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Haunted Staff

 

This Photo is of a Staff or walking cane that I purchased about 25 years ago from a Wise-One or Witch who was very high in the Craft.
She worked with High Magic,She had two more passed down to her so I talked her into selling me this one.
I often heard stories about this Staff,as they called it.
from the Orbs that were seen around it to the hand carving you can see in the photos.
from my understanding it is very .... very old.
It seems to be from one piece of wood maybe a knotty pine...I'm not sure.
It's in great condition.
she told me she had it for to many years to remember.
I believe it to be haunted,so far nothing bad has came from it.
I have seen things,Shadows...I've heard voices when no body was at home.
but ....I'M NOT AFRAID OF SPIRITS.
I do find it in places I never left it, as if it moves on it's own
accord.
I believe anyone in the Craft would appreciate this Staff/Cane...the carving is so awesome it's also like the green man we see in magic drawings.
here are just a few things I've read about the Green man.
This Staff will appeal to any one interested in folklore and legends, mythology, urban archeology, and, of course, trees and their lore. Trees and forests are rich in symbolism and have been feared or revered since man began to walk the earth.
The Green Man: Spirit of Nature
Witches' Craft: The Roots of Witchcraft & Magical Transformation
Fire in the Head: Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit
The Mythic Forest, the Green Man and the Spirit of Nature
The Symbolism of Gargoyles, Grotesques & Green Men
Their are 1000's more about This Green Man.
 
 
I can always tell when there is a lot of energies working with or against something and I can also tell when there are lingering spirits that have attached themselves to something.
I believe this has so much energy.
 
                                                        Gypsy
If you would like more info Email me at AlMostHaunted@Aol.Com

Genuine Portraits of the Unexplained

They say seeing is believing. And while in this day of digital image manipulation that might not be as true as it once was, these photographs are considered by many to be the real deal - photographic evidence of ghosts. Faking ghost photos through double exposure and in-the-lab trickery has been around as long as photography itself; and today, computer graphics programs can easily and convincingly create ghost images. But these photos are generally thought to be untouched, genuine portraits of the unexplained.
 
This section we will present what we feel to be photos that either can not be explained away. Or ask more questions than give answers. We can not say that each and every one is FACT not Fiction. But we can say that they will be interesting and raise a question in your mind as to what they could be.

Angel on the Water

Ron and Linda Martinez, authors of Angel on the Water sent this amazing angel picture taken while on vacation in Xcaret which is in the Yucatan Peninsula.

Ron writes.....Yes, it is a real photograph, it showed up on our vacation pictures. An underwater disposable 35 mm camera was used.( Fuji 27 exp ) We did not see anything, however, every other exposure had a subject. Our web site shows the entire roll of film in a slide show, http://www.angelonthewater.com "about/full story"
What is it?, we honestly do not know, we have listened to many theories and have yet to be convinced of what it is. However, It is obvious that it does look like an Angel or a Spirit, thus the name, "Angel on the Water"

Real Orb Photo

 

First Investigation

 This being my first investigation and being on my own cause me some problems. First of all, It was important to let people know I was going and to give a time that I would return.

I woke up early in the morning and went to the grave yard, I made a sketch of the area and pin pointed some area's not to go for safety. I also noted local houses and street lighting. As well as exits if I felt the need to get out "FAST"

Later that day or should I say night, I got together my equipment and set of. On arrival at the grave yard I was very aware off the darkness, Man it was pitch black .

I moved slowly and listened for any noise. There was a lot to listen too, But not ghostly things, May be animals and the wind in the trees. It's very easy to let the mind play games and before you know it you will be running in fear.

I was only going to stay for two hours which are not long but I am on my own. so two hours would be plenty.

As my eyes became use to the dark I could see the head stones of the graves and the fear was building up in side me.
I did have a torch but when it was on it made me feel like I was a target, Like I was saying hay I'm here. And the light reflected of the head stones, which makes you think your seeing things all the time. So I moved on without it.

I could not see any thing that was of interest so I decided to take some photos so that I could look at them later at home. I use a digital camera which shows the picture after Taking it. I was there for about one hour and taken about 20 pictures when I saw that one of my photos had a round light on it . I Quickly looked around the same area and found something that may of been an orb. In this area there is no light at all. And when using the camera flash I did not get The orb on photo. so I used the camera's night portrait. This made the picture very dark With no flash being used, but it was able to show the orb. The orb was about 8 to 10 inch's across, It was no more then 8 feet in height and I would think it was about 30 feet away from me. I could not get any closer because of the grave stones and the very poor light. I was very close to panicking, And then I lost the orb. That was it for me , I had been there and got what I came for and wasted no time going.

