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| THE ROCHDALE POLTERGEIST CASE |
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| Compiled by Alicia Leigh & Steve Mera |
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| Poltergeist Infestations are considered a rarity throughout the UK, however, when one comes face to face with the phenomena you quickly become aware of how intimidating it can be; for myself and a team of investigators were soon to discover. It was August 1995, and a month not to forget. It was our third week into a heat wave that was scorching the UK with temperatures of 85 - 90 Degrees. During this time an article that had appeared in the Manchester Evening News was brought to my attention. It read “Spooky Spills Scare Family From Home”. Of course, like many other paranormal investigators, I was immediately wary the fact that the family home in this case was council property and that it would have not been the first time council residents have blamed paranormal phenomena in the hope of a quick and successful move to a more desired location. The family claimed that they were being driven from their home by spooky out-pourings of water which have made their lives a nightmare for almost a year, and ceilings in their prefabricated bungalow suddenly gusb with water - soaking their beds, carpets and furniture. Despite several inspections by countless workmen and housing officers, the cause remained a mystery. Jim and Vera Gardner, who shared the home in Rochdale with their daughter Jean and grand-daughter Alison, even got their local vicar to carry out a blessing in case their problem was supernatural in origin. The Gardner's claim that within an hour of the blessing the phenomenon was back as bad as ever. The family say that they have no option but to accept an alternative home. Vera had recently married Jim two years previous and had lived in the bungalow for over 13 years and until 10 months ago, there was never a problem. Vera had stated to the local media on more than one occasion that she thought she might have a poltergeist or that it may be some kind of supernatural happening. She also mention that it might have been her first husbands spirit that was displeased that she had remarried. The incidents apparently took place anywhere, anytime, without rhyme, without warning, and without reason. Vera and Jim were having problems sleeping due to wondering where ‘it’ will strike again. “Sometimes the water breaks out in the form of huge droplets covering large areas of the ceilings and will disappear as quickly as it comes” vera said. At other times the family say it gushes like heavy rain. Jim stated that the water came pouring through the kitchen ceiling when council workmen were there. It was as if it was raining inside and an umbrella often came in handy. The local vicar said “I went to support the family. I hoped that by praying with them in each room, a solution might be found. There appears to be no rational explanation for what is happening and they are clearly very distressed at the situation”. A spokesman from the council admitted: “The cause is a mystery to us. We have carried out extensive checks, but we have not found anything that could be responsible. Well...... You can imagine what was going through my mind after reading the newspaper article. I decided to act fast and contacted the family. They were more than welcome for me to interview them. I sensed anticipation in Mr. Gardner's voice. I arranged to visit the family and took along a two investigators, one of which was author Peter Hough. As we pulled up outside the family home I remember thinking how hot it must be inside the prefabricated bugalow. Its walls were made of a non corrosive light metallic structure which must inevitably cause temperatures to rocket inside. These prefabs were only designed as temporary accommodation in the 1940s, however, the council had obviously seen fit to continue leasing them. I grabbed my briefcase and headed up the path. I was met by a small friendly but obviously distraught Mrs. Gardner. We were immediately shown to the living room where after a minute of chit chat we headed into the interview. We were astonished at the amount of reported paranormal incidents. Mr. Gardner explained: “ It started about ten months ago when we noticed a damp patch on the wall in the back bedroom, which started to leak. We got the council in and they searched all through the loft but could not find anything leaking. We left it to see how it went and at first it stopped. Then we had what we thought was condensation on the ceiling. It started at one place, then it shot right across the ceiling from corner to corner and even seemed to curve around the ceiling light. It would happen in the bedroom and hen stop, only to start in the kitchen. I rang the council again, and two men went in our loft while an electrician dismantled the ceiling lights whilst I was sat underneath an umbrella in the