What are local
people witnessing at Kirklees Park Estate?
"Like a bat she hung there for
what seemed like an eternity, her black nun's robes flapping eerily while her
eyes flashed red and venomous and her teeth bared sharp and white between
snarling blood-red lips." ~ Local Witness
(Brighouse Echo, 12
November 1995)
"Eyeless sockets of impenetrable darkness watched the watchers
as bats squeaked overhead. Almost three hours passed. Then we heard it. Wafting
faintly on the night air came a discordant sound. Could it have been the wind
howling in the trees? It grew louder still ~ and closer! A dreadful wailing
noise. It was approaching. Having lit five candles, brought for the purpose of
unintrusive, soft illumination which did not cast beams to alert gamekeepers of
our presence, I grabbed hold of a large crucifix and stepped into the path of
the unearthly groaning …”
(The Vampire Hunter’s Handbook, Gothic Press,
1997)
"The wailing was believed to be our third companion yelling
in great discomfort; having been caught up in brambles with cuts to his face
and hands. He reported the source of the original noise we had heard was not
him but a 'darkly clad woman'."
(The Vampire Hunter’s Handbook, Gothic Press,
1997)
"An
application was made by the Vampire Research Society at the end of
November 1988 to Lady Margarete Armytage, owner of Kirklees Hall Estate in West
Yorkshire, to visit the burial site alleged to be that of Robin Hood on
unconsecrated ground close to a priory ruin. A request to hold a nocturnal
vigil near the grave in question was also made along with sundry queries."
(The Vampire Hunter’s Handbook, Gothic Press,
1997)
Lady Armytage will now permit by prior
appointment daytime visits to the afflicted area by arrangement via her estate
manager, but not for the purpose of paranormal examination of where the
Kirklees grave is situated, and certainly not after nightfall. Bishop
Manchester will bless the grave(s) in question and, should it be found
necessary, exorcise the unquiet presence if invited, but he remains cognisant
of the fact that these supernatural disturbances are occurring on privately
owned land. Further comment on this precise matter is not available.
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