Mass Hauntings or Demonic Activity?

From: Lucy Evans (DeadlyDreams666@googlemail.com)
Story type: Ghost
Location: My New House and Surrounding Area, England.
Source: Form Submission
Date submitted: Sat Feb 20 21:23:50 2010

Hello.
Thats always the politest way to begin. Let me introduce myself; I am Lucy Evans. Okay its a fake name yes, but that is to protect the identities of the people involved; everyones names have been altered, but otherwise the story is completely factual.

I should give you some background information. I was born on the 29th January 1994. I spent most of my life living in towns and was a pretty normal kid, although I always had this feeling that there was more out there, and my imagination was so overactive, reality always seemed pretty damn boring to me. Then I moved to the countryside a few years ago, and I loved climbing trees and doing kid things. I have a friend called David, hes in the year below me in school and I only met him a couple of years after I moved house. He started coming round to my house and like me he was interested in exploring.

Things were weird before I met David, I used to know things were going to happen before they did, stuff like cats dying or meeting new people, or even being stung by a stinging nettle (which is more unusual than most people because Im allergic to them and so I avoid them). But worst of all was this way I could see things in my head without looking at them, like something that was behind me but I could see it clearly, and sometimes I would see things in my head like the entire village in flames and people screaming, or I would look at a picture of someone and see them dead and mutilated instead of what was actually in the photo. Even mirrors scared me a little, when I looked in them I would see things that werent in the room, like someone standing behind me or even one time the swinging frog in my bathroom was still, yet its reflection was swinging. I would always put those things off as imagination or as me being slightly insane. Until David said he could see similar things, like the reflections, often a dark shape that looks like a man but hes tall and too skinny and has no features, or is only half here, like flickering a little and difficult to focus on.

On top of all that I have some other weird friends, people who think they are vampires and such. I believe them, because I think its unfair of me to claim Ive seen a ghost and not believe a friend who says they drink blood. My dads friend took a picture of his Christmas tree once, a family were standing in front of it in the photo which was done on a digital camera with no other photos on it, in a room with no pictured of Victorian families and its too detailed to be a freak reflection. Another random odd thing is how I sometimes have dreams that feel really real, such as a recent one where I got bitten by a snake and woke up with a snake bite on my arm, although there are no snakes in the area and definitely not in my room, I have woken with handprints and bruises also. Sometimes I hear voices or feel people sit on my bed in the night, or even things in my room move, without anybody touching them in front of my eyes. I have had some of my daydream like visions of people dying in my room.

So we decided we were both insane and went to the woods instead, the first one is by an old train track and train station, next to a ministry of defence base, I often walk my dog down there and imagine the trains and the people still there, but there was this odd feeling this time, like they were actually still there. And time would go weird down there, one minute it would be four a clock and then the next half past. We had been down there at least an hour before we got a little scared and decided to leave; when I got home I looked it up online and found that a train had crashed when the bridge collapsed there a years and years ago. Also just after we first moved here a car crashed down there as well, but I dont think anyone died.

The next scary place is a lake, but the feeling there is so weird. I went there and David has this odd thing where he cries whenever something supernatural is around, he doesnt cry any other time (I guess he might if I slapped him really really hard but thats not the point) and he cried and I could see this kid, covered in reeds and weed and soaking wet with weird eyes and old fashioned clothes, but I couldnt find anything about him online. I could also see in my head, him being pushed or pulled or falling into the water, he was leaning over and then next thing I knew he was in the water. He wasnt really there, but David could see him too, so I knew I wasnt hallucinating, and it couldnt have been one of those times where one of you is only saying you saw it to make the other feel better, because we both pointed it out at the same time.

There are two other groups of trees, one has a lake and the other doesnt. Theres weird sounds in them, that dont sound human at all, but not animal, like mixture between a wolf, a bat and a lion, I know that doesnt make sense but its kind of like a growl and this yapping sound, and theres also a ticking sound. And the birds in the trees scatter whenever they hear the noise. But other than that its quiet. Which is a big problem, because it shouldnt be quiet in a forest in the middle of a highly active farm, there should be the noises of cows and farm machinery and the mortars from the army that you can hear the moment you step out of the trees, but while in the trees its completely silent, other than the birds and the strange creature noises. The creature couldnt be a wolf or bear because Im in England and there are no zoos anywhere near here. There is something worse though about the wood with the lake in it. It is full of small nocturnal animals. There are badgers, (if you dont know what one is look it up, but they are the top predator in a wood, or should be) and they are not allowed to be hunted and the farmer does not hunt them, in fact they dont hunt on that side of the farm at all because its where all the animals are kept during the hunt. In the wood there are badger skulls and bones. There is no flesh left on the bones at all, and they are perfectly clean, there is nothing but a human around here that could kill even one badger, but no farmer would spend time stripping the flesh off it while still in the woods, and no farmer would kill that many badgers. So that is what led me to presuming that the animal or ghost or whatever wasnt friendly.

