The Watcher in the Woods

[Davyr]

Hear, hear JT.
(anyone remember Catweazel and electrickery?)

Not to mention the Telling Bone!

[Snape]

and all that said I still like a good ghost story!

[J.T]

and all that said I still like a good ghost story!

Me too. :thumb:

Maybe we should do an overnight meet and we could tell stories round a camp fire.

[Gary Bills]

Well, I think if nothing else, MS should be heartily congratulated for introducing such a lively, engaging thread! :thumb: As for "cold spots", which some members have mentioned...Well, in my capacity as a journo I was once called to a certain hotel in Tewkesbury, because - it was alleged - alterations to the kitchen area had managed to stir up the ghosts. The tale, if my memory serves me right, was that during the English Civil War, a young girl had hidden her Royalist lover in one of the large chimneys. However, he was dragged out and butchered before her eyes; then she was killed by the angry Roundhead mob. Well, the main spot for the hauntings was the dining room - where the said chimney was still to be found. Yes, dogs refused to enter etc, and I was told that there were always cold spots, like tall columns of chilly air, that seemed to move around the room. By walking around the room, I was able to confirm that this was indeed the case - it was odd, although I wasn't quite convinced that spooks were the answer...They could have been down to drafts, atmospherics and so on. One thing amused me: the owner told me that, in her view, the ghosts "roosted" in the old chimney, rather like birds - and they were only "walking" again because the alterations to the building had disturbed them! :D

[WindJammer]

I don't believe in spooks...........




........but fish Waggoners at night.....NO THANKS!!!!!

Has this place been written about by Mr Yates? It is kind of dark the further along you go, is there not a cottage in the woods too?
It all seems a bit hazy now.

[Beresford]

I don't believe in spooks...........




........but fish Waggoners at night.....NO THANKS!!!!!

Tell us about Waggoners.

[Kingfisher]

I loved that story Shadow, so much so that I read it to my wife and she enjoyed it too.

I live out in the sticks, above an old church and cemetry. Luckily seperated by the river. I took the dog for a walk down to the church one night and my dog reacted in exactly the same way as your Molly. I tried to see what my dog (Bonnie) was barking at and all the shaddows began to move. Our walk turned out to be a run. I high-tailed it up the field and to the safety of home.

[Steve Reed]

Brilliant story! Cold spots are, I'm sure due to microclimatic conditions. There is a stretch of the Loddon that I fish and one particular swim is about a mile from any access point. The walk back to the car in the middle of the night is long and I am always pleased when I reach then end of the path to the car park. Even on warm and sticky nights there is a 100 yard section that is noticeably colder. It is like stepping into a fridge and I always feel uneasy and my step quickens until I am out the other side and the temperature warms up. Maybe it is the proximity of open fields or the configuration of the bank side trees that create this microclimate. I have to believe it is due to natural rather than supernatural reasons otherwise I wouldn't want to do the long walk back to the car with dark thoughts filling my mind!

Steve