type of name an author would use in a scary story'' said pete.
''But this was not a story...this house really had something going on and certainly didn't want people staying in it''
In the june of 1977,pete and his family rented a house in ivy grove,it was built in 1854 and had no modifications,but it was a large place and seemed very homely for the 6 months whilst he was in this part of town.
''From day one,we got a sense that things were a little spooky,during the night'' said pete.
Petes wife woke suddenly,and called out her husbands name,who then woke up beside his now trembling wife.
she was gazing with fixed eyes up at the ceiling......pete looked up too.
''I could not believe or find a reason but we were both looking up at the night sky...the ceiling had gone''
The stars twinkled and the moon shone brightly casting it's light around the room and they even felt the cool night breeze upon their skin.
''Then in an instant,the ceiling appeared and every thing was back to normal''
Badly shaken and confused,pete and his wife put it down to a dream they both had,because things like this just dont happen...and are not possible.
The next night,their daughter was disturbed by noises,...shadows zipping across her bed room walls and feint whispers.
''She was hysterical,claiming she saw people in her room and would not go back there''
But on that second night,things had got worse !
Whilst the three of them slept lightly in the bed,pete felt pain shoot across his face,as if someone had slapped him......his wife felt tugging on her legs by large unseen hands and as she struggled she then heard a male voice grunt '' hound'' in her ear.
Pete lept out of bed,screaming at the unseen intruder and as he made his way out of the bed room he found himself confronted with a landing that had been smeared with mud and broken bulbs scattered over it.
''We were in a nightmare....absolute nightmare....''
As the family made their way down the stairs,doors began to open and slam shut...lights flicked on and off.....they heard water pouring out of the bathroom and kitchen taps...and shadows cast upon the ceilings.
The desperate family opened the front door and headed towards their car when the next door neighbour shouted down from the bed room window.
''Do you mind !.....we don't need you sort around here...have some respect !''
Two days later,pete paid the neighbour a visit to explain and appologise for the noise that had woken her.
''What could i tell an elderly lady ?....sorry mrs,but we were attacked by ghosts''
Pete had asked the lady if she had any history about the house, and she told him that the house had been empty for over two years and had heard noises during the night of which she had reported,and the police had found no break in or that any one had been in the house.
The old lady had told him that a young man lived there for 5 years...a strange type...and had killed himself in the house by the way of hanging in 1960....and that many people had lived there breifly.
In 2005...Pete's curiosity took hold and drove down ivy grove to see that the house sat empty and decaying,almost engulfed with over grown trees and grass...and as he glanced up at the up stairs window,he was sure that he saw an image of a young man gazing down at him.
''i'd just wished i'd got some paranormal experts in that house....then they could have put this young man soul to rest''
Number 9 IVY GROVE is now renevated and looks peaceful and pretty.....maybe pete would one day knock on the door to find that they had left....or the young tormented soul had left.
Only time will tell !
Published Date:
12/02/2010
Modified Date:
12/02/2010
ghost story
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JAN RIMES STORY.
I was in a production of a play which was to debut at a large thetre in my local area.
One night i was on stage rehearsing,when to my right i saw a man standing about 4 to 5 feet away from me....he made me quite nervous because i had never seen him before....maybe he was a sound engineer,checking the sound quality or a lighting engineer....he was very well dressed in a dark suit and really shiny shoes.....then as my song was coming to the end,the production manager (mark) stopped me..........'' ok jan '' he shouted from the seats' ''can we do that again...it was a little bit wayward at the end''
''sorry'' i said........''it made me nervous with someone not from the play standing at the side of me''
Mark shouted up ''i dont understand'' he asked ''what do you mean ?''
I explained that a man was standing beside me on stage during my song which threw me off the performance..
''no one was on stage'' replied mark '' only you''
At first i thought he was joking....but mark was a serious type of man and if he had seen someone else on the stage he would have ordered them off.
The word got about and the next time during rehearsals i was approached by the thetre manager (terry),who told me that the man i saw had been seen many times before,even by some of the more famous actors through the years....and it is reported that his name is sam crispen a past manager who was murdered in 1929.....having been shown a photograph of the thetre during that time....the man i saw that night was in the photo...dark suit and shiny shoes.
Published Date:
10/02/2010
Modified Date:
10/02/2010
VISIT FROM THE DEAD
HARRY CHALMERS STORY
''Let me tell you'' said 82 year old harry
'' i never believed in this ghost mambo jumbo until the damn council started messing with the church yard...and they are bloody lucky me and the wife are not there too''
The city council had set about tidying the old grave yard of the local church...many of the head stones were decaying and the ground was sinking where some of the oldest graves were, causing concern to the public.
Some of the graves had to be re-dug and the ground settled even,which was quite a disturbing site and up setting for any living reletives if any.
''now im not the type to make up stories'' harry said bluntly ''iv'e always been a straight talking man....don't beat about the bush'' he continued
''what we saw was not imagination or our old minds playing tricks.....it happened !''
Harrys house is seperated from the church yard by a 5 foot wall and on dark autumn nights can be an eerie sight....and since the tidy up of the grounds it became sinister and alive with spirits that had been put to rest over 100 years ago.
It was around 10.30pm one october night...harry and his wife were tending to his beloved canaries and budgies...''tucking them in'' harry joked.
