Paranormal Hunter

We started the investigation by walking into the castle building, the largest remaining room, and as soon as we walked into the room we all felt different. Tracey felt very sickly. We took it in turns to stand in the doorway to make sure this was the same for everyone. Jayne felt like cobwebs were on her arms and face in the entrance. The name George Simmons was given to Tracey. She then picked up on a negative energy, a male, he had a threatening manner and appeared to project this towards Duggie. It felt he wanted us to leave the room, his words being said were “you have 10 seconds to leave”. At the same time Duggie had an orb behind him on the still photo taken. When Duggie asked why they had 10 seconds to leave the reply given to Tracey was ‘Wait and find out’. Tracey felt his lip was curled up and that he was very sure of himself. Duggie was not concerned with these words and it felt that this person was giving out an idle threat to us. One corner of the room was` extremely warm and upon taking a reading it was measured at 39 degrees!

Batteries on all the equipment were being drained continually and many batteries were replaced.

George saw a shadow above us so Duggie and Jason went onto the next level to investigate, on leaving us and looking down, there was a fast drop in temperature and a very uneasy feeling was felt by all remaining. The temperature of the investigators had gone from 17 degrees down to 7 at its lowest. Duggie and Jason felt very relaxed where they now were and started to make their way back to us. In the mean time Jayne was picking up on a male energy who had a brown short jacket on, a cap or a hood and a stick. He gave her the information that he had lived in the village and used his cart to take pigs etc to the castle and other parts. He was quite anxious to get away from the castle as soon as possible. She asked why this was and he said he did not like the man that Tracey had picked up on. Jayne felt that the man with the cart belonged there, was born there and the other man Tracey picked up on didn’t. Jayne felt that the older gentleman Tracey picked up on felt he was lord of the manner even though he wasn’t. He didn’t like the villagers and they didn’t like him. He was a foreigner. After the man went the temperature rose back up to 16 degrees again. The date being given at this point was 1512. The atmosphere in this room felt very heavy.

Jayne picked up on a young girl on a horse who was wearing a yellow dress. She felt that it was the 18^th century. The girl was laughing and very happy. A black dog was with her and often rode along this path to church. She was not held to the castle grounds. Jayne was given her name as Charlotte Hughes and she was 23 years old. She died somewhere else. Jayne didn’t think she knew she’d passed over. Charlotte said, ‘its always summertime.’

We left the room and turned right and headed to an outer small room, Tracey had a neck ache upon entering the room. Duggie picked up on a solider who seemed to be pacing back and forwards on an upper floor in this room. He was wearing leather armour with leather strapping, but holding no weapon. Tracey got the words ‘Not sure what to do’. George felt that he had been entrusted with a document of some kind or something of great value and that he had to get it out at any cost. He seemed to be waiting as though expecting someone to come. The smell of leather seemed strong in this room and noticed by more than one of us. His hands were restless. Duggie felt cold in this room, but he felt hot outside of it. A shadow was seen going across the window several times by several members on the floor above that room. George had a feeling of being watched.

We now made our way into the moat which would take us clockwise and apart from the odd rabbit moving, everything was quiet and nothing was picked up. At this point we were at the right side end of the castle. We continued round and almost reached the place where we would walk out when Duggie suddenly leaped backwards saying “what ever was that?”. Something had brushed passed him which was the size of the dog. Almost seconds after he had done this Jason, who was in front of him, had also jumped backwards as he too had been touched by something brushing pass his leg and was trying to understand what had happened. We had been walking in a line and Tracey had followed Duggie She had watched both the men react but did not know what had happened as no noise had been heard or picked up, so we discounted it being an animal such as a deer or a dog. We made our way up the slope and out of the moat, standing quietly at the top. A bizarre rustling could be heard in the long grass, like something was making its way closer to us but it did not sound small and yet we could see nothing?? Whilst stopping Duggie picked up on the animal again which appeared to change into the form of a man.

When we started to walk again George took and saw (through the camera) a photo of orbs and a shadow on the bridge. Duggie, George, Jason & Benny walked onto the bridge. George then felt like his energy was being drained out of him and he felt really weak. Duggie heard drums in the background whilst on the bridge. George started to get a really bad headache.

We started to walk towards the old foot path and Duggie felt that there was lots of soliders marching. They had shields and spears and were chanting. The shield was round at the top and pointed at the bottom like an upside down teardrop. Their helmets were pointed at the top (like a dome shape with a point) and they had a metal strip down the front of their noses. The front of the shields were red and there was something in black on them. Their legs were bare apart from their boots. Their armour was scalemail.

We then walked to an old road, whilst there Duggie picked up on a chariot four horses wide, travelling at great speed along it. He kept being given the word Boudica. He felt that it wasn’t Queen Boudica but something to do with her.

We walked back to the castle and made our way to the moat again, where the earlier incident had taken place. Duggie and Benny went back into the moat whilst the others watched them from the footbridge. Benny was being given the word whispers and only a moment later Duggie said to Benny “I can hear whispers”.

No sooner had they go into the moat and walked down a short way, the temperature on the bridge dropped dramatically. A very uncomfortable and vulnerable feeling was being felt by the remaining investigators and yet nothing came of this.

Castle Acre Castle

The castle mound is an important alignment point of ley lines. The castle also forms the bottom point of a diamond, whose other points are the tumuli of Rudham and Massingham Commons and Weasenham Plantation.

Many old ways, cart and drovers tracks and ley lines bisect the castle mound including Peddars Way, the Puddingstone Track, the Nar Valley Way and some believe the Icknield Way. (from East Anglia, Walking the Ley Lines and Ancient Tracks; Toulson, Shirley; Wildwood House ltd, 1979)

William De Warenne began the construction of a Norman country house about 1070; this was added to and improved over the years becoming the castle of which we can still see the ruins today. William’s wife Gundrada actually died at Castle Acre in childbirth in 1085. After William’s death his son William further developed the castle. There was already an important dwelling on the site when William began his construction and there is evidence that site was used extensively from the Bronze Age onwards.

The track that we walked part way down where Duggie sensed the Iceni chariot was an old drovers road from ancient times and became part of Peddar’s Way. The Iceni are believed to have used this track, as well as the Romans.