Fleur De Lys

Saturday 18th January

A few of us from Twilight North and Twilight shadows were given the opportunity to investigate The

in Norton St Phillip with B.U.S (Bristol and UK Supernatural) and as this is a place we will be taking the whole team in the near future, of course, we jumped at the chance.

*Personal message:

With every investigation we do, you always hope that you are going to witness some type of paranormal activity. It is often the case that after 4 hours of footage taken at a location, you may be lucky to pull 5 or 10 minutes worth of evidence. (Any type of evidence we get I am always grateful for whether its 2 seconds or one hours’ worth.) I am shocked an astounded at the activity we witnessed during the evening. I pulled over 40 minutes worth of footage some of which I decided not to share as I had quite a personal experience (which I will talk about at the end of the report). I do not claim to be psychic; however, I have learned to be more sensitive the longer I carry on investigating. In this investigation I found that a spirit imprinted her on me which I have never experienced before. It something I am honoured to have experienced and it has given me comfort to realise that real and true love never dies.

The investigation

We started off the evening with an informal meeting both with BUS and between ourselves. (We also all had a delicious meal together which gave us all a chance to chat to some of the newest recruits in Claire’s team). After this we then split into our respective teams and went to our allocated areas’. Claire’s team took the Skittle Alley and our team went to a room at the top of the stairs which used to be used as a small meeting room. After getting ourselves comfortable, we switched off the lights and started to call out.

After about 10 minutes or so, Maria asked if my hand was tingling. (We both experience this when the energy is starting to build up). I realise that it was. Just after we say this I have capture a light anomaly on the video camera. After this, I see a series of Light anomalies on the video camera. I notice that they are mostly towards the 2 wooden high chairs near the entrance door. I find that I am drawn to that area. Maria asks out again to see if we can encourage any more spirit activity. We hear a noise behind us and Andrew says it sounds like something has just fallen down the chimney. Maria asks for any spirits to tap on something (to let us know they are with us). With that we hear something clatter to the floor. This was to be one of many apports we witness in this room.

[Apport (paranormal), the paranormal transference or appearance of an object].

Dave goes to look for the apport and finds a small piece of plaster. I point out that this was too small and light for the object. Whatever has just been thrown was thrown with force. In fact it was thrown so hard it bounced off the table in the middle of the room. The object cannot be located. We continue to discuss the apport for a while. I ask for any spirits to show themselves in light form. I do not realise until I reviewed the footage that I did indeed capture a light anomaly on camera just after I have asked to see one. We hear a tap behind us and Maria asks out again. I ask to hear the spirits footsteps if possible. (Dave wishes to have a break so I take hold of his camera also so we can continue filming.) Nothing much happens for about 5 minutes and I ask if the spirit is still with us. I capture a light anomaly on my camera but not Dave’s. We then get another apport. It is here I tell Maria that I am drawn towards the highchairs and she tells me she can tell.

We get another apport while we are talking among ourselves. Dave returns and says how different this room now feels. We get another apport, this time it sounds like a metal object. Andrew finds it and it looks like a brass washer. We are discussing how the apports are happening to us more and more when I notice a lovely light anomaly on Dave’s camera but not mine. Dave comes and sits next to me so he can watch the 2 cameras. Just as he sits down we get another apport. They all sound like small stones though we are unable to find any when we go and look. We get yet another apport and while Maria and Andrew are looking for it Dave hears a tapping sound. Maria finds one of the apports and it is a small white stone. (This is very common in stone apports). We tell Dave about the Brass washer and he manages to pick it up. He shows it to the camera. Just as he does this I capture a long light anomaly on Dave’s camera but not mine. (They are both pointed in the same direction). This I find fascinating. Just as I exclaim my surprise with this light anomaly, we get another apport. We discuss this and the fact that I am either getting a light anomaly on one camera or the other but rarely do the orbs I am seeing show on both at the same time (despite filming in the same area). Reviewing the footage we do not hear Dave say that he has been hit on the back of the leg and you can hear something clatter to the floor.

