The Grey Ladies

KIELDER CASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND, FRIDAY 21st MARCH 2008

By kind permission of The Forestry Commission, Kielder, The Grey Ladies returned to Kielder Castle (following our Halloween visit working with the public) to conduct our own investigation.  Joining us were newbie paranormal investigators from Dumfries and Galloway, a small team called "Mostly Ghostly" and a friend of ours, Andy, who has an interest in the paranormal.  Aside from the usual light anomolies and natural creaking sounds of the building, a fascinating event happened in the large attic room.  We left a digital voice recorder running up there - the kind that only records if it picks up sound.  On playback, there were long dragging sounds of what we all agreed was like a heavy sack across the floor boards.  We tried to re-create the same sound later in the investigation, using one of the heavy sacks that was in the same room - and on playback of the voice recorder, captured an identical sound.  Everyone was accounted for when the machine was left up in the attic the first time.  It was a very windy night, but yet, during periods of time when the wind had died down, a particular window frame kept rattling when the other windows did not.  We checked for tree branches hitting it, but nothing was there.  We also heard like a small animal scratching a downstairs door trying to get in during a vigil, but when we opened it, there was nothing there.  We closed the door again and the scratching started once more.  There were also icy blasts felt across the room we used as a base, when no doors downstairs were being opened or anyone was walking around.  Voices were also heard coming up one of the main staircases - we though it was the other team, but they hadn't yet arrived!  An interesting night indeed.  And we're back for more on Friday 2nd May.....