Monday 17 September 2018

Monday 17th September 2018

In recent weeks, I happened to spot the accompanying photographs on social media and have been kindly granted permission by the owner to reproduce them here.  The images are pretty self explanatory - click on them to 'enlarge' - with pics 2, 3 and 4 being 'the same' / 'views from the same' photograph.

 
   
The images were taken by a young man while he was out walking his dog in Wythall, North Worcestershire.  The location concerned is a spot known as 'Packhorse Field', which is situated opposite The Packhorse public house and directly behind the parish graveyard.

Regarding the pictures - by way of simple explanation - the man had briefly said:  "I took two pictures of my dog and can't believe if I've caught a 'ghost' or not?  The pictures were taken one after the other, and, while the first shows nothing, the 2nd shows what appears to be a 'white mist'......  I'm intrigued to see what you think it is?"

Personally speaking, I believe that the anomaly simply shows some form of naturally occurring 'artifact' - bug, dust particle, or some such 'item' - situated too near the camera lens to be 'represented properly' in the resulting image.  This is exactly the same sort of effect which leads to the so-called 'Orb Phenomenon'.... where simple dust particles are - through close proximity to the lens of the camera - represented as perplexing, out-of-focus, spherical artifacts and so on.

However, despite this simplest of explanations for such effects, the 'tone' or make-up' of the image concerned will always carry a lot of weight in the mind of the beholder.... and the picture shown here especially (in my humble opinion) is a rather interesting and impressive example of how such photographic glitches can sometimes 'take on a feel of their own' and potentially lead people to read more into the image than there actually is?  

To use the aforementioned 'orb' - as a convenient example - such things will generally appear as a blatant, round 'blob', usually superimposed 'on' or 'over' whatever scene is portrayed in the picture concerned.....  In the dog walkers photograph, however, the 'anomaly' concerned genuinely gives a feeling of 'being in' the scene itself......  appearing in a position on the pic to convey an impression of 'sitting within' the scene we are viewing.....  It - would you say it is somewhat 'head shaped', perhaps? - appears to be almost, 'coming out of' the darker, open patch, within the hedge-line seen?  

Of course, these observations and suggestions are nothing but an optical illusion.... but, of course, a great many would neither recognise it as such or - more importantly - 'wish to accept it as such' once an explanation was given!? 

What do you think on the topic?         


Monday 17th September 2018

Just over 2 months ago now, we reported on the strange experiences of a young lady - Kelly Fullard - and a friend, when they happened to visit the site of the 'Battle of Bosworth Field' in Leicestershire....  On the weight of this peculiar encounter (click HERE to visit post concerned), Kelly informed us that - on August 22nd - they would both be taking part in a 'guided ghost walk' of the area..... coinciding with the 533rd anniversary of the battle!

Well, needless to say, the date concerned came and went..... and Kelly was kind enough to send us a detailed account of her eventful visit:   

"We began our walk at the top of Ambion Hill, where the monument is for the fallen of the battle.  We were just becoming familiar with our settings and taking in the natural sound of the place we were in.  No expectations were set by anyone at all, it was very free flowing and what we encountered happened very naturally.  The company involved with the event were very well organised and the main historian that guided our walk was actually from the Bosworth Museum.  They were so full of knowledge.... not only on the battle itself, but on that entire area, which we discovered is steeped in history from the Roman times...... 

We walked down to the bottom of the field - so we were now looking up at Ambion Hill and still on the main path - and this was when things started to happen!  There were several people in the group who claimed to be sensitive to things and they seemingly picked up on things quickly?  There was said to be a gentleman, sitting on a bench in what was described as 50s clothing, and he was picked up by several people present... although not by myself.  I believe he was just resting and taking in the view, posing no harm or ill will.

At this point, several people in the group - including my friend - saw the spirit of a girl, in 18th Century clothing.  I personally caught 'flickers of white', showing slightly round the bend, which the people who saw her tell me was her, but that was just how I 'saw her'.  Most of the people in our group also reported seeing some ‘Smoke’ - high up, in the distant trees - and it supposedly looked as if it were possibly from a steam train?  The effect just appeared and went within seconds; it was very strange indeed!

