My team and
I braved the elements on a wet, foggy night. I had three rookie team members
with me so I picked a place that I felt would be safe and where I could keep an
eye on everyone at once. Two of the rookies were nervous but determined to
carry out the investigation. The other rookie was cool, calm and very capable.
As we
entered the Abbey I stopped to take a few digital photos. My camera battery
died after three photos. I presumed that the batteries were dud, even though
they were new batteries, and I just changed them for some fresh ones.
It was so
wet that most of the pictures are full of orbs. These are very disappointing,
as I am sure they are simply moisture orbs caused by water on the lens and reflections
off the constantly falling rain.
We began the
investigation in the main part of the Abbey. After the rookies had settled down
– and the frightened pigeons had come back to roost, we began filming. The
night vision camcorder was a recent purchase but I had tested it thoroughly at
home several times before the investigation. It had worked perfectly.
The camcorder
refused to record anything and kept switching itself off. The batteries were
showing as being full and the setting were correct. I had been recording for a
few minutes before I handed it over to one of the team and the camcorder showed
that it was filming. The camera kept shutting down after a few minutes and we
eventually had to abandon filming. I assumed that it was caused by the
dampness. When I checked it after the investigation I found that it had only recorded
for ten seconds and despite showing that it was recording each time it was
restarted there was nothing on the disc apart from the ten seconds worth of
darkness.
I was
calling out all the time, asking if there were any spirits present could they
please make a noise, move something, touch one of us or somehow give us a sign.
When I listened back to the audio I clearly heard a sound like water dropping
loudly from a height. It was still raining heavily but this sound was
completely different from other sounds around us and it only happened once.
We decided
to move into another area as we were getting wet and cold. Several times I
thought I heard movement and saw shadows out of the corner of my eye but the
other members of the team were not able to confirm this.
We moved to
the Infirmary. Whenever I have been in here I have always felt something
pulling at the leg of my jeans. Tonight was no exception. I asked one of the
team to stand where I normally stood to see if she felt it too. She said the
only thing she felt was cold.
I checked
the temperature around her. I already knew that the temperature in the rest of
the area was approximately 11.5 degrees Celsius. The temperature right beside
her was 10 degrees. I called out and asked if anyone could affect the
temperature and if so, could they bring it down to 6 degrees?
The
temperature began to drop. The other girls stood close by and both said they
felt a cold spot near them. Temperature readings confirmed that the temperature
around them had dropped to about 7.5 degrees. The rest of the area was still
reading 11.5 degrees.
I went back
to monitoring the temperature around the first girl and asking if it could be
dropped even further. It was down to 5.9 degrees at this time. Suddenly, it dropped
to 3.9 degrees and then began to climb steadily back up until it reached 11.5
degrees.
It was
still raining so we decided to take a break. As we headed back to the car, I
was still carrying the digital thermometer. Suddenly it started taking
readings. I assumed that I had somehow knocked the trigger and moved my hand
further down, away from the trigger. To my surprise, as I watched, it began
taking readings again. I could clearly see that my hand or fingers were nowhere
near the trigger.
We went
back to the car for refreshments and decided to call it a night at the Abbey
and head to another location nearer to home.
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