areas and certain reported phenomena associated within those areas, such as a door at Washington Old Hall in Tyne and Wear. It is said that the door to the Panelled Room is always found open after it has been closed, and visa-versa. One wonders if the former residents of Doxford House, or even perhaps those that have worked there, experienced this particular door opening on its own.
The only other odd occurrences (apart from knocks and taps that could have been explained away naturally due to the wind, and other experiences which were largely subjective) was hearing a sigh or a breath coming from the door area. Ralph, Nikki and Trevor all heard this. But the most interesting phenomena documented in this vigil were the sound of heavy thumps coming from the master bedroom upstairs – where the General had often been seen – and which sounded incredibly like heavy footfalls. In fact, the thumps were so heavy that the light fittings on the ceiling in our room rattled and clinked violently. After hearing these thumps, I located and then spoke to the team that was investigating this level in order to determine where exactly they were at the time the thumps were heard. As I was talking to Fiona, Yvonne and Mark (while they were actually standing on the stairs and in my view), Paul Collins and Ralph continued to hear the heavy thumping and rattling around the ceiling area which came from the room above. This verified to all in my group that there was no one in that room at the time of the thumps being heard on the second occasion. Therefore we can safely presume the first set of thumps were anomalous too.
Fiona’s group experienced a little odd phenomenon too. They first ventured into the newer section of the building, where they proceeded to call out to the atmosphere in the hope of making contact with someone, but to no avail. Mark claims to have seen something through a glass window (but what it was he could not say), so they ventured into the area where it was seen, and continued to call out. The door next to where they were standing was then said to have rattled and banged upon their command,although the investigators did suspect it could have been the wind, since there was a broken window in this particular room. At the end of their vigil they all heard a sigh or breath which, oddly, seemed to have occurred at the same time as Ralph, Nikki and Trevor heard a sigh while in the Ouija room. Drew’s group experienced nothing that could be classed as remotely paranormal, as all knocks, bumps and draughts were sensibly ruled out.
On our way to our break, I decided to leave my EVP machine recording in the main foyer area and subsequently left it on the mantelpiece situated under the grand stairwell. The recording lasted for thirty minutes and there was nothing on it. On our way to our second location I picked up the EVP recorder and continued to my next location, which was the top floor. Drew’s team investigated the middle floor while Fiona’s stayed on the bottom level of the house.
I mentioned earlier that I had had a nerve-racking experience that chilled me to the bone, and it was in this vigil location that it occurred. We got settled in to the investigation and began to call out. I took some digital stills and made some EVP recordings, butto no avail, so I joined the rest of the group that were standing along the passageway. Suddenly, after Ralph had called out, we all heard two thumps or bangs. They seemed to come from the top of the stairwell area, but upon examining the area we found nothing out of place. It was duly noted that the wind seemed to have calmed down considerably at this time as we could not hear it from inside the premises, nor could we see the large tree that stands at the front of the house swaying all was calm. After asking for the banging to recommence, we all heard it again and it was most fascinating to say the least.
The shock came thirty minutes into the vigil when I decided to venture forth
The only other odd occurrences (apart from knocks and taps that could have been explained away naturally due to the wind, and other experiences which were largely subjective) was hearing a sigh or a breath coming from the door area. Ralph, Nikki and Trevor all heard this. But the most interesting phenomena documented in this vigil were the sound of heavy thumps coming from the master bedroom upstairs – where the General had often been seen – and which sounded incredibly like heavy footfalls. In fact, the thumps were so heavy that the light fittings on the ceiling in our room rattled and clinked violently. After hearing these thumps, I located and then spoke to the team that was investigating this level in order to determine where exactly they were at the time the thumps were heard. As I was talking to Fiona, Yvonne and Mark (while they were actually standing on the stairs and in my view), Paul Collins and Ralph continued to hear the heavy thumping and rattling around the ceiling area which came from the room above. This verified to all in my group that there was no one in that room at the time of the thumps being heard on the second occasion. Therefore we can safely presume the first set of thumps were anomalous too.
Fiona’s group experienced a little odd phenomenon too. They first ventured into the newer section of the building, where they proceeded to call out to the atmosphere in the hope of making contact with someone, but to no avail. Mark claims to have seen something through a glass window (but what it was he could not say), so they ventured into the area where it was seen, and continued to call out. The door next to where they were standing was then said to have rattled and banged upon their command,although the investigators did suspect it could have been the wind, since there was a broken window in this particular room. At the end of their vigil they all heard a sigh or breath which, oddly, seemed to have occurred at the same time as Ralph, Nikki and Trevor heard a sigh while in the Ouija room. Drew’s group experienced nothing that could be classed as remotely paranormal, as all knocks, bumps and draughts were sensibly ruled out.
On our way to our break, I decided to leave my EVP machine recording in the main foyer area and subsequently left it on the mantelpiece situated under the grand stairwell. The recording lasted for thirty minutes and there was nothing on it. On our way to our second location I picked up the EVP recorder and continued to my next location, which was the top floor. Drew’s team investigated the middle floor while Fiona’s stayed on the bottom level of the house.
I mentioned earlier that I had had a nerve-racking experience that chilled me to the bone, and it was in this vigil location that it occurred. We got settled in to the investigation and began to call out. I took some digital stills and made some EVP recordings, butto no avail, so I joined the rest of the group that were standing along the passageway. Suddenly, after Ralph had called out, we all heard two thumps or bangs. They seemed to come from the top of the stairwell area, but upon examining the area we found nothing out of place. It was duly noted that the wind seemed to have calmed down considerably at this time as we could not hear it from inside the premises, nor could we see the large tree that stands at the front of the house swaying all was calm. After asking for the banging to recommence, we all heard it again and it was most fascinating to say the least.
The shock came thirty minutes into the vigil when I decided to venture forth
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