Ghostly activity in Forest of Dean brought to TV
GHOSTLY goings-on in the Forest of Dean are being brought to the small screen in a series of documentaries.
TV host Michaela Strachan has been touring paranormal hotspots for Great British Ghosts, with three Dean locations set to steal the show.
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spooky? From left; Tim Gunter, Vicki Thornton, TV's Michaela Strachan, Adam Heath and Paula Heath.
She enlisted the expert help of Forest Paranormal Investigations which has been responding to reports of ghoulish activity in the area since forming two years ago.
The 12-part series, which is airing on the Yesterday channel, paid visits to Clearwell Caves, St Briavels Castle and The Angel Hotel in Coleford, as well as the New Inn in Chepstow.
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The Angel has been inhabited by spooky guests for as long as current manager Beccy Borck can remember.
"We've got a ghost who we call Fred who gets into bed with guests," she said. "He also messes with our phones, like we get internal calls at 4am when there's no-one else in the building.
"We're always hearing the sound of babies crying as well which has never been explained.
"Michaela Strachan actually came back after they had done the documentary to do one of the ghost hunts we have here and her cameraman was poked by something, it really freaked him out."
Forest Paranormal Investigations was set up in 2010 by friends Tim Gunter, Vicki Thornton, Adam Heath and Paula Heath.
They employ techincal methods to investigate paranormal activity and don't claim to be mediums.
Vicki said: "The Forest of Dean has a wealth of myths, legends and reported paranormal activity, owing to its ancient forest status.
"We have an ongoing case study with The Angel Hotel in Coleford, where we have had some amazing results, including some class A EVPs (electronic voice phenomena), telling us to "leave" numerous times, an unexplainable orb and communication with at least three separate entities.
"A member of our team had watched the first series of Great British Ghosts last year and thought the Forest would be perfect for the show, so he contacted Bruce Burgess, the director, and sent him a CD of some of our investigation evidence and suggestions of locations for the show."
The Forest locations feature in episode four on August 31 and episode seven on September 7.
In episode six, Ms Strachan said: "There is no doubt about it, the Forest of Dean is a great place for ghosts."
Comments
by Bonkim2003
Sunday, August 26 2012, 9:01AM
“How can billions of people around the world believe in God and yet question the existence of Ghosts - from personal contacts, the Forest of Dean indeed is a haunted place and all the Ghosts here are more rational than some of the posts on TIG and believe there are people living in some of the houses they haunt - it is a splendid place where people and Ghosts, and yes Gods live happily together.”
by Internezzo
Sunday, August 26 2012, 8:10AM
“Can't say I believe this stuff myself but I keep an open mind, give me proof and I'd think it over. I've seen a couple of things I couldn't account for in my time. This TV prog is more Most Haunted not a real documentary.”
by Seanidk
Sunday, August 26 2012, 12:14AM
“Oh, and I definitely have all my voids filled right up. No empty voids here. Am I a sad individual? I don't think so. Apart from an odd lapse into throwing a double entendre or two into the mix...”
by Seanidk
Sunday, August 26 2012, 12:09AM
“Well people, there we have it. There is no paranormal so we can all rest easy in our beds tonight. I for one am glad to have had that cleared up. I was interested in participating in more investigations and keeping an open mind as to the "possibility" of something existing that was outside of our current understanding but, I don't think I will bother now. I feel the word of a 60 something stamp collecting hating individual is all the proof I require.”
by interociter
Saturday, August 25 2012, 10:57PM
“There is no paranormal, but many sad individuals seeking to fill an empty void in their life think otherwise.
I had already come to the conclusion that collecting stamps was a puerile pursuit in 1959 at the age of 8.”
by Seanidk
Saturday, August 25 2012, 10:41PM
“I can't understand why, if you have no interest in the paranormal, you would be reading this article. Being narrow minded is fine if it is kept to only one individual - namely the individual with the narrow mind. To chastise and insult simply because you have no interest is feeble minded in of itself. Turn the page, click the back icon or change the channel. Maybe even take up stamp collecting? Just an idea......”
by interociter
Saturday, August 25 2012, 6:05PM
“Ju Ju Flop for the Feeble Minded.
Stamp collecting is probably more rewarding!”
by Seanidk
Saturday, August 25 2012, 5:06PM
“No idea why my comment has manifested itself twice. Spooky.”
by Seanidk
Saturday, August 25 2012, 4:41PM
“Rhyfelwyr - has science managed to disprove the paranormal? I must have missed that damning proof then. Before I continue, I would like to state that I am neither in the pro-paranormal or anti-paranormal "brigade" - I believe that there are still things/events/circumstances at are beyond explanation at present. However, I am not implying that these are spirits/ghosts etc etc - I do however, believe that science doesn't have all the answers and, after all, isn't science an amalgamation of theory, testing, models and best guesses? As far as I am aware, science has been trying to prove/disprove the existence of the paranormal for decades. And what/who is science anyway? Are there not a myriad of areas and branches of science? Surely, if you are using technology (a branch of science) to prove/disprove the paranormal, you are, by nature, a scientist? That said, Morrigan Has hit the nail on the head anyway - the term Paranormal is used to denote experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicate phenomena understood to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure. All that said, if I were to pick a particularly nasty foreboding place (supposedly haunted location) and ask the general man or woman on the street to stay there alone at night, I guarantee that, irrelevant of their views on the paranormal, they would decline. I think that most people harbour a secret fear of the unknown, perhaps for the very reason that it is unknown. Perhaps this very debate will still be raging years from now.”
by Seanidk
Saturday, August 25 2012, 4:40PM
“Rhyfelwyr - has science managed to disprove the paranormal? I must have missed that damning proof then. Before I continue, I would like to state that I am neither in the pro-paranormal or anti-paranormal "brigade" - I believe that there are still things/events/circumstances at are beyond explanation at present. However, I am not implying that these are spirits/ghosts etc etc - I do however, believe that science doesn't have all the answers and, after all, isn't science an amalgamation of theory, testing, models and best guesses? As far as I am aware, science has been trying to prove/disprove the existence of the paranormal for decades. And what/who is science anyway? Are there not a myriad of areas and branches of science? Surely, if you are using technology (a branch of science) to prove/disprove the paranormal, you are, by nature, a scientist? That said, Morrigan Has hit the nail on the head anyway - the term Paranormal is used to denote experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicate phenomena understood to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure. All that said, if I were to pick a particularly nasty foreboding place (supposedly haunted location) and ask the general man or woman on the street to stay there alone at night, I guarantee that, irrelevant of their views on the paranormal, they would decline. I think that most people harbour a secret fear of the unknown, perhaps for the very reason that it is unknown. Perhaps this very debate will still be raging years from now.”