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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

A haunted castle on the Scottish coast

My God, it does not get better than this. From The (Glasgow) Herald:

It's a bitterly cold spring evening and the sun is beginning to set over Culzean Castle on the Ayrshire coast. Inside, away from the chilly night air, a small group is gathered in the main lobby busying itself with a complicated-looking collection of electrical equipment. On a table is a pile of assorted batteries, an undoubted necessity given the number of camcorders, cameras and digital recorders scattered around the room. In the corner sits a large microphone-cum-satellite dish. It all looks a little too high-tech to be the monthly meeting of the local Woman's Guild. In fact, all this equipment belongs to the Ghost Finders, a team of amateur paranormal investigators whose aim is to uncover the truth about Scotland's most haunted sites. The group was set up 12 months ago by Mark Turner, his girlfriend Lisa Lundie and her sister Joanne. Sharing a long-running interest in the supernatural, the trio, based in Cumbernauld, decided to formalise their interest by conducting their own investigations. As locations go, Culzean Castle, which dates back to 1165, has no shortage of spooky nooks and crannies. As the group make their way through the labyrinth of high-ceilinged rooms, Scott Williams describes his visions. In one room he picks up the presence of a family; in another, at the top of a staircase, that of a solitary man – who, he adds pointedly, is watching. The plan is to start with a seance in the State Room, but first the team need to set up a "lock-off" in the Earl's Bedroom, apparently the most "active" of all the rooms. Four cameras – all with night-vision – are left in the dark, and a series of digital recorders are set to voice-activated-recording mode. The lock-off is meant to rule out any external intervening factors. Before leaving the room, Turner booms: "Is there anyone in here who would like to communicate with us? We're leaving equipment for you to do that."
The article provides excellent details on why a group of young professionals spend their evenings running around old buildings. It also has spooky details of the groups EVP recordings and experiences. The article is very long however so fill the popcorn bowl before you begin. UPDATED: With link. The hazards of late-night blogging.

1 Comments:

Blogger Carnacki said...

No, you're not going blind. That's the dangers of late night blogging while falling asleep. I'll fix it.

5/05/2005 06:51:00 PM  

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