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Have you ever felt the presence of evil?

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Petridish · 12/08/2015 13:56

I mean, without having any rational reason to feel it? It could be a person or a place.

For me, a friend's father used to really radiate evil - much later, my friend confessed that he had been physically and emotionally abused by his father Sad

I also knew a woman who had a senior job with the police. She was a friend of a friend and I had a bad feeling about her. She eventually got struck off and imprisoned for stealing huge amounts of money from a children's charity she was in charge of.

OP posts:
bodenbiscuit · 12/10/2015 08:56

Thank you for starting this thread - it has been so interesting.

As it's in chat, will it disappear though?

Troubletutmill · 12/10/2015 08:56

I love Conwy Castle and felt moved to sing in the chapel, no one was about I hasten to add and it had to be Ave Verum Corpus in latin because that is what they would understand, now that does make me sound weird. But I felt truly moved and had to do it.

My friend is the DIL of a Vicar and this happened to him. When first married they moved in to a house and always felt weird about a certain stair on the staircase. When doing DIY in the cupboard underneath the stairs they discovered a doll buried in the plaster directly under stair they didnt like to step on.

Dowser · 12/10/2015 09:36

Interesting comments about Glastonbury because I can't get enough of the place. I visit about three times a year. I'm sure the good, the bad and the deranged are all attracted to that place but I think you could say that about anywhere.

However I do believe in trusting your instincts so if it's not for you then give it a miss.

I'd like to think more good souls are there doing earth healing work than bad. Interestingly someone mentioned they preferred the Tor which is interesting for the fact that Richard whiting, the last Abbott of Glastonbury was hung, drawn and quartered up there along with two of his monks.

I think some of us pick up echoes of the past.

Those of you who feel uneasy in your home might want to look at Adrian incledon webbers book on heal your home. He also runs courses on it.

I visited a site last year. Thought it was lovely in stunning surroundings. I wonder if anyone knows of it. It's called the Druids temple at ilton. N yorks.

Has anyone visited it. Would love to hear your reaction.

Also I'm surprised no one has mentioned the plague village of Eyam. My daughter could not get us out of there quick enough..no way did she want us eat there. She would be about 14 .

You couldn't pay me enough to get me to vist auschwitz, dachau etc

Dowser · 12/10/2015 09:37

I think this thread should remain a permanent fixture.

BathshebaDarkstone · 12/10/2015 09:46

AgeingArtemis the scary creatures in Doctor Who are the Silence. They make you paranoid.

SlaggyIsland · 12/10/2015 13:15

I just found out something odd. Years ago I was friendly with a woman who proved to be strange in a not-good way, and rather destructive. She immigrated to Canada.
Have literally just found out it's Kamloops, a place I'd never heard of before reading this thread.
I'd imagine it suits her.

Cerseirys · 12/10/2015 13:46

Isn't Kamloops the location of that weird conspiracy theory about the Queen and Prince Phillip kidnapping and doing away with several orphanage kids?

Artus · 12/10/2015 14:05

Wayland's Smithy has a very dark atmosphere for me. I have been told that birds won't fly over it.

FairNotFair · 12/10/2015 14:06

Fascinating thread.

I've always had a negative feeling about that stretch of the A22 between J6 of the M25 and the Whyteleaf Roundabout. I gather there are all sorts of woo stories about it though; maybe it's just confirmation bias in my case!

Cerseirys · 12/10/2015 14:08

I didn't grow up in the UK so I didn't have a clue about Jim'll Fix It and Top of the Pops etc but whenever I saw him on TV in latter years, I thought Jimmy Savile was fucking creepy. In fact, when the revelations about him came out I wasn't surprised as I just assumed he was a pervert all along. There is no way I would've let any of my kids anywhere near him.

PolaxedDancer · 12/10/2015 14:25

A few years ago when I was in my early 20s I house- and dog-sat for a friend of a friend. The house was an old rambling country cottage and was absolutely gorgeous. I was staying there for a week whilst the couple were on holiday and for the for the first couple of days I had an amazing time just chilling out in this house, reading some books, taking their lovely dog out. At night the house was a bit creepy as it was very quiet, dark and creaky but I don't believe in ghosts and am not at all woo so it was fine.

On the third night, I'd just settled down to watch TV with the dog when I suddenly had this feeling like someone was behind me. I turned around but obviously no-one was there. So I settled back down and instantly felt it again but this time like that person had a blanket spread across their shoulders and were going to hug me and envelope me in this blanket. But the blanket felt like a shadow rather than a material thing. I just had the feeling that if I let this blanket wrap around me I was going to die.

I've never felt anything like that before or since and I really have a hard time describing it but it did just feel like evil was surrounding me.

I'm not insane

wednesdaysocks · 12/10/2015 14:40

i don't recall ever having come across that feeling, but I remember knowing that I just didn't like some people upon meeting them and mostly they have been women- colleagues, friends of friends and girlfriends of family/friends.

There was one incident with the family dog which I found strange though.

I was around seventeen and had a friend over one evening, she needed to get the bus home so I leashed the dog and walked her through the estate to the nearest stop to wait with her. My dog was a huge teddy bear, enjoyed nothing more than jumping on your lap for a cuddle and he loved everyone.