The group then made our way down into the trees, where the 'K2 meters' that we were given started to flash and pick up on things.  The mood within the group really changed:  I found myself very aware of my surroundings and felt like there was someone there with us!?  I felt the need to keep turning around (I'd like to add that I felt very safe and I was very grounded.... so im sure that what I experienced wasn’t just me being nervous!)  My friend, holding the K2, followed the energy and it was flashing like mad when she held it near me!  Even one of the mediums said that there was something 'right in front of me', but they just didn’t want to communicate!?  They were simply ‘checking us out’!!

We then - surprisingly - made our way to a little train station.... which I hadn’t realised was so close to our position.  It wasn’t used at all, we were told, other than the odd open day.  I asked the guide about the smoke that we'd seen earlier, because it had originated from this direction...., but the historian told us that there were NO steam trains in the area running!? 

I felt a little excited!

While we were in this same location, myself - and a lady that I was standing next to - saw what we could only describe as ‘legs’, walking on the track for a few moments only!  Initially, I was petrified when I saw the legs... then I thought I was mad - all within a split second - but, as soon as I said "Look!!", the lady next to me also saw the exact same thing! 

The legs were white in colour and seemed to belong to 'two men'.  I believed them to be the legs of ‘red coats’ (soldiers), only because I sensed as much, and also they were so white in colour, like what you see red coat troops wearing.  Their white ‘tights’......

There were two men 'picked up' by the sensitives present, although I didn’t 'feel' these myself.  There were also said to be several children there too.... which I very much DID pick up on.... mainly on one called ‘Sally’ and another named ‘Sarah’.  I felt a boy too, but there was no name for him?

The K2's again were picking up energies.   Most of what I experienced, my friend - who is also 'sensitive' - reported picking up on the same things.  There is so much history present there.... and so many 'layers' of activity, which we picked up on! 

After some time here, I genuinely felt like our presence there was welcomed... and that the children very much enjoyed us being there!?  I didn’t personally want to leave that spot; I hadn’t felt we, or they, were ready to part, and we could have done so much more!? 

We then made our way into Ambion Wood, which felt perfectly fine.  The group was happy, chatty and still on a high from the experiences we’d had so far....   However - all of a sudden - it DIDN'T feel ‘ok’!!  I personally felt very threatened and uneasy, like we were being followed by something negative.....?  We stopped half way into the wood and we were told that two men, who - putting it very kindly 'were not the nicest of people during their natural lives' were 'here with us' and following close by!!  They were said to be 'moving in and out' of the attendees and our K2's seemingly picked up their progress....  The group was very uneasy, as the men made their presence known!

We continued deeper into the site, to the point where you have a view of the battlefield through the framework that the museum have made.  Here we all felt sombre, defeated and drained!  Horses, mens voices, humming, and the sound of horns were all detected here by several present.

We then made our way towards ‘Richards Well’.  During the walk to this location, several members of the group spotted several 'figures':  all men.... and all in what they described as ‘battle dress’.  Here, I felt the most uneasy: I had felt like I needed to run... and I didn’t want to look up!?  My friend picked up on something 'walking beside her' that made her feel very uncomfortable?

As we approached the well, the medium present said that she wasn’t 'feeling anything'.....  Myself and another member of the assembly did pick up on something, however.  I felt like we were being 'circled'; almost as if being 'rounded up', like sheep!?  It wasn’t a good feeling and I wasn’t sure of 'their' intent?   It just felt like 'they' were going round and round us.... and it was rather unsettling!

This point in proceedings heralded the end of the walk, and we made our way back to the museum for a well earned cup of tea and to discuss what we had all experienced......!"


An eventful night indeed, eh!?

Kelly tells us that this was the first such event that she and her friend had taken part in.  She admits that it turned out to be far more eventful that she could ever have imagined and she is still shocked at what she actually saw, felt and heard even now!    Needless to say, we're happy to hear that Kelly and company enjoyed their intriguing experience!!  No doubt inspired by the aforementioned, Kelly and her friend are now looking into further, organised visits to haunted sites and she has kindly indicated that she will 'let us know what happens' on any subsequent forays.....!!