Following my post about Glengallan, I headed up there today and I think I actually managed to catch some EVP's in the short time I was there. I didn't conduct a proper investigation but just walked around/sat down with my recorder.
http://youtu.be/76tBN7LD-YY
That video contains all three, and if you read the description I explain how and where each one was caught. Any comments greatly appreciated.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Glengallan Homestead & The Ghost Gate
This site of interest is a mere 10 minute drive from where I live. It's a large house known as "Glengallan Homestead", built in the 1860's and once the centre of a large, wealthy estate.
It sits between the towns of Allora and Warwick, in Queenslands historic Darling Downs region.
Glengallen was never completed. The founder of the estate died bankrupt and broken and the full potential of Glengallen was never realised. After passing from owner to another it was soon abandoned and left to become a ruin. For 70 years it rotted away into a further state of disrepair until eventually it was saved and bit by bit is being restored to it's former glory by a group of dedicated volunteers.
The house is open for visits and many people have reported eerie feelings when inside the house as well as the feeling of just needing to "get out". One day I hope to conduct a proper investigation on the house and outside areas - the place where the servants quarters burned down, and the still standing woolshed but most of all the site where the "ghost gate" once stood.
The nearby Gate that allowed passage to travellers and visitors to the homestead in it's day was seemingly plagued with ghost stories from the start.
Tales of the gate mysteriously opening and closing for people passing through as well as the presence of a white owl upon the gate baffled all those who witnessed it first hand or even heard ot it .
A stockman quoted he was "off the grog" for weeks after an unknown apparition opened and shut the gate for him one night as he galloped through.
Another man by the name of Edward Sparksman had been playing fiddle for a dance held in the Glengallan woolshed one night when on his way home experienced the same peculiar happenings.
Some "victims" noted a white owl perched upon the gate and said that when it flew away the gate would open. The force of an owl taking off would not be enough to open a heavy gate like this one. and still leaves the silent shutting of the gate once the passer by was through unexplained. The owl must have had some connection to the gate or the spirit no doubt, but it is unlikely it was the cause of the opening or shutting.
It seems a goodwilled (or even cheeky perhaps?) spirit occupied the gate and I imagine must have enjoyed the reactions of his (or her) efforts.
Today the gate is gone, but the site is marked by a monumental white owl and a signpost on the backtrack reads "Ghost Gate Road". Could the helpful spirit still linger down Ghost Gate Road, waiting for travellers to pass by? That's something that I would love to find out.
It sits between the towns of Allora and Warwick, in Queenslands historic Darling Downs region.
Glengallen was never completed. The founder of the estate died bankrupt and broken and the full potential of Glengallen was never realised. After passing from owner to another it was soon abandoned and left to become a ruin. For 70 years it rotted away into a further state of disrepair until eventually it was saved and bit by bit is being restored to it's former glory by a group of dedicated volunteers.
The house is open for visits and many people have reported eerie feelings when inside the house as well as the feeling of just needing to "get out". One day I hope to conduct a proper investigation on the house and outside areas - the place where the servants quarters burned down, and the still standing woolshed but most of all the site where the "ghost gate" once stood.
The nearby Gate that allowed passage to travellers and visitors to the homestead in it's day was seemingly plagued with ghost stories from the start.
Tales of the gate mysteriously opening and closing for people passing through as well as the presence of a white owl upon the gate baffled all those who witnessed it first hand or even heard ot it .
A stockman quoted he was "off the grog" for weeks after an unknown apparition opened and shut the gate for him one night as he galloped through.
Another man by the name of Edward Sparksman had been playing fiddle for a dance held in the Glengallan woolshed one night when on his way home experienced the same peculiar happenings.
Some "victims" noted a white owl perched upon the gate and said that when it flew away the gate would open. The force of an owl taking off would not be enough to open a heavy gate like this one. and still leaves the silent shutting of the gate once the passer by was through unexplained. The owl must have had some connection to the gate or the spirit no doubt, but it is unlikely it was the cause of the opening or shutting.
It seems a goodwilled (or even cheeky perhaps?) spirit occupied the gate and I imagine must have enjoyed the reactions of his (or her) efforts.
Today the gate is gone, but the site is marked by a monumental white owl and a signpost on the backtrack reads "Ghost Gate Road". Could the helpful spirit still linger down Ghost Gate Road, waiting for travellers to pass by? That's something that I would love to find out.
Darling Downs Paranormal (DDP)
Today I have decided to try my luck (again) with the slow process of starting up a paranormal investigation group.
Only problem is that it seems there is no one else within 100 miles of here that shares my interest in the paranormal....
Prove me wrong.
If you live on the Darling Downs QLD and would like to participate and join (it's free!) please contact me. Even wiith just a few people it can be a fully functioning group.
Only problem is that it seems there is no one else within 100 miles of here that shares my interest in the paranormal....
Prove me wrong.
If you live on the Darling Downs QLD and would like to participate and join (it's free!) please contact me. Even wiith just a few people it can be a fully functioning group.
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