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Place: Bodmin Jail, Bodmin, Cornwall Date: Friday 13th July 2007 Time: 2030 hrs - 2330 hrs
Weather: Dry overcast Site Technical: Byron Site Coordinator: Byron Medium: Caz Moonstate:
Introduction: Team 1 Team 2 Byron (Team Leader) Andy G (Team Leader) Trace Paul Edward Laura (sensitive) Rachel Andy GF Phil Martin Team 3 Miffie (Team Leader) Caz (Medium) Mike (Mediator/Mentor) Suzanne (Training member) Sarah (Training member) Ian (Training member) Jan (Training member) Preliminaries Byron arrived early and set up some recordable data temperature logs for the baseline tests. The teams arrived for 18:30 and met in the jail’s restaurant which was formally the officer’s mess. Mediumship Preliminary In the initial walk around Caz felt extremely nauseous for no apparent reason and also suffered an effect to her physical vision which became blurred. Shortly after this Caz became aware of the presence of a gent stood by the bar area, she described him as an authority figure, wearing a prison uniform with a chain of keys. He wore a cap with insignia on it. She felt this man had a strong connection with this area of the prison. Caz sensed that this gentleman was a brash man who would have been a bully and would often throw his weight around. He stood at the bar for a few minutes then disappeared. She felt that audible noises of keys or muffled voices maybe heard by those in the bar area when it is very late or when locking up. Keys Areas
Site Orientation A safety brief and site orientation by Byron was carried out and team allocation took place. The lights were turned off and the transfer into darkness to place for the investigation. Navel Wing Team 2 started in the Navel wing area and were immediately impressed by the size of this part of the jail. It was constructed as is a modern prison with a series of landings in a long formation. It is in a semi ruined state with no roof, so it is open to the elements. Within 10 minutes of arriving in this area both Andy’s felt pains in the neck area which were both short lived. Laura (sensitive) picked up on names including Timothy and Anderson and felt they were prisoners in this area, but this could not be verified. Laura could visualise a prisoner with shackles who she felt was in a very depressed state, not just due to his interment but the impending deportation, which would take him away from his family. She also heard a whistle coming from one of the cells which was heard by other members of the team. On identifying the approximate area, we could not explain this, nor could we rule out a background noise as the bar/restaurant area was still being used by members of the public. The team called out to communicate but did not experience any results. Digital pictures were taken and “orbs” were captured, but the “orbs” could be explained due to the light rain coming through the open roof. The Main Cells This area provided the best results of all the investigation areas, and was the central focus of the evening’s investigation. The first incident was witnessed by Ian where he saw some green lights moving across the floor from one of the cell doors to the opposite side. This was later witnessed by Miffie and Mike. A table tipping exercise proved to provide very interesting results. Team 2 relocated a table from another area of the prison to set up the table tipping exercise in the main cell area. Andy, Martin, Laura and Andy GF took part and called out to any spirits to communicate using the groups’ powers to tip the table. Paul filmed the exercise from outside the group using a camera with an infra-red night light. When the group called out to any spirits it received a series of responses in the form of knocking from separate drainpipes either side of the group. Another group received the same knocking but this could be explained due to the heavy rain experienced on that evening. The table had some vibrations and slight movement during the exercise even though it was on an even section of the floor. Paul had captured a series of “orbs” around the group on the infra-red cameral and later witnessed the table move on it’s own after the tipping exercise. Team 1 carried out the same exercise and also witnessed movement with some physical responses resulting in Trace having an icy feeling on her neck, a cold sweat and felt the top of her head being touched. All the three teams felt a presence in the far right-hand corner of the cells area at the end. This area housed an electric chair display. Two teams experienced a shuffling noise on separate occasions in this area and manly commented on feeling a presence. A female spirit was sensed by 2 of the teams and Trace described her as having shoulder length dark straggly hair with sores around her mouth. Trace felt she could not speak and described her as sitting in a filthy cell holding her dead infant child. Screaming and whipping was heard from a small annex cell area which was heard by Mike and Paul. Without any previous knowledge of this area, it was later discovered that this was indeed an area used for flogging prisoners. One of the most interesting incidents occurred whilst team 2 held a vigil in the centre of the wing. Andy and Laura witnessed a white mist pass very quickly between them as they were in opposite positions of the each other in a group circle. This could be witnessed due to Andy’s torch focussing on the centre of the circle. Quite a few cameras also suffered extreme battery drainage which affected Caz, Miffie and Byron. A séance was carried out by team 3 and after initially calling out, Caz sensed a spirit circling the group and sensed it was trying to enter Mike, as this was unsuccessfully it then apparently moved to Sarah who was positioned to the left of Mike. Sarah then felt dizzy & nauseas and had to step back from the group. Laundry Area Haunted Devon did not pick up too much activity in this area except for Mike who sensed a Thomas Clitheroe, (a named sensed earlier) was punished in this part of the prison. This area housed the treadmill which was used to punish prisoners with a tiring, physical and never ending exercise, it comprised of approximately 10,000 steps a day, which was the equivalent of climbing Mount Snowdon, three times a day. It served no purpose but to punish the prisoner and could be adjusted by a turn of the screw to make the rotation harder. This is where jailers earned the nickname of “screws”. Team 3 carried out a séance in this area, created a circle by linking hands. Here Mike picked up on the spirit of a young women and child, with the feeling that the woman was responsible for the death of child. During this time, Ian who was stood to the right of Sarah commented that Sarah’s hand felt small and childlike. Condemned Cells Strangely enough, Miffie sensed the phrase “pop star” but as it was unrelated to the prison she dismissed it. Caz later confirmed that the singer Englebert Humperdinck (famous for the song Please Release Me!) used this area as a make up room for a performance a few years ago. Miffie then revealed her thought which she dismissed earlier. This area was also fairly quiet but Jan felt 3 firm taps on her shoulder which could not be replicated with the dripping water from the ceiling. Conclusion Bodmin jail provided plenty of evidence such as orbs, sound phenomena and light anomalies with team members suffering from physical feelings of dizziness & nausea. The central main wing provided the most activity with similar evidence captured by different teams. Some of the evidence could be explained by activity in the bar/ restaurant area which was used throughout the evening and a subjective view was used to evaluate all evidence. The evidence gained from this short investigation would highlight Bodmin jail as an active location and one which is worth a further detailed visit in the future. Contributors Miffie, Caz, Mike, Sarah, Ian, Jan, Trace, Paul, and Andy GF
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