down the passageway with EVP machine in hand after a male grunt was heard coming from that area. As I was preparing my EVP machine for this experiment, everyone present except me then heard a male voice cry ‘Ouch’ as if someone was being hurt. I duly noted down these incidences and headed off to make my recordings.
I had taken only three or four steps and was parallel with the door to room 1, which stood across from room 29. Suddenly, from nowhere, came a feeling that someone was running a hand across my face. At the same time I heard a noise that I can only describe as a ‘sizzling static’ followed by two distinct footfalls right in front of me. I thought to myself ‘something is coming toward me’ and before I even had a chance to register this thought, I was overcome with an ice-cold sensation inside my body, accompanied by a feeling of absolute terror. This feeling lasted for only a brief second or so before it dissipated, leaving me shocked, shaken and surprised. As crazy as it sounds, I think that something, I don’t know what, went through me!
On my tape I said just after the incident, ‘I have never felt anything like that, ever, on an investigation – I honestly think that something has just walked through me, and that is bloody frightening.’
After five minutes or so after the incident, and while discussing it with the group, I felt something touch the top of my head. At thispoint in the investigation however, I was jumping at shadows and everything else come to think about it. At one point I even got a fright when I leaned against the wall, simply because the wall was cold. I was absolutely useless to myself and the group, due to the terrifying experience, so, for the obvious reasons, I took it upon myself to end this vigil. Upon leaving the area I again left my EVP machine recording and this time it recorded for nearly one hour. On it was various knocks, taps and noises that I concluded were not of a paranormal nature.
Fiona’s group yielded no results; although one or two things did occur, rational explanations were found for them. Drew and his group yet again experienced nothing at all. However, in between these vigils it was noted by an investigator that the Ouija board that had been left as a trigger object had been moved. At first it looked as though the actual planchette had been moved because it was not central (the way it had been left) but, after looking closer at it, we realised that the round glass plate that is used to cover and protect the actual Ouija board was what had been moved, with the planchette still being central to that. Regardless, we had had a result in regards to trigger objects. It may be no coincidence too that the trigger object of the Ouija board actually moved in the very room where Lady Doxford conducted her Ouija board sessions.
At 2 a.m. we all gathered in the Ouija board room in an attempt to contact Lady Doxford via her own favourite form of spirit contact – the board! To cut a long story short, the whole session lasted about ninety minutes with eighty of those minutes being a complete waste of time. In the last ten minutes the planchette did actually move around the table with the letter ‘W’ being established, but, as per normal with Ouija sessions, the messages came jumbled up and were pure gibberish.
The last vigil of the night was spent investigating the foyer area of the house, as this had been one of the most interesting areas that had not yet been fully investigated. As it happened, we recorded nothing anomalous whatsoever, although Ralph did pick up on a young girl. He is adamant that a young girl haunts this house, but who she is and whether we can find her historical records remains to be seen. I attempted a number of five-minute EVP experiments, asking certain questions and leaving enough space between the questions for any alleged spirits or ghosts to answer. After three or four attempts and recording nothing we gave up. It was now about 4.30
I had taken only three or four steps and was parallel with the door to room 1, which stood across from room 29. Suddenly, from nowhere, came a feeling that someone was running a hand across my face. At the same time I heard a noise that I can only describe as a ‘sizzling static’ followed by two distinct footfalls right in front of me. I thought to myself ‘something is coming toward me’ and before I even had a chance to register this thought, I was overcome with an ice-cold sensation inside my body, accompanied by a feeling of absolute terror. This feeling lasted for only a brief second or so before it dissipated, leaving me shocked, shaken and surprised. As crazy as it sounds, I think that something, I don’t know what, went through me!
On my tape I said just after the incident, ‘I have never felt anything like that, ever, on an investigation – I honestly think that something has just walked through me, and that is bloody frightening.’
After five minutes or so after the incident, and while discussing it with the group, I felt something touch the top of my head. At thispoint in the investigation however, I was jumping at shadows and everything else come to think about it. At one point I even got a fright when I leaned against the wall, simply because the wall was cold. I was absolutely useless to myself and the group, due to the terrifying experience, so, for the obvious reasons, I took it upon myself to end this vigil. Upon leaving the area I again left my EVP machine recording and this time it recorded for nearly one hour. On it was various knocks, taps and noises that I concluded were not of a paranormal nature.
Fiona’s group yielded no results; although one or two things did occur, rational explanations were found for them. Drew and his group yet again experienced nothing at all. However, in between these vigils it was noted by an investigator that the Ouija board that had been left as a trigger object had been moved. At first it looked as though the actual planchette had been moved because it was not central (the way it had been left) but, after looking closer at it, we realised that the round glass plate that is used to cover and protect the actual Ouija board was what had been moved, with the planchette still being central to that. Regardless, we had had a result in regards to trigger objects. It may be no coincidence too that the trigger object of the Ouija board actually moved in the very room where Lady Doxford conducted her Ouija board sessions.
At 2 a.m. we all gathered in the Ouija board room in an attempt to contact Lady Doxford via her own favourite form of spirit contact – the board! To cut a long story short, the whole session lasted about ninety minutes with eighty of those minutes being a complete waste of time. In the last ten minutes the planchette did actually move around the table with the letter ‘W’ being established, but, as per normal with Ouija sessions, the messages came jumbled up and were pure gibberish.
The last vigil of the night was spent investigating the foyer area of the house, as this had been one of the most interesting areas that had not yet been fully investigated. As it happened, we recorded nothing anomalous whatsoever, although Ralph did pick up on a young girl. He is adamant that a young girl haunts this house, but who she is and whether we can find her historical records remains to be seen. I attempted a number of five-minute EVP experiments, asking certain questions and leaving enough space between the questions for any alleged spirits or ghosts to answer. After three or four attempts and recording nothing we gave up. It was now about 4.30
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