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Information taken from
http://www.ghostconnections.com/The%20Blue%20Bellgc.htm 2006.
GHOST CONNECTIONS.
Background:
The Bluebell Inn at Beltring is easily missed sitting, as it does just
off a busy dual carriageway past the Hop Farm. It is one of the oldest
buildings in the area dating back at least 600 years. It is believed
that there may have been a building here before this. In a time when
hops were the main industry in these parts this was the only public
house for miles and inside there are photographs of this era showing
crowds of people being served through the windows. It now consists of 2
bars (one considerably older than the other) and a restaurant with
living quarters above. Outside is an early 20th Century function hall.
Ghost Connections received reports of sightings of spirits within the
building and previous clairvoyant information of a spirit in the
restaurant area. Tales of unnaturally quickly expiring batteries in
clocks abounded and some photographs taken in the hall, shown to the
team on a recce, prompted them to 'feel' the atmosphere here and deem
this worthy of some attention on the night. An account of a ‘dream' of a
boy crawling though a hole in the attic had previously been said the be
close to an account of a boy jumping out of a previous window on the
upper floor.
It was intended to investigate the attic area although due to
circumstances beyond the team or tenants control this was not feasible
on the night.
The team investigated the hall and the restaurant area using various
methods and used the opportunity of the photographs shown to them of the
hall to experiment with long exposure photography in an effort to
replicate often produced images said to provide evidence of ghosts.
Ghost Connections - Ian, Paddy, Kim, and Dave.
Method:
Use of EVP, still photography and camcorder to record the evenings
events whilst calling for spirit in the hope of capturing evidence of
paranormal activity.
The Investigation:
The team first located to the hall. General feelings of an oppressive
nature were sensed although despite calling out no activity was
experienced here. During a more intense séance held here feelings of
sickness were encountered and certain unexplainable noises were heard in
the area of the bar. There were a number of other noises but were found
to be electrical or mechanical equipment in this area.
Whilst in the hall the team also experimented with long exposure
photography with interesting results. Dave's Canon EOS-10 was also used
and the films are awaiting development. The airtight pendulum experiment
was set up and recorded on cam. From the teams position it seemed that
there may have been unexplained movement of the pendulum by request
although close scrutiny of the footage shows very little movement at
all.
This session had to be called off after an hour and a half as Kim felt a
tightening of the chest and throat and could not stop coughing severely.
CCTV had been set up to record continuously in this area.
The team had a short break and then moved into the main building to
investigate the restaurant area.
CCTV had also been set up here focussed on the fireplace area.
The team conducted a lengthy vigil in this area and also conducted a
glass experiment on a table prompting anyone else present to
communicate. No noises were heard of an unexplainable nature. Nothing was
recorded on cam footage or voice recorder that cannot be readily
explained.
Results
The CCTV and Voice Recorders produced nothing of note in any areas.
Camera footage and stills produced nothing of note in any areas.
The noises heard by the team were substantiated on recordings.
The glass experiment produced no movement at all.
Conclusion
Despite current reports and eye witness accounts from the venue no
evidence was forthcoming.
A few noises remain unexplained in the hall.
Kim's coughing cannot be explained naturally however its cause cannot be
said to be paranormal due to lack of conclusive corroborative evidence.
It may be suggested that the situation within the premises regarding
possible closure was having an influence on the staff and the team. This
is a suggestible reason for any normal ‘friendly’ activity to cease in
the light of impending uncertainty. We may never know if this was the
case. A further investigation in the future may establish if this theory
is at all relevant to the reported activity at The Bluebell Inn and
whether this is why little was experienced on the night we visited.
There was an amount of information forthcoming of a clairvoyant psychic
kind, but this cannot be validated. As Ghost Connections conducts
scientifically based investigations we do not publish such observations,
however, this information is held on a separate database and may prove
interesting when compared to other peoples experiences.
We would like to thank Derek and Mandy at The Bluebell Public House for
their hospitality and interest.
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