Thai police called in to take on village's female ghost

Officers of the Royal Thai Police Force have been called on to undertake a ghost-busting mission in eastern Thailand, where a malevolent female ghost has reportedly left villagers spooked for months.

Police were dispatched to a village in Amnat Charoen province to deal with the ghost, known locally as "phi pob", which villagers said had killed four cows and caused four border police officers to fall ill, Thai online media outlet Khaosod English reports.

Village leaders had requested a police presence to "strengthen civilian morale, prevent panic and boost residents' confidence in living their daily lives", the website said.

Police have already started their patrols to ward off the spirit, with local police chief Adul Chaiprasithikul stating that, at present, "more people believe in phi pob than those who don't".

Haunting history

The so-called phi pob is believed to have the ability to possess humans and wreak havoc on an entire village, with many rural communities reporting hauntings each year, the report says.

In 2016, three individuals reportedly possessed by a phi pob forced family members and neighbours to strip naked at knifepoint.

The spirit is the subject of a long-running Thai film franchise known as Baan Phi Pob.

But it doesn't appear to be the only ghost on the scene in Thailand, a country known for its superstitions.

According to online Thai newspaper Samui Times, at least 20 other spirits inhabit the country, but not all are malign.

The Phi Poang Khang spirit, for instance, is known to take the "shape of a black monkey that likes to hang out near salt licks in the jungle and suck the big toes of people sleeping there."

At the other end of the spectrum is the Phi Kra-sue spirit, described as the most feared ghost in the country.

The spirit is said to takes the form of a beautiful woman who mesmerises her prey and is "often seen in long flowing dresses to hide the fact that she has no lower body, just a mass of internal organs and intestines suspended from her head".

Story and source: BBC

Read More

Yeilden Castle Investigation

A lot of the anomalies detected coincided with requests from the team on the night. During other photo sessions nothing anomalous came up which could be purely coincidental. I get that particulates in the air can and do manifest themselves onto pictures however like I said these were some that coincided with investigator experiments. Hope you enjoy the video.



Let us know your thoughts below.

Read More

The chilling picture that left rural town convinced ghosts are REAL, sparking police probe

Police issued an appeal to identify the ‘ghost’ after the image went viral and chilled a remote town to the bone.

The spooky image of the young girl dressed in white with pale-looking skin was caught by a huntsman who had set up trailcams in the woods in Cambridge, New York, United States.

Taking to social media to ask the public if they thought it was a ghost, the image went viral online.

One poster said: “I think it’s a ghost. Why do I say that? Because look at it. It’s definitely a spirit.”

Another wrote: “I would say there’s no way that’s a ghost but that’s the kind of thing where I’d say: ‘eh, I don’t know’.”

Local paranormal investigator Tania Woodward claimed the area was a hot spot for ghostly and mysterious activity.

Police soon intervened in an attempt to identify the ghoulish figure.

Cambridge-Greenwich police chief George Bell told ABC TV news: “I’ve lived here all my life, and I’ve never heard of a ghost running around the woods."

After issuing an appeal, the police man said a local businessman had come forward to say it was his granddaughter.

The man explained that he and the girl had been in the woods at the time the image was captured, and had even noticed the trailcam.

Story and source:Express

Let us know your thoughts.

Read More

Is this a ghost sitting in front of a computer in an empty college classroom?

Eerie footage captured in an empty college classroom appears to show a GHOST sitting in front of a computer.

The video shows a semi-transparent is seen floating and sitting attentively in front of a screen at Stockton Riverside College in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire.

Dozens of students and teachers at the college have queued up to catch a glimpse of the spectre after it was spotted by staff last week.

But don’t worry, there’s an explanation - although it’s complicated.

Paul Abley, a games design lecturer at the college, told the Gazette Live : “We’ve had some people come down and look at it, and they’ve been shocked.

“But simply, it’s a reflection in the window from another classroom.

“It’s improbable, but if a student is in the other classroom then the light must bounce off about four windows and the door of a server cabinet.

“All the angles are just right, and makes this semi-transparent reflection show up in the perfect place.

“It looks like a ghost and a fair few people have thought it was one, as you don’t immediately know where it could have come from.

“Quite a few people get freaked out by it. We’ve been having a bit of fun with it.