kitchen, that’s how bad it was. The whole kitchen was wet through as if it were raining. The council men had no idea what was causing it and in the heat of desperation they decided to fit a fan in the kitchen window.......Some good that did. It finally stopped in the kitchen and started in Jeans front bedroom. It stayed there for four to five months. It happened every day and was causing a lot of upset in the home. When we decided to move Jeans bedroom to another room, it followed as if it knew. The council workmen came again and brought some detectors. They were looking for condensation. Of course, all prefabs will have some condensation, especially during the hot weather, but this was ridiculous....... Then all of a sudden it stopped for about a week. We thought the ordeal was over. We moved the furniture back and lay the carpets again, and within ten minutes it was back with a vengeance. We daren’t put the stuff back down. Apart from the water, I was sitting here one night when the handle on the hall door turned and the door opened on its own. I was expecting someone to be their but we all knew there was no-one as we were all sat in the living room watching TV. Last Friday night we had decided to send Jean and her daughter to stay at a friends house as they were finding it difficult to sleep at night. Myself and Vera were the only ones in the house. We lay in bed and could both clearly hear someone coughing from the corner of the room. Even though a little scared I did thoroughly check the house and found nothing unusual. We’ve also smelt tobacco smoke in our bedroom and the smell of liquorice as if it was a flavoured cigarette paper. Last night the hairdryer flew off the drawers and hit my grad-daughters friend on the back of the head. It seems to be more concentrated around Jean and her daughter when they’re here. The council first said it was a mystery, then said it was condensation, and when they accused us of throwing buckets of water on the ceiling, it was the last straw. We turned to the newspapers in hope of getting it sorted out. The family has lived here for 13 years and we didn’t really want to move out but what else can we do ? The council official suggested we shouldn’t cook, shower or bathe due to our condensation problem. How are we to live under such circumstances ? Alison was found crying yesterday. She said she had felt a cold presence over her whilst lying on her bed and now its started banging things around at night and keeps us awake. We have even seen things fly off the wall for no reason and things that go missing and turn up in the oddest of places some days later when your not looking for it.” Mr. Gardner's conversation was cut short by the crying out of Jean. We rushed out just in time to see a streak of water shoot across the ceiling as if intelligently controlled. I couldn’t believe my eyes. For years I had wished to witness a paranormal incident and had never been lucky enough. Could this be evidence of truly remarkable phenomena. Wish quickly rushed for the cameras and took several photographs. Some of the water dripping from the ceiling was put into a sealed container for analysis and a secondary container was filled with tap water from the bathroom as a comparison. It forming lasted for about 15 minutes and quickly vanished, leaving nothing to show of its manifestation not even a water mark stain. From there we were called to the kitchen where another remarkable incident was taking place. Mr. Gardner was stood in the centre of the kitchen and it was raining. It sounds too remarkable to be true but I assure you it was. Water was falling from the ceiling and had gathered in a large quantity on the floor, meanwhile one of my associates had seen water simply appear on a door in front of her eyes. We were totally caught off guard, not expecting anything to take place during the interview. After an hour or so things started to calm down and we reviewed what we had seen. Whilst the water was on the ceiling Peter Hough climbed up to the loft door and directly above the water in the loft was perfectly dry, in fact it was dusty. There was no sign of where the water was coming from. No hidden hoses, no buckets around, no squirty guns, nothing like that. No wonder the council workmen had no idea to what was the cause, we were just as stumped. We asked Mr. and Mrs. Gardner if we could conduct a vigil. Mr. Gardner said “Will you want us to stay at friends the night”. This was a fine opportunity to truly illuminate any form of hoaxing etc. We agreed and the vigil was set. We asked the family to keep a record of events so to show us next time we visit. As we pulled away the car was full of heated debate and excitement. The vigil was a week away and we had a lot to learn regarding the alleged phenomena known as poltergeist infestations. The Phenomena : The word Poltergeist is German for 'Noisy Spirit' and this particular phenomenon has been recorded for many years. This is probably the