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| The Golden Fleece (Sept) |
| Function Room |
| The Shambles |
| The Minster Suite |
| St.Catherines And Lady Pecketts |
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The historic Golden Fleece is one of the oldest coaching inns in the ancient city of York. Early records show that the inn was about in 1503 and between this time and 1557 it was owned by the Merchant Adventurers.
... Head over to Haunted UK for a review of the general history and haunted history of the Golden Fleece. Alternatively, use the table of contents to view the reports for each location.
... Head over to Haunted UK for a review of the general history and haunted history of the Golden Fleece. Alternatively, use the table of contents to view the reports for each location.
Function Room
The function room - which also doubled as our base room - was stationed on the second floor, above the main bar area of The Fleece.
The room was a fairly large affair - roughly the size of two standard living rooms and was strewn with numerous small tables and chairs. A small bar occupied one corner of the room and a serving area where cups of tea and coffee could be made sat on the same wall.
In the far corner from the main entrance was a door which led into a small passageway and then a set of stairs that led down to the kitchen area behind the bar downstairs.
Group 1 : Jay Kelly Michele Liam Chris
We found the function room to be quite quiet on the night and was devoid of any serious activity. There were a couple of instances which could have been "maybes" .. at one point Jay thought he could hear a voice when during a calling out session he heard something which sounded as something in response. It was a voice - but sadly, we determined that it had come from upstairs and no doubt one of the groups.
We gathered around the tables in the room and placed a glass in the center of where we sat and attempted a glass divination.
At first nothing much happened - a few random and jittery movements that could have been unconscious jerking in our fingers, but then, more or less in response to Jay asking if any spirits present didn't want to communicate with us through the glass we were using, to move it to indicate such a wish.
The glass then moved at quite a pace and did so in a direction where soon most participants had to leave go due to them having to stretch too far to keep their fingers on board. We re-centered the glass and asked the same question again and once more the glass moved in the same direction and in the same manner.
After a short while of no further action with the glass, we headed downstairs to the main bar area where nothing of note was recorded despite our best efforts.
The most excitement we had in whilst here were the slight shock we had when screams and shouting broke out from The Shambles room up above us. It kind of made us think that maybe someone upstairs had got something - See Group 2s report from the Shambles!
Group 2 Report : Carol Claire Fiona Anna Carol Rob
We all sat in various seats around the room, Carol (NGI) near the fireplace, myself near the window and the guests around the table. We sat for a few moments and the both myself and the guests seemed to start experiencing a few things together.
I felt as though my breathing should be a lot slower and deeper than it was. I couldn't comfortably match my own breathing to this. I felt as though I couldn't get enough air in my lungs the way I was breathing myself. This left me and about 10 minutes later I had the feeling of being among 'ladies', as though this was a female area.
I mentioned this as the guests said that they were getting the idea that it was a male area. One of the guests said that this was maybe because I was sat away from the others who were all getting male links (apart from a female who worked there) and maybe the area I was in was where the females would have been whereas the area they were in would have been where the men would have been. I felt that up here was a better class of people than downstairs, which was 'bawdy'. As it was not a strong link I think that it was probably my imagination, however I am including it for the record as I did get it.
1 guest had a sensation which started in her face, then went up from her knees in a wave through her body. She felt as if her toes were dancing. The same guest also felt a slight difficulty in her breathing, as though she could not get enough air, but not at the same time. She felt that they were 2 separate energies.
A guest felt that there was a dog in the room and several times said she felt something brush her legs under the table. Another guest asked if it was a black and white sheepdog type but she felt that it had brown on it as well as black and white and she wasn?t sure of the type of breed.
One guest had a sensation that went from their neck all the way down theyr right side and there was an issue to do with the right hand.
2 of the guests (one of which was definitely Rob) picked up on a lady wearing a dress made from a 'wafty' material. She was in her 40's with a pale complexion and blonde hair, which was pulled back loosely onto a bun/clasp. She seemed curious and was carrying jugs, pouring liquid from the jugs into tankards. They were not silver tankards though some kind of other material perhaps 'wooden' but this was never decided for certain. They felt she worked here and was not resident now but came in visitation as she loved the place and was just happy to see people in now who were interested.
One guest had a sudden pain in her head at the front which shot down and made her feel sick. 2 other guests said they had a pain in their necks and fuzzy heads. 2 guests sensed a lady sat in the corner. 1 guest got the name Elizabeth 4 times and both her and Rob described her as wearing a long dress, straight with a bodice that slightly flared out from that. It was a white/pale colour.
