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All metaphysical/paranormal phenomena explained

soulman — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:53:17 GMT

All metaphysical phenomena (all) are characteristics, traits, abilities or experiences of our spiritual nature, emanating from our souls. The reasons we are so confused by the variety of metaphysical/spiritual phenomena is because religions, primarily Christianity, especially the Roman Catholic Church, banned most of our important spiritual abilities and traits as "heretical,� �demonic,� or �no longer occurring.� I've just completed a trilogy of books jointly entitled Awakening ...

could someone tell me what happened to my cats? :(

Kambilia — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:19:10 GMT

hi everyone, thanks for reading this I�m sorry if I�ll seem na�ve/stupid/whatever in my post but I feel I have to try everything... ok, so the thing is, I�m a great cat lover. I live in Chengdu, China currently and their fate in this country- along other animals- bothers me to extreme degree. - like eating them in Guandong province, cat massacre prior to the Olympics in Beijing, cats being stolen and used for fur... i had two lovely cats i loved more than anything...till about...two ...

Crows Court

LeeWat — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:35:47 GMT

Not sure if this should have been posted in Myths and Legends. Anyway, earlier on i was sat in this room looking out of the window looking at Crows, and remembered something about Crows courts, where crows gather in a field in a circular fashion with one crow in the middle seeming to take some kind of judgement. The judgement either being flying off free or being pecked to death by its fellows. Anyone else heard of or actually witnessed this ? And is there any other animal apart from humans ...

Christmas Wishes To You All....

Sparkle- — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:32:32 GMT

Hope all your Christmas Wishes come true.....and 2009 is a lucky year for us all....!!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

Fachen

tumbleweed — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:24:16 GMT

Hi.
I'm looking for information on Fachen/Fachin/Peg-Legged-Jack (and seriously, how many names does one myth need?!) for a story I'm writing. Specifically, ways legend says it or 'halved men' can be killed. Anyone got any hints? or good websites where I might be able to find out?
Thanks! All help greatly appreciated.

Strange Light

The Gardener — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:45:15 GMT

I hope you can see the strange light at the top middle of the picture, it seems to bend before bouncing of the bridge and then dive toward the pond water which has Koi carp in it. No Koi were hurt or killed. This is one of many photo's I took last summer in the gerden with a Fugi MX 100 Digital camera. Dose anyone have any idea as to what this might be ?

Paranormal Investigation with Jason Karl - para psychologist

npaintin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:53:12 GMT

The Cysitc Fibrosis Trust are really excited to announce that our next Fright Night at Ordsall Hall, Salford, on Saturday 15th November, will feature para-psychologist Jason Karl, from series one of TV's Most Haunted! 35 brave souls will have the opportunity to spend the night in Orsdall Hall undertaking paranormal experiments along with a team of experienced Paranormal Investigators and Jason Karl. This event really is overnight! You will spend from approx 8pm - 4-5am in the Hall, ...

The Chair That Moved

Ian — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:20:12 GMT

I am looking into a haunting case at the moment and it has one very puzzling incident that I am struggling to come up with a natural explanation for. As it is an on going case I am not going to give any details about names, location etc. This incident concerns a bedroom that had a bed with a metal head and foot board (which has since been sold so there is no opportunity to experiment with it). At the foot of the bed is a reasonale gap of a few feet then a desk up gainst the wall. Tucked under ...

How de doddlely do

The Gardener — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:23:50 GMT

Hi, I new and a Red Dwarf fan, thus the title lol,
really looking forward to talking about the strange and wonderful with all of you

Feytin' Ape

Ian — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:45:04 GMT

I love this story http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/lancashire/folklore/the-feytin-ape.html I can't believe Dan put an apology to Wigan men in it though .

Mysteriousbritain Re-Vamp

Ian — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:43:03 GMT

We are currently ploughing through the process of relaunching the website with some new features such as interactive maps, integrated forum, online report forms etc. Hopefully we should be able to pull it all together and roll it out sometime later this year. As you guys are actively using the site on a near daily basis, what are your ideas? What would you like to see on Mysteriousbritain, apart from including Ireland

Haunted Bus Stop

Ian — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:01:59 GMT

This is just a newspaper story for Halloween I suspect, but as it is from my old stomping grounds I'll mention it here

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1076225_bus_stop_to_nowhere

What Films Have You Recently Watched?