I have the three photos that are showing the orb's
                                       Steve

Scary Face in TV

In 2006, I was asked by the producers of the DVD for the movie Pulse to demonstrate instrumental transcommunication (ITC) for the DVD's "extras" section. A film crew came to my home and taped the demo as well as an interview. (Although the demo ultimately was not used in the extras, part of my interview was, along with several other paranormal researchers and writers, in the segment called "Pulse and the Paranormal." However, you can see a similar demonstration in my how-to article, Experimenting with Instrumental Transcommunication.)

But here's the weird part. The picture above is a still from the video of the demo that the Pulse crew took. One of the producers sent it to me about a week after the shoot when she noticed that there appeared to be a face on the TV screen behind me. As I was demonstrating ITC at the time, the only thing on the TV was snow-type static.

It appears the ITC worked, if unintentionally, for the film crew. The only question is... what ghost haunts my home or my TV?

from Stephen Wagner

June 1955 - at village of St.Jean-de-Maurienne (France/Italy border).

Madame Teresa Costa (and baby) were plagued by a kitchen poltergeist, and so local Press duly arrived.

This Press photographer witness said he saw various pots and cutlery (here a saucepan, pot-lid, scissors and box (of matches?)) "slide from their places, make a semicircle in the air and fall in different locations" - over a prolonged period of time.

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Laural Valley Plantation Anomalies

   Before in day light 

After at night

These photos were sent to us by Ellen who got some strange anomalies on film.
 
Thibodaux - Laural Valley Plantation Rd. - Its been told that you can see lights go on in the old plantation houses, and see people walking around jus' like in the olden days when they had the slaves back there.
Their are many rumors of Spirit actively in this area.
 
 Laurel Valley Plantation—sometimes referred to as Laurel Valley Village—was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 24th, 1978;  it consists of 12,300 acres, and 76 buildings.  It is located 6 miles below Thibodaux, Louisiana on Highway 308.

             It was established in 1770 by Acadian exile Etienne Boudreaux and is the site of the largest remaining, most intact, turn-of-the-century, sugar plantation complex in the Southern United States.

movies that were filmed at Laurel:

In more recent times, Hollywood movie directors  (like the artists who have fallen under its spell) have been “taken” with the place.  It was featured in the movie A Lesson Before Dying, a HBO Home Video, released in 1999;  and, before that, the 1994 release:  Interview with a Vampire, Staring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, & Antonio Banderas.

also Angel Heart (1987)“A Gathering of Old Men”,  and “Ray”, the life story of Ray Charles.

Three Ghost Faces

 
 
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This picture of a ghostly trio from Down Under is one of the most unique ghost images I have ever encountered. Here is the story in the photographer's own words:

"Years ago, my brother and his wife and kids moved into a hotel in Gawler, South Australia, a small town north of Adelaide. After carrying out renovations on the building that was built in 1836, strange things started to happen, people started to hear strange things and see the apparition of a small girl and an older man. Being a skeptic, I didn't believe it until my brother started to see things as well. All the stories from different people were the same so I got interested, and being a photographer (weddings, etc.) I thought I would have a go at getting something on film. A friend and I stayed in the hotel all night in the section that used to be the Gawler morgue last century before it was turned into a hotel. It was very eerie and I could feel the presence of the spirits or what ever you call them. It was so strong a feeling that it is hard to describe.

"This photo was taken on 200iso speed Kodak TMax film B&W. I also tried infrared film without much success. After developing the film I had a quick look at it and didn't think I had captured anything until a week or so later when I was doing some testing in the dark room and I noticed a negative which looked different than the rest.

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"I made a copy and could not believe it. I then took a copy to every photo expert I could find and they all said it was unexplainable. After the initial carry on about it, we decided to throw them in a drawer and forget about it until the local Gawler paper, The Bunyip, contacted me four or five years later in March 1998. The South Australian Advertiser (South Australia's main newspaper) also ran a story on the photo.... Then in April of the same year 'A Current Affair' (TV Program) did an interview with me at the Old Spot Hotel which aired on Channel 9 in April, 1998, around Australia."

For any more information, contact Scott at cni@senet.com.au. He asks that you do not use these photos without his permission.

Myrtle's Plantation Ghost

 

Myrtle's Plantation Ghost

 Many ghosts roam the halls of this bed and breakfast, built in 1796 by General David Bradford. There have been ten murders in the house, plus at least one suicide. A frequent visitor is the ghost of Chloe, a former slave hung for murdering two little girls. General Bradford's son-in-law, Clarke Woodruff, cut off the black woman's ear for eavesdropping, and she took her revenge by mixing oleander into the children's birthday cake. Ghosts from the slave graveyard on the property still report for chores and the ghosts of the two children poisoned by Chloe play on the verandah. This photograph shows what many believe to be the ghost of Chloe seen standing between the two buildings. The Myrtle's Plantation is located on Hwy 61, 3 miles north of St. Francisville, Louisiana and reservations for the B&B can be made at 504-635-6277.

