A SECRETIVE paranormal group claims parts of Bristol are under siege by ghostly apparitions – and they have the evidence to prove it.
Bristol Second Sight Paranormal Group (BSS) has been going for a year. Members spend hours at sites taking pictures and recording sound and video.
Member Andy Smart contacted the Bristol Post wanting to share the group’s experiences visiting Halfpenny Bridge at Snuff Mills in Vassals Park in Fishponds over the past two months.
The group, which until now has kept its evidence to itself, have been to the park on seven occasions – and claim to have come under attack from spirits throwing stones, taking items from the pockets and making ghostly threats.
They sent the Bristol Post a series of photographs, sound recording and a video taken at the scene, which you can see on our website.
“I know people won’t believe it but the things going on in Snuff Mills is unbelievable – it is totally incredible,” Andy said. “When it comes to paranormal activity, you have to be there. Sceptics who comment have not been there.
The park, which Andy, describes as a “dark entity” does have a dark history.
It is famous for the Babes in the Wood murder in 1957 when five-year-old Royston Sheasby and his sister June, aged seven, were found buried in a shallow grave by the river Frome. No one was ever tried for their murder.
It is also thought to be haunted by a Duchess of Beaufort – who many believe died in a tragic horse riding accident – who it is said can be seen at midnight riding a phantom stallion.
But whatever Andy, and other group members Chris Smith, Dean Strickland, Luke Williams, Paul Kear, Susan Williams, Dan Waldron and Nicola Gourlay, all of whom are from Bristol, came across was not happy.
“The first time we went we had in fact been meaning to got to a site in Wick but some couldn’t make it so we decided to go to Vassals Park instead,” said Andy.
Luke said: “We met in the car park and walked past the old mill and along the river. We have electromagnetic frequency detectors to sense anything and five minutes up the path it went full red, which is really unusual. I stopped and got my voice recorder out.
“Another member took a shot down the pathway and there was a figure standing there. It was a ‘wow’ moment.
“We then got to Halfpenny Bridge which is known for ghosts.
“At the time we thought the first apparition was just a one-off and we wouldn’t see anything else.”
But shortly afterwards the group was under attack.
“I leant down to tie my shoelace and a stone landed nearby,” Andy said.
“Two minutes later there was another one and it hit me on the arm. Then my friend was hit square in the chest.”
Chris added: “They started coming down bigger and bigger and one hit my friend very hard on the neck, so we just decided to get out of there.”
“We returned in full force the following week and went to see if people could have physically thrown stones down at us from above,” Luke said. “Not only would it be very hard because of the trees, it would almost impossible to be accurate.
“We also established it doesn’t like crucifixes. Any we left there would disappear. We hung one up on the bridge and it just took off into the air and we never saw it again.
“We also think there is a female spirit there, because there was a nice friendly feeling about it. And spirits that are knee-high, and chatter away.”
Andy, for one, will no longer return to Snuff Mills after feeling he was singled out on the last occasion.
“I won’t go there again because last time we were there it targeted me,” he said. “It had been taking things from our pockets and dropping them on us. We then twice heard a voice saying ‘going to die’.
“A stone hit my neck like it had been dropped on me and a big torch we had secured to the wall flew off and hit me in the back. Another member got pulled over backwards onto the bridge.
“We then twice heard a voice saying ‘going to die’. Normally we would carry on because there is so much evidence there but I was terrified and I had to know when to draw the line.
“When we finished our last session there people who saw us said like we looked like we had aged a year.
“I also thought I had a spirit come home with me. My wife said she heard somebody come in with me and heard them laughing with me.
“I heard doors opening and shutting in the night so I had to have a spiritualist to come in and cleanse the apartment.
Andy and his team have produced a 90 minute DVD entitled The Snuff Mills Halfpenny Bridge Documentary.
A preview will be placed on video sharing website YouTube next week.
Article > The Bristol Post by Tom Morris
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