| ID | #1617367836 |
| Added | Fri, 02/04/2021 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | Paul Deveraux, Haunted Land
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Paula Kopestake, her husband Philip and 8-year-old son Edward visited the Neolithic site on a clear, clear afternoon. While Mr. Kopestak was photographing the forecourt area, Paula Kopestak climbed to the top of the hill to enjoy the panoramic view and enjoy the privacy. So she was disappointed to see a group of people moving towards the place from the northwest, across a nearby field.
At first glance, it seemed that about five people, one smaller in front and the others in two pairs, were walking rapidly towards Belas Knap along the border of the field, which is part of the Cotswold Road. They looked ahead and were dressed in identical dark, grayish-black robes with pale, oval, translucent faces under pointed hoods. They were only a few hundred yards away. Her son briefly distracted her, and when she looked back again, she was startled by the appearance of new figures in the group.
She told her husband that "hundreds" of people were coming, and impatiently advised him to hurry, because it seemed that at least a dozen of them were purposefully walking to their place. They seemed to emerge from the dark shadows of the overhanging evergreens and bushes on the border between the two neighboring fields. Each figure wore hoods, and they still followed the smaller figure in front.
She suggested that the main figure should have been a child of about 12 years old, because he was half the size of the others. She couldn't see any part of their bodies below knee level, so she thought they must have been walking on the long pale dead grass that covered their lower limbs.
They walked along the hedge in silence, never turning to face their companions, but they all walked at a brisk pace, so she was surprised to see that they were in the same position as before in the field. It looks like they haven't made any progress in reaching the long mound, despite their rather fast pace. They seemed to go down the slope and up again, as if they were going down into a ditch and up the other side.
Irritated by the intrusion, the witness took one last look at them, then deliberately turned her back and walked to the other end of the hill. Worryingly, they seemed further away than ever, even though they were still moving purposefully toward them.
She then joined her son and husband, who had finished their activities, when he went up the hill to look, he was surprised to see no one.
Original news
Date: February 1998
Location: Belas Knap, Cotswolds, England
Time: afternoon
Summary: Paula Copestake, her husband Phillip, and 8-year-old son Edward were visiting the Neolithic site in a crisp clear afternoon. While Mr. Copestake was busying himself taking photographs of the forecourt area, Paula Copestake climbed to the top of the mound in order to take in the panoramic view and to enjoy the solitude. She was therefore disappointed to see a group of people moving towards the site from the northwest, across and adjacent field. At first sight there seemed to be about five people, one smaller in front and the others in two pairs, walking quickly towards Belas Knap along the field boundary which forms part of the Cotswold Way. They faced forward and were all dressed alike in dark, grayish black clothes with pale, oval, translucent faces beneath pointed hoods. They were only a few hundred yards away. Her son briefly distracted her, and when she looked back again she was startled by the emergence of more figures in the group. She told her husband that “hundreds” of people were coming and she impatiently told him to hurry because there seemed to be at least a dozen of them walking purposefully towards their location. They seemed to emerge from the dark shadows of the overhanging evergreen trees and bushes along the boundary between the two nearby fields. Every figure was hooded and they still followed the smaller figure at the front. She assumed that the lead figure must have been a child of about 12 because he was half the height of the others. She could not see any part of their bodies below knee level so she thought they must have been walking through long pale dead grass that obscured their lower limbs. They walked closely along the hedge line in silence, never turning to their companions but all walking at a vigorous pace, so she was surprised to see that they appeared to be in the same position as before in the field. They did not appear to have made any progress in reaching the long barrow, despite their fairly rapid pace. They appeared to walk down a slope and up again as if going down into a ditch and up the other side. Annoyed at the intrusion the witness took one final look at them and then deliberately turned her back and walked to the other end of the mound. Disturbingly, they had seemed to be even further away than ever although still moving as purposefully toward them. She then joined her son and husband who had finished his activities as he climbed up to mound to look he was surprised to see no one at all.
Source: Paul Deveraux, Haunted Land
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