MANOR HOUSE, WEST BROMWICH - FEBRUARY 2006

A GREAT NIGHT'S INVESTIGATION WAS HAD BY ALL AT THE MANOR HOUSE, WEST BROMWICH. WHEN CHATTING TO THE MANAGER PAM AND HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS WE EXPERIENCED OUT FIRST STRANGE OCCURENCE OF THE NIGHT. A SMALL ORB WAS NOTICED FLOATING ACROSS THE FOREHEAD OF ONE OF THE CHILDREN PRESENT THAT EVENING. THIS WAS SEEN BY TINA AND A PSYCHIC WHO JOINED US. WE FELT THE NIGHT WAS GOING TO BE EVENTFUL!!! WHILE WAITING FOR THE BAR AREA TO CLOSE WE WERE ALREADY EXPERIENCING PARANORMAL ACTIVITY ON THE STAIRWAY TO THE MEETING ROOM ABOVE THE KITCHEN AREA. WE SAW FLASHES OF LIGHT AND HEARD UNUSUAL NOISES NOT UNLIKE FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIRWELL. SOMEONE MADE CONTACT WITH A YOUNG GIRL USING HER DOWSING CRYSTAL AND THIS IS THOUGHT TO BE LINKED TO THE ENERGY FROM THE STAIRWELL. SOMEONE LATER SAW A 'FIGURE' STANDING AT THE BOTTOM OF THESE STAIRS! THE PSYCHIC FELT A STRONG MALE PRESENCE IN A ATTACHED ROOM AND IT IS IN HERE THAT THE MOTION DETECTOR LATER WENT OFF WHEN THE ROOM WAS VACCATED!!!. THE PSYCHIC AND 2 OTHER PEOPLE WENT FOR A WALKABOUT IN THE GROUNDS AND FELT A LOT OF ACTIVITY THERE. WHEN RETURNING, ONE PERSON ASKED IF WE HAD MOVED THE CURTAINS TO LOOK OUT OF THE WINDOW AT THEM IN THE GROUNDS BUT WE HADN'T!!! OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE WAS WATCHING THEM BUT IT WASN'T US!!! WHEN THE PREMISES CLOSED FOR THE NIGHT WE WENT INTO THE TWO STORE ROOMS ABOVE THE FUNCTION ROOM AND HELD A VIGIL. THE PSYCHIC SENSED A GENTLEMAN STANDING JUST INSIDE THE SECOND ROOM AND HE WAS EAVESDROPPING ON OUR CONVERSATION. SHE SAID HE PREFERS TO BE IN THE COMPANY OF GENTLEMAN AND WAS UNHAPPY THAT WE WERE THERE. WE HEARD VARIOUS SOUNDS AND SAW SEVERAL LIGHT ANOMALIES DURING THE VIGIL ESPECIALLY JUST INSIDE THE SECOND DOORWAY!!!. WE ALL RETREATED TO THE BAR AREA AND HEARD A LOUD MALE COUGH BUT COULD FIND NO ONE AROUND. SEVERAL FOOTSTEPS WERE ALSO HEARD BUT, YET AGAIN, NO ONE ELSE WAS AROUND AT THE TIME. DURING A SEANCE WE CONTACTED A MALE PRESENCE. HE WAS QUITE A STRONG ENERGY WHO MADE TINA FEEL VERY UNWELL AND NAUSEAOUS. THIS GENTLEMAN LIKED THE COMPANY OF LADIES - ESPECIALLY ONE PERSON PRESENT!!! FOLLOWING THE SEANCE SOMEONE HEARD THE SOUND OF CHAINS OR KEYS BEING RATTLED WHILE STILL IN THE BAR AREA!!! WE THEN DECIDED TO SPLIT UP INTO 2 TEAMS AND WENT UPSTAIRS TO EMILY'S ROOM AND THE FUNCTION ROOM AND, WHILST NOTHING WAS FELT UPSTAIRS, 2 PEOPLE SAW A WHITE 'MISTY' SHAPE RUNNING UP THE PATH BESIDE THE MOAT. THEY SAY IT LOOKED LIKE A SMALL ADULT OR CHILD AND IT WAS RUNNING VERY FAST. THEY WERE VERY FRIGHTENED BY THIS APPARITION AND FELT UNABLE TO STAY IN THE FUNCTION ROOM ANY LONGER. AND WHO CAN BLAME THEM!!! THE PSYCHIC AND 2 OTHER PERSONS THEN NOTICED A WHITE MIST FORMING BY THE DOORWAY TO THE PREMISES. IT SOON DISAPPEARED BUT COULD IT BE THE SAME APPARITION THAT THEY SAW OUTSIDE??? WE ALL MET UP AGAIN IN THE DINING AREA, WHILST STANDING BY THE STAIRS, TINA FELT 'SOMEONE' STROKE THE BACK OF HER HEAD BUT NO ONE WAS BEHIND HER. THE PSYCHIC SAID IT WAS THE GENTLEMAN WHO HAD MADE HIMSELF KNOWN AT THE EARLIER SEANCE. TINA WAS UNDERSTANDABLY VERY 'SPOOKED OUT' BY THIS. 3 PEOPLE LATER SAID THEY SENSED 'ENERGY' ON THE STAIRS - COULD THIS BE THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOOKED TINA OUT??? WE HAD TIME OUT FOR A FEW MINUTES (TO CALM TINA DOWN!) AND WHILST SITTING IN THE DINING AREA WE SAW A WHITE MIST AGAIN!!! IT SUDDENLY APPEARED ABOVE THE CASH TILL THEN DISAPPEARED AGAIN. WE COULD FIND NO REASON FOR THIS AFTER INVESTIGATING THE AREA!!! COULD IT BE THE SAME MISTY SHAPE AS BEFORE??? WE RETREATED TO THE MEETING ROOM ABOVE THE KITCHEN AREA AND HELD OUR LAST VIGIL FOR THE NIGHT. 2 PEOPLE USED THE DOWSING CRYSTALS AND SOMEONE SAW AN ORB MOVING FROM THE FRONT TO BACK OF THE ROOM AND SEVERAL UNUSUAL SOUNDS WERE ALSO HEARD BY THE GROUP. FOLLOWING THIS INVESTIGATION, WE HAVE DISCOVERED SEVERAL LIGHT ANOMALIES, UNUSUAL MOVEMENT AND STRANGE SOUNDS CAPTURED ON VIDEO. SOMEONE HAS ALSO NOTICED STRANGE FINGERPRINTS DEEPLY IMBEDDED INTO HER NOTE BOOK THAT WAS LEFT LYING AROUND!!! WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REPLICATE THESE FINGERPRINTS!!! WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO RETURNING TO THE MANOR HOUSE IN EARLY 2007!!! MANY, MANY THANKS TO PAM FOR THE TOUR AND HER FANTASTIC HOSPITALITY ON THE NIGHT. WE HAD A BRILLIANT INVESTIGATION!!!

This clip shows a light moving across from right to left from the 'fruit machine' and up the stairwell. (It moves very fast so don't blink!)

THESE TWO ORB PICTURES WERE TAKEN BY CAROLYN TAYLOR. THE FIRST ONE WAS TAKEN IN THE MAIN DINING ROOM AND THE SECOND IN THE ENTRANCE TO THE BAR AREA.