Legends & Beasts

Olde English Folklore : The Hand of Glory

December 8, 2016

According to legend, the dried and pickled hand of a hanged man possesses supernatural powers. These hands are said to possess the power to manipulate the movement of a room or house full of people… But what is it !?

The Magic Behind The Hand

Im sure all you Harry Potter fans out there will be going nuts over Mr Malfoys Hand of Glory. This cursed item, in particular, is surrounded by mystery, black magic and death. It has a much darker purpose than most objects of a similar nature.

The hand made it’s first appearance during the 1600’s, it was mentioned in the grimoires similar to Petit Albert and the Compendium Maleficarum, It was also published in some manuals for witch hunting. The creation of this sinister object varies, as do its magical uses. They all involve a rather obvious hand but sometimes it is the severed hand of an executed criminal or a dead child’s hand, but the latter not so often.

(The Last Hand of Glory on Display)

The exact instructions are : Take the right or left hand of a felon who is hanging from a gibbet beside a highway; wrap it in part of a funeral pall and so wrapped squeeze it well. Then put it into an earthenware vessel with zimat, nitre, salt, and long peppers, the whole well powdered. Leave it in this vessel for a fortnight, then take it out and expose it to full sunlight during the dog days until it becomes quite dry. If the sun is not strong enough, put it in an oven with fern and vervain. Next make a kind of candle from the fat of a gibbeted felon, virgin wax, sesame, and phone and use the Hand of Glory as a candlestick to hold this candle when lighted …

None of this sounds too difficult and this item could come in handy to any local thieves! The most common suggestion of the hands uses where the use of the dead man’s fat to fuel the flame, in doing so the user would be able to paralyse anyone in a house or building, anyone but the user.
Other theories vary. Including the candle having the power to open any lock, the flame burning brighter in the presence of treasure, or only provides light to the wielder ( Potterheads ).
This does all sound incredibly useful ! But I can guarantee that your local store does not sell Zimbat or Ponie. Although the word ‘ Ponie ‘ is thought to mean horse poop ! So you have a little bit of a head start there.

Now there are ways to protect yourself from the creepy ass reach of a Hand of Glory. You can render it ineffective by running the threshold of all the windows and doors of your home with a mixture of screech owl blood, fat of a white hen and the gall of a black cat.

In these modern times, researchers do now think that the idea of a Hand of Glory is a kind of ” lost in translation ” moment. The theory first arrived when the word ” Mandragora “, or the mandrake root ( Potterheads ) was mistranslated from the french word main de gloie. However, this did not stop the Hands of Glory appearing time and time again throughout English Folklore and in actual homes !

Most Haunted Objects

One story involving the Hand of Glory comes out of the Spital Inn in North Stainmore 1797, where a burglar was found in the dead of night and in possession of one of these rather useless severed hands. There is also an actual Hand of Glory in England’s Whitby Museum. The magic relic was found sealed up in the walls of an old cottage in Castleton in 1935. It is apparently the last genuine Hand of Glory in existence.

Today the Hand of Glory has been used in a few movies like Hellboy and Harry Potter. There are even a few songs about the hand. It will remain in English Folklore and hopefully, the last remaining hand stays in good condition for hundreds of years. An awesome example of the madness of the 1600’s. http://www.the-line-up.com/hand-of-glory/

Links
http://www.the-line-up.com/hand-of-glory/

November 27, 2016

The Hellhounds of Dartmoor have been in Cornish myth for hundreds of years. These spectral Dogs are said to roam the moor with thick black fur and blood red eyes. Recently in 2007 a video was captured ( Below ) as well as a few photos ( Further Down ) in which you can see what they claim to be the beast of Dartmoor, but to be honest it looks more like a rather large rabbit…

The beasts roaming the moor have been feared by farmers for generations. They have, for sure, been something of a local myth with a tonne of blurry pictures provided as evidence. However, there has been some evidence that surfaced back in 2007.

July 2007

During July 2007 there was a group of school children out for a trip in the Moore. Seen only yards away from the group in Hound Tor on Dartmoor, but most intriguingly they actually captured an image ! They described the beast as larger than life with a thick, shaggy coat, rounded ears and huge front limbs, powerful enough to tear a human to shreds.

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Falconer Martin Whitley, who photographed the creature, said: “It was walking along a path about 200 yards away from me.

“It was black and grey and comparable in size to a miniature pony. It had very thick shoulders, a long, thick tail with a blunt end and small round ears.

“Its movements appeared feline, then bear-like sprang to mind. There was a party climbing on the tor opposite making a racket but it ignored them completely.”

Some experts have said it is just a wild dog or cat, some of the crazier ones did say it could be a bear or a wolverine. If anyone has read anything up on the Beast of Bodmin Moore recently you will find that there where wild Jaguars filmed by a sports centre down there !!! These jaguars were supposed to be escaped exotic pets. Take a look at another shot of a beast caught on the Moore.

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This animal is completely different, it almost looks like a bison but there again its legs are more like that of a hare… Whatever it is, it’s creating a story, creating something that the world is forced to take a second look at.

The Bodmin Moor

The Hellhounds of Dartmoor

During the 1800’s spiritualism and ghosts on a whole were crazy popular. They loved anything to do with ghost hunting or mediumship. So when rumour hit of a pack of spectral dogs, known locally as the Whist Hounds or Hound’s of Hell, were roaming the moor they went nuts. It inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of Baskervilles. He was Inspired by a local enthusiast called Richard Cabell from Brook Manor.

