We’ve all summoned this sort of demon. Right?
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This great one panel comic is the work of The Very Near Future. The site takes an open-minded view at what might be happening next; throwing plenty of punches as it does so.
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We’ve all summoned this sort of demon. Right?
In Pure Spirit
This great one panel comic is the work of The Very Near Future. The site takes an open-minded view at what might be happening next; throwing plenty of punches as it does so.
There are concerns that strange spikes of ice forming in your freezer, reaching up from ice cubes and towards the door is a sign of supernatural activity in your kitchen.
You shouldn’t be worried. Ice spikes are perfectly natural and we have the science to explain what’s going on.
Over a million people have watched Veritasium’s video which suggests the ice spike phenomena was of widespread interest.
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Have you ever discovered ice spikes on your ice cubes?
Ask any mathematician about normal distribution and they’ll be able to tell you exactly what it is. In fact, most school kids can draw you a graph of normal distribution.
As it turns out … it’s pretty easy to draw paranormal distribution too!
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Have you tried this prank of any one you know? Let us know in the comments below.
Image credit: Imgur
You can tell a lot about a flying craft from its silhouette. Check out this chart for a handy spotter’s guide.
If you’re paying close attention you’ll notice how hard it is to tell swamp gas from weather balloons. It’s easy to see how mistakes are made.
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How many weather balloons have you seen in your local area?
Image: Imgur
A man browsing Google’s Streetview has found a demonic face appearing out of a window in the Walton area of Liverpool.
He told The Liverpool Echo;
I was looking on Google Street View to find a fish and chip shop in Walton, and I came across The Stuart Hotel.
Something in the top left hand window caught my eye. It looks like a ghostly image of an evil-looking face.
While In Pure Spirit can’t find the original tweet pictures of the ghost-like face are available.
Tom Slemen, a paranormal researcher with experience of Liverpool, confirmed to the paper that The Stuart Hotel is believed to be haunted but wouldn’t vouch for the authenticity of the faces.
According to Slemen one paranormal occurrence in the hotel dates back to 1897 when a scratching noise was heard in the cellar. To begin with the sound was dismissed as being a rat or mice but it became louder and louder. Eventually the neighbours could hear it as well.
Three days later the whole building was shaking to such a degree that the pub windows were left open in case the vibrations shattered the class. After that the noise stopped but a regular drinker knocked three times on the cellar wall and received three knocks back in response. That was enough for the noise to start again. Eventually a priest from St Mary’s Church left a Bible in the cellar and the noise stopped for good.
IPS is unable to confirm whether the Bible is still in The Stuart Hotel.
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Are you from Liverpool? Are there any haunted pubs or hotels that you know about?
This short film looks at what happen if a couple try astral projection in order to spy on a demoness. Why would they take the risk? You’ll have to watch Lilitu to find out!
Astral projection is a form out-of-body experience in which the spirit (or soul, or some other non-corporeal essence) leaves the physical plane to reach the astral one.
Belief in astral projection is fairly widespread across religions; even the Christian Bible is said to hold mention of it. Paul’s Second Epistle to the Corinthians includes;
“I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago, (whether in the body I know not, or out of the body I know not, God knows) such a one caught up to the third heaven…”
On Etsy, stores like Alchemystica sell Ormus, a mixture of salt and distilled water, intended to help with astral projection, while Daemon Offerings sells Oleum made from oil.
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Do you engage in astral projection? What wisdom would you share?
Some say that the Black Monk of Pontefract is one of the most violent poltergeists in Europe. Are they right?
It is believed that the terrace house in the Chequerfields Estate in East Yorkshire is built near to where the town once had its gallows. The Black Monk of Pontefract, as identified by author Tom Cuniff, is said to have been a 16th century monk who was found guilty and then hung to death for the rape and murder of a girl.
Modern reports of hauntings and supernatural disturbances began in the 60s when Jean and Joe Pritchard moved in with their son and daughter, Phillip and Diane. One report cites the first instance starting while some of the family where on holiday in Devon but grandmother Sarah Scholes was at 30 East Drive looking after Phillip. First a strange gust of chilling wind swept through the house, then white powder began to fall from the ceiling with, finally, pools of water appearing throughout the house.