“It’s not as if it’s a direct reflection, the other classroom is separated from this one by a brick wall. If you’re stood looking at the reflection, you wouldn’t be able to see the student that’s being reflected.”

Paul, who has worked at the college for around two years, said the phenomena must have been happening since the college was built but was only noticed last week.

The computer suite, which is in the media and games department, is only in use for around two thirds of every day so is often empty and has its lights switched off - the best time to see the illusion.

And the video caused quite a stir on the college’s Facebook page, with one student saying: “I’d be gone if I saw that and never go back.”Does this video capture a ghost in an empty college classroom?

Story and source: The Mirror

Let us know your thoughts.

Read More

Dad captures spooky footage of 'RAF pilot ghost' haunting abandoned corridor in deserted air force base

A dad-turned-ghosthunter has revealed spooky footage of the 'ghost of an RAF pilot' haunting a corridor in an abandoned air force base.

Steve Wesson, 44, visited Manby Hall, in Lincolnshire, earlier this year with his UK Ghost Hunts team and could not believe his luck when he captured the 'freaky' footage.

The team didn't realise that an unknown figure wanders through the background until looking at the video later that night but Steve insists it could not have been any of his team and there was no one else in the building.

Steve believes he must have seen the shape in the corner of his eye as he followed the suspected phantom into a stairwell, which footage shows was eerily empty.

Manby was a key area for the RAF during WWII and the hall was once used as an RAF base as well as an old people's home before closing down.

Steve, from Kimberley, in Nottingham said: "The security guard went in the left room with two of the team members and I was following filming with a camera.

"I didn't hear any footsteps in the corridor neither did the rest of the team or the security guard.

"I must have seen something out the corner of my eye for me to go in there but I didn't really notice it at the time and didn't take any other notice and rejoined the guys, as you can see there are shadows on the back wall cast from our torch light but no shadows cast from the figure.

"As you can see in the footage, the figure seems to be carrying a torch or bright ball but if this was someone wondering around within the building we would have seen their light and knew they were there.

"After seeing the footage we went back to where it was taken to have a proper look at the room and corridors to find a reasonable explanation for what we caught.

"It is a former RAF base then it was an old people's home and now it is closed and only security have access to the building. However there are many ghost stories about the hall.

"It was definitely not one of us four and there was definitely no one else in the building."

It has been said that Manby is haunted by a Second World War pilot who is sometimes seen wearing a long coat.

Steve said: "Rumours in the area are that Manby is haunted. I know we all presume that ghosts are a 'mist' or 'shadows' but what if the footage is of an apparition?

"All I can say is that there was four of us in total in this building and all four of us were accounted for.

"Whatever this was, a human or a ghost, none of us noticed the figure as we turned into a room and no one heard any noise from footsteps on the rubble that is left over these corridors."

Steve said: "There is 24 hours' worth of footage and for something to just walk in and for us to not acknowledge it was there at the time is very weird.

"It's really strange that a very large figure can pass in front of all of us silently and without being noticed within 15 feet of us.

"It's really cool because we know where we all were in the building. It's pretty freaky."

Story and source: The Mirror

Let us know your thoughts.

Read More

Creepy face caught peering out of empty car

A car enthusiast got quite a surprise when he reviewed a recent photograph he'd taken of his vehicle.
The peculiar image, which was recently shared on our discussion forum by user 'XSAS_Daughter', shows what looks like a strange face peering out from the car's front passenger window.

"My friend was recently looking back through his camera roll and found this photo that he took of his and his friend's car," she wrote. "He was sat in the restaurant across the road and was taking a photograph of his car because it was new and he's a typical boy that loves his car."

"He realised there appeared to be a person in the car, which was completely empty at the time."

"I said it looked like somebody was leaning on his car and he said there definitely wasn't anybody because he would have kicked off haha!"

"Anyway, just thought I'd share because even if it is nothing, it looked pretty creepy to us!"

Story and source: UM Forums

Let us know your thoughts.

Read More

Investigation Report: Battlesden

Interesting night in the lanes entering Battlesden. A lone soldier "John" came forward along with other information that centred around a minor engagement between the opposing forces in the English Civil War.

