Sayonara paranormal fans!

"It's been a long road, getting from there to here..." as the opening titles for Star Trek: Enterprise went, and it has been for us hasn't it? We've been posting on-and-off since November 2017 and now it's time to say goodbye. As explained last post, Ghostguard news will make occasional appearances on the "Adventures in Retro" blog, which can be found at this address: https://adventuresinretro.blogspot.com/

Still, it's been fun though hasn't it? Checking out some of the greatest sightings in Ceredigion, from Xenephon Eugenedes to the big cats of Bont, from the Consti Woman to Something Strange in the TESCO Car Park (Which, by the way, was the most popular blog post we ever uploaded)

I don't want to ramble, so I'm just going to end here on a simple note. It was nice of you to come, but the party's over. Hopefully see you for some Adventures in Retro, we'll be uploading a lot more frequently that we did for this, and the posts are worded much less awkwardly than these, as we're reading over them a couple more times!

Happy Hunting friends, and hope the future finds you well.

BLOG MIGRATION!

As you could guess from the title, this blog is shutting down and all the posts will moved to a new blog called "Fede Thomas's Adventures in Retro". As you could probably guess from the title, it will not be exclusive to Ghostguard stuff, but also contain film reviews, Transformers reviews, stuff about the NES (Or Nintendo Entertainment System, if you've been living under a rock since 1985) and any other thing I think would be of any sort of interest to the Internet at large.


The website is now up and can be found at the following link address.
https://adventuresinretro.blogspot.com/


I apologise for not being active, but I had no time to write as I was busy revising for and passing my A Levels.

Who ya' gonna' call?

Well, we've all heard the announcement, and it has convinced me to come out of my temporary retirement and carry on with this blog.

Ghostbusters 4 is about to be released (I'm going to get some angry comments about that) and, unlike the previous film, Ghostbusters 3 or Ghostbusters: Answer the Call. it will be set in the "Original" Ghostbusters Universe.

Now, I wish this wasn't a problem, but it is. People are annoyed that the Answer the Call Ghostbusters, Erin Gilbert, Abby Yates, Jillian Holtzmann and Patty Tolan, are being cast aside in favour of a new team, possibly aided by Dan Aykroyd's Ray Stantz and Ernie Hudson's Winston Zeddemore.

However, if anyone here knows the IDW Comic series, every team of Ghostbusters exists in multiple Universes, now with an easy way of colliding. Although I think that Alternate Universes are cliché and overused nowadays, we saw in Answer the Call that there is no way the two continuities exist together, unless the '84 Ghostbusters are in hiding or something. It does add some odd questions (like what the hell would have happened to the Containment Unit?) but that's why it's a theory that isn't widely accepted.

But, the thing I am looking forward to the most is Bill Murray, not only one of my favourite comedy actors, but one of my favourite actors in general, and although he has soured on the Ghostbusters franchise since Ghostbusters 2 back in 1989, he seems to have mellowed recently. He agreed to appear in Answer the Call, and although he had an annoying character, it's still progress. It would be good if, in the new film, Venkman had also distanced himself from the Ghostbusters and had to be turned around by the end, where we could see him striding out of a smoke filled room, clad in his old beige uniform, wisecracks at the ready.

However, all speculation aside, we'll definitely see a new Ghostbusters film. Hopefully it can unite all the fans, but at the very least, I'd like it to be a good film.

Here's to the Ghostbusters, old and new, here's to the Reitmans, here's to the fans, and finally, here's to the ghosts! Happy Hunting!

ECTO-1 as seen in the teaser trailer.
Note that it's the original, not ECTO-1A or the new ECTO-1.

Coming soon to a Internet Connection Point near you.

Well, as you obviously know, the December the first review never happened. This was due to, as usual, family reasons. So, I decided to take the whole month off. Lazy, I know, but it was necessary for my mental stress levels. I'm seventeen now, life ain't a cakewalk anymore.

Anyway, back to the subject. The subject being "Ghosts and stuff."

All the things I said was going to do in December, will be moved to January. The whole aim of 2019 is to improve, and actually do things with Ghostguard, instead of just forgetting it exists.

Here's to 2019, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year and all that jazz, see you then and there and finally, as always, Happy Hunting!

The new review!

Well, Thanksgiving has been and gone, the turkey (or Quorn) is all finished and the annual viewing of Planes, Trains and Automobiles has gone down a storm and now there's only a few days until the cultural madness that is December arrives. I've got quite a few plans, one involving a new video being posted on December the first! The video will remain a secret for now, but it should be good. It's different to anything I've filmed before.