At Davids house there has also been some weird stuff. The land used to be owned by a farmer who was forced off the land and so hung himself in the tree by Davids house years ago before the village there was built. And when they moved there they heard footsteps, and standing in Davids moms bedroom doorway was a man in a raincoat (they did not know about the farmer at that point or the fact he would wear a raincoat) and David was lying in bed when the man climbed onto the bed, leaning over David who impulsively kicked him off. On top of that David saw a girl in his living room that looked like she had drowned and was covered in twigs and dirty. David was once by the tree where the man had hung himself and heard banging, they checked everywhere, but there was nobody or nothing that could have caused it.

Of course both of us having overactive imaginations investigated these things and got thoroughly scared, but that was when the images in mirrors started getting more frequent, until one day I was sitting in the living room talking to David on MSN, a dark fuzzy figure, like the one in the mirror was standing in front of me; leaning down close to me and seeming very threatening, the same thing happened to David. Since then the black men have been appearing more often, usually when we are alone or somewhere where we can be easily scared by them, as if they are trying to keep us away from something. Davids theory seems to be that they are death. My theory is some kind of alternate universe, like when I see the buildings in flames and a dead world, David also agrees with this, having seen it himself or often hearing whispering or strange noises, even worse silence when there shouldnt be. The creatures didnt appear able to hurt us besides fear and are usually seen in shadows vanishing quickly. I have read other stories on here of other people seeing similar creatures and so decided to tell you that. This morning was the worst though, its what made me decide to post this and see if anybody knows anything.

I was lying in the bath rinsing off my hair, I was rushing because scary things often happen in bathrooms, probably because of the water and mirrors which most beliefs seem to think can act as a teleport between worlds or even death. And I had my eyes closed, just for a second, and then I could feel one of those things above me. It wasnt in a perverted or gross way; it was just leaning as normal. Then I tried to open my eyes, but I couldnt and I could see one of my imaginary vision things, but stronger and in much more detail. It was a cathedral, with a large circular stained glass window, which was broken. The cathedral itself was also broken and in flames, pieces of stone from it lying among the burning trees. The sky above was dark and starless and black shapes, like the creatures surrounded the cathedral. The creature leaning over me was larger and thinner than most, with no features as normal. Then suddenly my eyes opened and I sat up, terrified and I could still see the image in my head, it took me five minutes to convince myself the bathroom was empty and safe.

Id like to add that I am a Wiccan and believe that anything is possible as I have no firm beliefs about the world or death. I do not judge people, seek revenge, lie or break a promise. I have also spoken to therapists due to previous anger problems, but they were quickly resolved and I show no signs of insanity (apparently). Mirrors are almost terrifying now, as I often see people in them or even my own reflection has changed. And I dont mean that my eyes have changed from blue to green or grey as happens often and has been pointed out to me by many people; I mean the reflection has black eyes or just isnt me. Or the room behind is different. There is also often the overwhelming feeling that there is someone watching or listening and I do not trust any shadows anymore and often look behind myself at least twice a minute. I watched a programme called Psychic Kids, which gave me some security in the fact that I wasnt the only girl that had things sit on her bed that werent really there, or saw people in the mirror.

Ive seen the creature a couple of times since then, which shows you how often they appear. So has David. I want to remind you that this is a true story and I wish I could tell you more, but there isnt any more to tell, its all I know about the ghosts and the creatures, but for some reason they all seem drawn to me and David. If anybody has any knowledge on any of this, contact me please via email (DeadlyDreams666@googlemail.com). I would appreciate any information or any stories of similar things happening to you. Do you think we are psychic or is it something else? Do you think the ghosts are real, some of the deaths are and I cannot see another explanation? What do you think my visions are insanity? And what on earth are the fuzzy black creatures, angels of death, ghosts, or something more dangerous and threatening?

Thank you for taking the time to read this, your reply is very important to me. Yours sincerely, Lucy Evans.

P.S. I may have forgotten some things or not gone into enough detail on others. If you want anymore information contact me. I think I got all of the important points.