Richard was rumoured to have sold his soul to the Devil and after he died a phantom pack of spectral hunting dogs with glowing red eyes were said to have been released on the Moor at night. They have been witnessed howling at his tomb. Legend has it that as part of his contract the dogs were allowed to roam the Moor and in return he was gifted with wealth, hence the manor house. Funny how the the link of English lords and deals with demonic forces seem to keep cropping up in history…

The founder of the national research network Big Cats in Britain, Mark Fraser, said: “It looks like a wolverine or a bear in some shots and a big wild dog in others. It is a very strange animal.”

Mr Whitley is adamant that the creature is not a wild dog.

He added: “I have worked with dogs all my life and it was definitely not that.

“I have seen a collie-sized black cat in the area about ten years ago and it was not that – this was a lot bigger.

“You would be surprised at the number of people who have seen black big cats and something resembling a small bear in the area over the course of the years.”

Disappointingly for those who possess a vivid imagination, the most likely explanation yesterday was that the Beast is nothing more supernatural than a large and hairy wild boar.

North Devon farmer Al Dedames lost more than 100 of his stock of boar in December 2005 when animal rights activists raided his farm and destroyed fencing.

Since then, more than half are thought to have died in road traffic accidents or been shot by farmers or hunters.

But those which survived have bred and up to 175 are said to be roaming the wilds of Devon and Somerset.

Is this more than just some escaped dogs ? Is this really a follow up from the Devil’s promise ? That’s for you, our most awesome readers to decide.

Thanks to

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-471673/Demon-Dartmoor-Mystery-beast-seen-hell-hounds-haunt.html

November 23, 2016

The Yucca man is one of the most disputed mysteries in California today. For a long time, this yellowish figure has been spotted throughout the Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California since 1973. Some say it’s Joshua Tree’s very own bigfoot, others claim it’s a spectre roaming the dry plains of the national park. Ofcourse, this could just be a hoax, but then a simple hoax has attracted the attention of both the FBI and the CIA.

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The First Sightings

The first sighting of the Yucca man was reported in 1971, it came from a man who was dead set against anything paranormal. An on-duty Marine guard at the nearby military base of Twentynine Palms was found later in the same area with his rifle bent in half. He was in shock so to draw any information out of him was near impossible, but he did manage to inform his fellow officers that a huge man had come out of the shrub and towards him. He raised his rifle and ordered the man to halt but as he drew closer, he realised the man was covered in hair. The figure then moved too quickly for the man to react, he took the rifle from the Marine, bent it in half and then knocked the officer out.

Both the FBI and the CIA immediately begun an investigation. There have been at least two other sightings of similar figures in the same night. One agent reported a figure being 12ft tall with a smaller figure alongside. Hikers in the area also reported there dogs going mad and barking at a strange presence in the area. In the same year, there were also numerous reports from a lot of the Joshua Park employees.

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The Reports Continue

The reports of the Yucca man continued to come in, one, especially in 1979, came from an elderly couple. They claimed their car was stopped one night by a large hairy man near the Condominium in Desert Hot Springs. They said that he stepped out from behind a yucca bush and stood over the front of their car. They described him and being monumental, with a chest the size of a refrigerator, its arms dangling below its knees. It had long tan hair and an angry expression. It stopped in front of the car, looked at those inside and then vanished into the night.

Later evidence would be found in the form of 17 footprints that the creature had left behind. He would be seen on two separate occasions in two nearby areas. The footprints were a foot and a half long and six feet apart… Bigfoot fanatics would later stake out the area but find nothing else.

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The Yucca Man Photo

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Later on, towards the 1990’s the legend began to fade… Until a rock climber returned from a camping trip in Joshua Tree and he found something in his photographs later on, something that would shock the world. The campsite had been near a kind of cave, an ideal location for such a creature to live and he snapped a photo of the trail to his camp, he captured the figure above and created a new uproar in the paranormal community. The Yucca Man is here !!!

The Yucca man could easily be an urban legend, a training exercise for the marines, a paranormal creature, something that travels between dimensions, or simply a huge and hairy homeless man. We will only find out when man has developed sufficient technology to detect such creatures and then, just maybe, we can begin to understand them.

Links :

http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/mysterious-legend-yucca-man/

November 16, 2016

In the year 1986 human kind saw one of its worst nuclear disasters to date. An event that killed 31 people but had long term affects on over 500,000. As horrific as this event is, there is something else around this abandon town, something that even the military began to take notice of. People have reported seeing the ghosts of those who died here still roaming, but what about Chernobyl’s Blackbird ?

The Blackbird

The year before Chernobyl’s power plant blew in 1968 the people working and living in Chernobyl began to report strange events. Sightings of a strange creature, described to have huge and thick black, it was said to be a bird like creature with the body of a man, colossal black wings that stretched over 20ft, no head and glowing red eyes coming from the pit where its neck should have begun. blackbird-of-chernobyl

People who had actually seen the Blackbird began to suffer from horrific nightmares, they received threatening phone calls and some had more encounters with the winged beast. Reports of the beast continued to increase until the morning of April 26th, 1986. 1.23am reactor No.4 at the Chernobyl power plant exploded in the former Soviet Union.

The Powerplant suffered a cataclysmic steam explosion that began a chain of events that resulted in a nuclear meltdown. The power plant then regurgitated a world changing amount of radioactive fallout. The fallout spread over parts of the Western Soviet Union, Eastern & Western Europe, Scandanavia, the Uk, Ireland and North Merica within 48 hours.

reactor 4 following the explosion.

When the firefighters arrived and attempted to flight the flame over 500 people reported seeing this winged creature swirling in and out of the rising black smoke. No further sightings of the Blackbird were reported that day. However this is not the only time in history this being has been reported.

The Mothman

The ” Mothman ” has been seen for thousands of years. It is an omen of death and disaster and it’s description matches perfectly with the Blackbird. It has been noticed more and more throughout history especially in more recent times where we find it easier to connect with other people and hear their stories from around the world.

