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| Introduction to the Sighting |
On a warm but overcast sunday in may 2006 this year Jemima Waterhouse, a humanities student at the university of Greenwich, was walking by the Thames not far from Embankment tube station on her way to meet with a friend. Although she was in a rush, she was momentarily distracted by something which caught her eye across the water. Her curiosity cause her to stop, but when she looked at it directly it didn't seem as distinct. She continued to stare in disbelief at what looked like a winged figure hovering over the Thames. With her camera phone she captured the image just before it disappeared. At this point her friend found her staring in disbelief over the river. Her friend couldn't see the apparition and the unclear display on the phone seemed unconvincing.
What was perhaps more extraordinary that what she had witnessed that day was the feeling Jemima had during and after the sighting...
"I felt a sense of calm spreading over me. It was comforting and familiar. A kind of peace that lasted for a while after.
Its really hard to put into words, but i guess you could describe it as peace of mind."
The friend remained unconvinced until they got the photo onto a computer that evening when the image became clearer and the outline of what could only be decribed as an angel became distinct.
The two set about trying to convince their largely sceptical friends of what they had seen, but to their disappointment their friends all dismissed the picture as a fake or a trick of the light.
It wasn't until Jemima wrote about her experience in a humanities essay on beliefs that the two friends gained an unusual ally. Dr. Miriam Hayles, who took a great interest when reading Jemima's essay, asked Jemima if what she had written in her essay was true. Jemima reassured her that it was indeed true, and offered to show her the image she had taken. Intrigued, Dr. Miriam Hayles agreed to take a look and when she saw the image she took Jemima straight to the university library where she introduced he to a 17th century manuscript describing The Angel of the Thames which had appeared to survivors of the Great Fire of London in 1666.
Sally Atkin
"Jemima's friends with a little help from myself and my partner Leslie, have put this website together. By word of mouth many more have come forward having seen similar sightings in the same area. We have put together this website as a forum for discussion of the Angel and as a place to report further sightings. Those of us who have sen the Angel are convinced of it authenticity. What we tend to differ on is out theories to why the Angel has returned."
Richard Morris Secretary
Angel on the Thames Club
www.angelofthethames.com
Also visit Friends of the Angel at:
http://friendsofthethamesangel.blogspot.com/
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