Ian — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:16:36 GMT

I'm not well known for having a great taste in films, but I have recently watched a Japanese movie called Battle Royale. Set in a society on the verge of collapse the government decide that the only way to get respect from the youths is to randomly select a class and force them to kill each other on a deserted island over the space of three days. It was very violent but almost comically so. I was not sure whether it would be good or bad....but I kind of liked it. What are you guys watching?

Happy All Hallows everyone!

Urisk — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:28:55 GMT

I'd just like to wish everyone a great Samhain this year and hope everyone has a great night. Here's the place to divulge your plans! I'm going to be heading to a flatwarming/hallowe'en party and then maybe heading out into ye olde towne of Dundee. As a scarecrow (hopefully pics will follow!). What's everyone else doing? "We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far". H P Lovecraft

Ghost Ship, Cape Town, South Aftrica

baroniveagh — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:26:21 GMT

This was supposedly taken around Cape Town, supposedly depicting a ghost ship of some type.

I'm seeing a tall ship, and not one I recognize, but...

Anyone have further info?

The Ivan Vassili

baroniveagh — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:11:31 GMT

Source: underworldtales.com "One of the most terrifying and shocking true ghost stories in history took place on a Russian freighter called the Ivan Vassili. The Ivan Vassili was not a typical cursed or jinxed ship. There was nothing unusual or spectacular about her. She was built in St. Petersburg in 1897 to transport freight across the Baltic Sea to the Gulf of Finland. She was driven by a single triple-expansion steam engine. Her bunkers carried enough coal to ...

By Way of Introductions...

baroniveagh — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:21:23 GMT

I suppose I should have done this first. eh, c'est la vie. My name is Colin, I'm an IT expert and former image enhancement tech for oreillygalleries.com before it's closure. There I specialized in digital image enhancement, bringing out details in pre-1870 photographs for historians. Presently I serve as an IT jack of all trades for a casino in New York state. My interest in the supernatural is due to some rather odd incidents that I have seen take place, both in computers and in the real ...

WItches of East Lothian

agricola — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:06:53 GMT

I'm off on a bit of a tour of East Lothian tomorrow, mainly to visit some of the witch burning sites and related locations, but does anyone have any suggestions as to what else I should have a look at?

Kaz II

baroniveagh — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:14:07 GMT

The 12-metre catamaran, the Kaz II, was discovered with no crew off the coast of northeast Australia in April 2007. The yacht which had left on Sunday 15 April, was spotted about 80 nautical miles close to the outer Great Barrier Reef on the following Wednesday. When it was boarded on Friday, the engine and a laptop was running, the radio and GPS were working and dinner was ready to eat, but the three man crew were nowhere to be seen. All the sails were up, but one was badly damaged. Survival ...

Original Mountain Marathorn

Ian — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:55:28 GMT

Our very own DJP and Neil were meant to take part in the OMM this year. But, with the Mysteriousbriatin T-Shirts not being ready in time(that was your excuse wasn't it lads?) they had to call it off at the last minute and boy are they glad http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/7691020.stm

Eurydice Footage???

baroniveagh — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:33:02 GMT

"Ghost Ship Sighted and Filmed Edward, son of Britain's monarch, believes he has seen a ghost ship. The 34-year-old told yesterday [Oct 16] how he spotted the phantom galleon while filming the second of his Crown and Country TV series on the Isle of Wight. Edward was telling the story of HMS Eurydice, a 26-gun frigate which capsized and sank in Sandown Bay during a blizzard in 1878. He said: "We were talking about a ghost ship on the Isle of Wight and how we could illustrate ...

New website Issues

agricola — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:34:58 GMT

Hi guys

Is it useful to have a thread for raising issues with the new website here or do you want us to email/message them to someone?

One issue I seem to have had is that the Community tab keeps returning me to the homepage.

Mysterious Britain Website: A History

DJP — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:28:17 GMT

Here is a brief outline of the history of the site, and a few pointers for the future: A History The idea for the Mysterious Britain website was really seeded with a huge project started in the early 1990s to record strange experiences, folklore and legends from each county in the UK. As a result of three years research we developed a document covering most of the counties, referenced with sources that has been the baseline for much of the research within the site. I (and the Mysterious ...

Old Man In Picture

Sparkle- — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:50:16 GMT

Can you see the old man in this picture? you have to look very close maybe have to use a magnifier, but he is there....

http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/articles/1/28927#comments

Happy Birthday, Sparkle!

