The Strange Case of The Devils Hoofprints.

The Devils Hoof Prints

On the night of  8th and the morning of 9th February 1855 the south of England experienced a heavy snowfall, much of the southern part of the country had a thick covering of snow .

However the people living in the villages around Southern Devon awoke to something much more disturbing than just the deep snow. When the folks woke up and looked out of their windows or ventured out into the cold snowy streets they found what appeared a track of single file hoof prints.

It is said the hoof-like prints measured around four inches long, three inches across, between eight and sixteen inches apart and mostly in a single file and were witnessed for a distance of approx 100 miles from Exmouth up to Topsham, and across the Exe Estuary to Dawlish and Teignmouth.

What made this event even more strange was that the track of prints did not stop for any obstacle
that may be in its path, the foot prints were seen leading up to the side of  houses, then they appeared on the roofs and continued once the other side of the house was reached, footprints appeared on the tops of snow-covered roofs and high walls which lay in the footprints' path and were witnessed leading up to and over haystacks, many of these items were far to tall for any human to have been able to jump over and walking around them would have left other prints in the snow.  What ever it was that left these hoof prints in the snow could clearly jump from the ground onto the roof of a house.

News about the strange hoof prints spread fast and it was only hours before word was spreading that the devil himself had been through Devonshire looking to collect sinners, fearing for their lives the locals armed themselves the best they could and prepared themselves to fight off whatever it was that had left these off marks.

Over the next couple of nights there were several other reports of similar prints being seen around the country along with reports of sighting of a devil like creature being seen.

Over the years these stranger marks have continued to be seen, most recent in the UK was 5th March 2009 in Woolsery, Devon.

They were seen and photographed in the garden of  Jill Wade. She woke up in the morning and was very intrigued by the marks that had been left in the snow in her back garden  "'I couldn't believe it - the footprints were in the shape of a cloven hoof. There were no other marks at all in the snow. 'I was quite surprised by it and I hadn't got a clue what it was, but I thought I would love to know.' 











Daily Mail Article 13th March 2009

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The ghostly visitors at Kilkenny Castle.

 Kilkenny Castle experience ghostly visitors.

PROOF that there are spooks of some sort in Kilkenny Castle has come from an impeccable source. An electronic counter in the Parade Tower has recorded visitors to the 13th century part of the fortress during the hours of darkness when the place is completely locked up. The state-of-the-art electronic gadget has recorded an extra 100 people a night and continues to baffle staff and add to the mystery of the out-of-this-world happenings in the castle.

Management at the OPW run visitor attraction were so perplexed by the phenomenon that they had the gizmo checked by the company that installed it and it was found to be working perfectly. However, it continues to register the extra numbers of visitors after dusk and there is no explanation for it.

There has been an attempt to keep the matter under wraps but a whistle blower working in the Castle is so afraid of what is going on that he/she contacted the Kilkenny People who verified it with someone in authority.

The clandestine visitors are based in the ground floor space of the Parade Tower which is a former dungeon where a number of people are thought to have died and where the trial against the infamous Dame Alice Kyteler on witch craft charges took place in February of 1324.

It is now the starting point for tours if the Castle where an audio-visual presentation is made and is an intricate part of the Kilkenny Castle experience. The counter is located at the entrance at hip level and takes an accurate measure of each person that goes in and out of the room. The company which is responsible for the machine told the OPW that they have never had a problem with this type of machine before.

There is only one door in and out and there are three narrow slit windows which are permanently closed. There are no bats resident there and there is no way that any human could get in or out without opening the door, setting off an alarm outside. It is understood that some of the staff are convinced that the place is haunted and will not speak publicly about it because of the Blue Lady, seen by a past sergeant in the park who has since retired. He was inundated with media requests after going public with what he saw.

Article > Ghostly Visitors to Kilkenny Castle

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The ghost of Mrs Bell vanishes after a painting of her is returned home.

 The ghost of Mrs Bell vanishes after a painting of her is returned home.

As ghosts go, she was rather a cultured specimen.

The pale Edwardian figure made frequent visits to the mansion home of Alan Smith, always accompanied by the music of Chopin, according to the startled souls who bore witness.

Her interest in the house was a mystery – until the discovery of a long-lost painting that appeared to feature the very same person, sitting at a piano.

When the portrait was returned to Heale House’s drawing room, the sightings stopped.