Although we were getting things and despite the guests calling out to the spirits present to give us an indication that they could hear us by moving something, touching somebody or knocking nothing was felt or heard in response to this so we headed down to the bar areas.
Front bar
The guests felt they wanted to go in the front bar area and we spaced ourselves out in this area. I did not personally get anything from this area however everyone else did.
Whilst sat in the window seat a guest said she felt as though she was leaning towards the door on a slant. She asked us all if this was the case as she really felt it and didn?t think the pub should be leaning that much. I put my pendulum on the table and as it rolled in that direction each time and the others said she looked to be slightly slanted that was we concluded it was probably the case as the pub is very uneven everywhere.
She then said she felt odd as though there was a man sat there and she felt slightly drunk. As she said this Rob said he felt drunk. He was stood at the bar and he said he felt like he 'had had a few'. The guest said she felt a bit sick so she asked someone else to sit where she'd been sitting. That guest immediately started laughing with a deep laugh and said she felt drunk. She did sound different. Rob was also saying he felt drunk too. They both felt slightly aggressive, the 'way that men can get when drunk' but nothing too bad.
The guest jumped up and said she didn't want to say what she was getting but egged on by us she said it felt like she had a 'prickly dick' and she said this was not a term she would ever use. She also had a tight head and was feeling more drunk now. Both she and the guest who had sat there before agreed that this was a 'dirty old man' though harmless enough. Rob agreed with this and added that he felt as though his belly was full of beer as though his stomach was protruding out in front of him. He was walking awkwardly and it was remarked on by the guests he had come with that this was out or character for him.
They said his name was George Shepherd and that he was a rat catcher or something to do with vermin but basically he would do any kind of paid money as he liked his drink. They felt he was a scruffy old leech, who would like people to think he was in his 50's but who was actually in his 60's. He was not especially tall but was broad and strong. He had big hands and had done a lot of labouring. He liked the ladies and would touch them as much as possible but in a way that caused as little offence as possible, hugging them and then copping a quick feel but disguising it as something else etc.
One of the guests felt that he (George) had crabs and 2 guests remarked on a 'tingling' in the groin area.
Carol (NGI) went and sat in this chair but apart from feeling the natural slant did not get any other sensation. She called out for him to come and touch her several times however she didn't feel anything.
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The Shambles
On the 3rd floor of The Fleece, and overlooking the UKs most famous cobbled street, you can find The Shambles. Upon entering the room, the visitor is met with a short corridor leading to the master bedroom. On the right of the entrance is a door which leads into a large bathroom. Not surprisingly, a bath, toilet and sink can be found in here as well as a small blocked up fireplace. Above the fireplace is a large mirror.
Through in the bedroom you can find a large four-poster bed, a wardrobe and various other smaller pieces of bedroom furniture, including a small wooden table which was used during the investigation to conduct glass divination experiments.
Group 1 Report : Jay Kelly Michele Liam Chris
One of the guests that were present with us - Kelly - had told us a personal story earlier in the night. Without going into the actual details as its not really our place, the long and short of the story was that she felt that a spirit (maybe more than one), was close to her and seemingly following her around. Given what she'd been told previously, this was something that actually had her frightened and quite scared over. Its possible, this spirit made a visit whilst in the Shambles.
We'd been having very limited success in the Shambles. Somebody noted the lamp next to the wardrobe vibrating and shaking and likewise the bed. Given the nature of the Fleece, its possible this was happening due to traffic outside shaking the building.
We decided to gather around in a circle to try and focus our efforts to make contact with any spirits that may have been present. Jay instigated a little exercise for the group to help them imagine a vortex of energy spinning around the circle and then began to call out.
At first, he aimed the calling out at any resident spirits within the Fleece to come forward and to make themselves known, but unfortunately, met with very little success.
It wasn't anything planned, it was just something that came out, he asked if any spirits who were maybe associated with any of the persons present would like to make themselves known - it was then, that Kelly shuddered and got quite jittery.
On questioning her she began to describe how it felt as though somebody had stepped near her and had grabbed hold of her. She could still feel the "hands and arms" around her as she spoke and she began to get quite frightened and emotional until she began to cry. She was really frightened at this point, so Jay left the circle and came round to where she was to try and relax her.