Maria asks what the spirits are going to do next. Andrew decides to go up the wooden stairs in the room that leads up to a small storage room on his own. He stays in there for about 5 minutes than comes back down again. I ask him if he felt anything while in there. He answered that he did not and says he never does. I laugh and tell him that will change and he shouldn’t have said that out loud.

Dave tells us that he has got an awful pain in his neck. Maria suddenly wonders if this is a spirit imprinting on him and talks about the hangings that happened at the Fleur during the pitchfork rebellion. He says no, and that the pain is on the right hand side. I suggest maybe that’s where the knot from the noose would have been. Dave makes a joke of it and tells us he was supposed to of been a highway man in a former life. (I can believe that).

I return my focus to the investigation and say out loud “Come on ghosties”. Just as I say this we get another apport bang on cue which you actually see bouncing off the floor on my camera. We can now feel the energy change in the room. Maria asks if we can hear the spirits footsteps. We do hear something but it does not sound up on the video. Dave tells us that his neck is getting worse. I ask out loud that if it is a spirit doing this to Dave, could they stop. I then ask can we hear the spirits voice. We get a loud tap in reply. I then ask a series of questions (What is your name, age, etc.) and leave a long pause in between them to allow a spirit to answer. (Hopefully we will be able to hear on the video footage or digital voice recorder if they have.) To my amazement when reviewing the footage, when I ask how many spirit people are there I capture a female voice answering 6 of us. This footage can be seen on our Facebook page.

I ask for the spirits to either show themselves in light form or throw something (as they are so good at doing that). I see more light anomalies on the video camera. I thank the spirits for all the activity they have shown us so far. We ask if we can see the spirit on camera and explain that this has happened before (Woodchester mansion). We continue to ask out encouraging spirit activity and we start to hear tapping sounds. We hear a series of taps which seem to correspond to our questions. Dave says he feels this is an (old) lady. We hear a loud tap as if in agreement. I say at this point that when we were on a tour of the place, before we started the investigation, I got an image of an old lady wringing her hands (when we went up into the storage area). As I say this I get the sensation I feel down my back when a spirit is really drawing close. Maria asks me what this feels like and I explain to her (the best way I can) what it is similar too. When this happens to me it almost feels like the sensation you get just before you get pins and needles. I ask if the spirit is now in the room with us. Tap. Dave goes to say something but finds his words are stuck. We get a very loud impatient tap and we laugh at this. Dave gives us a name he feels this might be. He got the name Annie. We start to debate the age. I said the woman I saw in my mind’s eye was in her 80’s. Dave disagrees and said he feels she feels more in her 70’s. Maria suggests we ask her, so we do. I ask are you in you 70’s? Tap. Are you nearer 71? (Nothing). 75? (Nothing). Nearer to 80? Tap. Maria then asks for the spirit to tap again. To our amazement we get a tap back. She asks for a loud tap (as she wants to check something). TAP. Maria then explains that she wanted to see if the taps are showing up on the sound display on her camera. Dave then suddenly says Anna or Hannah. We hear a massive thud as if to respond to what he is saying. (It is here that on camera you hear a scribbling sort of noise. Dave says that he has heard a whisper and then goes on to describe the scribbling sound perfectly.)

It goes quiet for a while (which happens). We start to hear knocking sounds again and Maria asks for the lady to tap if she is back. We get a quiet tap, then a loud one (which sounds totally different). We all hear a strange noise and I ask Dave if that was his tummy. He laughs and says he was about to ask me the same question. Maria says she thought it was Dave’s tummy too and turns to Andrew and asks if it was his. He tells us it was not. This sound was captured on the video footage.

