Paranormal Case Study
I've listened to the stories concerning the paranormal activity at The Moot Hall several times over, and they never change, this consistency (to me at least) adds to the truth in the stories, if they were made up then details would be forgotten and change, or contradict each other.
This has happened on other cases I have investigated that have turned out to be fraudulent. The stories with this case have always been remarkably similar, even when related by different people. There have also been many eye witnesses to events that have occurred, including myself.
Photographic evidence for is somewhat hard to locate, I have heard of a photo taken in the prisoners exercise yard that appeared to show the faint outline of a human figure, however I have had no luck locating the person who took the photo, and have not seen it for myself to judge. I have picked up the usual Orbs on digital stills camera, but the debates as to whether Orbs are of paranormal origin is ongoing, and somewhat lengthy (too lengthy to be discussed in full here).
One orb photo that I did take is rather interesting, it contains only one single orb, which is very bright and defined, other orb photos I have taken show the orbs as faint specs, these ones I believe to be non paranormal, and caused by some other effect, be it dust or some other explanation. Like I said above, the orb photo I captured at The Moot Hall is large, bright and well defined, not like the other faint orb photo, that's what makes it so interesting.
I attempted to research the history of The Moot Hall, in an attempt to find out who might be haunting the The Moot Hall, if this should turn out to be a "classic haunting" and not a poltergeist case (much of the phenomena encountered would suggest that this is a poltergeist case, this I'll explain later) I had a very hard time locating anyone in particular that stands out as having a reason for haunting the building, the only name I can think of as having a real connection is the D'Arcy family, for whom the hall was originally built.
I would like now to take a closer look at some of the phenomena encountered. The guide who was kind enough to explain her experiences to me related that she had seen shadows out of the corner of her eye and felt uneasy in the building alone. If I thought I had seen something out the corner of my eye, when I'm supposed to be alone I would feel uneasy as well, I think this is a universal feeling and anyone else would feel the same, these two experiences, although at times may occur independently of one and other, could well be related as memories of seeing the initial shadow would remain in a persons mind, when remembered at a later date would cause uneasy feelings, and therefore auto suggestion may set in. It's very easy to spook ones self.
I'm not making any attempt to debunk the stories I have been told, simply because I have had my own experiences within the building, as related above (in the original article). The sounds heard by myself and witnesses were very real, and quite loud at the time, the door closing on one of the upper floors when the building was empty, and the external door to the upper floors being securely locked is most extraordinary because the guide who was with me at the time swore to me that she had (and always does) closed all the doors after the tours leave.
This would suggest that for the door to close by it's self, it would have also had to open in the same anomalous manner, therefore we have a potential for two separate paranormal occurrences taking place simultaneously. That is one explanation, another is that the sound was caused by something other than a door closing, and that escaped our attention at the time.
To list the different types of phenomena that have taken place (as described by the guide, and witnessed by several people) we have a lengthy list, bangs, movement of objects, photographic anomalies, apparent sightings of apparitions and oppressive atmospheres. All these types of phenomena are standard in a poltergeist case; this would lead me to believe The Moot Hall is also plagued by a poltergeist; the only thing I would have to say is that it must be a place based poltergeist, as there appears to be no obvious human agent involved. I would suggest the guide as a possible agent, even though she doesn't fit the accepted "human agent" profile, and she is not always present when the happenings occur.
This case has left me stumped, I have presented you with the evidence, and now I'll leave you to make up your own minds, according to your beliefs.
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