Upon arriving at her side, Jay picked up on a bearded man next to her who he felt was related, yet he didn't feel that he meant her any harm. Jay got the sense that Kelly was misinterpreting what was happening. He felt that this spirit was here for her and was looking after her and didn't mean to frighten her or mean her any harm despite what others had told her before.
At first, Kelly, couldn't recognise the description of the man and then suddenly remembered a photo of herself as a baby in the arms of her bearded grandfather. Apparently, he had died not long after the photo was taken and so she'd never had any real conscious contact with him.
And here was a bearded man, in the Shambles, holding onto her with her in his arms .. Coincidence? Whatever it was, Kelly seemed to relax after this and hopefully, she'll view whatever is around her in the future in a different light.
Other than that little incident - the rest of our time in the Shambles was quiet. There was a slight repeating knocking sound against one of the walls near to the cieling but we never attributed this to anything paranormal.
Group 2 Report : Carol Claire Fiona Anna Carol Rob
We all settled in various areas in here, I sat on the single bed, some of the guests were on the double bed and others and Carol (NGI) were at other areas in the room.
We sat in silence for 5 minutes and I just thought how much I liked this room, it felt much nicer than all the others. Not sure exactly when but at some point towards the end of the 5 minutes I felt the energy 'change'.
Carol (guest) and Fiona on the bed said they felt dizzy and a bit sick. Anna at the foot of the bed said she felt very light headed and sick, she had a pain in her head. Everyone said they felt drawn to the corner of the room which had the chair in it next to the wardrobe. Rob walked over and stood in this area for a bit. Carol (guest) and Fiona said they felt as though they were 'pulsating' on the bed, as though their body was 'rippling as if they were on a waterbed'.
Carol (guest) mentioned that she felt as though she was on a ship and Anna and Rob said they felt that too. Both Carol (guest) and Fiona said they sensed someone at the foot of the bed. Carol (guest) described them as being either very short or leaning down, maybe both; they weren't tall, maybe as though they were on their knees. She felt it was a male and definitely not a child. He was wearing a robe or a cape with a hood.
Anna said she could sense this but that there was more to it but she didn?t want to say what and she came and sat on the single bed next to me. She said she didn?t like this room now and felt scared, she was sat with her feet up and didn?t 'dare' put them on the floor. She felt 'targeted'.
I could sense the room 'thickening' and energy seemed to be everywhere. All the guests said they could feel it and they didn't like it, even Carol (guest) who earlier had remarked that she liked the energy in this room, and often when people sense energies and don?t like it she does, however she didn't like this.
Rob started saying there was something here which was not earthbound, it was from the astral and it was not nice, it was a darker, evil presence. He felt it was malicious and meant harm. He said it was always in a bedroom, and it was not linked to the place but he felt it had come here over the last 100 years by something or someone who had been here, some action which had brought it here. He felt it was an 'echo', and he sensed a large dog like creature.
As soon as he said the word 'dog' I shot up from the bed and I could feel an 'angry itch' shooting up my spine and I was saying ''fuckin hell, I can?t believe it, I'm so fuckin angry I can?t believe you just fuckin said that'' and other things I don?t remember clearly. It felt like a 'switch'. I was irritated and had this thing of anger on my back I wanted to shrug off and tears in my eyes. I paced about for a bit then apologised, caught hold of myself and sat down again on the bed.
All the guests said they could feel this 'darkness' and Anna said she was very very scared and felt sick and didn't like it one bit. Rob felt it was linked to the corner of the room at the side of the wardrobe and we all felt it was similar to that we had experienced upstairs on the walkabout in the Minster room. I felt really angry, irritated and emotional but it was still my favourite room.
Rob said he felt it was 'evil' and would go out of its way to scare people because it wanted that 'fear' to 'feed off''. He said there was a word he was looking for it but he couldn't get it. I asked him if it began with an 'E'. He said he didn't think so, so I then said that there was an 'elemental' linked with this building and everything that all the guests had just described was spot on almost word for word what I had heard from another team who have regular invest at the Fleece. He said it was 'barguest'. I said I knew there was a Barghest linked with York but I was not aware it was linked to the Fleece.
The 'dog' he had described (and I think this may have been why it had such an impact on me but don?t get why it should have had such a strong reaction, I could have punched someone happily and cried as I did it???) was something I got on my first visit but no one else from that group knew what I meant, and on my second visit nothing had been picked up, however when researching it I found on a forum one report of a scruffy black dog which was very aggressive. And everything they were saying, including the areas of the room and all the sensations and descriptions, as well as the way Rob was describing it was spot on, except all this is usually linked to the Minster room, not the Shambles room.
