Brigmerston

Brigmerston

Friday 6th March 2009

The team was given the opportunity to go and visit an area not widely known in a little village tucked away in deepest darkest Wiltshire with its purpose lost in the passage of time.

Dave Murphy and Rhys of half life paranormal invited to take us to a place they used to visit as kids that still visibly fills them with terror when they recount the stories and experiences they shared when younger.

After a short journey from Salisbury, we found ourselves walking up a very dark country lane lined on the right hand side with trees and houses erratically spaced out on the left hand side. We listened to the lads reminiscing about things they had experienced here years ago which didn't help the feeling of foreboding I could sense descending on us the further down the track we walked. These experiences ranged from 2 little girls vanishing into thin air, dens bursting into flames, spooky experiences in the walled garden again with figures vanishing, visible traces of occult worship and various surreal experiences not necessarily supernatural but still very unnerving and scary never the less.

We then came across and entranced on the right hand side of the road with steps leading up into the wooded area. We followed the lads up these steps and almost immediately came across a large open air pool. The pool is no longer in use and largely now used for locals to tip their garden waste into. Just over to the left was a round children's pool which had what looked like a little gully that linked the small round pool with an ornamental wishing well. It was here at the round children's pool that the boys saw the two little girls that they described as dressed in olden day clothing.

While we were walking up to these pools a few people thought they heard what sounded like a distant crowd cheering. I didn't hear this and as there are houses quite close by the noise could of been the sound from a tv set travelling on the night air. We took pictures of the large and small swimming pool and it was about now that Dave Wicheard said he had two names (Emily and Hannah) in his mind. The lads decided that we should go and have a look at what they called the "enchanted garden" so intrigued we set off after them.

Just down the round and around the corner, we came across another entrance in a wall that led to this big open space. At the far end there was another doorway that Dave W and I decided to go through and this took you out to more open space with very old crumbling walls around it. The lads informed us that years ago they remembered that there were two very old barns in the first part of the walled gardens but there was no trace of those barns now. After Dave and I had finished exploring the other side of the wall we re-joined the others to see what they were up too. The lads had been telling Maria, Debbie, Matt and James of the things that they had experienced in this area.

We decided to go back to the pool area to try a séance. As we were walking back to the pools a few of us heard a weird kind of squeal noise, No one could come up with an animal that it may of originated from but this is out doors so it cannot be discounted that it was not a wild animal.. We went over to take a few pictures of the ornamental wishing well and after Maria started calling out to see if we could get any paranormal activity going. lots of noises could be heard. But nothing that could not be discounted as wildlife but the feel of the area was very, very eerie and the woods did seem to get very dark. I tried calling out but again nothing much happened. I had mentioned that I was drawn towards the walled garden earlier in the evening and as it was quite at our present location the others decided it was a good time to relocate. Just as Maria, Dave and I turned to go, we heard a whistling sound very near to us. I thought it might of been someone's nose whistling as that is what it sounded like to me. Maria and Dave laughed at me and said a resounding "NO" to that and so I called out again. We did get a very faint noise very similar almost straight away. We tried calling out again but after 5 mins or so nothing else happened so we went to join the others.

Back at the walled garden I felt the atmosphere was very charged and different. We made our way to the far end where the doorway is in the wall and stood about talking. I kept being drawn to my right and started to see a shadowy figure stood just down from the corner of the garden. Dave and Maria could see this. I had my back to the doorway and Dave suddenly said to me to move towards him. I did as I was told and Dave and Maria could see a shadowy figure stood not far from where I was stood. I could not see this person but the shadow figure I could see had gone and that part of the garden was clearly visible again. Dave went down to where the shadow person was stood and he almost visibly recoiled with fright as the person shot back through the hedge. Dave said he physically heard the "shadow person" retreat through the hedge but I did not. The person I could see had returned to the position I could originally see it. Maria and Dave could also see this and that part of the garden had gone very dark again. Dave and Maria felt there was more than 3 spirit people stepping forward and we at this point heard a light chime sound not quite deep or clear enough for a bell.

As it was getting late and our shadowy friends didn't really want to make their purpose known to us as to why they where there, we decided to call it a night. On the return to the car Dave showed us to where there used to be a wooden bridge with a macabre past attached to it but it is now concrete.

I would like to thank Dave and ...... for inviting us along to Brigmerston and giving us a tour of this spooky little village.