most destructive and terrifying of all paranormal activity. British paranormal investigator, Harry Price didn't hold back his objectives. Price stated that poltergeist can be cruel and spiteful. He also stated ghosts seem to haunt where poltergeists infest. There is a possibility that the haunting phenomenon and the poltergeist phenomenon may not be related, however, there does not seem to be enough scientific evidence for such a theory. Some scientific establishments refer to poltergeist activity as being caused by a suppression of sexual energy which is often found in adolescents. Poltergeist are known to have attempted communication audibly or by writing, even though most messages are malicious. The most common question is that, do these incidents occur from a single entity or from within the witnesses themselves? Children have been known to have been attacked or maimed by unseen forces, and also injured by flying projectiles. Houses have been plagued with a constant pelting of small rocks and stones. Formings are also known to have occurred during this type of activity such as, water, oil, tar and even on the odd occasion blood. Most haunting's refer to haunted places; poltergeists have been described as haunted people. The extra-ordinary and often destructive action of poltergeists is usually attributed to one person around whom the phenomenon focuses. This has given rise to the theory that poltergeists are either internally generated by people in a state of stress or that external discarnate entities are able to latch on to one particular person through whom they then act. By its nature, poltergeist activity is probably the most frequently reported type of haunting and is a world wide phenomenon which dates back centuries beyond centuries. Poltergeists have been referred to as, Ghosts, Elemental's, Entities, Agencies, Secondary Personalities, Intelligence's, Powers, Spirits, Imps and so on.............. One thing these all share is certain unpleasant characteristics. Where as the ordinary ghost of our story books is :- quiet, inoffensive, timid, noiseless, and benevolent. The poltergeist is usually the opposite. There are many differing effect of poltergeist activity. They are often :- mischievous, destructive, noisy, cruel, erratic, thievish, demonstrative, purposeless, cunning, unhelpful, malicious, audacious, teasing, ill-disposed, spiteful, ruthless, resourceful, vampiric and much more. In all circumstances alleged ghosts usually prefer solitude where as a poltergeist prefers company. A ghost seeks the half light where as the poltergeist will perform on the sunniest of days, (as it may have in the Gardners home). We find that the term poltergeist is a compound of the German verb 'polter' "To make a noise by knocking or tumbling things about, to knock or rattle, to scold or blister". The noun 'geist', a ghost. The noun 'polter' or 'polterer' is a blusterer, bully, hector, roisterer, or noisy person. Interesting derivatives are 'polterzimmer', a room set aside for children, where they can make a noise, smash their toys and work off their anger. Polterabend is the night before a wedding, on which occur noisy demonstrations by young people of both sexes, who smash things outside the bride's house. Poltergeist infestations or visitations begin quite inexplicably, run their course and then cease as mysteriously as they begun. An adolescent (more often a girl than a boy) is almost invariably present in the affected household, and this young person appears to be the nexus and attraction of the occurrences. Should he or she be moved at the height of strange happenings, the disturbances will sometimes move with the adolescent and reappear wherever he or she goes. It seems likely that there is a psychological basis, but physical objects have undoubtedly moved under conditions which preclude may psychologists theories and it may be that an unusual combination of psychological tension, sexual awakening, physical energy and intense (but possibly unconscious) concentration and single - mindedness may produce a poltergeist. The one comforting thought is that poltergeist disturbances do not usually last for very long. Certain observations have been made. Poltergeist projected objects invariably finish up at a lower level than the one they were at originally, there-by using the minimum amount of energy; such objects are not usually seen to commence movement, and the human eye seems to be a deterrent. Objects flying through the air often drop to the ground as soon as they are observed. Many of the young people involved are above average in intelligence, and usually healthy, although some are subject to hysterical outbursts. Poltergeist disturbances do not seem to occur when the young person in the case is enjoying a normal sleep, and so it would appear that the higher centres of the brain are in some way involved. Apparitions are not usually encountered in poltergeist cases, but like everything else, there are