Anna was feeling very anxious as were the other female guests. The guests then went in the bathroom and Carol (NGI) and I stayed in the room.
Anna and Fiona came back in and asked us if they could go outside as they felt sick and really didn't like it in here. I said no problem as long as they were quiet, then as they set off along the passage from the room to the suite door they suddenly both screamed, grabbed each other and ran back in to the room. They said that a 'dark shape of energy' had come rushing towards them along the corridor.
They were both shaking and Anna was shaking in her whole body not just her hands and when we put the light on she was very pale and for a moment I thought she was going to go into shock. We stood in a circle and Rob put 'protection' around us in the form of white light and he said a prayer, with a lot of emphasis on Anna. We all sensed 'a lot of anger' from the 'energy', all the guests said they felt 'it' was furious that those words had been used and that we weren't cowering in far from us. It hated Rob for doing this.
They both left the suite together and went outside. The rest of us returned to the room and we could all feel the energy and we were talking about it. We all felt that Anna was a focus for this for some reason. I told them that what Anna and Fiona had just described had again been experienced by several other people, however up in the Minster room, not down here. I said it was very odd that they were describing things so accurately as well as experiencing them in the 'wrong' room.
After 10-15 minutes Fiona and Anna came back. They were still very scared but Anna didn't look ill and had stopped shaking. I was stood near the foot on the single bed and the guests were in that area, either behind me (Rob and 1 other guest) or at the side and near the double bed. Carol (NGI) was stood next to the wardrobe facing the window.
I heard a scream, then others screamed and I screamed and we all fled to the back wall which adjoined the bathroom. We all started laughing after we calmed down because the wardrobe door had opened and hit Carol (NGI) hence the 'hysteria'!
I reminded them that the doors do this and it was 'normal' but the Carol (NGI) said that both doors had 'flung' open and hit her with force. I said that she must have imagined it was both but all the guests said they had seen it happen and they saw both the doors open.
The room was not in total darkness at the time as there was light from outside coming in from the window behind the closed curtains and from where we were this lit up both Carol and the wardrobe slightly. They said they had seen both doors open at speed.
We put the light on and checked the wardrobe. Both doors were open. The left door opened as usual but the right door was on a catch and would not be levered shut in any way. It had to either be on the 'catch', which required a bit of force to be used to 'pull' it open, or it would not stay shut in at all, regardless of the position of the other door.
We had been in this room for about 40 minutes and the doors had remained shut for all the duration despite people walking past them. There was no way we could find that the right door could have opened except without effort pulling them from the outside or something pushing them from inside the wardrobe, which was empty. It swung wide if it was not on the 'catch'.
All the guests and Carol (NGI) said they opened very quickly and it was definitely both of them. The left door, which did open 'on its own' when people walked past etc did not open quickly, it 'swung' open gently over 2-3 seconds. Carol (NGI) said they hit her with 'force' which was why she screamed and ran.
At the time I screamed because everyone else did. I did not see the doors open, and for the first few minutes afterwards I thought that it was just the one door which had opened and made Carol (NGI) jump. After 5-10 minutes or trying to recreate this we could not find any explanation for this.
... Head over to Haunted UK for a review of the general history and haunted history of the Golden Fleece. Alternatively, use the table of contents to view the reports for each location.
The Minster Suite
On the top floor of The Fleece you can find The Minster Suite which looks out over the Shambles - a cobbled street within York.
On first entering the suite - you come across a small living area complete with fireplace, small couch and a wooden box like table which we would use for glass divination's. There was a large window in this room that had earlier been noted let a bit of a breeze into the room.
Along a small corridor could be found the master bedroom which contained a four-poster bed, a wardrobe and other small pieces of furniture.
Group 1 Report : Jay Kelly Michele Liam Chris
After an incident that took place at our last visit to the Golden Fleece in February, Jay in particular was looking forward to his time in The Minster Suite. Unfortunately, it proved to be a disappointment.
We had very little happen in here at all. There was a brief moment where it felt as though something was about to happen - there was a slight drop in temperature and people began to feel on edge, but this quickly passed.
Another time, somebody noticed a flashing light inside the bathroom and whilst we were investigating it (it was just a security light) a number of people reported a feeling of unease whilst just inside the door. It was described as a pressure pushing down on peoples heads. There was no logical reason for this.