We hear a loud bang. We notice we are still getting 2 types of taps in response to our questions. Andrew suddenly says he is feeling really cold. Dave says he is also feeling cold. We hear a massive knock by the door. Dave goes to investigate and opens the door (to see if there is anyone on the other side). As he does this Andrew hears footsteps running passed Dave and round the back of where Maria and Andrew are sitting. He is explaining this to us when I see a massive anomaly on my camera go from Dave (who is now standing back by me) and travel towards the door. Dave then says he just saw a black anomaly (with his naked eye) by the door. We all laugh and ask how on earth did he see this when it is dark in the room. He explains he saw it down by the bottom of the door (where the light from the corridor is seeping underneath.) I ask Andrew if he is feeling warmer now and he confirms he is.

Maria goes to place a chair by the door and asks us if we can still see. Just as she does this she hears a noise on the other side. She goes to have a look and there is nothing there. We point out that if it was someone playing tricks we would hear them running down the stairs. Just as she closes the door we all hear another strange noise. I say it’s the door hinges so Maria tries the door again. There is no noise. We again are all amazed. The footage of this can be viewed on our Facebook page.

I need to take a natural break so I go towards the door. Just as I do the door rattles as if someone is about to come in. I jump back in surprise. We find out later this is not paranormal activity and the door does in fact rattle if approached from a certain angle.

We continue to get lots of light anomalies on camera and we hear lots of taps. (Many taps seemed to be in response to our questions.) We could have stayed in this room for the entire investigations but decide to change to the skittle alley.

Skittle Alley

We make ourselves comfortable around a small table that Claire’s team had set up in the alley before us.

We start to call out and very soon hear small tapping noises. We are just discussing the history of the building and that the long corridor that leads to the skittle alley from the main bar used to be outside. It is believed this route is where the prisoners of the pitchfork rebellion were lead down towards the gallows they were hung from. Just as we discuss this we hear an almighty bang on our table which makes us all jump. We acknowledge the spirit and ask if the spirit was one of the men that were hung. We get another loud bang. The table then tips up on 3 legs then places itself back down in a very precise manner. We ask a series of questions and start to get 2 different types of taps in response. One is very loud and one is very quiet. The tapping then starts to take on a rhythm. I say it’s like Morse code. Dave rightly points out that this didn’t exist in their time. I suddenly get an idea. I say maybe the prisoners devised a code they tapped on the wall to communicate between themselves. We get a thud in response to this. As the infamous Judge Jefferies name is mentioned, we hear another almighty thud which makes us jump again. Maria hears a gasping noise just behind her which really unsettles her and I see something move behind her further down in the skittle alley. The table then lifts up on 2 legs again.

I suddenly feel a weird sensation on my left knee. It felt like someone was gripping it. The rhythmic tapping starts again and I say that I am thinking something and if I am right can you knock on the table. Maria suddenly cottons onto what I mean and we all laugh. She asks me why I thought it might be this that the spirit is imitating. I tell them that it’s probably because he has been feeling my knee for the last 5 minutes. I start to sense the atmosphere changing and this spirit feels very jolly. I ask if the spirit likes to join in with the people in the bar and we get a loud knock. I ask if the spirit is touching my knee. Bang. Maria laughs and tells the spirit to behave itself. I say that my husband is in the room so he had better behave. BANG. We hear another very loud bang on the table. I say that if the spirit wants to do that he is going to have to scare my husband away. Dave then cries out as we hear another massive thud. The bang happened under his chair.

Maria feels that we are talking to the executioner. She asks if he has regrets for what he has done. We hear another very loud bang on the table. The table then lifts again. I say that I feel the spirit is behind me. We hear a thud on the table. Maria asks why I feel that and I explain because the table lifted where I am sat. I feel the feeling on my knee again the tapping goes back to the rhythmic tapping once again. I say again that the spirit would have to scare my husband away if he wants to do that. I tell the spirit to growl in Dave’s ear. (Dave isn’t too pleased about this). Maria asks if the spirit was powerful in life. We hear a loud tap. Dave says under his breath “he thinks he was powerful” and there is an almighty bang on the table as if to tell Dave off.

We chat about how a person would be appointed as executioner and I go really cold, then I get the giggles. It is here I capture a groan on video that can be seen on our footage on our Facebook page. We are unaware of the groan at the time and we can be seen chatting on among ourselves and I ask a question out loud to myself “I wonder if it is us that turns people this way”? As if in answer to that we hear another massive bang which again makes us all jump. I say that I hate it when they do that.