One of the best-known accounts of the Mothman apart from Chernobyl occurred in the old West Virginia Ordnance, an area known as ” TNT Area”

The TNT Area dates back to WWII. The facility during its operation manufactured ammunition and dynamite. It is mainly a large woodland area but it is riddled with little concrete igloo like buildings that hold large amounts of TNT. It is also a maze of underground tunnels with random storage units of gunpowder. Most of which, these days are flooded or have been sealed off.

In 1979, the fisherman in the area reported that chemicals that been left in the water of the TNT area. It was unchecked for so long that by 1983 it became an environmental disaster and the area became one of the most polluted in America. It was here on November 15th, 1966, that two young couples would encounter this strange creature. These two young couples were taking a cross country trip in a black chevy. It was the youngest female, Linda who noticed the creature first. She saw two glowing red eyes in the darkness beside the old power plant. They quickly noticed that the eyes belong to a human looking 7ft tall, black figure. Obviously, they drove off and to their horror, it followed. The creature spread its wings and chased them down Highway 62 at speeds over 100mph.

one of the abandoned TNT area’s gunpowder containers.

They arrived in town and felt stupid, they began to try and make some sense of what just happened. They settled on the fact that this was just a large bird… So they returned to face their fears. It wasn’t long until the Black Bird showed itself again, apparently, it was waiting for them on Route 62. They quickly realised this was no bird and it stood in the shape of a man. It shot up vertically into the air at an impossible speed and disappeared above the tree line.

They returned to town, in shock to report the story to the sheriff. The story actually made headlines ; ” Couple sees man-sized, bird…Creature…Something”. It was a disturbing experience for all. Linda the youngest female who first encountered the Mothman suffered a nervous breakdown in later years, but it is common for those who have encountered this beast to suffer in such ways.

Continued Sightings

The creature would be seen throughout the next thirteen months in Point Pleasant. There was roughly over 100 sightings around this time. The Mothman was seen so much that it took the attention of the government to a point where witnesses were being harassed by the Men in Black, they were warned not to speak out about this creature. I think that proves that fact that something paranormal was occurring in the area. The sightings all seemed to arise just before the collapse of The Silver Bridge in that area.

There have been soooooooo many sightings around the modern world of this creature and it is always followed by disaster. It was recently seen in Freiburg Germany, where a Mothman-like creature chased miners away shortly before a collapse. There was also multiple sightings around the Minnesota Bridge collapse time and even before and after 9/11…

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The Legend Goes On

Mothman sightings have been associated at least two other cryptids. Thunderbirds with grey bodies and red eyes were sighting in the same area and at the same time as the Silver Bridge incident. Owlman is also an identical creature with black wings and red eyes in Cornwall.

Two legends from Shawnee Indian lore mention creatures identical to Mothman deemed Misignwa and Waupee.

Some believe the Mothman is an Angel, Demon or the product of a blood curse. In our experience looking at these things we find demon like creatures always seem to have the glowing red eyes and appear and large black figures. But what is this Blackbird, Mothman, Owlman Misignwa. There is no doubt it exists, there are just too many reports around the world of this creature. But is it an Omen of Death ? An Angel that warns those who are in danger by appearing ? Only further investigation can tell us more. Soon we will be heading down to Cornwall in hunt of the Owlman himself, so keep an eye on the facebook page you can find on the sidebar. We will solve this mystery.

Links

http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Mothman

http://www.unknownexplorers.com/blackbirdofchernobyl.php

Meet Mandy, One of the World´s Most Haunted Dolls

October 29, 2016

Haunted Dolls are a huge, growing trend within the ghostly part of the world at the moment and people just can’t get enough. Thanks to movies like the Conjuring the whole world is aware of Annabelle the doll, and then Robert the doll. But these guys have been hogging all the limelight and other dolls, perhaps many of them are just as frightening. Including Mandy the doll.

The Origin Story

Mandy is an old doll that was made in Germany roughly between 1919-1920. She was donated to the Quesnel Museum, Canada in 1991 after a string of events that drove her owners to the point of insanity.

The owner said she would hear the sound of a little girl crying coming from the basement most nights. When she went to look, there would be no child, just an open window and mandy staring right at here…

It did not take long for Mandy to be donated to the museum where she did stop crying but after a while, strange things began to happen to the staff. Lunches began disappearing from fridges and be found somewhere else, artifacts from the museum would vanish from their display cabinets and end up in a different one, beneath the previously locked glass.

Perhaps the most disturbing of all was the footsteps. Staff would only hear these ghostly footsteps when they were alone, they would begin slow and distant but then they would speed up and sound like they’re coming towards you. ” The faster i ran, the faster she would chase me”.

This was all terrifying but the real haunting began when they tried to place mandy next to the other dolls in the musuem.

Mandy’s at the Museum

The Moving of objects and the footsteps were just the beginning, soon Mandy grew restless. She was not given a permanent place for a while because it seemed that she was not happy with any of her former placements. At first, she was placed in the front window, facing all of the visitors. She was quickly removed after people began to complain of headaches after looking at her, followed by disturbing nightmares of Mandy watching or harming them in their sleep.

So naturally they moved her. They placed her in a section with some other antique dolls, but that was a mistake. They came back to find the majority of the other dolls torn up and destroyed. But on top of that, she refused to be alone. Staff found papers scattered across the room that she had been locked in as if she was throwing a tantrum.

She also had a certain fondness for messing with the museum’s electronics, causing them to malfunction. She also made the staff feel inexplicably sad and anxious. Some of them even reported that her eyes moved to follow them.

As the time of Mandy’s stay here increased so did her presence. Her little lamb toy began to move by itself, some even saw it “gliding across the room” to be sat in a different spot. Then the staff began to have nightmares of her, a lot of them even quit.

