Prestbury Ghost-hunt 2006
Friends of ours from the US and East Anglia visited Gloucestershire and came with us on a ghost-hunt to Prestbury. To spice things up a bit, Martin invited along some psychics and mediums of his acquaintance. One of them hadn't arrived at the agreed meeting spot as planned, but for some reason Martin had a strong feeling that she was standing outside the village's other pub, on the other side of the graveyard (there is a public pathway through the Prestbury Church graveyard). So Martin and Dave trekked through the church's grounds, whereupon Dave saw a moving shadow. Sure enough, our missing friend was there sitting in the car outside the other pub. Martin's intuition had already kicked in!
We initially thought that we would take the entire group on a tour of Prestbury, as before (see above). However, the evening itself had other ideas, and before we had even started up the main street one of the mediums was picking up a message from the other side: 'Go to the Churchyard'. Well, who were we to disagree? So we backtracked up the dark pathway into the Churchyard. What was immediately apparent was the sudden dip in temperature. The main medium in the group also spotted a shadow figure as soon as she entered the graveyard. As we have described above, the graveyard is inhabited by a number of spirits, including the ghost of the Black Abbot. As I found out after a short while; I received 2 sharp pokes to the ribs. When I looked round; surprise, surprise, there was nobody there! Similarly, Mindy, who was visiting from California, felt her arm being grabbed by an unseen spectral hand. Plenty of physical contact going on.
Before long, some mist rolled in and we were enveloped in fog. This gave us a terrific opportunity to photograph fog to compare with some of our classic orb photos. Here is one of those fog shots:
Clearly, these milky white orbs are water droplets from the fog. But...just before you conclude that all orbs must be water droplets, consider this next photo, which was taken in the same sequence. This, we think you'll agree, is a completely different type of phenomenon, full of very interesting effects indeed. We've done a bit of an Etch-a-sketch recreation of what we can see in the way of ghostly faces in the mist:
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The very bright area centre left at the bottom is quite difficult to explain. Is this the centre of the vortex from where these apparitions are derived? It's almost like we were suddenly surrounded by these spectres, looking down on us with smiling faces. The woman on the right is particularly clear, perhaps even recognisable. This is a remarkable photograph. the more you look at it, the more you can see. It's certainly very different from the straightforward fog picture above it.
We picked up some other orbs, colourful and dramatic in character:
Here's an orb which is also quite difficult to dismiss. The picture is a detail of a larger photo, and shows a portion of a tree in the background, which was about 15 feet away. The reddish orb appears to be embedded within the branches of the tree. In fact, the twig in the front is clearly in front of the orb. Now, if the orb was a dust particle or water droplet in front of the camera lens, then how on Earth could it be seen to be behind this background object?
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At this stage we broke off from the Churchyard and continued through the village. We decided to keep the ghost stories quiet, and to ask our invited spiritualists and psychics to see if they could pick up the residual energy. It didn't take long before they were tuning in to the spirit world at several locations where ghosts have been documented. To our delight, visions of ghosts were picked up, and described, that correlated very well with the prevalent ghost stories in the area. So, our medium told us about the violent death of a cavalier at the hands of his enemies, and described his period dress from the English Civil War. We were already aware that this medium is not savvy about the ghost stories in this part of the world, and has no access to the Internet to have read our previous reports. Indeed, she was delighted to have many of the stories read back to her from our notes, confirming her own intuitive insights and messages from beyond. She was amazingly accurate, and the whole group was astounded.
We adjourned to the pub and shared many a ghost story over a couple of pints. Which is how it should be! Our American friends recounted their tales of paranormal phenomena, which were very varied and extensive. No wonder the whole group was tuning into this environment so easily. Prestbury is evidently a remarkable destination for any ghost-hunter.
Andy, Dave and Martin 20th November 2006, with thanks to Cindy, Steve, Mindy and our psychic friends
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