Graham Matthews sensed John nearby, I saw the head and shoulders of a figure walk across from the field into the road then vanish. Further down the lane this same experience was had by Jason. I felt like someone had stabbed me between the shoulders and felt a strong penetrating stab through the left shoulder and out the front of my chest. I have no pre-existing injury here that would naturally cause that.

When we walked back to the cars I then felt as though there was a little too much 'spirit' interaction and got the thoughts of "Cromwellian Scum" and the names "Mary", "Parnell" and "Hanslope". I felt they were connected but got no further sense of the links just assumed they were linked in some way.

We visited the church at Battlesden but this was peaceful and gave us no sense of their being anything remotely paranormal about the place.

Graham Matthews was recording some video and audio so we will wait to see if there was anything to come out of that.

All in all a good call by Jason King to bring up Battlesden just need to set up the next few and hopefully get some indoor ones which we have lined up.

Found this after the investigation:

Can't find any obvious links between John and Parnell and Hanslope. Parnell and the Civil War yes, Sir John Parnell existed but the person we came across was not the same one.

Another snippit from the archives - William Pedder, appointed rector in 1634, was of moderate churchmanship and a royalist. He found the parish in a divided state and encountered much opposition. He was turned out of the living in 1642 and in his place Parliament appointed a group of eighteen “lecturers,” who preached in the church on Sundays and weekdays. However, this arrangement did not fulfil the expectations of the parishioners, many of whom wanted a minister of their own. Less than two years after this scheme was instituted, the town was raided by a party of Royalist soldiers from Leighton Buzzard, who on a Sunday in June, 1644, made an attack on the church during service time. The congregation had barricaded themselves in, and the soldiers forced the doors, shooting a “case of pistols” at the minister in the pulpit and wounding several of the congregation. The incident further embittered the factions. - http://www.dunstableparish.org.uk/history-of-st-peters/

Read More

Mysterious 'spectre with face, hand and CLAWS' floats at unsuspecting woman's shoulder in chilling photo taken at home

A mum who claims she captured a terrifying ghost standing next to her and was spoken to by an unknown presence while doing the housework has called for help from ghost hunters.

Lou Johnson, 44, says she was mopping the kitchen floor at her home in Hull, East Riding, when she thought her son asked her: "what are you doing?".

After becoming frustrated and telling him "you're always do this, you'll have to wait" to get into the kitchen, Lou says she turned to see a figure leave the room - though never saw who it was.

However, now Lou has revealed a series of text messages that show her 23-year-old son texted her from upstairs to ask who she was talking to.

Her son is adamant that he was upstairs the whole time, so now Lou is sharing an image she captured the year before to see if any paranormal experts can explain the ghostly goings-on.

The image shows Lou getting ready for a night out at 10pm while a glowing slender figure appears next to her that friends are telling her could be a spirit.

Lou said: "Some see the picture and automatically think it's a mirror behind me and that is a reflection - but there is no mirror behind me. I don't even own a mirror of that size.

"I've had so many people get in touch and say that it is something paranormal and it can't be explained at all.

"Lots of people see the shape of a figure stood next to me with a hand and claws. I have always been a sceptic so I just let people offer their thoughts on it.

"They could all see a hand on my shoulder and a face there too, and while I can see the figure they mean, I was naturally sceptical and thought there must be an explanation.

"However, seeing is believing and what I saw in the kitchen last week does make me question what could be in the house with us.

"I was just mopping the floor when I thought that my son appeared in the doorway near me. He asked me what I was doing and I said 'you always do this, the floor is wet so you have to wait'.

"I just said it because I thought he was wanting to get in the kitchen and was asking at the one time I was mopping the floor, which he's done before.

"I turned to look at him and I saw the shape of someone turn away and then go up the stairs. I thought that was it.

"But my son heard me talking and texted me. He knew we were alone in the house so couldn't understand why he could hear me telling him to 'wait' from downstairs. He was upstairs in bed so he thought it was really weird and texted me to ask me what I was doing.

"At first I thought he was winding me up. I assumed it must have been a prank - like I say, I always look for the rational explanation.

"However once he said he had honestly been in bed the whole time I became really freaked out.

"I know what I heard - it was clear as day a voice asking me what I was doing.

"It unsettled me so much that I had to go and check all of the rooms to check no one was there. I was sure someone must have been in the house with us.

