Boo!
Well, it is Christmas
Well, it is Christmas
In reply to Post #1516
Absolutely mate. Just because someone can't explain something, doesn't mean there isn't an explanation. The human mind is a very complex thing, what you do tend to notice though is that the people who believe in these sorts of things tend to have a lot more ‘experiences', no surprise there.
Absolutely mate. Just because someone can't explain something, doesn't mean there isn't an explanation. The human mind is a very complex thing, what you do tend to notice though is that the people who believe in these sorts of things tend to have a lot more ‘experiences', no surprise there.
In reply to Post #1519
people who believe in these sorts of things tend to have a lot more ‘experiences', no surprises there
I've always found it tends to be the other way round, as in ‘they're the last person you'd expect to come out with that
people who believe in these sorts of things tend to have a lot more ‘experiences', no surprises there
I've always found it tends to be the other way round, as in ‘they're the last person you'd expect to come out with that
In reply to Post #1520
I tend to agree with chuffy. I work in a lot of old buildings, I've got two customers who if you met them you'd have to agree are completely normal, not prone to fantasy, not unbalanced or ex centric. Both of them are 100% convinced their properties are haunted. Both recount numerous examples of really really weird things happening in their premises. Oddly neither one of them seem that bothered by it.
I tend to agree with chuffy. I work in a lot of old buildings, I've got two customers who if you met them you'd have to agree are completely normal, not prone to fantasy, not unbalanced or ex centric. Both of them are 100% convinced their properties are haunted. Both recount numerous examples of really really weird things happening in their premises. Oddly neither one of them seem that bothered by it.
In reply to Post #1521
Have you heard Frank Warwick talking about the goings on at the tackle shop he used to run?
Have you heard Frank Warwick talking about the goings on at the tackle shop he used to run?
In reply to Post #1522
Michelham Priory in East Sussex. Night fish if you dare
Michelham Priory in East Sussex. Night fish if you dare
https://www.seatroutforum.com/threads/a-ghost-story-for-christmas.3495/
Scroll past Victor Sylvester to a real life experience, it's quite a tale.
Scroll past Victor Sylvester to a real life experience, it's quite a tale.
Glad to see Busbridge Lake mentioned a couple of times on here.
It's definitely haunted, especially the swims that I want to fish
It's definitely haunted, especially the swims that I want to fish
In reply to Post #1524
that's a good 'un,
EDIT: see posts 1494 and 1495
that's a good 'un,
EDIT: see posts 1494 and 1495
In reply to Post #1520
Half the stuff here is easily explained just reading it. Localised freezing fog patches for a start. I used to cycle to work on the Trans Pennine Trail at 4.30/5am - several times I rode into a very small patch of fog, literally only 10-20 metres across , and it was much much colder than the surrounding temperatures, enough to give me goosebumps. Had I not known what it was, I could have felt very uneasy.
As I said earlier, the human mind is a very complex, very powerful thing, and it plays many a trick on people even when the events are ‘unexplained'. Said people are absolutely convinced about what they've seen/experienced, and why wouldn't they be - as far as they're concerned it happened exactly as they remember it.
Half the stuff here is easily explained just reading it. Localised freezing fog patches for a start. I used to cycle to work on the Trans Pennine Trail at 4.30/5am - several times I rode into a very small patch of fog, literally only 10-20 metres across , and it was much much colder than the surrounding temperatures, enough to give me goosebumps. Had I not known what it was, I could have felt very uneasy.
As I said earlier, the human mind is a very complex, very powerful thing, and it plays many a trick on people even when the events are ‘unexplained'. Said people are absolutely convinced about what they've seen/experienced, and why wouldn't they be - as far as they're concerned it happened exactly as they remember it.
Tiddler on berryhill fields but more chance of hooking a ford escort after those knobs from bentilee have been up there. Even less of a chance in making it back home too.
In reply to Post #1526
Oh yeah, just seen that. I got in touch with the author and he told me there was more to the story but that he felt he would invite scorn if he'd added it. He's a very talented craftsman of centrepin reels, not the known makers either. He felt he'd been in the presence of something malevolent but he wouldn't divulge any further. I'll send him another email and see if he's willing to tell more. He assured me that he was not pulling a fast one and that overall it had been a terrifying experience.
Out of respect I won't publish the email here, if he wants to say more he will.
Oh yeah, just seen that. I got in touch with the author and he told me there was more to the story but that he felt he would invite scorn if he'd added it. He's a very talented craftsman of centrepin reels, not the known makers either. He felt he'd been in the presence of something malevolent but he wouldn't divulge any further. I'll send him another email and see if he's willing to tell more. He assured me that he was not pulling a fast one and that overall it had been a terrifying experience.
Out of respect I won't publish the email here, if he wants to say more he will.
In reply to Post #1529
Pipingford Park was always interesting being a active army base. Waking up at 4am to find a soldier sitting on a log 12 ft from my bivvy got the heart going not to mention getting up in the night for a slash and seeing a lit cigarette in my swim where someone had just been sitting. I think the soldiers like scaring the **** outta anglers is what I was told. I was thankful to them 
In reply to Post #1531
Anything worth going for at Pippingford?
Anything worth going for at Pippingford?