Post by philc on Oct 31, 2006 10:35:38 GMT -5
I've had quite a few but these stick in my mind
About twelve years ago, my mate Dave lived on the 5th floor of a tower block in Gidea Park, Romford. One night we were on his computer in his bedroom.
We were just about to complete "X-Wing" (shows how long ago this was and the power of the computer! a 486DX! lol!) There were three of us, Paul and I were at the computer and Dave sitting on his bed.
The excitement was building as we were close to winning when all of a sudden it felt like the temperature of the room dropped dramtically. I felt very cold and all the hairs on my arm and back of my neck shot up!
It felt like something, or someone was in the room with us! Paul felt it too but Dave was oblivious, he was wondering why we suddenly stopped.
Paul said to me, "Calm down! I feel it too!" I was drawn towards the door of his bedroom where I felt a presence. It didn't feel like an adult presence but that of a boy child, I don't know why, it just did.
I said to it "Come in, don't be afraid, join us" and it felt like it was coming in to the room. Dave was freaking at this point saying "Don't call it in!" but I was determined.
All of a sudden there was a loud bang as the front door slammed. Dave's Mum had come back in, with that the temperature shot back to normal and the feeling was gone!
I wasn't going to leave it like that. I went to the Romford library to dig out some history on the area. Luckily enough, the guy who lives over the road to my parents worked for Ordnance Survey. He got me some old maps of the area.
After doing some research, I discovered that there used to be a school on the exact same site where the tower block now stands. It was there during the 1800's and was called the "Factory School" It was meant to be for children whos parents worked at the factory next door.
In 1827 a boiler exploded! It killed several children and a teacher during playtime!
Was the child a victim? Had he come back to join in with the fun and games he could hear going on in the bedroom which would have been part of the play ground area?
Who knows but it was that experience that started me off on the road to the Paranormal!
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Two years ago I was staying there as I was doing some training for a few months at a local college in Ashford Kent.
If you don't know Wye college, I shall set the scene for you. It is set in a tiny beautiful village in the South Downs with some fabulous countryside around it. The main building of the college is the manor house which dates back to the 1700's and in the main hall it has oil paintings of all the old Lords of the Manor. You know the kind, the ones the eyes follow you around the room!
It was Summer 2003 and to the rear of the Manor House are beautiful gardens, with hedges kind of like Hampton Court use.
It was just coming up to twilight and my mate Rob and I were taking some time out from study by walking and talking around the garden. We had started to reach the back of the garden when near the hedge line I saw a dark shadow in the shape of a person moving to the rear.
I pointed it out to Rob who said that he couldn't see it, but to me it was clearly there!
I made my way towards it and it was definately a dark shape of a human. The problem was, it was now coming towards me! Rob, still couldn't see it! I stopped and yet it still came!
When we met in the middle it felt like the air had been sucked out of my lungs! I bent over and gasped loudly feeling electricfied and I shook. The feeling lasted a couple of seconds as it passed through me and out the other side! I was still bent over holding my knees when Rob ran over to me concerned yet he didn't see a thing!
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Just after dusk about ten years ago I was walking from Elm Park to home from work in Harrow Lodge Park when across in front of me about 50 feet was a woman. She was walking the same direction as me, so, to stop her feeling threatened I eased my walking pace so not to catch up with her but to drop back a bit.
That's when I noticed that I could only see the top half of her body! I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me as it was just after dusk so I walked a bit faster to look a bit closer, conscious that I may scare her I did it carefully.
Then I couldn't see her top half! All I could see were legs! This freaked me out and I stopped dead in my tracks and went very cold. Then I saw her top half again, this time she looked over her shoulder at me and disappeared re-appearing at the exit of the park about 300 feet in front of me!
I got back home visibly shaken and repeated the story to my parents.
Half hour later my mate Paul came round. He got the bus to Elm Park and walked across Harrow Lodge Park to my home. That's when he said
"You're not gonna believe what I've just seen!!!"