"That's why I want to share the picture now. I really want an explanation of what could be happening.

"I'm a sceptic and there could be a rational explanation for it all but there has been so much happening I feel I need an explanation to put my mind at ease."

Since her encounter with the unidentified figure, Lou has shared the image she caught last year in her search for answers.

At the time the photo was taken, she had been getting ready to go for drinks at a friend's house when her partner took a picture of her.

Lou said: "It was about two weeks later when I was looking through my photos on my phone that I spotted the shape beside me.

"Straight away I thought it looked a bit odd. Then as I zoomed in on the image I saw a face over my shoulder.

"When I put the picture online to see what people would make of it everyone went crazy and were saying that there was someone there with me."

However, this is not the first time that Lou has been the victim of strange happenings in her home.

Lou said: "The first time it happened I was in bed and I had sleep paralysis and couldn't move my head or body when suddenly the quilt moved off me.

"I thought I was dreaming at first but it was very clear and I still think about it now and get the feeling that something very odd happened.

"Once I was polishing and I saw someone in the reflection of the TV. I thought it was my son but when I turned round there was no one there.

"I just don't know what to think. I have felt the presence of something there a few times.

"With all of these things I always tried to look for a rational explanation. But it's odd that I've had so many weird things happen.

"Maybe there are experts out there who will see the image and will recognise what is going on.

"I hope so as I don't want things like this to keep happening. Despite being sceptical, I am open-minded and I would have someone round to investigate the house if that is what they said it needed."

Story and source: The Mirror

Letus know your thoughts below.

Read More

Ghost 101: Know your ghost

When people first think of ghost they probably imagine the "floating sheet" type; like Boo here.

This is most likely because through childhood this is the type of thing they would have seen on "Scooby Doo" or other similar shows. Not to mention pranks from siblings that would simply throw on a sheet to scare you!

Ghosts can come in all shapes and sizes and so below I will describe the different "known" types of ghost. This can be used as a reference if you want to try and determine what may or may not being going bump in the night in your home!

Apparitions: 

The most general term for ghosts that we see. Generally apparitions are a "recognisable" ghost shape and don't appear to be solid (transparent).

Apparitions aren't necessarily just human form and may or may not appear to interact.

Cold Spots: 

A cold spot is the description given to an area where a ghost is trying to manifest. Generally it's thought that in trying to manifest energy is drawn from the surrounding area. This creates a cold spot.

Cold spots can move around the surrounding area and paranormal investigators normally track this and use as evidence.

Orbs:

Another common type of ghost that is caught on camera.

Most orbs can usually be explained away as dust, water, insects or other floating objects but sometimes they can't be explained.

Orbs can sometimes appear on demand or appear to have other unexplainable features such as a face or emitting light that doesn't make sense.

Residual:

Residual ghosts are like a recording of a past even that is playing on a loop.

Residual ghosts will never interact with you and instead will continue the same "loop".

An example of this would be a story my mum once shared with me.

She said she once saw a ghost hanging up washing. Or rather making the motion of hanging up washing.

Several people apparently witnessed this but the "woman" continues hanging up washing and didn't react to the people around her.

Eventually she faded away.

Interactive:

This one is fairly obvious. Interactive ghosts will interact with you! Simple!!

This can sometimes be confused with poltergeists, however poltergeists cause physical and emotional disturbances (we will cover this later).

Interactive ghosts will perform simple tasks, usually on demand.

An example would be to request a ghost to interact with an EMF detector. Sometimes the EMF detector will spike as the ghost interacts with it.

Poltergeist:

Poltergeists are probably the most heard of ghost. Mainly because this type of ghost was made famous by the Hollywood film by the same name.

Poltergeists are mischievous ghosts and cause a lot of physical disturbance such as throwing items or moving things from one place to another.

Poltergeists can also cause electrical disturbances and have even been reported to cause fires.

Entities:

The least common of ghosts and can also be referred to as demons.

This type of ghost is the most unpleasant and are thought to have never been human (hence the name demon).

They can attach themselves to a building or person / family and cause great torment.

Entities show high levels of intelligence and thrive on negative emotions.

So there you have it. A short list of potential ghosts which will help you recognise the type you may be experiencing. Lets just hope you don't bump into the last one!

Read More