Inghinn — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:19:17 GMT

Happy Birthday to you,
Happyyy Biiirthday tooo youuu,
Haaappyyy Biiirthday, dear Sparkle,
Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you have a fabulous time!

Inghinn

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAURO

Ian — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:10:10 GMT

Happy Birthday mate

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE

Ian — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:10:59 GMT

Happy Birthday Steve.

Anyone know of Jersey myth and legend?

Urisk — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:33:35 GMT

I remember from visiting a fantastic place in Jersey called Jersey Legend or Living Legend, one of the main "mascot" type figures was a particular faerie-being that looked very akin to an Urisk or Satyr. Said to be the inspiration behind Puck, he had a strange name, I remember something vaguely like "la Pourlequae". Obviously this isn't it- it's not even French, but something like the name. Does anyone know the name? Has anyone been to Jersey Legend; they can rememebr ...

Big foot in Ice turns out to be Ape suit

DJP — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:13:17 GMT

I thought this news article was amusing, I wonder how much the researchers paid for a rubber monkey suit?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7571483.stm

Where Are The White Ladies

Ian — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:22:40 GMT

A close friend of mine commented that in these days when camera's are more common we should be getting more pictures of ghosts. In and around the 1960's we had fantastic images such as the White Lady on the Tulip Staircase. (Taken by Rev.Ralph Hardy in 1966 at the Queen's House, National Maritime Museum in Greenwich). Why aren't we getting more of the same now? Why do we just get pictures of Orbs? Where have the White Ladies gone? An article on the Queens House and the above photograph ...

Birthday Wishes Urisk

Sparkle- — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:07:59 GMT

Hope your Birthday is a good one Urisk...Best Wishes

Olympics

Ian — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:48:09 GMT

Here are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators so far during the Summer Olympics that they would like to take back: 1. Weightlifting commentator: 'This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria . I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing.' 2. Dressage commentator: 'This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother.' 3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: 'I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.' 4. ...

Joanna Southcott, English Prophetess

Mauro — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:43:14 GMT

I'd like write a few lines about this colorful character, now often forgotten, and hear if you know more about her and her antics. Joanna Southcott was born in 1750 in Gittisham, Devonshire, in a farming community. Her parents were members of the Methodist Church. She was a deeply religious chracter and had her first "mystical" experience at around seventeen. She was praying besides the deathbed of a fellow villager when the man rose and started screaming about "hellhounds" ...

Derek Ogilvie Documentary

agricola — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:54:40 GMT

Just in case anyone is interested, the guys over at Bad Psychics have given a synopsis of the recent Channel 5 documentary which followed infamous psychic and Most Haunted regular, Derek Ogilvie (the Glaswegian psychic) as he 'performed' for James Randi and Chris French. I won't spoil the ending, but lets just say James Randi still has a wad of cash stuffed under his matress. http://badpsychics.com/thefraudfiles/modules/news/article.php?storyid=860

Folklore, What Value Has It?

Red Don — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:09:53 GMT

The Mysteriousbritain website concentrates a lot on Legends and Folklore, but are these things worth remembering, collecting and saving for future generations?

Good day to you all

elspeth2002 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:28:03 GMT

Hello everyone. I have just signed on to Mysterious Britain. I am excited to chat with you all. I currently live in Norman, Oklahoma USA. I am a Master of Fine Arts graduate student in costume design. The main reason why I signed onto this forum is to gain knowledge on some Scottish, Irish, and Celtic Mythological creatures. I have started working on my thesis, which is not due for 2 years but the class I am now wants us to create a annotated bibliography for the thesis. I thought if I ...

Ghosts of the Goodwin Sands

Mauro — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:32:52 GMT

I've always loved a good ghost story, and the seas have plenty to offer. All of you will know the Goodwin Sands, that treacherous sand bank in the Channel a few miles off Deal, which has been the site of litterally hundreds of shipwrecks in centuries past, one of the last notable victims being the Ross Revenge, last of the pirate radio ships, in 1991. Of course the Goodwins have their fair share of legends, starting from their origins. It is said that this sand bank was once a small island, ...

To those what wargame

Urisk — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:32:21 GMT

Just a heads up to let all you wargamers and modellers out there know that Angus' foremost wargaming conventions are just around the corner.

Skelp will be held in the Reid Hall, Forfar, on Saturday 11th October.

