ID | #1491296114 |
Added | Tue, 04/04/2017 |
Author | July N. |
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Status | Investigation
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This case occurred at Enfield in North London, in a perfectly ordinary country mansion. He had Peggy Harper and her four children: rose (13 years); Janet (11 years old); pit (10 years) and Jimmy (7 years old). Events that glorify the house began in the night of 30 August 1977.
Janet and Pete had retired to her bedroom, and the other children slept with their mother in another room. About paranormal activity, first reported Janet. She stated that their beds began to bounce up and down. By the time Peggy came into the room to the children, all have espacolas, so she thought it was children playing.
Around 9:30 the next night Peggy heard the laughter in the room Janet and Pete. This time, they claimed to have heard sounds coming from the floor. The children claimed that the noise was coming from the chair. Peggy took the chair out of the room. After some time she heard a strange sound, but the children in the room were already asleep.
Later, from the wall adjacent to the neighbouring house, heard the sound, prompting Peggy to turn on the light. She didn't notice anything unusual, but suddenly the wall moved a heavy chest of drawers. Peggy returned to his place, but he moved again. Then the frightened mother and her children went out to the neighbors and called the police.
Officers also reported that they had heard banging coming from the walls. One of the officers was in the living room when a chair suddenly slid across the floor. He carefully examined him, but couldn't find any explanation on how it's done.
The next day the house began to fly toys. The family came to the newspaper. While there were photographers, nothing unusual happened, however, before their departure, both men were attacked by flying toys. One cube Lego hit the photographer so hard that left a bruise.
The newspaper contacted the Society for Psychical Research. The researchers arrived September 5, exactly a week after the riots started. Their presence seemed to have a soothing effect on the poltergeist, because in a few days, nothing unusual happened.
On the night of 8 September, the researcher and three reporters were on duty in the house when heard a crash in the bedroom Janet. It turned out that her bedside chair had been thrown. Janet was asleep at the time, so nobody saw the chair during movement. However, it happened again in an hour ... and this time one of the photographers shot the event on film!
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This case became known as a perfect example of a poltergeist haunting which began as genuine... and devolved into trickery, thanks to media attention and the imagination of two little girls.
The case began in Enfield, in North London, in a perfectly ordinary suburban townhouse. It was occupied by a woman named Peggy Harper and her four children; Rose, age 13; Janet, age 11; Pete, age 10; and Jimmy, age 7. The disturbances which would make this house famous began on the night of August 30, 1977, shortly after Janet and Pete retired to the bedroom they shared. The other children slept with their mother in another room of the small home.
The activity was first reported by Janet to her mother. She stated that their beds began bouncing up and down and "going all funny". By the time that Peggy got to the room, the movements had stopped, leading her to believe that perhaps the children were making it all up. All remained quiet for the rest of the night, but the following evening, the events began in earnest.
Around 9:30 the following night, Peggy was called to Janet and Pete’s room by their excited laughter. This time, they claimed to hear noises coming from the floor. Janet said that it sounded like a chair moving, so Peggy took the only chair with her out of the room and downstairs. She believed this would calm the children down and get them settled for the night. Then, from downstairs, she too heard something odd. It was the same shuffling sound that Janet had mentioned. She hurried up to their room but found both children lying in their beds asleep.
Then, four distinct knocks were heard from the wall which adjoined the neighboring house. This prompted Peggy to turn the lights on once more, but she saw nothing out of the ordinary. Then, a heavy chest of drawers moved out away from the wall about a foot and a half. Peggy shoved it back again, but the chest moved back to its former position. The next time she tried to shove it into place, the chest refused to budge! Shaking with fear, the family left the house and went next door to the neighbor’s house. The neighbors investigated, as did the police.
The officers also reported hearing the knocking sounds, now coming from all different walls. One of the officers was in the living room when a chair suddenly slid several feet across the floor. He examined it closely, but could find no explanation as to how it had moved.