Maria then says to the spirit “is there a question you would like to ask us?” Bang. “Oh dear, what would that be?” Maria asks. I reply “our names?” Bang. We go around the table and introduce ourselves and I finish by saying “and your name?” Bang. We laugh and I say hello to bang. We then get an idea. We have 2 types of ghost boxes and maybe we can use one to communicate.

[Ghostbox (paranormal research device), a device meant to communication with spirits using open radio waves]

We ask the spirit if we can use this and we get a bang in response. We have a small debate while Andrew sets up his ghost box that maybe it only works with more modern spirits, however, we decide to carry on.

We ask the usual questions of what is your name. We hear (at different times) the name George, Edward, John, Theodor and Charles. We also get bangs on the table to clarify other questions we have asked. (All but one of these names are on a document in the bar regarding the pitchfork rebellion. We did not see this until we are about to go.)

It is here that things really start to get strange.

During the ghost box experiment, I notice that Maria’s face has changed and I tell her this. She replies that she didn’t want to say but mine had too. For me Maria had become very old and her face was more oval. For Maria I had become very scary looking and my eye sockets are just hollows. She says I look almost vampiric in appearance. This is disturbing me so much that Maria changes places with Dave who (straight away) his face starts to alter. I start to freak out a little and say he looks like an evil gnome. As he is saying thanks very much the word Idiot is said on the Ghost box. I then hear a Huh or sigh next to me. Maria asks if the spirit means Dave is an idiot. My knee feels as if it is being gripped again and Andrew suddenly feels really cold. I say to him he shouldn’t have said he never feels anything earlier. We all laugh.

I see something moving at the bottom of the skittle alley and I try to lean over to see what it is. Andrew asks if I am ok. The table then moves on Andrews’s side.

I start to see on finger black out on Dave’s hand, then mine, then Marias and then Andrews. I say this and tell everyone I am starting to feel very weird. I feel the finger is missing due to punishment. The finger that is missing is everyone’s wedding finger. I realise I am feeling very emotional and I look at Dave and his face is now totally different. Dave looks behind him at this point and on the video footage you can hear a rumbling noise like a bowling ball travelling down the alley. I apologise to everyone and say I have never had this happen before. I suddenly realise that Dave’s hands have changed. They look enormous. Maria asks what I am seeing. I say I don’t know and I am not very good at this. She replies that she thinks I am and urges me to continue. I explain that these hands I can see look almost cartoonish. I suddenly feel like I need to reach for these hands and I find myself saying we have been here before. Maria says how much my face has now changed. Dave agrees and says he knows the face but doesn’t know the name. Maria says she is getting the name Jeanette or Jinnee. I say we have been here before. Dave starts to talk and Maria tells Dave that she thinks I am trying to tell him something. I am feeling really strange. It’s almost like something has got control of my voice and all I can say is we have been here before. Dave and I (or rather these 2 spirit people who have imprinted on us) are looking at each other. The love I feel at this point is over powering. Then, as quickly as it arrived, the feeling starts to fade and I can see Dave’s face again.

We continue to talk for a while but this experience has really affected me and I am quite relieved that we decide to call it a night.

At the time I felt like Dave and I were old souls that have met in a lifetime before. However, looking back on it I now think maybe this female spirit has been hanging around waiting for the opportunity to reach out to her lost lover and tell him everything will be ok and that she doesn’t blame him for leaving her behind. I am still unsure if this was a love torn in two by one of the men executed but that was the impression I felt at the time.

To conclude this report I can honestly say this was one of the most active investigations I have been on to date. We experienced light anomalies on camera, apports, taps, footsteps, audible voices, EVP captured on camera, and sightings. We had enormous success with table tipping and reasonable success with the Ghost box. Also we must not forget our personal experiences.

I would like to thank Claire from BUS for inviting us to her investigation and to the landlord for allowing us to investigate this amazing location.