Psychic
Scene
Investigations
The Ancient Ram Inn
By Dave Milner
The Ancient Ram Inn is situated in the the west country of England, in a small town called Wotten - Under - Edge, and is the oldest building in the town dating back to the thirteenth century. It is a grade 2 listed building and is in need of much renovation, but it is everything a haunted house should be, with musty smells, creaking floorboards and ancient graves, it is owned by a Mr. John Humphries. It has a constant stream of visitors and is forever being investigated by Psychic & Paranormal investigators. This place is the most haunted ever, with actual sightings of Paranormal, activity some of which was recorded on digital camera by myself Dave Milner.
The investigation was carried out by the Black Country Paranormal Society & The British Psychic and Occult Society. The focus of the investigation was to hold a vigil during the night of the November 2nd, 2002 and my job was to take digital photos of the event. The Cameras I used were an Olympus Camedia C2 & Olympus C1400 XL digital cameras. The owner of the Ancient Ram Inn John Humphries says that the inn is haunted, and gave us a small briefing whilst mentioning that there where orb like manifestations that appeared from time to time. He also mentioned that some people with digital cameras were able to record them, at first I thought that he was having us on, but during the coarse of the night as I myself was taking photographs the Olympus Camedia C2 started to malfunction on some exposures and there were some strange things happening on some of the photos, at first what I thought it was lens flare but after close examination of the photos I dismissed this for a number of reasons, the first being that this has never happened before under similar conditions and what I myself was told by the owner of the Ram Inn about the Orbs which other people have also captured, and mediums have also experienced, as I was taking photos in the Bishops room, the owner asked everyone if they can see the orbs, he said they were all a round us, ( see photo No 7 ) I also took a shot up inside the fire place of the Bishops room showing an Orb like manifestation, (see photo No 5) and photo No 4 shows the owner holding two items which were taken from that fire place, 'a house is a living thing because living things are in it.
'In voodoo the heart is our essence it is 'us', that is why a govi supposedly beats like a heart. A govi is used to trap a spirit, it may look like a sealed earthen jug. The heart of the house is usually a piece of carved wood and is often placed up a chimney. If a govi was to be broken the spirit will look like a glowing orb, sometimes the orb will show a face, especially if it has something to say or wishes to be recognized. IF FOUND...it must never ever be disturbed.'
There is an exterior shot (see photo No 11) of the Ancient Ram Inn which has members of the Black Country Paranormal Society standing around a pentagram that has been etched into the ground surrounded by Orb like manifestations. I have shown these photos to many people of whom are unconnected with the investigation and they all seem to be of the belief that its not lens flare.
To sum up this investigation I believe that the paranormal activity experienced by many visiting the Ancient Ram Inn is a result mainly brought about by Johns renovations to the building, and that he unwisely moved and interfered with objects such as items like mummified rats, ancient graves, and charms that had been placed in certain locations in and around the Ancient Ram Inn, the feeling that I myself experienced was one of utter confusion, I did not sense any evil or malice in fact the whole experience was a complete enlightenment, and as for our host John Humphries of whom is a gentleman clearly in his twilight years as can be seen in the photograph that I took of him, but yet he seemed to emit the energy of a man a quarter his age and that the Ancient Ram Inn could well be the source of his power supply. It was definitely a weekend to remember. I would defiantly recommend to anyone a visit to the Ancient Ram Inn.
For further information of my input into this investigation you can contact
Miki Zeiro at mickizeiro6@yahoo.co.uk
Photography and text Dave Milner
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