We did attempt to use the Ouija Board that was set up in the Minister Suite and there was a bit of movement but nothing that made any sense and nothing that couldn't have been explained by random unconscious twitching in peoples fingers.
Group 2 Report : Carol Claire Fiona Anna Carol Rob
After our experiences earlier we all entered the Minster Suite with 'expectations'. The guests went in the bedroom and Carol (NGI) and I sat on the settee in the front part.
As I sat I felt I could sense an energy to the left of me down on the floor. It was not strong but it was there and it was waiting. If I had not had expectations and experiences similar to this before in here this might have made me uneasy.
Carol (NGI) did not feel anything when I asked her and as the guests were not getting anything in the bedroom I asked them to come and see if they felt anything in the front room. They came in and sat around the room on the floor and after a few minutes all of them said they felt nothing in here.
Wolf then joined us and Rob, Wolf and myself went into the bedroom whist the others remained in the front bit. Wolf did not sense anything in the bedroom and returned to the front part where he and the others conducted a 'human pendulum experiment'.
I felt there was energy here but not strong although it could be if it wanted. Rob said he sensed the same. We discussed our feelings about this energy which seemed to be remarkably similar. Rob said he felt as though it was waiting, it felt 'above us', 'superior' to us and because he and I felt no fear towards it was waiting until the right moment to get / instil this fear which it would 'feed' on.
Anna came in and sat on the bed with us. She said she felt a very strong 'pull' to do the Ouija board in here, as though 'it' was saying to her ''if you want me then do the Ouija'' and she said the urge to do this which was against her natural instincts as she doesn?t like this method was very strong. She felt that 'it' would only come out and play up here if she did this. Sadly though, time had caught us up and we never got much from the Ouija before having to move on.
Group 3 Report : Mark Chris Julie Bekki Phil
The room is left to settle and we are quiet. After around 10 minutes of nothing, Julie thinks she hears the word "OY".
Immediately the atmosphere seems to change. Mark feels like the air is charged with static electricity and feels the hairs on his head raise. Wolf feels the same and the hairs on his forearms do likewise.
Wolf says he can detect "A male presence" and also the image of a "handshake". Bekki says she can sense a presence standing in the doorway to the bedroom and feels a "tingling up her arm". The room soon returns to normal.
The group moves into the bathroom which we all agree feels "oppressive". We leave the bathroom after around 10 minutes and Julie lays down on the bed. She says that her top half is "Chilly" and that her legs are "Red Hot". We do not have a thermometer in out group the check this.
Sadly, there was nothing else to report in this location and we eventually had to move on.
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St. Catherines And Lady Pecketts
We decided to join the two rooms at the back of The Fleece into one even though they were on two different floors. The reason for this was because Lady Pecketts room was quite small in comparison to the other rooms in The Fleece and it would have been awkward and difficult to fit everybody inside comfortably.
St Catherines room, with its uneven floors which made you think you'd stepped into a room from Alice in Wonderland, contained two single beds, a wonky wardrobe, a few smaller pieces of furniture and an adjoining bathroom with the usual accompaniment.
Lady Pecketts room was furnished the same albeit the room was maybe half the size of St Catherines and with no wonky floor.
Group 1 Report : Jay Kelly Michele Liam Chris
Our last location of the night proved to be the most active. We'd split into 2 groups to cover the two rooms albeit not an even split .. 5 of us in St. Catherines and 2 in Lady Pecketts. This report is from the St. Catherines group.
Initially the room was quiet and we actually spent 5 minutes or so just talking about the night in general. It had been quiet, we all had to admit that, but still enjoyable.
Suddenly, there was a large creak from one of the beds. Somebody was sitting on it, but they claimed they hadn't moved and the bed had just creaked itself.
Whilst talking about it, the bed creaked again. The person sitting on the bed stood up and nobody was now touching the bed and so we began to call out.
Over the course of 5 minutes, there were numerous creaks and cracks coming from the bed seemingly in response to requests being made. Its entirely possible that this was just coincidence and while interesting, we didn't really place much importance on it. However, to check whether we were talking to a spirit or just an old creaky bed, we asked that a noise be made - 2 taps perhaps - in another part of the room.