The next day brought more phenomena, like flying toys. The police were unable to help, so the Harpers and their neighbors turned to the press. The Daily Mirror sent out a photographer and a reporter, who stayed in the house for several hours. Nothing happened during their stay, until just as they got ready to leave. Suddenly, both men were assaulted with flying marbles and Lego bricks. A piece of a Lego flew across the room and hit the photographer so hard that it left a bruise which lasted over a week.
The newspaper contacted the Society for Psychical Research about the case and they in turn, contacted Maurice Grosse, a resident of North London and an investigator. Grosse arrived at the Harper house on September 5, exactly one week after the disturbances began. His presence seemed to have a calming effect on the family and for a few days, nothing out of the ordinary occurred.
Then, on the night of September 8, Grosse and three reporters were keeping watch when they heard a crash in Janet’s bedroom. Investigation showed that her bedside chair had been thrown about four feet across the room. Janet was asleep at the time and no one had seen the chair move. However, it did happen again an hour later... and this time one of the photographers captured the event on film!
Shortly after this, Grosse was joined in the investigation by author Guy Lyon Playfair and the two men spent the next two years studying the case.
The case had a couple of aspects in common with standard poltergeist cases, including the involvement of two adolescent girls. In this case, one had already gone through puberty and another was about to. The case also had another feature typical of such cases, personal tension. Peggy had never altogether resolved her feelings surrounding her divorce from the children’s father. After she realized this might have something to do with the phenomena, she came to term with her volatile emotions and the disturbances ceased.
Or rather, they took a short break. When they started up again, they had a somewhat different character. Now, more than ever, they seemed to focus on the two girls, Janet and Rose, and on Janet’s bedroom. Investigators quickly came to the opinion that this new phenomena was more the work of human trickery than the work of a human agent. Two SPR investigators later revealed that reports from the two girls, usually unsubstantiated, seemed very contrived.
Some of the alleged activity had the girls literally "flying" out of their beds at night
In addition, a video camera secretly set up in the bedroom caught Janet bending spoons and attempting to bend an iron bar in an entirely normal manner. She was also seen bouncing up and down on the bed, from where she would later claim she was thrown.
Despite how this case concluded, there seems to be some strong evidence to say that the initial disturbances in the house were genuinely paranormal.
Hypotheses
Deliberate falsification
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This version includes any falsifications that imitate unexplained phenomena both from the outside: practical jokes, flash mobs, fake news, witness fraud, staging, etc.
There are many ways to make something similar to a ghost or a flying saucer from improvised materials, without using video and photomontage.
Many homemade things made for the sake of a joke, a practical joke or a direct imitation of a mystical being or event can be taken as unexplained not only in photos and videos, but also in reality.
Events
Rocket launches (from space.skyrocket.de)
- Site: Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP) (USSR / Russia) Vehicle: Molniya-M (Blok-ML) Payload: Molniya-1K 38 (Molniya-1K 46L)
Investigation
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In further work, the researchers quickly came to the conclusion that this new phenomenon was more the work of human cunning, than poltergeist. The video camera that was secretly installed in the bedroom Janet that recorded her bending spoons and attempting to bend an iron rod. She was also seen Bouncing on the bed (she later claimed to have been thrown by a poltergeist).
American MAG Milburn Christopher conducted a brief investigation, did not find anything that could be called paranormal, and was shocked to suspicious activity Janet. Christopher will later conclude that "the poltergeist was nothing more than the antics of a little girl who wanted to cause trouble and was very, very smart."
Ventriloquist ray Alan visited the house and came to the conclusion that men's voices Janet was just vocal tricks.
This opinion was shared by Anita Gregory, who conducted the investigation for the SPR, reported on the events in the journal of the Society for psychical research.
Even the researcher that supports the paranormal version of the explanation of the case pointed out that when Janet knew that the camera is turned on, nothing happened. It is also indicated that when there came a snarling voice, "it seemed, lips Janet hardly moved".
Note also that Janet was caught cheating (Playfair 1980, 196-7), and also that Janet and Peggy confessed his jokes in front of reporters.
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