Hi guys..

In May last year, we went on a bit of a ghost hunt to St Benet's Abbey on the Norfolk Broads, England. This is a reputed haunted spot and has two known ghosts.. One of a monk and one of a miller. I took over 200 photos here and one I find extremely interesting and would welcome your input.

I have a few but before I go into the actual myth of the place, something odd further happened to us.

When we got home, I was going through photos to discard and found one of what looks like an arm or shirt hanging up..I was about to delete it when I realized
A)No one was wearing a shirt of that design with ruffled hems as we are all quite young and this is quite old fashioned)
b) I presumed this was taken in the boat, but closer inspection reveals it is actually at the abbey.
At the time of picture it is 315 next to ghost 317, the sequence means it was taken at the same time (Within minutes) And there was only two of us there myself and a friends kid. He was wearing a tracksuit at the time..
Below is the sequence of pics that are interesting First one is of course the untouched original..followed by my highlighted one..shirt..and pic of the Abbey.

I can guarantee no one was there at the time as this place is actually on a farm and as such can only easily be reached by water. We have further pictures to show were the only boat there.

Image of St Benet's Abbey


Original Ghost image


Lightened and close up.. look at the leg also.. it seems to be wearing white tights and the calf is clearly visible.. Looks like he is wearing a smock similar...to a miller....



Finally, the image of the shirt/ smock.. I know I did not take this picture and it is the very next picture to the one above which is 314.. this one is 315.. I will also show you 316 which is in the sequence and it just should not be there...

315....


317... Same image as 314 but taken minutes later...


Anyway.. play with them.. lighten them etc.. Any ideas folks?

Sean xoxoxo
ST BENET'S ABBEY

The ghost of a traitorous monk haunts this old Abbey, which was built for the Benedictines in AD 816.


St Benet's Abbey.
In the days immediately following the Norman Conquest, the monk betrayed his brethren to soldiers of William the Conqueror on the promise that he would be made Abbot.

True to their word, the Normans appointed him Abbot. He was then nailed to the Abbey doors then skinned alive. The Normans had no love for traitors, even Saxon ones.

His hauntings are limited to one day a year - 25th May. At certain times his screams are still to be heard and he can be seen hanging from the former bell tower...but that's just a legend.

Ooh the Norfolk Broads brings back many childhood holiday memories for me ... mostly of not being able to sleep after buying a book called 'Ghosts of the Broads'! Some very spooky stories about that area!

Sean, I can remember seeing you post a pic of the figure on a different forum. But it's different to how I remember it. That one looked like a little girl in a smock and bonnet, though no one else seemed to see it. Is that just false memory on my part or do you have another one tucked away?

I'm going to start with the shirt sleeve pic. It actually doesn't look like a sleeve to me, but rather something like a white scarf which is draped over a wooden post.

Now when I look at the last pic I can see a wooden post to the left of the ruin, and when I compare it to the 2nd pic of the smocked figure, I can see that the figure is in the same spot as the post. I'm wondering if somebody draped a scarf or something over the post and it's causing an illusion of the smock and hat? Hope that makes sense!

Is it possible you accidentally took a picture that caught a bit of the stone carving on an entryway or window? It happens to me all the time (those accidental pictures). I don't think it is fabric. I think it may be stone. Is that possible? It kind of looks like a wall and then the bottom of an arch.

I don't know about the other one. It's so far away. It could even be light on the fence there at the corner, at least the light part. If it is not a very straight fence (because this one looks kind of bent). And behind the light part is a taller pole, which is darker and looks like the head, but you can see that pole in the later picture, too. Take another look and see if that's not what it might be.

It looks like a very interesting place, Sean. I really like that first photo with all that yellow grass in the foreground.

Lol, I know what you both mean. Although thats the first thing I thought of, especially when you look at the post behind. But its clear there is nothing draped over a fence post like a scarf on the last pic and we were the only two there. The actual area.. slopes down and from where I was standing you can see as far as the river.
My friends son was climbing all over the ruin and I was paranoid someone was going to see him so I can honestly say, were the only two there.
You are right Ruby. I have posted this one out before on Asylum I think. But I did not have the lightened copy (Well couldn't find it n e hoo) So had to re lighten it and zoom in.
I might have another play to see if I can get a better picture of it as the more I look at it, the more I can see.
Tell you what though as a foot note. This place freaked me out. We went back in around 10pm with the dictaphone and cam.. caught something run past the door way <tizwiz has the copy> Also on the tape both on the Dictaphone and cam you here a strangling noise like arrgggg twice. I have since heard that same sound again since then on a recording.
I did some research later on google for hunts here and someone else picked up the same EVP. I think I still have the tape. Tizwiz will tell you also.. not nice.

Finally we heard screaming as we were heading back to the boat...I feel in a ditch running as I thought the other half was in trouble lol...
Only later did I find the Norfolk Broads has a bird called a warbler.. which sounds like a girl screaming lol < solves that part of the original story anyway lol>

Anyway, I bet if you went there as a child Ruby and you got your boat from Stalham or Potter Heigham you would of passed it..