Not a lot is known about this dolls history, there is a legend that the spirit that possesses her is that of a small girl, who became trapped in the basement with her doll and died. So her spirit stayed with Mandy.

To date she has done nothing particularly evil, some investigators claim it is just the spirit of the little girl, lonely and sad… but there are to many similarities between her and the other demonically possessed dolls. Sometimes it just takes a little longer, so keep an eye on this evil little toy !

Links

https://www.wattpad.com/23337858-true-stories-of-haunted-dolls-3-mandy-the-doll

ZoZo, What Comes Through the Ouija Board

October 13, 2016

10th October 2016

The Ouija Board is by far thee most well known form of communication with the other side, its the oldest form but its also one of the most dangerous ones. People for hundreds of years have been doing this, but today the world is dowsed in fear and just recently something else has been coming through the Ouija Board. Something not everyone bargained for.

The Rules !

Be Serious, being in a serious mood heightens your defenses. If your not serious about it, you can invite something negative in. Which can happen anyways but its much easier for it to get into your head if your just joking around.
Always Say Goodbye When Your Done, sometimes negative entities will refuse to say goodbye, like a stubborn kid… but just keep pushing on. Say goodbye closes that doorway and ends the session.
Never Use The Ouija Board in Your Home, this one is simple, ever heard the saying dont s*$t where you sleep? Same concept. The last thing you want is something negative staying in your house, affecting you in the place your most vunerable…
Never use The Ouija Board Alone, simply because the ouija board is normally used in groups, a single person will have little if not no effect. Or simply because if anything happens no one is there to help.

Follow the four golden rules and to be honest its quite alot of fun.

The ZoZo Phenomenon

ZoZo is something negative or demonic of insane power, never make the mistake of thinking he is anything but. He has been accidentally summoned using the Ouija Board since the late 70’s and is related to alot of suicide and murder cases since that time. But he can actually be traced back even further and its been popping up in history for thousands of years…. He has been worshiped as a god by civilizations such as the Mayans and Incas. His name has been a hated word in ancient Jewish religion, the word Zozo is used in blood voodoo. There is evidence of ZoZo in ancient Africa, medieval Europe, and in Christianity where it translates directly into the word ” Destroyer “. Not to mention he is also in Dante’s Inferno and apparently used by King Solomon. There may be hoax videos out there saying they have had contact with him but it just takes research to realize this guy is no joke.

Normally he is conjured up by accident, you’ll break out the Ouija board and ask ” Is anyone there ? ” and maybe giggle a little bit, but to begin with you will never know just who it is. Demonic forces are well known for there trickery… He will normally first try to pretend he is someone else, perhaps a little girl who was murdered and shes scared and alone, or a vulnerable old man who is lost in his old home and doesn’t know how to cross over. But then the rainbow affect takes place.. The planchete will start swerving from Z to O slowly and then faster and faster spelling out Z-O-Z-O-Z-O-Z-O-Z-O-Z-O. That’s when you know your in some deep sh*t. Check out Ghost Adventures experience with ZoZo below.

Signs you have Contacted ZoZo

The first way to identify him is always to ask his name, he may not be truthful to begin with, it may even take a few sessions but it goes by the names of, ZoZo, ZaZa, MaMa, Oz, Zo, Za or Abacus. Other signs include;

Rapid figure of eight movements or the number 0 when asking for the entities age
Rainbow side to side movements that spell the names above
Extreme anxiety, thoughts of depression or violence before or during session
Dark shadows moving around the area of the Ouija board
Psychical Attacks

But if you do come into contact with him there are ways to deal with it, but if you have a weak will just be honest with yourself and don’t do it at all. But there are ways to keep him at bay ;

Don’t Panic, evil entities, especially demonic ones seem to feed from fear itself.
Close the session, Make sure you say goodbye after the session and make sure that the entity moves the planchette to goodbye.
Set Boundaries, Make sure you state that when you are finished he will leave and that he is not allowed to come into your life.
Do Not Use The Same Ouija Board Again, Spirits, especially evil ones can attach themselves to objects to get rid of it.
Do Not Speak or Say His Name, speaking his name is a weak form of letting him in.

Dipiction of ZoZo from Dante’s Inferno.

Worlds Most Haunted Objects, Harold The Doll

October 4, 2016

7th October 2016

There are alot of haunted dolls out there these days, but Harold was one of the first ones and it still one of the most dangerous. He was the first haunted doll to be sold on Ebay but he has been shipped from owner to owner all of the previous having experiences to disturbing to keep him for more than a couple of weeks.

The original image from the ebay listing.

The Original Listing

This was written by the seller on ebay.

” I´m sure its happened to us all atleast one or twice. You are walking around a flea market or antique mall looking for a treasure or two and you come upon a beat-up looking doll. You think to yourself, “Oh that´s charming, or ” the child who owned this doll must have really loved this thing”… but what i thought after seeing the doll that is offered today should never ever, be repeated…

This doll was purchased in a small dirt lot flea market in the quaint town of Webster, Florida. Webster is a very charming, industrial town about 60 miles South West of Gainesville. They have a weekly flea market offering treasures, bargains, and aisles of kettle corn…anyways, I digress..

I arrived at the flea market fairly late in the fay when most people were packing up to go home. That is when i saw an elderly man placing the doll in a box.

It looked interesting, so i asked the man if i could see it… the conversation went something like this…

Man : You don’t want to see this doll

Me : Sure I do. What do you want for it

Man: Well… this is a good question because its very old…( the man looked like he was going to begin to cry ) It was my son’s, i bought it for him when he was born, and he passed away a few years after… this doll has sat in my work shed for over 60 years. I wasn’t going to bring i t out today, but i figured i just needed to get it out there… anyways, i want 20 bucks for it.

