Old Devil Inn

Old Devil Inn Knowl Hill Berkshire

26th

March

2010

Knowl Hill, Berkshire

Tonight a small team visited the Devil Inn, Knowl Hill, near Twyford, Berkshire.

Core team attended – Neale, John, Simon, Sam and Tammy.

The moon was a waxing gibbous (nearly full). There was a little drizzle and wind outside and some cloud.

John, Neale, Tammy, and Sam arrived shortly after 8.30pm and were greeted by Simon. Upon entering the building, Tammy reported seeing a well built, busty lady, dressed in a long black gown. She was a no nonsense woman, walking around in candle light, who's behavior reminded Tammy of an old matron / Teacher.

Whilst walking around doing baseline readings, Tammy informed John that the dining area near the kitchen, felt like a different level to the rest of the building. Also that Tammy felt that staff would have reported seeing a face in the kitchen window, on the left hand side. Tammy strongly felt that this face would be seen behind staff, whilst looking out of the window. Tammy continued to explain that she felt the staff at some point, would have reported seeing the toilet door catch, frantically moving up and down.

After a short chat, the team started to set up the equipment, working around the customers that were still there. After all the customers had left the team began their investigation.

John, Neale, Sam and Tammy began the first vigil in the kitchen, whilst Simon remained watched at the hub.  There were a number of noises heard in the kitchen, but none that wouldn't be expected in a cooling down, working professional kitchen. As expected there were several EMF hotspots around the electrical equipment. Sam reported feeling a tug on her arm, and at that same point, Neale felt a tingling sensation on his right hand.

In the kitchen, Tammy could see a spirit of a man, stood behind her. He was approximately 5ft 2 inches tall and had thin, shoulder length, graying hair. He was wearing a white shirt with thin blue stripes, and his sleeves were rolled up. Tammy did not get a name with this gentleman, but strongly felt that it began with a J. He was wearing a brown apron, that to Tammy, looked like it was made of leather, and light colored trousers, that the legs appeared to be tucked inside something.

Tammy could see this man sharpening some kind of tool, like a knife. This man was rubbing / sharpening the implement on something that was long, in a downward position, almost running in line with his leg. Nothing more was experienced so the team headed back to the hub. Simon moved into the kitchen.

Neale, Tammy and Simon moved to the dining area to the right of the entrance, whilst Sam and John went into the toilet area. At one point Tammy reported a strong tug on her hair. Simon checked for trapped clothing, or hair or any other explanation, and found none. Tammy felt a lot of sadness in this room. In the toilet area, Sam felt like her hand was swelling, nothing more was experienced, but Sam had earlier picked up on the name Juliette.

After a short break some of the team and tonight’s host, attempted an Ouija board session in the main bar area. This produced nothing, however both a staff member and Sam reported a vibration through their feet, coming from what would be the cellar below. This area of the bar floor did have very high EMF emanating through the floor, so the equipment there would explain this.

Towards the end of the investigation, when most staff were upstairs sleeping or winding down, John, Neale, and Simon were at the other end of the bar, enjoying a coffee. Tammy, Sam, and two female members of staff held a vigil in the toilet area. Nothing was experienced in the ladies or the men’s toilets, so the girls moved to the small corridor just outside the toilets. An EVP session was carried out, giving the staff a chance to ask any questions, that they may have. One of the ladies asked ''if the team were sure there was a lady''? As Sam began to spoke the ladies all heard a noise. This noise lasted for a few seconds.

Tammy described this noise as ‘sounding similar to a cat hissing, but much deeper’. Sam described it as ‘an almighty snarling sound that came from nowhere, like a big whoosh of sound’. All four ladies said ‘that they have never heard a noise like this before’. As the girls had already held vigils in this area, they were familiar with the natural sounds of flushing and other water and noises in this area. The girls rapidly left the toilets and the men went in to look for anything that would cause that noise.

John played back the audio and just before the noise, that the girls had heard, there is a voice that is clearly audible. Simon is carrying out further analyses, and therefore the EVP will be posted shortly.

At about 1am we packed up, planned a return visit over a much longer evening, and left thanking our wonderful hosts.

 



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