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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Children's 'ghosts' haunt Picton cemetery
Amy Dale
January 21, 2010 12:00am
DOES this photograph show the figures of two children, born nearly a century apart, walking in their own paranormal playground?
The family who took this picture while on a ghost tour in Picton, NSW, swear there were no children inside the St Mark's Cemetery.
Which begs the question: who, or what, is out there?
Local legend has it that the two children are David Shaw and Blanche Moon, who died 60 years apart.
Blanche was crushed to death in 1886 when a pile of sleepers that she and a number of children were playing on slipped.
David was the son of a minister who died in 1946 from polio.
The woman behind the lens of this mysterious photo, Renee English, said she was "a sceptic" before undertaking the ghost tour on January 9.
"When we were standing at the bank looking into the Cemetery I was just snapping away and making jokes about the whole thing and asking when the ghosts were going to come out," the Port Macquarie resident said.
"I know that when I took that photo there was no-one else in the cemetery. The only people we saw were a family of four about 10 minutes later but those kids were clinging to their parents the whole time.
"When we uploaded our photos and saw the children all the hairs on my arm stood up and I just went cold all over.
"That night I couldn't sleep at all and I'm never watching a scary movie again.
"I wasn't a believer in ghosts, but now I'm intrigued."
Local historian Liz Vincent conducted ghost tours in Picton, claimed to be Australia's most haunted town, until her death last year. Since then, her husband John and daughter Jenny Davies have taken up the mantle.
"Picton's just so haunted," Ms Davies said. "We find people always love to see their photos afterwards because most of these things aren't visible to the naked eye."
One of the tour's most popular figures is Emily, a lady who was hit and killed by a train in 1916 while taking a shortcut through the Redbank Range Tunnel, also known as the Mushroom Tunnel, to visit her brother.
Emily Bollard resided near the railway line and was a single woman aged in her 50s. Before taking her shortcut, she didn't check the timetable and was hit in the tunnel by a train coming from Thirlmere. She died instantly.
"She likes to move among the participants and loves to touch their hair and body, particularly their arms and legs," Ms Davies said.
"Those on the tour often say that they've also felt a cold wind blowing through the tunnel."
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26613670-953,00.html
January 21, 2010 12:00am
DOES this photograph show the figures of two children, born nearly a century apart, walking in their own paranormal playground?
The family who took this picture while on a Picton ghost tour swear there were no children inside the St Mark's Cemetery - so what are these figures? Pic: Renee English
The family who took this picture while on a ghost tour in Picton, NSW, swear there were no children inside the St Mark's Cemetery.
Which begs the question: who, or what, is out there?
Local legend has it that the two children are David Shaw and Blanche Moon, who died 60 years apart.
Blanche was crushed to death in 1886 when a pile of sleepers that she and a number of children were playing on slipped.
David was the son of a minister who died in 1946 from polio.
The woman behind the lens of this mysterious photo, Renee English, said she was "a sceptic" before undertaking the ghost tour on January 9.
"When we were standing at the bank looking into the Cemetery I was just snapping away and making jokes about the whole thing and asking when the ghosts were going to come out," the Port Macquarie resident said.
"I know that when I took that photo there was no-one else in the cemetery. The only people we saw were a family of four about 10 minutes later but those kids were clinging to their parents the whole time.
"When we uploaded our photos and saw the children all the hairs on my arm stood up and I just went cold all over.
"That night I couldn't sleep at all and I'm never watching a scary movie again.
"I wasn't a believer in ghosts, but now I'm intrigued."
Local historian Liz Vincent conducted ghost tours in Picton, claimed to be Australia's most haunted town, until her death last year. Since then, her husband John and daughter Jenny Davies have taken up the mantle.
"Picton's just so haunted," Ms Davies said. "We find people always love to see their photos afterwards because most of these things aren't visible to the naked eye."
One of the tour's most popular figures is Emily, a lady who was hit and killed by a train in 1916 while taking a shortcut through the Redbank Range Tunnel, also known as the Mushroom Tunnel, to visit her brother.
Emily Bollard resided near the railway line and was a single woman aged in her 50s. Before taking her shortcut, she didn't check the timetable and was hit in the tunnel by a train coming from Thirlmere. She died instantly.
"She likes to move among the participants and loves to touch their hair and body, particularly their arms and legs," Ms Davies said.
"Those on the tour often say that they've also felt a cold wind blowing through the tunnel."
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26613670-953,00.html
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Modern Psychological Studies and the Paranormal
A differnet prespective from an investigator I have come to respect.
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Director: Chip
Show Description:
...A trailer for a series concerning the marriage between the field of modern psychology and the field of paranormal studies. I plan on bi-monthly shows concerning various topics related to the theme mentioned above.
All too often the inclusion of a few letters after one's name creates a false sense of power few seem likely to challenge. I understand and respect a decade of dedicated learning as much as the next but I also respect my right to interpret and ultimately, draw my own conclusion(s) on subject matter, regardless of the amount of money I, or my parents for that matter, have spent on further education...
BlogStars, I feel confident, agree with me....if only on principal.
The issue of psychological ailments often comes up when investigating claims of paranormal activity. Very often, in my own, humble experience, said “conditions” if found to exist, disqualify individuals from further investigation (and serious attention) by many paranormal research teams and investigators.
Granted the above statement does NOT hold true for every team or researcher but it would seem these conditions are used as reasons for the principal's experience(s) and not viewed as respectfully as they should or could be... as symptoms that may make an individual even more susceptible to external (paranormal) activity.
Of course, this is my contention but I am positive I'm not alone in that assertion. Please lend your thoughts, regardless of what they are to this series topic, beginning late December (2009).
Please bare in mind that while I am/may promote ideas skewed to bolster my own opinion(s), I am in no way closed to alternative and opposing views and you will not be attacked in any way, shape or form for voicing them.
BlogStar — Paranormal Psych Series Promo
................................
Director: Chip
Show Description:
...A trailer for a series concerning the marriage between the field of modern psychology and the field of paranormal studies. I plan on bi-monthly shows concerning various topics related to the theme mentioned above.
All too often the inclusion of a few letters after one's name creates a false sense of power few seem likely to challenge. I understand and respect a decade of dedicated learning as much as the next but I also respect my right to interpret and ultimately, draw my own conclusion(s) on subject matter, regardless of the amount of money I, or my parents for that matter, have spent on further education...
BlogStars, I feel confident, agree with me....if only on principal.
The issue of psychological ailments often comes up when investigating claims of paranormal activity. Very often, in my own, humble experience, said “conditions” if found to exist, disqualify individuals from further investigation (and serious attention) by many paranormal research teams and investigators.
Granted the above statement does NOT hold true for every team or researcher but it would seem these conditions are used as reasons for the principal's experience(s) and not viewed as respectfully as they should or could be... as symptoms that may make an individual even more susceptible to external (paranormal) activity.
Of course, this is my contention but I am positive I'm not alone in that assertion. Please lend your thoughts, regardless of what they are to this series topic, beginning late December (2009).
Please bare in mind that while I am/may promote ideas skewed to bolster my own opinion(s), I am in no way closed to alternative and opposing views and you will not be attacked in any way, shape or form for voicing them.
BlogStar — Paranormal Psych Series Promo
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