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?

Bizarre Orb UFO seen above Wales

I love the time on this video too!
Yeah yeah I am one of the weirdoes that sees all funny numbers.. the 11.11 people :(
LOL we make jokes of it but it secretly freaks me out. ;)






The man who filmed this says:

I dont know what to say to this?, all i can say is that this was my first capture of the evening and just setting up when i saw this come into view on my night vision optics, i could not see it without the aid of my device or could it be seen with my camcorder alone?. It was silent and moved from north to south direction and it was dark at the time. I thought at first it may be a baloon or a parachute but if this was so i would have had no problem spotting either with ordianary binoculars or my camcorder that has a 40x optical zoom and nightshot. I am also sure it would be easy to see unaided.

You can click on the text to be taken to the original You tube page, it is worth it to read the comments and see other videos of his, if you are interested.

There is also a story taken from All news Web on this blog :) UFO BLOG

Could coffee be the cause of late night "voices" ?

I found this blog entry "have a coffee - see ghosts".

I thought ok.. stimulation etc... then read in the comments section the author found follow up about it, which was not it helped people see ghost, more so that coffee drinkers are more likely to hear voices.

"‘High caffeine users’ – those who consumed more than the equivalent of seven cups of instant coffee a day - were three times more likely to have heard a person’s voice when there was no one there compared with ‘low caffeine users’ who consumed less than the equivalent of one cup of instant coffee a day."

You can follow through for the story by clicking on the text.

Now my little thought...I think the blogger stumbled onto the right track.
it's funny that most ghost experiences are late at night, and most people have a thing "to stay awake I must increase my intake of caffeine".. in other words they drink lots of coffee because they think it helps them stay awake.
Logically, being stimulated makes everything more intense, emotions, touch.. the whole thing.. would it not also maybe let your ears think they hear what your head is thinking someone is saying?
Just a thought... I am not discounting anything paranormal at all, I have had lots of experiences and I do not drink coffee or cola.. or caffeine.
Maybe we should put a caffeine ban on these ghost hunter shows and see if they still experience things? :)