Targe (prev. Skelp) will be held at Kirriemuir Town Hall on its traditional First Saturday of November.

NBC news Ghost

baroniveagh — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:05:24 GMT

NBC News ran this item about a ghost tripping a motion activated camera in a work out gym. http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&vid=6296ab27-4812-40c3-a861-ef8d029d310a&playlist=videoByTag:tag:source_nbc%20news%20channel:ns:MSNVideo_Top_Cat:mk:us:vs:0&from=MSNHP&tab=m24>1=42003 Supposedly this model is not tripped by things like bugs or dust. I'm thinking a bat or small bird maybe. Thoughts?

Ancient Treasures

Ian — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:52:28 GMT

Within the wealth of folklore and legend throughout the UK and indeed the world we hear about certain special items, such as Excalibur and the Grail. I'm thinking about putting a few articles together concerning these treasures. Can anyone think of anymore?

Starwars Special Edition Scene

Guntar Reginald Perkins — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:39:45 GMT

Hi my friends from UK

I talk to friend Mr Lucas and he specially edit part of great movie for me to accommodate my culture.

Please see the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckhasegf2wA

Hope enjoy this like Aurthur and Me

Just out of interest...

Urisk — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:37:41 GMT

I'm not suggesting anything at this very early stage, but would members of this fine forum be interested in a meet-up some time in the future? On another forum there was a small meetup in Edunburgh for a ghost-walk and it seemed to be a success (I had to back out due to funds... or lack thereof ), but if enough interest were generated I suppose there could be an event put on? Even if it were as simple as a pre-existing activity such as a ghost walk, or hiring a hall for a day and having a small ...

buying or selling a haunted property

Angel — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:43:57 GMT

if you knew your home was haunted,would you tell potential buyers ? and would you buy a haunted property ? im lucky in a sense,our home is rented from the council,so the day we move i have no problems,however the council now have a obligation to tell any future tenant about what occured here,even though it now fine. i would never buy a property that i "know" to be haunted,but i do believe that every building spirits pass through 24/7 its simply up to the individual sometimes ...

Space Station

Ian — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:40:33 GMT

I have just been told that we should eb able to see the space station for the next few nights. Anyone seen it yet?

Orbs at Doune Castle

Inghinn — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:49:45 GMT

I recently got married, we had a Pagan Handfasting ceremony at Doune Castle. My friend showed me some of the photos she'd taken on the big day and we came across this one here, very blurry, but lots of orbs. This was taken before the ceremony, after the Celebrant had prepared the sacred space. This is the only photo I've seen so far that had orbs in it from that day. Any thoughts? Inghinn

Personal Experiences with Unknown Phenomena

baroniveagh — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:44:39 GMT

I'm probably about to stick my foot in it, however: I'm opening this thread for discussions of things that the posters have PERSONALLY experienced. No 'friend of friend' tales or things that you have read about. I'll go first. I've seen several things over time I'm not easily able to explain away, however, the one that sticks out in my mind took place about six years ago, in front of myself and other witnesses. The entire event took only a moment, and to this day I wish I had a video ...

Templar Mysteries

Red Don — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:29:56 GMT

There seems to be quite a few theories and mysteries involving the Knights Templars. These seem to revolve around missing treasure, secret artifacts in their possession (such as the Ark of the Covenant) and whether or not they still survive in one form or another today. Is it just a lot of people grasping for straws and making and linking unrelated events or is there something to what is being speculated? What do you think? Are there really any Templar Mysteries?

Ghost Picture?

Ian — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:15:44 GMT

This is the first picture sent in by Trevor and the e-mail that accompanied it. He is happy to hear any comment and views. He has told me there was no smoke in the bar at the time the pictures were taken. Quote:Thought I would send you this picture which was taken unwittingly by my partner when she was testing the camera on her newly purchased mobile phone. We think the image is either a monk or a woman (different people see different things). I personally think its a monk. The photo ...

Roman in Wakefield

Ian — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:21:27 GMT

Check out this link. The Outwwod Community Video Club think they have a Roman Solidier on film. There is a link to the footafe on the site. Any comments?

http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/video-test/Roman-ghost-baffles-club.3373004.jp

Most Haunted

Ian — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:05:58 GMT

No, not a post about that show. Where do you think is the most haunted building, village, town or region in Britain and why? Lets see if we can compile some sort of league table here.