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Post by Sam on Jun 21, 2023 20:07:05 GMT -5
The old stories from folklore are so much more original and interesting than most of what you find online about the paranormal. I've always wondered how legends like the Laidley Worm and Lambton Worm got started and they're both in the same part of the country. Are there any other stories in England of worms growing into dragons?
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Post by Sam on Jun 16, 2023 23:15:30 GMT -5
For the record, I totally agree with you and Pat. It makes no sense to destroy the house for that reason. He hasn't really explained what he thinks a demon is, but he seems to believe in the Catholic definition of demons. He's kind of trying to be the new Ed Warren or something. Why do people -- like you -- keep watching his shows when he does so many crazy things and makes up stories like the one about the "Ritual Murder" house in Utah, where he said Ted Bundy took some of his victims? People were living in the house at the time Bundy abducted and killed the girl at the high school, so there should be no doubt to anyone with the ability to reason that none of that ever happened and that he can't be trusted to tell the truth. I'm surprised he hasn't been sued. whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/10357/update-bagans-bundy-investigates-ritual
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Post by Sam on Jun 13, 2023 4:16:49 GMT -5
Well, that is why most of us think he did it, but he says it was because it was too dangerous, and he didn't want anyone else to get hurt. A demon is a spirit, a supernatural entity, and the supernatural cannot be destroyed. Also, that house had been there for years and there hadn't been any problems, so why would demons suddenly show up? From what I've read, the woman living there was about to have her children taken by the state, and she and her mother made up the stories about the house. You probably know more about Bagans than anyone else who posts here because you watch his show. Every place he investigates seems to have demons, so has he ever explained what he thinks a demon is?
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Post by Sam on Jun 12, 2023 1:49:54 GMT -5
He described whatever it was as 9-foot-tall and there's no way a 9-foot animal could survive undetected in such a densely populated area. England isn't like the United States, there are no huge forests where an animal -- even one that lived underground -- could exist. Whatever it was had to be a fairy, a spirit, or maybe some sort of elemental being. You're right, of course. I've never been to England, but I've looked at it on Google maps and almost every scrap of land appears to be cultivated or pastureland, with very few trees. There are little copses of trees here and there, but not what you'd call a forest like we have in the US. Here, we think of forests as thick woods that cover thousands of acres of land, where you can get lost. I believe there are elementals, like what people called the genius loci. I had always imagined them as small, sprite-like beings, but I suppose that like fairies, they can be any size. Perhaps it was some sort of elemental that for some unknown reason, happened to be visible to the people on the train at that moment. Since the person described it as something like a troll, it could have been a large, gnome-like earth spirit that was somehow disturbed because of the flooding.
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Post by Sam on Jun 10, 2023 22:36:23 GMT -5
With multiple witnesses, something obviously happened, but if there were 8-foot-tall extraterrestrials in the backyard, where did they go?
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Post by Sam on Jun 10, 2023 22:34:49 GMT -5
I thought trolls were part of the fairy realm. Cryptozoologists study cryptids, which are flesh and blood animals that may or may not exist. It's an interesting account even if it was some kind of fairy. Trolls are from the fairly realm, but it could have been something like a Bigfoot-type creature that dwells underground, or some kind of neanderthal-type human that's supposed to be extinct.
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Post by Sam on Jun 5, 2023 2:50:04 GMT -5
To me, this is a very interesting sighting, but it didn't seem to generate any interest among cryptozoologists or those interested in strange things in general.
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Post by Sam on Jun 5, 2023 2:42:57 GMT -5
This old plantation house is a lot more interesting, and a lot more haunted, than The Myrtles yet, most people have never heard of it.
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Post by Sam on Jun 3, 2023 22:06:54 GMT -5
Most Black Dog apparitions seem to have a connection to some kind of evil. The Hound of the Baskervilles is believed to be based, partly, on the evil Squire Richard Cabell. When we were in England, we went to his tomb, which is located in the churchyard of what used to be Holy Trinity Church in Buckfastleigh, Devon. The church was set on fire by Satanists in 1991, and when we were there, we found partially burned candles and other evidence that either Satanists, witches or teenagers, were still using the burned out shell of the church for some kind of activity. See “Ancient Dartmoor and its Legends.” The old burned out church, which is on a hill above the town, is very spooky, and while we were there, we couldn’t help noticing the silence: there didn’t seem to be any birds singing or the other usual noises you expect in a wooded area. People in the pubs and other places we went in the area told us about recent animal mutilations and they suspected Satanists were responsible. We didn’t say anything because we didn’t want to be argumentative, but usually, what people believe to be mutilations by Satanists or extraterrestrials is just the result of small predators feeding on a carcass. A lot of places that have some evil association are said to be unusually quiet, as though even the birds avoid them. Do you remember if Clapham Wood was unusually quiet?
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Post by Sam on Jun 1, 2023 2:07:25 GMT -5
If I ever go to England again, this is a place I want to visit. I'd like to visit Skinwalker Ranch. I know people say that most of the stories of aliens and other strange things are made up, but it would still be interesting to actually go to a place that has inspired so many strange stories.
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Post by Sam on May 27, 2023 23:06:17 GMT -5
I thought I heard people singing a hymn in an old country church one night when the church was deserted, and I wasn't the only one who heard it. There are a lot of stories in Appalachia about people hearing the voices of the dead. It's said that if you hear someone calling your name when no one is around, you shouldn't answer because it's the dead calling.
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Post by Sam on May 25, 2023 21:54:53 GMT -5
I didn't know about this. Thanks for posting it.
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Post by Sam on May 23, 2023 22:48:02 GMT -5
Some other guys and I have rented a cabin in the Adirondacks for a week this summer. It's on Lake George, where there have been a lot of Bigfoot sightings, and we're all interested in cryptids. We probably won't see any sign of the creature, but you never know.
Sounds like fun. Are you going to be roughing it, like fishing for your dinner?
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Post by Sam on May 23, 2023 4:18:03 GMT -5
I didn't realize this was the anniversary of the shooting of Bonnie and Clyde until I saw the Thought for the Day. Next year will be the 90th anniversary.
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Post by Sam on May 18, 2023 21:39:16 GMT -5
Thank you for finding and posting this, Joanna. It adds a lot of interesting information to what people said after the sighting.
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