I gave the guy 20 bucks, put it in a bag, and walked away. When i was halfway down the aisle, the man came running over, visibly out of breath…

Man: I have to warn you about something. I can’t let you take him like this… the reason it has been in my shed, is that the doll bought an eerie presence into our house after our son died… we would hear crying and singing from his bedroom… when we went to check it out, there was nothing, just the doll… Other things started to happen, and the priest told me i should burn the doll. I tried and tried, but it would barley burn. That’s why his arms and legs are so worn… anyways, I just wanted to let you know…

I told him ok, and chuckled to myself as I walked away… that was until i got home, and my life has never been the same…

Two days later my cat died, my gf left me for the pool guy. I began to have chronic migraines, and this is only 2 days after purchasing the doll!

A week later I began to hear children laughing and crying in my basement… Every time i would go check it out… ofcourse… nothing.

The doll has been in an armadillo coffin in my basement for the last year and a half, and i need to get rid of it… I really do believe its cursed, sometimes i touch it, and it seems like it has a pulse, maybe I’m just paranoid, maybe not.

The cursed doll measures 21″ tall. His/her/its head, arms and legs are all composition. The eyes are closed when its lying down.

Please ask any and all questions before you bid this doll. I have had it out of the coffin for years, so if anything else happens this week i will be sure to let you know. This auction is sold as is WITH NO RETURNS ! PLEASE!

Winner pays exact shipping and optional insurance. Check out my other auctions for more vintage collectible and antiques. Ask all questions before you bid.

even if you think you are sure about condition, pictures etc, please ask all Specific questions, BEFORE BIDDING. Thanks for looking and good luck !

The Story Continues

Harold the Doll since that moment has been passed from owner to owner not many held on for long, all of whom where being terrorized with various stories of the childish laughter or singing, being bitten or scratched or there life taking a turn for the worst. It went through countless owners until it fell into the guardianship of one man. Anthony Quinata.

Antony bought Harold and a bunch of other haunted objects in hope to write a book on his experiences, however at first Harold did nothing. Anthony tested the doll with an EMF meter and an EVP recorder, but nothing. But even after that he decided to store the doll, thinking it a fake however he did place it in a box with holy water and a crucifix. ” Better safe than sorry” he would say.

It was not until he bought the doll to a friend of his called April who worked with the paranormal. He decided to set up an EVP recorder.But again no activity, however when he got home he decided to listen back to the recordings and he heard clearly, ” Shut up, bitch!” which was followed by an angry roar, then saying, ” I´m going to kill you, bitch!”.

After this he decided to put the doll in a box for 8 years and simply forget about it. But in 2013 he brought it out and since that moment its been a frenzy of activity.

He posted a picture online after taking it out of storage. It was met with a immense response and alot of stories. People became dizzy or got sudden headaches after only looking at the photo. A few people even woke up in the middle of the night, feeling Harold was watching them. This caught the attention of Zak Bagans and the famous Ghost Adventures crew who wanted to talk the doll to Xochimilco, the world most haunted island covered in what is apparently haunted dolls. Check out the full episode below.

*Spoiler Alert

What happens on the island is nothing short of insanity. A fire decided to light itself up in front of the camera. A doll laughed and upon investigation they found the doll not only had no batteries but no speakers ! Aswell as Zak suffering three small bruises on his arm that looked like children’s fingers.

Alot of people doubt the validity of these guys and the island itself, the island we are not to sure but the Ghost Adventures crew is perhaps the only genuine paranormal investigation crew out there and without doubt the best.

Strangely enough however the current owner brought Harold out later on whilst this episode was playing and on the TV and he claimed responsibility for the whole thing. See Below.

We are not huge believers or supporters of psychic mediums, nor do we take interest in the spiritual side of the paranormal, its a little to dull. However after the show Anthony was overwhelmed with hundreds of messages about the doll but out of the mass, Anthony came into contact with a six year old boy called Vincent in Australia.

Vincent drew a picture of the doll and told his mother that the children wanted to get outside to the sunshine but the black blob wouldn’t let them. Over the course of the next year, Vincent provided Anthony with far more information.

Vincent also claimed that there was 4 spirits in the doll, one was a man called Harold and the fifth was demonic. Anthony himself states that the demon does not haunt the doll… he owns it. He went on to list the atrocities the doll has inflicted upon the living.

One woman said bad things about it and she started coughing up blood. Others have been pinched, scratched and suffered immediate headaches. Two men made fun of the doll after watching the Ghost Adventures segment. One of them suffered a ruptured larynx, while the other man had a sudden bout of diverticulitis.

Still others have reported having horrific nightmares after even looking at a photo of the doll. The list of people who have experienced negative side-effects after either meeting Harold or looking at his photo is quite impressive. According to the previous owner, two people she knew died because of Harold. This is definitely not a doll anyone should mess with.

Anthony and Harold

Anthony later starting to parade Harold a little bit, when he took the cursed doll to a ghost workshop. Demon’s hate exposure and Anthony payed for it….

The night following the dolls parade Anthony was attacked. After blacking out in the bathtub, he then found himself on the floor with his head resting on the tub. Excruciating pain radiated from his chest. It was so strong, he feared he was having a heart attack. But even today Anthony wont let go of the doll, but we see this with countless other objects. People become obsessed.

The Full Story of Anthony’s Encounter

What is Harold

There are alot and i mean A LOT of supposedly haunted objects out there and even more haunted dolls. If you simply type into eBay the phrase haunted doll you are overwhelmed with a plethora or options. But the most haunted dolls in the world such as Annabelle or Robert all have one thing in common with Harold. Its nothing human that is possessing them.

Dolls are a favorite thing of demons to take over, the theory is that dolls come with a certain innocence and nearly always a story of a little boy or girl who died when in possession of the doll they loved, so naturally this leads people to believe it is the spirit of an innocent child. But when the demonic entity gains your trust its almost like giving it permission to ruin your life.

