Last of the Local Legends: A Paranormal Ranking.

This is the second paranormal ranking, and I'm glad the last post got into double figures, otherwise I'd probably never do another one. Anyway, as you could guess by the title, this list is ranking all the sightings of the unexplainedin Ceredigion, especially around the Aberystwyth area. This blog has been largely absent this month due to school stuff (Year 13 is difficult, ya' know!) but I am doing this one, and a two-part special on Halloween itself! Stay tuned to this station! (I know there's no dial, I just like saying that.)

You might remember some of these from the surprisingly unpopular "Local Legends" posts. I'm not afraid to repeat, as people will actually bother to read this post.

5. The Promenade Couple: A simple pair of Class 3s allegedly from the 60's, but sighted in the 80's. They have been seen walking down the prom at Aberystwyth during the middle of the day, heading towards Constitution Hill. They must be tourists. The reason this one is at number five is that I consider it a nice little sighting, so worthy of the list, even though they have't been since.

4. The Consti Woman: The first ever place we went to to investigate was Constitution Hill in Aberystwyth to search for the Consti Woman. Now, nobody knows for sure who the Consti Woman was and she's only been seen about three times, but she has been described in meticulous detail nearly every time.

3. The Aber Castle Ghost: Biased, I know, but for third place I have chosen the possible ghost we detected in Aberystwyth Castle. Although this shouldn't really get third spot on this list, I've chose it as it contains evidence other than sightings. In the case of this possible ghost, high EMF Readings that weren't present the two times we went to check afterwards. There could be other explanations, but we weren't near any electrical equipment or internet hubs at the time, and when we went to scan the nearby outdoor circuit boxes, we found nothing. I'm not 100% convinced, as there's not enough to go on, but at least it's there.

2. The Plane: Lieutenant Xenophon Eugenedes was a pilot during the Second World War, who's plane crashed in the Plynlimon Mountains in Ceredigion in 1945. His plane has been seen still flying around the area where he crashed, and according to eyewitnesses, the plane didn't make noise. As he would have flown a Lockheed Lightning, they shouldn't be completely silent. One sighting has reported the plane flying at a ver low angle, was if it was about to crash, roughly in the same place where the plane wreck is. The plane wreck is still there, and I would like to see it one day, if only to get a few photos. However, most of it has been stolen or vandalised now.

1. Nanteos Mansion: The Ceredigion ghost hotspot, according to many people. The mansion has had a fair share of sightings, with ghosts being spotted by residents, visitors and even an S4C TV Crew who were bothered by a Class 3 so much, they packed up and left without finishing their recording! There's the ghost of William Griffiths, who was murdered by a gardener (Who killed him with a rake!) and the ghost of a man who drowned in a nearby lake. There's also a typical "Gray Lady" called Elizabeth Owen. During the 1930s, one man proclaimed he had seen Ms. Owen's ghost, but then he died later that day without explanation.

This is this last Local Legends post, hopefully it'll do better than all the previous entries with that name. Thanks for reading, stay tuned and Happy Hunting!

P.S: I've deliberately left off the UFO Crash in Llanilar from '83, as there's too much to go into for one post. If you're interested in that story, click this link: https://ghostguardhq.blogspot.com/2017/11/local-legends.html

Ghosts of Newcastle and the North of England.

This is the first of the Paranormal rankings, this time ranking ghosts of Newcastle. This was inspired by me going there during the summer.

ghosts are all over Newcastle, according to various sources, but unlike most places, these aren't restricted to houses and apartments near famous locations. No, in the same way as New York and Edinburgh, most of the Newcastle sightings are IN the landmarks.

Partly so I can reuse this photo. Thanks Wikipedia.

HERE BEGINS THE COUNTDOWN.

5) The Lit and Phil: According to a sign I saw whilst inside the Lit and Phil, there are up to SIXTEEN ghosts that have manifested on three separate floors of the building. Now, some of these cold be the same ghosts manifesting as different classes, but I'm going to go with the figure they gave for this entry. According to their website, they "all seem to be linked to the Library, whether a member or employee," which makes sense, as it could explain why they manifested there in the first place. Apart from some information saying most of these sightings are audible only, such as coughing and pages turning without anyone being present, there is not a lot of information on these ghosts, but the Library is holding an Investigation night on the 27th of January 2019, from 9PM to 2AM, so you can check that out if you want.

4) Newcastle Castle: As you would expect from a place called Newcastle, Newcastle has a castle, and there have been sightings there too. These range from mists, orbs, mysterious scratches on visitors (Although, they could just have hit the masonry, it is a castle after all!) and poltergeist activity to "The Poppy Girl" a Class 3, possible former flower girl who was beaten to death by prisoners in the jail there. The smell of flowers is often reported alongside, or slightly after, the appearance of the girl.

3)  The Black Gate: With a name like this, I am not surprised at all to hear they suffer from poltergeist activity and other kinds of sightings, such as Shadowy Class 3s and a woman on a balcony who stares at people. Weird. Anyway, the ominously named, Black Gate is built on to the Castle, so some of them could be the same ghosts as the ones in the castle. You never know.

2) Bob Crowther - The Tyne Theatre ghost: A former actor who'se ghost now resides in the Tyne Theatre occasionally staying to watch rehearsals, always from the same seat, which was apparently his favourite. This actor was killed backstage by being hit with a flying prop.

1) From Sunday Night Mass to Saturday Night Fever: Saving the daftest for last, a monk who was buried near the LaDolce Vita has been seen dancing in the discos that have been held there since. I can't find any dates where he appeared, but due to disco being mentioned, I assume it was the seventies at first, but could still be manifesting now. He has been nicknamed Joseph the Monk (Though I have no idea why) and apparently dances in his Habit. Seriously.

Well, there's the list. I hope you enjoyed, stay tuned, even though there isn't really any tuning involved, and Happy Hunting!