exceptions. The puzzling thing is, how it is possible for a person to be responsible for such destructive activities and yet be totally unaware that he or she is the cause. Psychologist 'Sperry' discovered that we literally have two different people living in our heads and that the person living in the right cerebral hemisphere is not really you. Yet the disturbed children involved in poltergeist cases are not split-brain patients (like some epileptics), and this, in turn underlines something that we are all aware of. That we are self - divided and that the 'other - self' is inclined to go its own way. This still leaves the question, how does that 'other - self' cause objects to fly through the air or metal to become hot? The answer could lie in the observation that some dowsers can be thrown into convulsions when they stand above underground springs, anyway, that's another topic of study which may be covered at a later date. If we assume that it is the right brain that is sensitive to various earth fields, then it seems conceivable that the right side of the brain has access to some powerful energy source, either in the human body or, possibly, in the Earth itself, (in which case it could be regarded as a kind of transformer). This still fails to explain how it can produce 'action at a distance' and we are left to suppose that we are dealing with energy fields at present unknown to science. Scientists more readily except poltergeist behaviour to be the result of a form of uncontrolled psychokinesis (PK), formally known as telekinesis. In spite of the currently fashionable practice of exorcising such 'haunted houses', malicious spirits need not be assumed to be the cause. In practically every authenticated case of poltergeist activity, an adolescent or child has been present in the house, or associated closely with the house, and frequently, the child has been shown to be under some sort of stress at the time the incidents occur. For this reason, poltergeists are generally thought to be an example of very powerful (PK) Psychokenisis (formally Telekinesis) abilities which are being unconsciously used by the child. The characteristics to check for in such adolescents are, Intense EEG activity, Dizziness, Sleep deprivation or disorders, Paralysis, Loss of sense of taste, High blood sugar values, Pulse weak and erratic, Hormone balance disturbed, The presence of large amounts of Adrenaline and Noradrenaline hormones in the brain, Loss of body weight, Pains in limbs, and Weakness. One of the earliest recorded incidents of Poltergeist phenomena took place in 858 BC at Bingen in Germany. Some of the better known cases are below:- Case 1: In the Atlanta home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson; blood appeared on the walls and floors. The blood eventually vanished just as mysteriously as it appeared. A sample of the blood was taken to a local scientific establishment and analysed only to reveal that the blood was human type, group 'O'. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are both blood type 'A'. To this date no rational explanation has been found. Case 2: In 1889, the Dagg family in Quebec, Canada, were plagued by a disruptive spirit. An eleven year old girl called, Dinah, who had been adopted was physically attacked by an unseen force and she claimed that time to time it would speak to her. This had allegedly taken place on more than one occasion. When Dinah asked if anyone was there she often heard a reply. A visitor went with Dinah to the wood shed where Dinah had claimed to have heard the strange voice. Again when Dinah asked, 'is anyone there' a voice of an old man could clearly be heard, speaking of obscenities. The voice said, 'I am the devil, get out or I'll break your neck'. The following day a crowd of people gathered to hear the strange voice speak. They were not disappointed, however, some were embarrassed when the voice started revealing intimate secrets about their private lives. Case 3: In 1977, in Enfield, London, a rasping male voice was heard coming from another eleven year old girl and the most astonishing claim was that her vocal cords were not being used. The voice claimed to be of a dead man who once lived at the house. Again the voice was abusive. Through the aid of research, it was established that the man in question did in fact die in the house. Case 4: A poltergeist infested house in Ireland, the unseen force communicated using rapping sounds. One of the founders of the Society of Psychical Research (SPR), Sir William Barrett, discovered that the rapping noises responded to his mental requests. He would think of a number then ask the poltergeist to knock that many times. He tried this four times and each time was successful. This apparent ability of spirits to communicate by rapping led to the development of table tilting (typtology). PLEASE CONTINUE ONTO THE ROCHDALE POLTERGEIST CASE ... PAGE 2 |
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