The Drummer of Tedworth 2 great reads!

I came across the story of the Drummer of Tedworth and had a little look into it.
I don't know really what I conclude, but I don't believe it was a "hoax". I tend to agree with the opinion that it was like some sort of telepathic events created by the drummer himself.

Here are a couple of links for your to go over and decide for yourself:

The story I agree with :

The following is an historical tale about a poltergeist that was stranger than most as the cause might not have been a spirit, or the unconsciousness mind of a adolescent child so common in poltergeist cases, but of someone who consciously caused it while alive.

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The story where it says it was a hoax.... I believe, and can see logically that the latter events were a hoax; But it fails to show me that the original was:

Other people, however, believed that there was no ghostly drummer, and that Mr. Mompesson had invented the entire story, either as a way to make some money or to gain some notoriety. These critics pointed out various problem’s with Mr. Mompesson’s claims.

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And a very lengthy compilation of facts, letters and documents relating to the WHOLE story.
This is well worth the read if you can find some time.
It is a 38 page PDF and has some initial banter from the author, but please bear through it, because when you start to read letters and documents from the original time.. well go look for yourself!!!
Make up your own mind now you have all the facts! :).. (or next best thing)

New Light on ‘The Drummer of Tedworth’:
Conflicting Narratives of Witchcraft in Restoration England
By
Michael Hunter
School of History, Classics and Archaeology,
Birkbeck, University of London,
Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX
This paper presents a definitive text of hitherto little-known early documents concerning ‘The Drummer of Tedworth’, a poltergeist case that occurred in 1662-3 and became famous not least due to its promotion by Joseph Glanvill in his demonological work, Saducismus Triumphatus. On the basis of these and other sources, it is shown how responses to the events at Tedworth evolved from anxious piety on the part of their victim, John Mompesson, to confident apologetic by Glanvill, before they were further affected by the emergence of articulate scepticism about the case.

As always, you can follow through to the original stories by clicking on the text. :)

What do you think?