Ghosts? Do scary things go bump in the night? Do cameras and
recording devices really capture images and voices? Seriously, I think we all
wonder a little. I mean…I watch Ghost Adventures and Ghost Hunters and get my
thrills, but one can’t help wonder if it’s all a set up to give viewers like
me, who want to believe, a thrill.
Last May a group of friends and I took a trip to England
hosted by another dear friend, Cheryl. Knowing how adventurous we all
are, Cheryl planned a tour of haunted streets and aged buildings one afternoon,
which delighted us to the tips of our shoes. It was easy to imagine an ancient
warrior walking the streets, perhaps a Scotsman dressed in kilt and girdle,
brandishing his mighty sword.
Bill, Cheryl’s husband even drove us to a couple of old
graveyards, where we flashed our cameras above gravestones and scared ourselves
so bad we laughed our guts out afterwards.
One night after eating dinner at a pub that was several
hundred years old and was supposed to be haunted, we were walking up the street
past a castle of considerable size (can’t remember the name), and we were
laughing again, probably because we were a bit nervous about being in the dark.
When we’d walked down the street to eat, the sun was just setting. A few
streetlights littered our walkway, but not enough to dispel the night shrouded
shadows and black areas.
On the stone foundation of the castle I noticed an old
wooden plank door, rounded at the top like many of the ancient doors. This
happened to be one of the areas surrounded in complete darkness, but I couldn’t
stop myself from walking over there. Once I got closer, as I strained to see, the
rusted hinges and lock and deteriorated condition of the door became more
evident. The door was about my height, (5’7’)--maybe a bit higher but not by
much. Near the top a ragged hole came into view, a hole just big enough for my
camera lens.
I am a firm believer in ghosts and spirits. While at an antique store with my visiting mother we were attracted instantly to two, very large, and very old, antique frames. They were beautifully carved and in one of the frames was a picture of a handsome young man in some sort of a suit, and in the other a woman in a white dress. They had very serious looks upon their faces(kinda spooky), but regardless, I fell in love with the frames and talked my Mom into helping me get them. I had plans for the two old picture frames. I hung them in my house, as is, until I had the money to blow up a few photos of my own family and change them. We had neighbors comment on how beautiful the frames were and asked if the persons in the photos were distant relatives or ancestors. Ha! We got a good laugh out of that. Finally, I was able to get family photos blown up, and so I removed the old pictures of the man and woman from the frames. I got kind of a spooky feeling as I messed with the frames, a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach, as if maybe I shouldn't have messed with the frames at all. Silly I know, but there it is. I ignored that feeling and threw away the old pictures. After putting my families pictures in the old frames I then hung them back up on the wall. From that moment on the strangest things seemed to happen in that house until we moved. I would go in to our laundry room and the basket of socks that I kept on top of the dryer was on the floor turned upside down with all the socks still neatly inside. Doors would slam shut, and there was one time where my husband and I saw a shape/shadow? walking out of the kitchen. This doesn't sound that scary I know...but I use to be very skeptical about ghosts or spirits tied to objects. We have moved since then, and those two old, antique picture frames remain in our garage... I am working up the courage to hang them again. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat interesting pictures, Julie! I love the ones that were taken through the hole in the old door. As I looked at those pictures, no lie, goosebumps sprang out across both of my arms. Sometimes, you just know when you are looking at something that can't be explained...Spooooooky. Thanks for sharing those pictures. Glad to find your site!
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