Immediately, from a cabinet on the far wall, there were 2 taps. We asked for a repeat and then once more got an immediate response. Given our quiet night in regards to activity, the people present were really thankful for finally getting something that could be something more and shouted out their appreciation to which we got a series of taps one after the other that sounded like a round of applause.
Sadly, though, that was it and we left the room and the Fleece for the night.
Group 2 Report : Carol Claire Fiona Anna Carol Rob
St Catherines
We all came in here and sat on the beds. The room smelt slightly better on entering but that?s was because the bathroom door was shut. I checked it by opening it and was again hit with the nasty smell from here. Although there was no obvious visual source for the smell it was definitely coming from here.
We sat around the room, the guests on the beds and Carol (NGI) and I on the chairs. After about 5 minutes I noticed a white light flash in the bathroom to my right from the corner of my eye. I turned my head to see if it did it again and about 30 seconds later I saw it again. I asked Carol (NGI) if she had seen it and she said no. We realised the air conditioner was on a timer and gave out a green flash every 30 seconds or so. Carol (guest) said this was not what she had seen; she had also seen a different flash twice, it was smaller like a white ball, not anything like the air conditioning flash.
This was how I had seen the flash twice but I'd not described it like that out loud, I'd just asked if anyone had seen a flash in there. It was low down and local on the ground and definitely white, which was very similar to how Carol (guest) described it. We tried to recreate this because I wondered if it was a reflection from something in the flash of the air conditioner but no explanation could be found for it in the brief way we explored. We sat for a further 5 minutes and as nobody was feeling anything we decided to go to the other location.
Lady Peckitts
We all sat on the beds except for Carol (NGI) who sat in the bathroom on the toilet with the door open. After 7-10 minutes as nobody was getting anything, and after Carol (NGI) calling out with no obvious response we got chatting about the other experiences of the night and other things.
We referred to the 'dark presence' Anna straight away said she felt uneasy doing this as though just talking about it was drawing it to her and she felt she had to leave the building again. Rob went with her and we remained in the room chatting.
I was in the bed next to the mirror and Carol (guest) and Fiona were on the bed next to the window. At one point whilst we were chatting I saw a dense black shadow about 4 feet tall quickly move from the wall to about halfway along the foot of the bed. It didn't happen again and I didn't sense anything so I assumed it was just my eyes. I didn't mention this.
About 5 minutes later Carol (guest) said she was picking up on a lady and a man and she felt that the lady had been attacked by the man. She felt the lady was in her late 20s/early 30's, with dark hair. She was stripped down to her underwear, which had frills and lacy bits on but the bloomers were made of a 'rough cotton' and she kept getting the word 'calico'.
The male was fat with a big beer belly. She felt this lady was a 'whore' and had been picked up that night by the man, who had been drinking. He had become aggressive under the influence of the alcohol and it had ''all gone wrong''. She felt the lady had not been raped or sexually assaulted but that the man had turned on her and attacked her. She could 'see' a large candlestick which she felt was used by the male to hit the lady with on the right side of her head. It was quite large, with a chunky square base, and she said it was yellow but not gold or brass, more like a sandy matt yellow type of marble. It had lines on the square base.
When Anna and Rob returned Anna sat on the bed next to me again and after a few minutes I felt her jump. When I asked her why she'd jumped she said she had seen a 'black shape' come from the mirror (left side of the bed) to the foot of the bed. She said it was not very tall and that it had moved quickly. I had not mentioned that I had seen something which sounded similar earlier and she was not in the room at the time. I did not see it when she did and neither did anyone else.
No one was moving and we could find no explanation for the black shape unless we had both imagined it, although there was no moving light source to have caused a shadow.
Group 3 Report : Mark Chris Julie Bekki Phil
The group stars off in St. Catherine's Suite before we moved onto to Lady Pecketts later.
We attempted a table tipping experiment in this room but got no results at all - possibly the table used was too heavy.
Wolf then feels a pain in his temple as if he has "been hit by a hammer" which seemed to last for a few minutes before easing and the the room seemed to go darker a couple of times as we were sitting in silence.
Some of the group remained in St. Catherine's while Mark and Bekki go up to Lady Pecketts Room although we find this room is as uneventful for Mark as was St. Catherines. Bekki may have sensed a few things in the room but noting really notable ? just little flashes here and there. Whilst trying to call out, we were disturbed by the screams from the Shambles room when Carol was attacked by a wardrobe (!!). Unfortunately, even though it didn't happen to us, that was the highlight for us in these two rooms!