This month is actually the first anniversary of the Ghostguard Blog, and the second anniversary of Ghostguard itself. I am now seventeen, and have a much greater understanding of what I can, cannot and am allowed to do in my slightly-less amateurish search for information on ghosts, aliens and other unexplained events. I am equipped with an EMF Meter, an updated video camera and a sound recorder, far more than I had in the past.  I hope I can keep going, as now my friends have lost all interest in the paranormal, I cannot investigate. NEVER investigate alone, just in case something happens to you. Fall off of a ledge and break your leg? Better hope you have mobile signal, as you went on your own!


Anyway, the new review comes on December the first. Hope to see you then, and I would like to thank all the followers and subscribers who have given me enough confidence to keep going. Thanks especially to Creepy Seven Paranormal for the bonus publicity! I know I'm sceptical about most of his videos, but I value the help you've given me.


So so long and Happy Hunting!

Getting my act together.

Believe it or not, up until this point in time, I did not have a blog upload schedule that I actually followed. As I constantly felt like I was behind or that I wasn't posting enough, which I probably wasn't, I decided to re-write my schedule. The new schedule is one post per week, most likely being posted on Sundays. There should also be a new video every month, unless something crops up.

So, the next true post will be next Sunday. Stay tuned, and Happy Hunting!

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!

Roll out!

Anyone who guesses the reference will understand which franchise I have recently taken an interest in, but do not worry! Transformers will NOT replace the normal articles.

Anyway, the reason I didn't do anything on here in the summer was because I needed a break after my exams. Now, I'm back in the Sixth Form and ready to start up here again. Maybe a  new video will come next week, but it'll probably be in two weeks.

As promised last post, I have a lot of Top Tens and stuff to show you, including one on Mafia Ghosts and a Local Legends (remember that?) compilation. I was also in Newcastle during the summer, and whilst there I went to the Literary and Philosophical Society Library, and whilst I was there, I found a copy of The Haunting of the Borley Rectory, one of the earliest true paranormal investigation books by Investigator Harry Price. If this sounds familiar, you might remember it from Ghostbusters. When I first saw it written in a Ghostbusters book, I thought the book, Harry Price and the Borley Rectory were all fictional! I stand corrected. The building itself is well worth a look, as you can see below.

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

To celebrate the North as part of their Great Exhibition, I'll create a Top Ten possible paranormal phenomena of the North.

So stick around, stay retro and Happy Hunting!

Paranormal Ranking!

I have been resting on my laurels for the past week, as last month has had the record amount of views on this blog! Thanks for all the support fellow fanatics! It's helpful!

Anyway, to celebrate I have dug out a Sony Walkman from the attic, and tested my Recording Device. It shouldn't be long before it gets field tested, but that brings me to my next point.

My fellow team-members have "Given up the ghost" (Pun definitely intended) with Paranormal Investigation, and as you shouldn't ever investigate alone (for obvious reasons) I can't do any more investigations until I find new team members.

Despite this, this blog will still be updated every week with Rankings of all things paranormal, without trying to repeat what others have put.  If anyone knows how I can turn them into video format, please say! I've always wanted to know how to do this!

Anyway, despite the bad news, keep those cameras within arm's length and Happy Hunting!

New Video!

Yes, a new video, but sadly not a new investigation. I've been having doubts about my fellow team member's interest in the paranormal. So, for now, enjoy this tiny update video.

It is\will be live at the following link:

https://youtu.be/UXBuiL2tP8c

A little message

Hey, Students of the Supernatural!

So, at the moment, I'm on my own here at Ghostguard. None of my former team members are interested in the Paranormal, but I'm considering this as an actual future during College. So, I'm going to have a break after the next two videos.

Don't worry, this is not the end. In fact, this is near the beginning. But be prepared for a break in videos again. Sorry.

(Also, do any of you know how to make your recorded voice sound more like your real one? My voice on the videos sounds nothing like my actual one, so I need some help sounding less like a twelve year old kid.)

Happy Hunting, and be sure to trust me! New members sounds like a good plan!

On Deserts, the CIA and Weather Balloons: 71 Years since Roswell.

Back in 1947, a mysterious object crash landed in the Town of Roswell, New Mexico. It caused a large stir at the time, the effects of which are still felt today in the UFO and Paranormal communities all around the world.

Everyone knows about Roswell, due to the media often comparing other UFO sightings to it, no matter how dissimilar they are. It was the first recorded instance (that I know of) where dead bodies of aliens were seen by normal people. It was also possibly the first time people knew the US Government intervened and the first time the "It was a weather balloon!" explanation was used.

The aliens were the standard "Greys". Three Three-fingered grey humanoid beings with no ears and very large eyes, each clad in silver suits, ones not too dissimilar to those used during the Mercury and Gemini space programmes from 1961 to 1965, only much smaller and with no helmets. The alien's bodies were taking away, and a video was released in 1998 showing an autopsy on one of the bodies. However, this video was a definite fake. Do not believe it!