While waiting at the bus stop a man crossed from the other side of the road towards us and I watched my big cuddly dog go rigid, his hackles raised and as the man got closer he (the dog) put himself right in front of me, pressed back against my legs and lowered himself ready to pounce at this man- I'd never heard him growl before, but he snarled at this guy and kept his eyes on him the whole time. The bloke came under the bus shelter, spotted the dog, raised his hands up and backed away and dog didn't move until he was out of sight.

He'd never done anything like that before and he never did it again, at the time I laughed it off, but after reading this thread I wonder if he detected something that we couldn't.

wednesdaysocks · 12/10/2015 15:22

Although thinking about it and similarly to the PP's who have mentioned Saville- I was a huge fan of a band from my mid teens, went to see them play a few times but hated the lead singer. When I was eighteen I got the opportunity, along with a friend, to go to an intimate gig and signing it was all great fun, but at the signing I couldn't get away from the singer quick enough and friend felt the same.

I remember more than once discussing the band and saying "like the music but cannot stand him". I brushed it off as him being someone who was full of himself and just a general 'I am God' twat.

Turns out he was a Paedophile.

Cerseirys · 12/10/2015 15:23

Ian Watkins?

wednesdaysocks · 12/10/2015 15:26

Yep-Ian Watkins

Atenco · 12/10/2015 15:52

I've never visit Eyam, but just looked it up in wikipedia, I would expect to get a good feeling from a place where the people behaved so heroically.

PlummyBrummy · 12/10/2015 15:57

Hermitage Castle is the very picture of foreboding!

Cerseirys · 12/10/2015 16:03

I think I've been there Plummy - it's in the Scottish borders and has an associated with Mary Queen of Scots? A very gloomy place indeed.

LeChien · 12/10/2015 17:49

Dowser, I live near Druid's Temple and visit regularly with my dogs.
It's quite atmospheric, probably due to the placing of the stones, especially the covered over cave at the back which looks like it has a sacrificial table in it (as children we used to pretend it had blood on it).
It used to be a local druggy spot, and apparently attracts doggers Shock.
I was scared as a child because we fully believed it was built by Druids, and that there were wolves in the surrounding wood.
As an adult, I know the history of it, and actually have a photo album of it being built as a folly.
It feels very peaceful there now. And there's a very nice cafe there too.

Troubletutmill · 12/10/2015 17:55

I have visited Eyam a few times and its a really lovely place with a very positive vibe. Plus the Pub think its the Miners Arms is wonderful.

There is a good book called Year of Wonders which is a novel about the plague village which I recommend.

DinosaursRoar · 12/10/2015 18:12

Re the nursery removal - why wouldn't you? The person who posted about her concerns might be wrong, or she might be right to be worried. If she's right to be worried, then removing her child is definately the right thing to do. If she's wrong, then other than the slight inconvience of having to go to a different nursery, she's now got peace of mind and the place will be filled with another child.

It's hard enough leaving your child without it being in a location you aren't 100% happy with.

HappyBeet · 12/10/2015 18:54

Re: The church at Godshill in the Isle of Wight.

I've got a weird superstition going on with it at the moment Blush

We have had eight miscarriages. When I was 8 weeks pregnant with dd (this was after four mc's) we visited the Isle of Wight.

We went on an Island tour. I can't really describe it but when I spotted the church at Godshill I just had to go in. This wasn't like me at all, firm atheist all my life and no woo whatsoever

When we got in there I started crying. There is a statue of (I believe) Mary holding a tiny infant Jesus. There is a place for you to donate and light a candle for loved ones, as well as a little card to write. I threw skepticism to the winds and begged whatever higher power there was to protect and keep my baby alive.

Now I know this is probably all coincidence but my parents surprised us by booking another holiday there again, we went at the end of September. When I was again exactly 8 weeks pregnant.

I lit two candles this time. One saying thank you and another for this baby.

I swear if this child makes it I'll convert Grin

Panadbois · 12/10/2015 19:06

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LeChien · 12/10/2015 19:08

That's lovely Happy :)
Good luck Thanks

tywinlannister · 12/10/2015 19:43

I have felt this a few times and am actually glad you brought it up OP, as strong emotion like fear is a symptom of a neurological condition I have and I am sometimes unsure if it's that or a "real" emotion.

  • Walking through a country park near us (Henry VIII's hunting grounds), I felt a strong feeling that there was something chasing me. I had never walked on that particular part of the park before and even the dog seemed harassed. I have never walked in that part since.
  • My friends husband who I think emotionally abuses her. The stories about him just get worse and I knew he was dodgy from the moment I met him, even thought he was on his best behaviour then. She adores him though Sad There is just something rotten about him.
  • I was followed one night by a blacked out car. I stopped, the car stopped. I turned around, the car turned around. It drove past me 8 times over the length of half a mile, slowing near me then speeding off again. It eventually pulled up about 50 yards in front of me, I saw the door start to open and I just started running away and phoned the police. I was terrified. Evil was getting out of that car! [dramatic]