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all now believe ir ghosts. Incidents include unexplained whooshes of air ru sh i ng down corridors, a see m i ng y-possessed elevator and a judge's chair that mysteriously spins in the night, Although no actual ghosts have been seen, local historian Jack Sim believes the premises are haunted by the ghosts of the prisoners who died In thecelis in the late 1800s, Source -Brisbane Times 23rd February . tooled up ghouls Workers restorlnga church in Rutland Place, In the...
Strange powers
Scientists at the Paramann Programme Laboratories in Jordan have been testing dervishes from the Sufi School of Tariqa Casnazaniyyah 'the way that is known to no one because ot their ability to injure themselves and heal the wounds within seconds. Their brainwaves were monitored as they stabbed themselves, pierced themselves with skewers swallowed glass and razor blades, burned themselves for 5 to IS seconds, were bitten by poisonous snakes and scorpions, and more. A few drops of blood would...
Experiences
About twelve years ago my girlfriend's family and 1 spent a week in Dorset. We stayed in an old converted brewery. It had been converted into about six terraced cottages. The group consisted of myself and my then girlfriend in one room her mother and father in another and their friend was in a room on the lower floor. About three nights into the stay I became restless during my sleep. When I woke and raised my head I could clearly see the silhouette of a lady standing at the window in our room...
My friend on the Penny Farthing
Having two new energetic dogs revived long walks along the Tyne Riverside County Park at Prudhoe, Northumberland. The banks of the Tyne were full of wildlife and it was for me a magical place in which to be at one with nature. This was 1997 and the summers in recent years had been poor. But being a northerner I was used to the cold. Part of the walk would take me over a little wooden bridge and on to a tarmac path. Alongside lay the remnants of the industrial past ICI waste heaps once of coal...
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Russian parapsychologist Edward Naumov with cutlery clinging to his body, apparently unsupported by any form of adhesive or artificial attachment. Mr Naumov demonstrated this ability in his Moscow apartment to Kevin P Braithwaite, who was making a documentary on Russian parapsychology in 1994- Such 'human magnetism' has allegedly been demonstrated by a number of people, indeed during his visit Mr Braithwaite found he was able to do the same. He wrote 'The more I seemed to concentrate the better...
Polter
The Glynn family living in Runcorn Cheshire suffered a poltergeist outbreak in 1952- Their invisible intruder was fond of moving furniture about, and even when the police set traps and kept watch, the disturbances continued. Here John Glynn surveys his wrecked bedroom.
Sightings 1
SEDUCTIVE HiTCHER A female ghost named by locals as Catherine has beer frightening motorists in the Black Woods in Down, eastern Maine. She is dressed in a light blue evening or ball gown and even has the hill she haunts named after her. Catherin e is said to have lost her head in a car accident and now tries to hitch a ride by standing in the road seductively. She even talks to thedriverswhodareto stop, saying I wan t to go to Bar Harbor Of course, she disappears from the car when they reach...
O 8 0 Poltergeists
hum iiiin mm i wti iitiii i urn m ii Milium secret roo m The Farla family fnom Telford in Shropshire discovered a secret basement in their Victorian home afte r c hec ki ng o ut a t hree met re metalgridwhichhad always puzzled t he m, Beh in d the grate t hey fou nd a hole just b ig e nough to c rawl t h rough which led to a large room underneath the house. On the floor was a large wooden cross and stairs that led back to the back of acupboard in their house. The fami ly now be I ieve t hey...
False Widow Spider Picture
r inch in length and 'thorny green with blac k st ri pes' h ave n ot yet bee n identified by the authorities. Samples have been sent to XI n lang Agricultural University.Oneherdsmansaid 'The pastu re was gree n a we ek ago. Bu t now the wo rmsare creeping around, and they even come Into my house. I have to sweep them out several times an hour.1 Reuters, May s gt RATS AND SPIDERS The false widow spider from the Canary Islands has established colonies in Devon, Dorset and Cornwall. The purple...
Ghosts 1
misty screen Two women working in the 'Simply Foods Drinks' inDurranhillRoad, Botch erby.Carlyle, we re stu n ned to s ee a m i sty f igu re on their CCTV which is aimed on the outside of the shop. One worker CO mpla i ned of sudden ly becomi ng co I d befo re see i ng t he mist, wh ich appeared to be comingfrom across the road. Word soon got out and people stood in the shop looking at it it could not be seen from outside. Assistant Miss Nolan said I have never believed in things like ghosts...
Real Fairy Sightings
Although many sightings of real fairies orthe Little People,as they are sometimes known have been reported, including by level-headed people notnormallypronetofantasizingor hallucinating, there are no convincing photographsofthem.Theflve pictu res known as the Cotti ngley fai ry ph otogra p hs were for a lo ng t i me believed to be genuine, but are now known to have been hoaxed by the young girls who took them between 1917 and 1920, because they confessedin the 1980s and showed how it was done....
Night visitors
In 1965 when I was 4 years old my older brother and sister and I were woken up by the bedroom light being switched on and by the time the dazzle of the light had faded my brother and sister were both standing at the foot of the beds and so I joined them. Standing in front of us were a blond man and woman. The women was on the right hand side of the man and behind them was an airing cupboard door, so I would say they were just under 6ft tall, both slim and dressed the same I don't recall the...
Of The Paranormal
In 1928 Mrs Hilda L. Wiekstead was on holiday with friends in Worcestershire, and on seeing the church in the village of Holly Bush near Malvern, they decided to stop for a while. Mrs Wiekstead decided to take a photograph of her friend, Mrs Laurie, and asked her to stand still while she did so. Mrs Laurie can be seen standing to the left of the tal cross by the church porch. After taking the photograph, Mrs Wiekstead put her camera in the car and then went to join Mrs Laurie. As she commented...
Ghosts
This photograph of a bureau was taken for a trade furniture dealer, probably at the very end of the 19th century or very early in the 20th century, since it was published in The Strand Magazine in 19 3. The photographer saw nothing strange at the time. Photographic glass plates were used in those days, and an exposure time of 13 minutes was required, but no one went near the bureau while this was I taking place. After he found a disembodied hand on his photograph, the photographer was at a...
Derek Stafford Fortean Picture Library
Ghosts have a long history they were reported as far back as the first century AD, when Athenodorus, a hard-up philosopher, rented a house in Athens, which was cheap because of its eerie reputation. Sitting working late at night, Athenodorus heard the rattling of chains and then, suddenly, the horrifying figure of an old man appeared before him. It beckoned to him and, although Athenodorus tried to ignore it and get on with his work, it refused to let him, rattling its chains so that he...
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