During that incident a tea dispenser seemed to work by itself, a plant pot threw itself down the stairs and objects flew out of the cupboards. The water board was called to investigate the puddles but could find no solution.
This video shows a 25 minute investigate by Abandoned Investigated.
Featured in this video are Karen and Alison, both sensitive, Ben and Tom as investigators, Kris as the Medium, Laura on camera and Jess, Ema and Steve as guests.
30 East Drive in Pontefract is now a commercial venue after a film and a second wave of haunting.
The British movie “When The Lights Went Out” is loosely based on the poltergeist occurrence known as The Black Monk of Pontefract. It was made after Colin Wilson’s 1981 book Poltergeist! A Study in Destructive Haunting, Including the Black Monk of Pontefract became popular among supernatural investigators and experts. In the movie Jenny and Len move into the home only for their daughter, Sally, to be terrorised by an evil entity. The movie stars Kate Ashfield, Tasha Connor, Steven Waddington, Craig Parkinson, Martin Compston and Jo Hartley.
A newspaper report by Andy Lea describes how locals noticed an increase in supernatural activity after the film. A neighbour, Carol Fieldhouse, was unaware Pritchard’s had sold the house to movie producer Bil Bungay. Carol said;
“I saw Philip in the front, tidying up the garden,”
“I went out and asked him if he’d sold it to one of his nephews. I thought it must have been one of them because I knew they were deaf and I’d heard the telly blasting out all night.“He said ‘There’s no TV in there. It’s empty’. Then he turned pale and went ‘God, it’s started again’. I haven’t seen him since.”
Carol later told reporters that she held a séance in the neighbouring house and managed to make contact with the Black Monk.
A Most Haunted Live Halloween special in 2015 hooked cameras up to the Coal Hole, the EVP / Dining Room area and Stairwell and invited viewers of the Really TV channel to watch. In the run up to the night the Most Haunted Crew have already discovered the name “Carl Anthony”, a 52-year-old priest from 1633, who gave them one message: GET OUT.
In the show balls and marbles have moved around, there have been knocks and whispers and a knife dangerously hidden in a sofa.
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Have you done what Yvette and Karl of Most Haunted have done and visited 30 East Drive? Let us know if you have and what your thoughts are on the location in the comments below.
Do you believe that Carl Anthony is the Black Monk of Pontefract? Do you believe the death of a young girl during the reign of King Henry VIII at the hands of a priest could be responsible for a Yorkshire haunting that is still in effect today?
Thinking about trying to summon a demon this Halloween? Or perhaps your are turning your attention towards the sky and are planning to do something dramatic during the rare triangle alignment that Venus, Mars and Jupiter will form?
Maybe you shouldn’t. This comic strip reveals the true horror.
Did you know there are items on Etsy tagged with “Summon Demons”? There’s this ink drawing of “Come to Sabbath” that shows a witch dance to summon a demon as well this Wormwood sample sold for potions, witchcraft and magic.
There’s also this hand to order, English, grimoire of magic that claims to have illustrations and seals needed for demon summoning as well as this cheaper, made-up, pages of instructions.
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Have you ever tried to summon an otherworldy entity or spirit?
A funny thing happens around about Halloween. Certain newspapers start to get interested in reporting ghost stories. This encounter that apparently features a blonde female ghost flashing her cleavage comes from The Mirror.
Is there any evidence other than the blurry photograph above? According to reports the paranormal entity left behind a possible fingerprint smudge inside an ancient Egyptian Mummy’s case at the Torquay Museum in Devon.
The manager at Torquay Museum told press;
The weirdest thing was that we have a mummy, which we believe is Devon’s only human mummy.”
The ghost was after an event called Real Investigators of the Paranormal took place last week at the old building. The museum dates back to 1866 and may have Devon’s only human mummy. Inside the case is the remains of a mummified four year old boy.
The Mirror has found fans who are happy to joke along with the findings. One told the paper;
Who knew ghosts could be so sexy? She could haunt my house and give me nightmares any day of the week.
“I certainly wouldn’t want to see her busted.”
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Do you think this is proof a real haunting? Is this finally photographic evidence of something supernatural in nature? Vote below.
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