Mr Smith was so fascinated he decided to investigate the history of the painting – and uncovered the sad story of the uninvited guest.

He identified the woman as a Mrs Bell, one of the 15-bedroom mansion’s previous occupants, who had been bankrupted and forced to sell all her possessions – including her beloved portrait – shortly before her death in the early 1900s.

Mr Smith said her ghost ‘would walk along the corridors and in the bedrooms, usually at about one o’clock in the morning’.

He continued: ‘She was usually wreathed in a blue haze and just drifted around – you couldn’t see her legs. Sometimes she would even arrive at the bottom of my bed in the middle of the night. 

‘I thought there must be some kind of scientific explanation, but other people who visited the house were terrified – and they now believe she’s been put to rest because she got her painting back.’

Mr Smith’s family had seen the apparition many times at the house, near Bideford, Devon, before Mr Smith was approached by the owner of a local junk shop, who asked him: ‘Are you the master of Heales?’

She told him she had something that should be returned to its rightful home and showed him the picture, thought to be by Cyril Roberts, a prominent painter who was based in Paris. 

The face was eerily familiar to Mr Smith and he quickly realised it depicted the woman his family had been visited by – and she was seated at a piano in his drawing room. 

His research unmasked the subject as Mrs Bell, wife of an Argentine beef rancher who lived in Heale House in the early 1900s. 

‘From what we know about Mrs Bell, she was a very cultured lady,’ said  Mr Smith.

‘It must have been sad for her to see all of her possessions sold.’

He confirmed that after the portrait was placed in the drawing room, ‘she never appeared again’.

‘We even tried to use a Ouija board to bring her back but it looks as if she’s gone forever,’ he added.

The story came to light when Mr Smith, 70, took the picture to be appraised on the Antiques Roadshow.

Article  The ghost of Mrs Bell vanishes after a painting of her is returned home. 

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Ghostly image causes a stir.

Is this a picture of a ghostly nun or is it just a picture of someone out for a
innocent walk on a cold day?

A photo that appears to capture a ghostly image of a nun on The Long Walk has
been causing a stir in the city this week.

Local photographer Jonathan Curran was taking a series of 13 photographs of the
picturesque area in an attempt to create a panoramic view when he came across
something very unusual in one of his shots.

One of the images, which were taken less than a minute apart, appears to show an         
isolated female figure with the appearance of a 19th century Claddagh nun. Mr Curran
said he was “freaked” to discover the strange appearance on the camera and checked
the other 12 images but the elderly woman did not appear in any of the other pictures.

 “The image was not visible either before or after the photograph was taken and was not captured in any of the other photographs, either going or coming. She just seemed to appear for a moment and then disappear. There were other people on the Long Walk that day, but they seemed oblivious to her presence,” he explained

The unnerving photo obtained by the Galway Independent clearly
shows a distinct ghostly female figure and speculation has been rife since the photo emerged as to whether this is simply a optical illusion or a representation from beyond the grave.

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Courtesy of www.galwayindependent.com/

Image courtesy of Mr Jonathan Curran and the Galway Independent.

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Ghost sightings reported by anglers fishing North Somerset coast.

The Victorian pier in North Somerset has become the focus of many ghost sightings.

Many people who visit the pier to fish have reported seeing some standing at the end
of the pier looking out to see and even someone walking through a closed gate avoiding
setting off the security systems.

Fishermen casting off from a iconic Victorian pier in North Somerset have found their
lonely vigils interrupted by a “ghostly figure” who appears and disappears in the mist.
Anglers who use the historic Clevedon Pier regularly say they have caught glimpses of
an apparition staring out to sea.

The ghostly figure has walked through locked gates, and been seen talking to itself in
the corner of the pavilion building.

One of the first to see something spooky was Clevedon Angling Club member Jack
Hulbert.

Mr Hulbert, a retired antiques dealer of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, said: “It happened
a few weeks ago.

“I had come on the pier early in the morning – it must have been about 4.30am – there
wasn’t anyone else I could see.

“I got towards the end and I saw a figure of a person learning on the railings looking
out to sea.”

Mr Hulbert, 72, shouted across to what he thought was a fellow fisherman then put
down his rods while walking across for a chat.

But when he got to the other side of the pier the person he had spied had “disappeared”.

Read Article --> Ghost sightings reported by anglers fishing North Somerset coast.

Courtesy of thisissomerset.co.uk


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