A fantastic, spooky.. never really want to spend the night there again...sort of place lol

Sean xoxoxoxo

By the way Ruby... They still make that book!!!! lol.. I bought a copy last year from a shop at the stracey arms lol <Near Acle>

Its a goodun.. especially the Giant of Ludham...Braydon Ghosts ships... Burgh St Peters devil apparition... bet they ring some bells lol

Sean xoxoxoxo

I think we should look at these one at a time. I've lightened the 'sleeve' a bit ... I really do think it's fabric and not stone. You can really see the draped effect, especially at the bottom of the longer piece where it starts to twist.

I can't tell if the dark strip behind the sleeve is a wooden post or if it's stone, but it certainly appears to be post shaped to me. You can see the line on the left where it finishes.



Sean, do you have any recollection of where abouts this could've been taken?

Actually, I don't remember those ghosts Sean. My memory is *oops*! The one that freaked me out the most was a spooky picture of children underwater, which might've been at Acle? I think we did hire our boat from Potter Heigham. I certainly went there and Stalham.

Why have you not posted your EVP's? You must, you must!

Im in the other room on the laptop at the mo, but perhaps if I get a collection of pics we can match them up to the sleeve one..

That being said, I know with the actual sequence, I went down the field took pics 313, 314,315 and 316 all of them are of the same distance of the abbey, thats slap bang in the middle, thats what doesn't make any sense as I am up the field when it was taken.. I am obviously holding the camera but no where near the fence... its a shame they are not time stamped as this would prove it.. I really don't know ruby. I don't understand how that came to be in the middle of the series.

Will have a look at the other pics in the morning and will go over the tape and upload the evp it really is freaky!

Sean xoxoxoxo

Yes that sounds like a good plan!

There are two more things that I'm noticing ...

In your last pic, there looks to be someone in white at the very right hand side. Is that one of your group?

Also, in the sleeve pic, the background looks like you are in a walled area, and I can't see anything resembling that in the main pics. Could that have been behind you? It looks rather like you were quite high looking down on the walled area.

Sean, I don't mean to be a pain in the arse or anything, but I think that these pics are not the original size, am I correct? If so, could you please upload them through imageshack in their original size and put the links here, so we can see them better? I would love to see them in detail in their original size, so I can lighten and enhance from there....if you get what I mean...
I tried to lighten the ones you put up, and I get a bad distortion when I lighten them up too much, this is what I get:







I just would like the original ones for 314 and 317 so I can study them a bit better... , if it's not too much trouble, pleeeeeeeeeeease?

Will do patty. I think they were quite large. Will do it first thing honey

The person on the right Ruby is the lad I was with (Only two of us) He was the one climbing on everything that made me so paranoid that someone would see, hence I know no one was there at the time.

I have re looked at the other pictures. And if you look at the wooden fence in the sleeve pic.. the only place that matches is the left hand side of pic 317.. Patty has lightened it a bit. Look at the fencing that runs to the left of the building. All I can think of is it is the side of the building. which of course I may of walked around.. I just don't understand how it got mid sequence as would of passed that way (Through the arch though) to head back to the boat... But the actual wall behind there is brick where the limestone has been removed so it wouldn't actually explain the white sleeve.. I will see if I can get hold of a pic of that side of the building... I took loads..

Nothing like a mystery ey! lol Will sort those pics out in the AM patty

Sean xoxoxoxo

Thanks so much Sean!

I just went back to the 'sleeve' pic with new eyes, and I saw it differently this time. Maybe I'm just getting carried away, but I could make out pretty much a whole body shape this time! I've painted on it white where I am seeing a whole shirt with two sleeves and a v-neck, and the areas I've left black resemble some kind of long waistcoat. Forgive my painting it's terrible, but hopefully will you see what I am seeing!

sean youre a star putting this topic in,i said you should and good on you for doing so,indeed i do have the copy of the video we made and it was a very spooky experience ,the white shadow running across the doorway at the end is what totally fascinates me because before we noticed it on the television sean turned round as we came out of the entrance and said someone's just ran over there, and it wasnt until we actually watched the video after that we did see the shadow,which excited us even more and to top it off we do have a cackling sound like someone wasnt very happy with us,very spooky place i recommend it to everyone to try and at least visit,becauseyou really wont be dissapointed.x

tizwiz, do you mean the white figure that I mentioned that's in the very right hand side of the last pic, behind the fence? ... I'm getting more and more fascinated by these accounts!

No ruby thats my son marc lol,i am referring to a video recording that my eldest son filmed whilst sean and i were investigating the ruins,its a pity sean couldnt some how put it on here for all to see as its fascinating,and that picture with the sleeve i just cant work it out as its just something really strange as my family, sean and his partner were all wearing summer clothes as it was a very hot day,i did say to sean that it looked like there was more clothing and not just the sleeve,ive studied that photo for hours and im still amazed and confused,and the child on the fence still amazes me too as sean and my son marc were the only ones there at the time.