Roswell is now home to the UFO Museum, where the incident is investigated. I've never been to the museum (Or anywhere in New Mexico at all) but it is apparently okay, although now lacking some information discovered more recently.

Who knows where those aliens came from? Similar ones have been seen all over the world, now piloting triangular ships like the ones seen in 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2016 to present. These original ships are the typical flying saucer, possibly an earlier craft as these are not seen often anymore. Similar aliens have also been seen in the Lonnie Zamora case, and the one in the English forest I don't remember the name of.

The case is famous, the most famous of the twentieth century. Now all we need is your opinion and some answers...

See you on the flip side, and Happy Hunting!

Thomas' Spirit Guide!

One of the aspects of Ghostbusters that has seemingly failed to catch on in real life is Tobin's Spirit Guide, the comprehensive guide to the ghostly by imaginary investigator, John H Tobin. However, in real life, no books like this exist, meaning we have to rely on the internet. Now, the internet is trustworthy, look at the innumerable amounts of convincing sightings (Lots of which come from the great Top5s) but there's so much stuff on it finding one you want is incredibly difficult, not to mention all the fakes and misunderstandings that are up there too!

This is why we need a comprehensive-yet-portable guide for investigations. We can't rely on the internet to even work for us, as some sightings have been reported to have interfered with phone signal and internet connection! And there's just something about a book isn't there?

So what do you think, does a book like this need to be written to compile the scientific evidence we've found? Or can we rely on another method of finding information? Tell us in the comments! And, of course, Happy Hunting!

The Lay of the Land

If you watched Ghostbusters III: Answer the Call back in 2016, you will probably have heard of Lay Lines. However, what you may not know is that they are a real phenomena that many are trying to prove. I have no real opinion, as there's not enough evidence for my liking, but what's been observed is very intriguing.

Lay Lines are large lines that cross over entire countries all across the planet, which cross over points of ghost sightings. These usually pass through stone circles such as the famous Stonehenge, leading some to believe that these stone circles are linked to the paranormal, one of the many supposed links between the two.

Whether you have a definite opinion on Lay Lines, they are an interesting idea that some people use to bring some sort of order to the Paranormal, something which is needed to sort out the science of it! But are they edging too close to the spiritual to be real? Or do ghosts really follow these lines? Perhaps we'll never know, but a little speculation wouldn't hurt.

Thanks for reading, see you in the summer for our next investigation and Happy Hunting!

What Ghostbusters got right. (Clue: Nearly everything)

Since the late 1800s, people have been into Paranormal Investigation, but one thing brought it into the public eye and renewed everyones thoughts on the Paranormal. The 1984 comedy-horror-action film Ghostbusters.

Everyone knows something about Ghostbusters, it's part of New York's culture now and that ain't going away pretty soon. But what people don't usually realise is how much of an effect it had on the world of the Paranormal Investigators. Ghostbusters created the craze, but how much did it really get right?

Well, writer Dan Aykroyd, the guy who plays over-enthusiastic paraphysicist Dr. Ray Stantz, was descended from Paranormal Investigators and claims to have seen ghosts himself. (Although he never calls them that, he refers to them simply as "Unidentified Lights") This should give you a clue on where the idea came from.

Ghostbusters also got critical appraisal from psychologists, according to Harold Ramis in "The Making of The Real Ghostbusters (Awkwardly presented by Rolf Harris). The science of Ghostbusters, especially The Real Ghostbusters, which was a Kid's Show! Talk of theories about other Universes and particle destabilisation and other unproven scientific concepts had surprisingly large grounds in real scientific thought!

Ghostbusters however did not get everything right. There is no "miracle" way to detect the paranormal like the PKE meter. We have to look for effects, in a similar way to the detection of black holes. The existence of Ectoplasm is highly doubted, with ONE convincing piece of evidence, whereas there being a myriad of types in Ghostbusters. Finally, famous ghost sightings are compiled into a guide, known as Tobyn's Spirit Guide. No book exists that is comparable to Tobyn's (yet).

So there you have it. Sorry about the large gap, but the next post is ready and will be uploaded later today. Be sure to check back tomorrow as well for more! The exams are finally over and we at Ghostguard can get back to videos! See you then, and Happy Hunting!

The Return of Ghostguard!

Sorry we've been gone for a few weeks. Exams and that have stifled our time for investigating the otherworldly! But now, as half our exams have been completed, this blog will be back in a action! This week there will be four posts, not including this one!

Firstly, we have a post dedicated entirely to Ghostbusters! Then we have another Local Legend underway, this time describing the Promenade Couple of Aberystwyth Prom. This will be followed by a new series, which I'm keeping under wraps for now and then a review of the K-2 EMF Meter I received back in January which has now been field tested in a haunted location!