Is this the ghost of Chloe, the unfortunate slave lynched at Myrtles Plantation?


 

Ghost or an Angel

 
An official Police photographer was later taking photos of the wreck and caught this strange apparition.

Church Specter

~ Reverend K. F. Lord

Specter of Newby Church
This photograph was taken in 1963 by Reverend K. F. Lord at Newby Church in North Yorkshire, England. It has been a controversial photo because it is just too good. The shrouded face and the way it is looking directly into the camera makes it look like it was posed a clever double exposure. Yet supposedly the photo has been scrutinized by photo experts who say the image is not the result of a double exposure.

The Reverend Lord has said of the photo that nothing was visible to the naked eye when he took the snapshot of his altar. Yet when the film was developed, standing there was this strange cowled figure.

The Newby Church was built in 1870 and, as far as anyone knows, did not have a history of ghosts, hauntings or other peculiar phenomena. Those why have carefully analyzed the proportions of the objects in the photo calculated that the specter is about nine feet tall!

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This intriguing photo, taken in 1919, was first published in 1975 by Sir Victor Goddard, a retired R.A.F. officer. The photo is a group portrait of Goddard's squadron, which had served in World War I aboard the HMS Daedalus. An extra ghostly face appears in the photo. In back of the airman positioned on the top row, fourth from the left, can clearly be seen the face of another man. It is said to be the face of Freddy Jackson, an air mechanic who had been accidentally killed by an airplane propeller two days earlier. His funeral had taken place on the day this photograph was snapped. Members of the squadron easily recognized the face as Jackson's. It has been suggested that Jackson, unaware of his death, decided to show up for the group photo.

Tulip Staircase Ghost

Tulip Staircase Ghost
Rev. Ralph Hardy, a retired clergyman from White Rock, British Columbia, took this now-famous photograph in 1966. He intended merely to photograph the elegant spiral staircase (known as the "Tulip Staircase") in the Queen's House section of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England. Upon development, however, the photo revealed a shrouded figure climbing the stairs, seeming to hold the railing with both hands. Experts, including some from Kodak, who examined the original negative concluded that it had not been tampered with. It's been said that unexplained figures have been seen on occasion in the vicinity of the staircase, and unexplained footsteps have also been heard.

Interesting side note: This photo isn't the only evidence of ghostly activity at the Queen's House. The 400-year-old building is credited with several other apparitions and phantom footsteps even today. Recently, a Gallery Assistant was discussing a tea break with two colleagues when he saw one of the doors to the Bridge Room close by itself. At first he thought it was one of the lecturers. "Then I saw a woman glide across the balcony, and pass through the wall on the west balcony," he said. "I couldn't believe what I saw. I went very cold and the hair on my arms and my neck stood on end. We all dashed through to the Queen's Presents Room and looked down towards the Queen's Bedroom. Something passed through the ante-room and out through the wall. Then my colleagues all froze too. The lady was dressed in a white-grey colour crinoline type dress."

Other ghostly goings-on include the unexplained choral chanting of children, the figure of a pale woman frantically mopping blood at the bottom of the Tulip Staircase (it's said that 300 years ago a maid was thrown from the highest banister, plunging 50 feet to her death), slamming doors, and even tourists being pinched by unseen fingers.

The Ghost of Boothill Cemetery

The Ghost of Boothill Cemetery
"This is the photo that changed my opinion about ghost photos," says Terry Ike Clanton, who runs the TombstoneArizona.com website. Clanton is an actor, recording artist and cowboy poet, and is also a cousin of the legendary Clanton Gang who clashed with the Earps and Doc Holliday at the famous gunfight at OK Corral. Clanton took this photo of his friend at Boothill Graveyard. The photo was taken in black and white because he wanted Old West-looking pictures of himself dressed in Clanton's 1880-period clothes. Clanton took the film for developing to the local Thrifty Drug Store, and when he got it back was startled at what he saw. Among the gravestones, just to the right of his friend, is the image of what appears to be a thin man in a dark hat. By height, the man appears to be either legless, kneeling... or rising up out of the ground.

"I know there was no other person in this photograph when I shot it," Clanton insists. And he believes the small figure in the background is holding a knife. "We thought this was a tie at first, but after further review, it appears to be a knife," Clanton says. "The knife is in a vertical position; the tip is located just below the figure's right collar. If you're not convinced that something is weird here, look at my friend's shadow in the photo. It appears to be going back slightly to the right of him. The figure in the back should have the same shadow, but it doesn't!"

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