Demons personally like to work from a position from seclusion and often effect people in ways that could be coincidence and most people will coincidence or affect you simply when there is no one else around. They attach themselves to these objects, unable to fully possess them to try and weaken your mind and then fully possess you.

From all the stories you’ve heard about Harold, Robert or Annabelle I’m sure you know only to well what these creepy little mofos are capable off, but still they can give us some real solid and terrifying evidence. In short Harold is an object used by a demon as a kind of tool to gain access to peoples lives. Perhaps there are other spirits with it also but there is just not enough knowledge on the subject to prove anything of the sort.

The Tommyknocker Legend, The Fear of All Miners

September 30, 2016

1st October 2016

Mining is one the oldest professions out there as well as being one of the most dangerous. No doubt that countless miners have been buried alive in the mines. Such an ancient practice will always have its superstitions, such as our dear little friend the Tommyknocker.

The Tommyknocker has been held responsible for both the deaths and near death experiences of the miners. These Impish little creatures have been seen in the deepest parts of mines all over the world for centuries.

The Ghost Adventures crew investigating the Colorado Gold Mine recently and possibly capturing the first ever documented evidence of tommyknockers, this has brought up a lot of questions, questions on whether these devious little creatures, do they really exist? And just what are they capable of?

Tommyknocker is a term that sends terror into the heart of ancient miners. Today Tommyknocker is an untold truth, that we as the most curious of our generation, we hunt for.

What is a TommyKnocker

The TommyKnocker legend, so folklore tells us, is a little imp like creature that inhabits old mining shafts. The further back you dig the more chance you have of waking up a Tommyknocker.

They earned their names from the miners. Too often to be coincidence, the miners would hear a knocking coming from deep within the mines. Always in a pattern. Then the entire thing would cave in..

A typical gold rush mining Village – Travelmag

The Cornish believed these wee little men were the souls of the Crusaders who crucified Jesus Christ. They also believed they were sent by the Roman’s to work in the tin mines

The Tommyknocker was never heard on a Saturday or during any time of Jewish festivities. Ranging in size from 2ft tall to just inches from the ground, and most often seen as tiny little men wearing miners clothing. Kind of like grizzly little Gnomes.

The Nature of a TommyKnocker, Good or Evil?

There is a lot of theory around these little guys, some say they are the spirits of dead miners. Some miners believed their former workmates were tapping and knocking on the walls of the mines as a warning of danger, telling them to get out.

You do not ignore a Tommyknocker, not if you want to live. However, nowhere else in the paranormal world have we heard of the ordinary ghost turning into anything but a human spirit after death. So it makes more sense that these things were never human, to begin with.

An Ancient Depiction of Tommyknockers, Tommyknocker

The one thing everyone does seem to agree on is that the Tommyknocker is mischievous. Experiences of miners in old shafts report that they eat your lunch, hide your tools, knock your hard hat off, pinch you, and they can appear as the spirit of a dead miner.

They are said to, first, manifest as little glowing lights and then a strange mist will take the form of a fallen miner and then, but very rarely, show their true form.

Funny enough this is exactly what happens in a recent episode of Ghost Adventures. If you are experienced in the paranormal you will know that inhuman entities can mimic or copy the appearance of people in order to gain the trust of those affected. If you are not then in-human spirits not something you might want to stay away from.

Miners for generations have been leaving out food for the Tommyknockers in order to gain their favor. However, there are those who have mocked them as well. A written story from miners in the hills of Smokeshire almost 200 years ago, tells us of a group of seven miners were at work when they heard a faint sequenced tapping from deep back in the mine.

Three of seven laughed and joked, claiming the Tommyknockers did not exist and began provoking them. ” Cmon then Tommyknockers show us what you can do.” The remaining 4 miners fled. They see they actually saw the impish like creatures running ahead of them whilst the mine collapsed. The three who mocked the Tommyknockers died.

The remaining 4 miners fled. They see they actually saw the impish like creatures running ahead of them whilst the mine collapsed. The three who mocked the superstition died.

Another theory is that they little monsters lure people deep into the shafts, you can sometimes hear them calling you by name. Also, a terrifying theory will tell us that the knocking sounds are the Tommyknockers chipping away at the support beams.

Whatever these incredible little creatures may be, they are elusive. If you wish to find them yourself a took a look where they have been seen, grab a torch and head into the mine. But, if you hear a knocking, by now, you should know what to do. RUN.

Tommyknocker is a term that sends terror into the heart of ancient miners. Today Tommyknocker is an untold truth, that we as the most curious of our generation, we hunt for.

What is a TommyKnocker

The TommyKnocker legend, so folklore tells us, is a little imp like creature that inhabits old mining shafts. The further back you dig the more chance you have of waking up a Tommyknocker.

They earned their names from the miners. Too often to be coincidence, the miners would hear a knocking coming from deep within the mines. Always in a pattern. Then the entire thing would cave in..

A typical gold rush mining Village – Travelmag

The Cornish believed these wee little men were the souls of the Crusaders who crucified Jesus Christ. They also believed they were sent by the Roman’s to work in the tin mines

The Nature of a TommyKnocker, Good or Evil?

An Ancient Depiction of Tommyknockers, Tommyknocker

They are said to, first, manifest as little glowing lights and then a strange mist will take the form of a fallen miner and then, but very rarely, show their true form.

The remaining 4 miners fled. They see they actually saw the impish like creatures running ahead of them whilst the mine collapsed. The three who mocked the superstition died.