'' It was later than we normally lock up,but there was a good film on and we agreed to check on our little prize winners after the movie''
Kath (harrys wife) saw a swirling cloud seep over the wall.
''what ever is that ?'' she asked
''nothing'' harry told her,not really taking any interest.
Suddenly,his wife grabbed his arm.
''my god !''she gasped ''who is that ?''
when harry turned he saw three people standing in the centre of the garden...a lady and two small children.
'' they were very pale and kind of hazy'' said harry ''not real flesh and blood type''
The 3 ghostly figures were gone in an instant,leaving harry and his wife very shaken.
''i'd never seen anything quite like it'' said harry ''it was quite disturbing''
But their ordeal was far from over.
Harry and his wife hurried into the saftey of their home.....but things got a little more sinister.
''how me never suffered a heart attack that night was surprising'' said harry
Kath was in the bathroom nervously preparing for bed and when she glanced into the mirror she saw a ghostly face staring back at her.
Mean while harry was down stairs locking the doors and as he turned to put out the light he came face to face with a large built man.
''he wasn't threatening infact he seemed friendly...and i heard feint whispers echo around the room....but i didn't pick out any words i could tell you''
That night,harry and his wife were kept awake by unexplained noises.....foot steps...taps....scraping and whispers...shadows on the walls and the movement of objects.
The very next day,they went to church where they were regulars and explained what had happened to them to the vicar,who then went out into the church yard and carried out a service to put the souls to rest.
It worked....and harry and kaths ordeal was over...every thing was at peace again.
''i don't care and have no time for people who dont believe what i had seen...but as long as im here on this earth....we saw something un natural...which may not have happened if it wasn't for the council digging up resting places...we are lucky our hearts kept strong that night or we would've been joining our visitors''
HARRY CHALMERS 2002.
Published Date:
06/02/2010
Modified Date:
06/02/2010
HAUNTING STORY.
DORIS TOWNSEND STORY.
When i was a very young girl in 1929,we lived in this very large house in the country,my father had aquired the house through his important status...it had been built around the mid 1700's and had much of the original decor and furniture.
My brother maurice started to have horrific nightmares and claimed that some one was trying to strangle him...on two occassions he had finger marks on the side of his throat.
This went on for a few months and maurice started to get unwell and acting very strange.
Then one night i heard my brother crying and almost gasping for air,when suddenly a dark shape appeared before me....i stood rooted to the spot and then screamed at the top of my voice almost shattering the windows,when the shape whisked toward me like a strong gust of wind.
Our parents at first began to think that we both were making up the whole thing...attention seeking dad told us ....then we both became very ill.
One evening mother was in the kithen preparing a hot milky drink when we heard the most terrifying scream...father lept up and bounded into the kitchen only to be confronted with the dark shape....this ''thing'' gusted toward my father and knocked him to the ground.
The next morning when we returned to the house,we saw scribbles upon the wall in led pencil...they spelled........mummy and mary.
We left the house the next day for good.
In later years my brother did some reserch on the house to find....
Mary and her mother were brutally murdered in the house....and the murderer was never found.
Published Date:
05/02/2010
Modified Date:
05/02/2010
TRUE GHOST STORIES.
For many years i have collected ghostly stories from people who claim to have seen ghosts.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE BRIEF ENCOUNTERS.
Julia Clements :saw a face of a man staring at her from the bath room mirror,when she turned around she found no one in the room,but senses someone is watching her and hears foot steps coming up the stairs.
Susan Duncan : sees a black dog enter her living room and then disappear through a closed door..her own dog sees it too and follows it,wagging his tail playfully..the dog always appears at 9 oclock.
Reverand John hallet:many years ago saw a ghostly funeral take place in his church,he has also heard ghostly singing of hymns echo around the church.
Mike Cook :has heard a baby crying in his home and had things move on their own accord and once heard the humming of a lullabye from a womans voice,when he enters the room it feels icy cold.
Brian stacey :was pushed down the stairs by an unknown force and on 2 occassions had seen a ghostly figure standing on the stairs...he had the fright of his life when a coin was thrown at the television whislt watching a programme about the down fall of adolf hitler.
DID THESE REALLY HAPPEN IN THE LIVES OF ORDINARY PEOPLE ?
Or do they just make good reading for those who like a good scare?
I'll let you decide.
Published Date:
05/02/2010
Modified Date:
05/02/2010
GHOSTLY IMAGE.
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Look carefully at the picture......what do you see ?
Do you see a small child in the window ?
This photograph was sent to my son from his school friend tom (tom is seated).
When the photo was prossesed,they spotted the image of what seems to be a small child dressed in old fashion clothes.
Could the photograph have the image imposed on it from another photograph ?
Or the reflection of a doll ?
Or even a spirit ?
Abbey road holds a lot of history....A friend of mine used to live there during our school days and some of the houses have air raid shelters in their gardens and were under attack during the second world war.
Were there any casualties in the street ?
Is this an image of a child that was killed during that time or many years before ?
There is an explination surely.....not saying its a ghost or a reflection....but this photo was not intended to be analylized as a ghost sighting....just intended as a family snap.
What do you think ?
SPOOKY !
Published Date:
04/02/2010
Modified Date:
04/02/2010