He repeated exactly the same story!
About twelve years ago, my mate Dave lived on the 5th floor of a tower block in Gidea Park, Romford. One night we were on his computer in his bedroom.
We were just about to complete "X-Wing" (shows how long ago this was and the power of the computer! a 486DX! lol!) There were three of us, Paul and I were at the computer and Dave sitting on his bed.
The excitement was building as we were close to winning when all of a sudden it felt like the temperature of the room dropped dramtically. I felt very cold and all the hairs on my arm and back of my neck shot up!
It felt like something, or someone was in the room with us! Paul felt it too but Dave was oblivious, he was wondering why we suddenly stopped.
Paul said to me, "Calm down! I feel it too!" I was drawn towards the door of his bedroom where I felt a presence. It didn't feel like an adult presence but that of a boy child, I don't know why, it just did.
I said to it "Come in, don't be afraid, join us" and it felt like it was coming in to the room. Dave was freaking at this point saying "Don't call it in!" but I was determined.
All of a sudden there was a loud bang as the front door slammed. Dave's Mum had come back in, with that the temperature shot back to normal and the feeling was gone!
I wasn't going to leave it like that. I went to the Romford library to dig out some history on the area. Luckily enough, the guy who lives over the road to my parents worked for Ordnance Survey. He got me some old maps of the area.
After doing some research, I discovered that there used to be a school on the exact same site where the tower block now stands. It was there during the 1800's and was called the "Factory School" It was meant to be for children whos parents worked at the factory next door.
In 1827 a boiler exploded! It killed several children and a teacher during playtime!
Was the child a victim? Had he come back to join in with the fun and games he could hear going on in the bedroom which would have been part of the play ground area?
Who knows but it was that experience that started me off on the road to the Paranormal!
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Two years ago I was staying there as I was doing some training for a few months at a local college in Ashford Kent.
If you don't know Wye college, I shall set the scene for you. It is set in a tiny beautiful village in the South Downs with some fabulous countryside around it. The main building of the college is the manor house which dates back to the 1700's and in the main hall it has oil paintings of all the old Lords of the Manor. You know the kind, the ones the eyes follow you around the room!
It was Summer 2003 and to the rear of the Manor House are beautiful gardens, with hedges kind of like Hampton Court use.
It was just coming up to twilight and my mate Rob and I were taking some time out from study by walking and talking around the garden. We had started to reach the back of the garden when near the hedge line I saw a dark shadow in the shape of a person moving to the rear.
I pointed it out to Rob who said that he couldn't see it, but to me it was clearly there!
I made my way towards it and it was definately a dark shape of a human. The problem was, it was now coming towards me! Rob, still couldn't see it! I stopped and yet it still came!
When we met in the middle it felt like the air had been sucked out of my lungs! I bent over and gasped loudly feeling electricfied and I shook. The feeling lasted a couple of seconds as it passed through me and out the other side! I was still bent over holding my knees when Rob ran over to me concerned yet he didn't see a thing!
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Just after dusk about ten years ago I was walking from Elm Park to home from work in Harrow Lodge Park when across in front of me about 50 feet was a woman. She was walking the same direction as me, so, to stop her feeling threatened I eased my walking pace so not to catch up with her but to drop back a bit.
That's when I noticed that I could only see the top half of her body! I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me as it was just after dusk so I walked a bit faster to look a bit closer, conscious that I may scare her I did it carefully.
Then I couldn't see her top half! All I could see were legs! This freaked me out and I stopped dead in my tracks and went very cold. Then I saw her top half again, this time she looked over her shoulder at me and disappeared re-appearing at the exit of the park about 300 feet in front of me!
I got back home visibly shaken and repeated the story to my parents.
Half hour later my mate Paul came round. He got the bus to Elm Park and walked across Harrow Lodge Park to my home. That's when he said
"You're not gonna believe what I've just seen!!!"
He repeated exactly the same story!