The Phoenix Gold Mine, Home to Tommyknockers

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http://www.abctales.com/story/annette-bromley/beware-tommyknockers-ancient-legend

September 17, 2016

18th September 2016

Located at the very base of the iconic Mount Fuji, Japans very own demon forest. Locally known as Aokigahara this forest has witnessed over 500 confirmed suicides since the 1950’s. But whats drawing people here, even the locals admit the whispers place seems to even pull them in. 500 suicides in one location …. How couldn’t it be haunted.

A view of Suicide Forest.

So it is told that the suicides here where started off after the release of a popular romantic novel in 1960’s Japan called Kuroi Kaiju ( Black Sea of Tree’s ) in which a young couple in love ends up killing themselves inside of the black forest. However the black history actually massively predates this book.

In older times Japanese families would actually leave people in the forest during times of famine when there wasn’t enough food to share. In a way they would actually be sacrificing them to the forest itself. But ofcourse history can be manipulated. So we will never know if these people where left to die horrible deaths of starvation and madness or if they where left to appease something that the ancient people where perhaps aware of. So not only is it said to be haunted by the spirits of the suicidal but also those who where left there.

Visitors today and for a long time have even confirmed that human ghosts aren’t the only thing here. There are so many stories of demonic encounters popping up it is insane.

Japanese spiritualists actually believe that the suicides committed in the forest have permeated Aokigahara’s soil and trees, generating paranormal activity and preventing many who enter from escaping the gnarled depths of the forest.

One of the many signs throughout the forest clearly warning visitors along with the suicide hotline number.

Besides bodies and homemade nooses, also scattered around the forest are signs put up by the police with messages like “Your life is a precious gift from your parents,” and “Please consult with the police before you decide to die,” in an attempt to discourage would be committers of suicide. Judging from the increasing number of suicides, these signs probably aren’t all that effective.

The forest itself covers 3,500 hectares ( that’s around 3000 football pitches ),

Its so thick that there are actual patches of the forest that are pitch black even in midday. The ground is uneven making it dangerously easy to fall or break a leg, or if you dont fall down a ledge be careful you dont fall into one of the massive, underground caves. There are over 200 caves all together.

It is a well known fact that wildlife is almost non exisistant and birds are never heard singing. You see this in other places of mass death like Auschwitz. But a place like Auschwitz there are alot of reasons why wildlife would not be there or fly over … Its all concrete ! But miles and miles of untouched forest and not a single nesting bird of any species ? That says enough.

One of the many ” barricades “

There are parties of police offers and volunteers that scour the forest who are tasked in finding the bodies of the forests victims, to return them back to the town to be identified. But first they are carried to a small forest station to be stored until moved further.

This small station is perhaps one of the most paranormally active parts of the forest. The bodies when left alone have been heard screaming and wailing all night by volunteers who camp outside. They have even witnessed people walking around the building or they will hear shuffling sounds inside like someones trying to get out. Its bad luck in japan to leave the body of a suicide victim alone, so what do you do ? Well the workers have a system. They play Janken and the looser has to stay with the corpses all night….. Fuck that !

But the volunteers and police are not the only people to enter the forest. Looters are prevalent in the forest, looking for fresh corpses to rob…

There are countless witnessed in the forest to the ghosts and in-human entities, police officers and adventures alike.

Screams echo throughout the forest both day and night. But they are not normal screams, not even human. The Screams seem to be coming from every direction at once aswell as the fact they are as loud as a ships horn. Along with white figures seen gliding all around the forest. Probably just the lost spirits still looking for a way out.

But along with all of your usual hauntings there is something else. People have seen children running around within the forest, but when they follow the children they fall into a cave or come to one of the corpses. Demonic entities are well known to inspire death aswell as to mimick children. They do this to lure in people, and gain there trust.

So a haunted forest, demons, suicide, corpses, screams and people loosing there minds ! This is more than enough to give it one hell of a reputation but there is something else, something the dead have left behind.

Cord found in the forest tied to the trees

The forest is scattered with ribbon or cord that is tied to trees and actually lead to the corpses. Some say this is so people can easily find the bodies other think it is so they can find there way back just encase. But what is more terrifying is that people who have tied the ribbon and decided to come back have followed the trail only to find there ribbon has been cut ! As a result the ones who returned took hours to find there way back, sometimes days. But what about those who never came back.

The forest is also littered with peoples possessions. Tents are everywhere, people camp out in the forest before killing themselves. Inside it is a sad sight with family photos or favorite books. Sometimes even a skeleton or two.

A moment in the documentary further up when a young boy is found.

There is no doubt Aokigahara forest is one of, if not the most haunted location in the world.

One word of warning if ever you decide to journey within the forest don’t leave the path, and do not stay after sunset.

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http://www.bustle.com/articles/135130-these-real-stories-from-the-japanese-suicide-forest-will-make-you-afraid-of-the-woods

September 15, 2016

I´m sure if you have any interest in the paranormal then you have heard of the possessed doll Annabelle. This Woolley menace has been the subject of a few movies now, not small titles either like The Conjuring, or a follow up from The Conjuring, Annabelle the Movie. Both rather shitty, but hey. Her very own movie! aside from all of this novelty and Hollywoodism, there is a dark story, The true story of Annabelle the Doll. A story that changed or ruined/ruins lives.

Aside from all of this novelty and Hollywoodism, there is a dark story, The true story of Annabelle the Doll. A story that changed or ruined lives.

The Real Annabelle Doll – Image via The Occult Museum

The True Story of Annabelle the Doll

The earliest story that can be traced of Annabelle is in the early 1970’s, when a girl called Donna, who was a collage student at the time, got given the doll as a gift from her mother. She had bought it secondhand at a run down old hobby store.

One of the earliest images of Annabelle

The Anabelle Doll apart from being quite ugly seemed at first to be nothing more than a normal doll, until Donna’s roommate Angie began to notice that the doll was moving around the apartment by itself. Very slight movements. But eventually, they would come home after leaving Annabelle on the bedroom and find her on the on a chair in the main room. In short, Annabelle the Doll became fully mobile.

