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PSI Ghostwatch Report: Private Home 07/10/04

Dave Wood (PSI)
Swindon ghosthunting team Paranormal Site Investigators recently staked out a private property in Wiltshire in their search for supernatural phenomena. Read the report.

Hauntings are not limited to famous and ancient buildings. Many families feel they they have a haunting in their own home. Some such families - either anxious or interested - approach PSI.

The first of these investigations is set in a north Wiltshire village, the location of which will not be named in the interests of the family, and any living relatives
of the possible spirit.

Mr X

Private Home #1 was built in 1900, a small cottage designed for dairy workers. The property remained in the ownershp of the family which owned a number of local dairy farms, until the middle of the twentieth century.

Until this time, the property was home to Mr and Mrs X. Mr X hailed from a noteable local family, with a history of famous military service.

In the 1940s, Mr X died and the home passed through many families until Mr and Mrs Y and their children bought the house recently.

Mrs Y has reported a number of strange occurances in her home. These include: extreme temperature drops, rattling of the bedroom doorhandle in the middle of the night when she was alone in the house, objects moving unassisted, and coming face-to-face with the figure of a man.

Mr Y approached PSI, who researched the history of the house, and the families who owned it. The PSI team conducted an overnight investigation at the house. Pictures cannot be shown, for the respect of the family involved.

However, a number of light anomolies were caught on film, and a figure was seen in the house. All equipment malfunctioned, power and batteries drained at the same moment.

After the investigation, PSI researchers analysed Mrs Y's description of the figure with which she came face-to-face. The figure matched the image of a man in an old photo of Mr X, unearthed by PSI. Mrs Y confirmed the photo as the 'figure' she had seen.

PSI concluded there was no spirit in need of a 'rescue' at Private Home #1, but has offered the family ongoing support.

PSI has concluded that there may be no 'conscious' spirit haunting Private Home #1, but possibly the 'residual energy' of a person or persons passed away.

This follows the 'stone-tape theory', suggesting that emotionally charged people in specific scenes are 'locked' into the fabric of the building, destined to replay when
the environmental triggers are right.

last updated: 08/11/04

Have Your Say

Alicia
I was home with my auntie jean who was babysitting me when she said she felt giddy.So i let her lie down in my bed, and half an hour passed, and she didnt come down. Then a hour later i sensed someone was watching me, so i turned around and my auntie was there..staring at me..eyes wide open. I asked if she was okay,and she replied "i can see the spirits..there are replying upon your death young beast".I was too shocked to reply.She went a ghostly paley white and fell to the ground,shaking like mad.Then 2 minutes later she got up of the floor and started making tea.Now i am cautious about everyhting around me..her word echoing in my ears.My mother says that Auntie jean was possed...but i stil see her today, and she doesnt talk to me. I dont know why...and i neva know if i will no why.

Tanya
When ever I go to Alton Towers I come back home feeling a litte 'on-edge' as if I just watched a scary movie. Even though I love the place and have a great time there, the feeling has never gone.

Eileen
I too saw a lady in a long white nightdress at Alton Towers. I saw her in the ruins of the original building. She was running along a corridor.

Nicky
This may sound like a "Typical" story but this is completely genuine. Whilst on a day out in Alton Towers we visited the "Haunted House". On leaving the house and making our way back to the park I sighted a lady in a long white nightgown/dress stood in the building.I tried to find out if this image had deliberately been projected onto the building walls as part of the attraction but I have not seen this written anywhere. Has anyone else seen it? Is it part of the attraction?

Rosie
When i was on holiday in Sicily i was lying in bed looking at the door,while my mam and dad were asleep. I moved my eyes towards were my dads bedside cabinet was,and i saw this strange hooded figure!It was standing over my dad, and i could see only its hooded head and its body.I shot under the covers and slowly looked at were it was standing and it had dissapeared!!!!I tried to sleep but i was afaid it would come next to my bed. But a few minutes later my mam got up because of some fireworks went off!I told her about the ghost or monk(as i call it) and she said it could be S.T Alphio(the hotel we were staying in)and she told me i should go down to the recpetion and ask who he is.

PAT TAIT
I HAD QUITE A 'FEELING' WHEN ENTERING A COTTAGE IN WHILTSHIRE - THE BLUE COTTAGE AT EBSBOURNE WAKE - I COULD NOT SPEND EVEN ONE NIGHT THERE - I DO FEEL THAT YOU OUGHT TO CHECK THIS ONE OUT - I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH OF A FACE AT THE WINDOW WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS EMPTY AND DID NOT SEE THE FACE WHEN TAKING THE PHOTO - BUT THAT ALONE EXPLAINED TO ME THE 'FEELINGS' I HAD ON ENTERING.