Be sure to check us out on Youtube, although we haven't uploaded anything new, and won't until every exam is finish in early June.

Happy Hunting guys, and don't forget to check out the Paranormal Database on GOOGLE+ for more Paranormal Escapades from us, our allies at Creepy Seven Paranormal and many others, quite a few of whom are in Mexico. See ya' around!

SOMETHING STRANGE IN THE TESCO CAR PARK

Ghosts can come up in various places, from the ordinary castles and homes to discotheques, but a recent sighting from Dafydd has possibly come up with the winner of the weirdest manifestation area award, the Aberystwyth Tesco car park!

The ghost was a Class 3 or 4, of a girl in vaguely 1990s-sounding clothes from the description Dafydd gave me. He made eye-contact with her, and thought nothing of her, until three seconds later she vanished. I have been in the Car Park and know there is no way a person could be completely out of sight at that location. The person must have been a ghost, who dematerialised after being seen by Dafydd. Unfortunately, he didn't realise the girl was a ghost until it had disappeared, so obviously he wouldn't have any photos!

Now, I'm tempted to go back there and investigate, this time with our equipment of EMF Meters and Voice Recorders, to see if we find anything!

Anyway, this will be the last post for a while, as we have a lot of exams at the moment. This has severely limited our time for both investigating, writing these posts and answering Quora questions. I'll still answer Quora questions, and do the occasional post, but nothing big, like new videos, until the end of June. There should still be some activity though, so don't stop viewing the blog! It'll all be for our benefit!

See you in June, and Happy Hunting!

Ghosts in the Land of Ice and Fire.

Now, I have not posted for about three weeks, sorry about that. However, I do have a valid reason for it. I have been in Iceland! I was there doing both ordinary Iceland and Paranormal related activities, having some cross into both categories. I'm tempted to do a Venn diagram of that, but I'll wait until after the post...

Anyway, as I only left Keflavik and arrived back in Aber yesterday, I though I should tell you about some Icelandic ghosts. Most of the Icelandic ghosts originate in Norse Folklore, such as their concept of the Hidden People, who live in a pocket dimension of sorts. Icelandic people are allegedly the most superstitious people in the Western World, so they do have people who still believe in these old tales, like the tales of King Arthur in North Wales. The story claims these Hidden People are the descendants of Adam and Eve (After the original settlers turned Christian anyway.) who were placed into this pocket dimension (For lack of a better term) as not to displease god.

More recently, a ghost has been sighted on one of Iceland's beaches, very near the famous "Black Beach" of Vik. This ghost has not been "seen" in the traditional sense, or been detected by EMF or any other kind of device, but has been caught on photo. Although no photos of the ghost itself exist, mysterious footprints has been reported on various beaches, but mostly in the area of Vik. Iceland is a famous seafaring nation, so perhaps these are the ghosts of long-dead traders or raiders.

Unfortunately, no ghosts have been reported in either of the hotels I stayed at, which could be taken as both a good or a bad thing! However, as Google only brings up Paranormal articles in my news-feed, I have heard about a party (For lack of a better term) of Class 5 free-floating vapours manifesting in an English night club! Ghosts at a discotech! What more could you want?

That's it for this week/month, and I will be posting "Overtime" to make up for the four or five odd posts I've missed out on. I would have done it over there, but the internet is quite patchy. See you on Monday, with an interesting experience from on of our very own members of Ghostguard! See you then, and Happy Hunting!

LOCAL LEGENDS

As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, the new local legends is on the mysterious "The Plane".

Now, the plane is another ghost, but one with a difference. The plane is, unsurprisingly, the ghost of a plane which crashed in the Plynlympon mountains in Ceredigion. The inhabitant was Army Air Corps pilot Xenephon E Eugenedes, who crashed,  and died, in 1945. The plane wreck is still lying around on the side of one of the mountains, despite many parts being stolen or vandalised.

Nobody is sure when The ghost started appearing, but I guess it wouldn't have been long after the crash occurred. A witness named Paul Jay saw the plane and expected to see the crash through his rear-view mirrors, but it simply disappeared.  I do not know when this sighting was, or of any other convincing sightings. It's possible it may not manifest anymore, but that would seem surprising.

A good topic to think about is whether the ghost of Eugenedes remains in the plane, as a Class 3 ghost himself, or if the plane "flies itself" for lack of a better term. It's also possible his ghost is separated from the plane, and is possibly wandering around Plynlymon looking for a way back home, although as he has never been seen, I doubt this.

The following link takes you to a website on Xenophon Eugenedes, which I got some of my information from.

https://xenophoneeugenedes.weebly.com

I hope you enjoyed this Local Legends post, as I noticed they aren't actually that popular! I'm not going to stop doing them though. So goodbye and Happy Hunting!