But of course, both of them being women of “logic”, they brushed it off. It wasn’t until there amigo Lou started coming over did the activity really escalate.

He hated the Anabelle doll and was convinced there was something evil and unnatural about it. Then they began to find pieces of paper around the house with the words ” Help us ” or ” Help Lou ” written on them, and it only got worse.

One night Donna returned home to find a blood red liquid all over Annabelle’s hands. The liquid was oozing from the doll itself. Enough was enough, time to call the medium.

A close up of Annabelle

The medium spent some time alone with the Anabelle doll and proclaimed it was a seven year old girl named Annabelle Higgins who has been possessing the doll, apparently she had been found dead in a field. She told the girls that the spirit of Annabelle found them both trustworthy and wanted to stay, stay safe with them. This was not the true story of Annabelle the doll.

Now with the medium, she could have just been making it all up, but demons have been known to mimic young children to gain the trust and access the lives and minds of those involved.

So, the girls taking pity on the Anabelle doll and have permission for Annabelle the doll to stay with them. All thanks to the expert dead person speaker and that’s when the shit really hit the fan.

Annabelle Higgins ( the little girl )

Lou began to have vivid nightmares where Annabelle would be in his bed, climbing up his legs as he was frozen and unable to move. Then slowly making her way up his chest and choking him to death. He would awake terrified, freezing and freaking out.

At around the same time Lou, Angie & Donna where planning a road trip when they heard movement in Donna’s room. So Lou being the man went to check. The noises where never ending and very loud. He threw open the door to find nothing changed apart from the fact that Annabelle had moved from the bed, to the corner of the room where she sat staring directly at him.

He spun around after feeling someone behind him and then felt an intense burning pain on his back. He pulled off his shirt and was absolutely horrified to find three claw marks, carved deep into his flesh. Annabelle the doll had done this, he knew it.

They knew this was no little girl, the feeling in the apartment since the mediums visit was evil and unwelcoming. So they called Father Darnell, who in turn called the legendary Ed & Lorraine Warren.

Ed & Lorraine Warren at the time of the Annabelle Case

It didn’t take long for the Warrens to call out the demon possessing the Annabelle Doll. They told the girls that the Demon was simply manipulating the doll to get close to the girls and eventually take control of Donna.

So the priest preformed an exorcism on the house and the Warrens took Annabelle home to be locked away. Ed even stayed off the highway because he was concerned that the evil spirit might ” fuck with the car “. Sure enough the car cut out numerous times, the power steering continuously failed and even the brakes where giving him trouble. Ed stopped the car, opened the bag and sprinkled the doll with holy water which for a while stopped the activity.

Lorraine removing Annabelle from the house

Ed placed the doll on his desk and left it there. They would later report that it would levitate frequently, but after a while just seemed to quit and lay back down. Probably sensing they just weren’t scared. But Annabelle was soon more active even in the Warrens house, she began to appear in more parts of the house without anyone moving here.

Ed decided to call a priest to preform another exorcism, but the priest didn’t take the doll seriously.

” Your just a doll !, You can’t hurt anyone !” he shouted at Annabelle. On his way home his brakes failed and his car was totaled in a horrendous accident, the priest survived but his injuries where life long.

He called Lorraine later on and said the last thing he saw was the face of the doll in his rear view mirror.

Annabelle Today

Annabelle today remains locked away in a blessed case in the basement of the warrens with a sign that clearly states DO NOT OPEN. After the passing of Ed, Lorraine lives alone but does not go down into the basement which is a makeshift haunted museum. ” Destroying the vessel would only release the entity and allow it to roam free and choose another vessel,” Lorraine told TMV in a recent interview. We can only wander what will happen next to this sinister little ball of fluff. That is the true story of Annabelle the doll.

Demons are a common thing in todays world, and whilst they do provide an amusing investigation where those who are more daring or perhaps just a little bit more dumb. These Demonic forces are well known to manipulate like you have read above.

If you have a haunting, and something just does not feel quite right. AVOID IT & IGNORE. If you feel really desperate give us a message and we will investigate.

Peace Out, WTF Team.

PS. heres an account of Annabelle from The Warrens son in law !

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http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2013/07/23/the-true-story-of-annabelle-the-haunted-doll-from-the-conjuring

The True Story of Annabelle the Doll

One of the earliest images of Annabelle

But of course, both of them being women of “logic”, they brushed it off. It wasn’t until there amigo Lou started coming over did the activity really escalate.

One night Donna returned home to find a blood red liquid all over Annabelle’s hands. The liquid was oozing from the doll itself. Enough was enough, time to call the medium.

A close up of Annabelle

Now with the medium, she could have just been making it all up, but demons have been known to mimic young children to gain the trust and access the lives and minds of those involved.

Annabelle Higgins ( the little girl )

They knew this was no little girl, the feeling in the apartment since the mediums visit was evil and unwelcoming. So they called Father Darnell, who in turn called the legendary Ed & Lorraine Warren.

Ed & Lorraine Warren at the time of the Annabelle Case

Lorraine removing Annabelle from the house

Ed decided to call a priest to preform another exorcism, but the priest didn’t take the doll seriously.

He called Lorraine later on and said the last thing he saw was the face of the doll in his rear view mirror.

Annabelle Today

If you have a haunting, and something just does not feel quite right. AVOID IT & IGNORE. If you feel really desperate give us a message and we will investigate.

Peace Out, WTF Team.

PS. heres an account of Annabelle from The Warrens son in law !

What do you guys think? Comment Below

Links

http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2013/07/23/the-true-story-of-annabelle-the-haunted-doll-from-the-conjuring