The Nags Head Report - The Nightshift Team Venue Analysis


       

We started the evening at 10:45pm by doing an EMF sweep in the caves beneath the pub. The kettle and extension cord in the ‘Top cave’ near the foot of stairs leading to the bar was a ‘hot zone’ for EMF but did not extend into the room to any great degree. High EMF readings were also found in the passage way opposite the ‘Northern cave ’ stairs leading up.

 
Lee was interested to see if anyone was affected by the high EMF particularly Wayne and El. No one complained of any ‘fear cage’ symptoms but El felt ‘something’ in the ‘Lower caves’ which did not register any EMF. The feeling she got was despondency and sensed a priest or monk saying prayers over people with the impression that it may be the first plague period. See Cave analysis
By 11:10pm we decided to do a vigil in the ‘Top Cave'. El sensed a man sat in a high backed chair inviting us to sit. She felt this was a party room that held Victorian séances.


Ben, Wayne, El and Lee in the caves
This man was a Doctor of Philosophy (phD) of the late Victorian period. El then got the date 1889 and the name Dr William Edwards. He claimed to be a spiritualist born 1852. See 'William' analysis
Ben also mentioned that he had the name ‘Edward’ in his head. During the course of conversation El mentioned she could trigger the CellSensor EMF meter but not the KII.
We got settled with El sat at the table at the end of the chamber, with Wayne opposite. Ros was seated to El’s left with Lee then Ben to her right. A ‘ping’ sound was heard but not picked up by the recorder which correspondend to Ros being hit on the sholuder with a T-light. After a few minutes Wayne felt uncomfortable with having his back to the ‘Northern cave’. El went quiet explaining to ‘William’ the modern way of communicating in séances.

El started to get the impression of scientific drawings connected with a University and that he was a 3rd generation spiritualist. As to his academic subject; she got the impression of something like Geology? Something fossil related?
El then mentioned that ‘William’ was aware of and knew of a connection to Wayne of a dark spirit. El again went quiet and explained she was attempting to draw ‘William’ into our time and mentioned she was being shown a bell and a candle.

 

Séance table in the Long cave


Wayne saw a hand on the wall
Fifteen minutes in and Wayne sensed something ‘dark’ that wanted to come in but couldn't or was too scared to, at the top of the stairs leading down near the main exit, he also stated that he saw a hand on the wall.
Lee, Wayne and Ros complained of getting colder and Lee thinks he saw an orb. Wayne also complains of feeling sick. Ros took a couple of photos of Wayne following a spot of retching. El called out to anything in the room to affect Lee or Ben at which point Ben closed down and started to cry.
El asked whatever it was to ‘step back’ and Ben quickly recovered. Wayne got agitated saying ‘You got to go, I’m not happy about that’ El then related some of the other visual impressions she was getting from ‘William’ including oatmeal with an opiate mixed in and the sense that the séances in the past had a large amount of ‘fakery’ going on. She sensed that ‘William’ was now letting other entities to come forward and mentioned that he was a Spiritualist to fund his studies. The ‘fun’ stopped when the ‘dark’ entities came through and El sees a younger ‘William’ at this time. Ben complains of stomach discomfort and sickness. After about half an hour Wayne exclaims ‘Why’s there's two!?’ El feels there are up to seven entities. Wayne feels uncomfortable sensing that one is more active than the others.


Wayne often seems to suffer physically when 'visited'

The Northern cave - site of most of the activity
 
El feels that ‘William’ had stood back and that she was being presented with a snapshot of time and that he had left part of himself here to protect people (‘stone tape’?). Wayne ‘see’s’ the colour ‘red’, animals and bloodied walls. When asked to clarify El said the room is ‘red’ with blood and that the bad guys in the ‘Small Stair Room’ were interlinked, a gang building up. She continued to sense a lawless gang and mob rule. The feeling that land owners controlled people, with those that didn't comply being taken to this area of the caves to intimidate them. El gets the visual impression of a man cowering and stating that he hadn't believed the stories of the intimidation and had thought the tales to be a myth.

El states she needs ‘de-cloak’ the leader as he is keeping himself hidden. Wayne again senses something on the stairs. El picks up on the name Henry Cunningham as the leader. Also, a Harry Black but is not sure if that is a pseudonym or an associate. She also gets the name Peterson or ‘Peter’s son’ and again gets the impression of seven entities or gang members. She feels these people are higher than gang thieves, that they controlled people by creating the format of a coven; ruling through fear for the landowners. There was , El feels the sense of no authority and general social disorder. Ros asked if it was pre Anglo Saxon. El got the sense of more medieval, maybe 12th century?

El in the Northern cave

El picking up on Cavalier officers in the Nags garden
During a break Graham relates some of the local history.
We re-started in the ‘Long cave’. Whilst we were settling down, El relates some names she had picked up on in the courtyard during the break. A Charles John Stanley, a Tobias Avebury (Ambery, Avesbury) believed by El to be Cavalier officers. El also picks up on the name Litterton whom she believes to be a senior officer.
See Names Analysis

We then moved into the ‘Northern cave'. A few minutes into the session both El and Wayne became cold and Wayne stated that there was more than one entity present. Lee also saw some light phenomena which he described as pin pricks of light but a dark red colour similar to matches that have gone out.


Ros asked everyone if they thought the room had darkened. Wayne stated “I can see something to your left clear as day” (to El). El picked up the name Jacob Emerson and felt that her feet were bound and the sensation of friction burns. She felt that people were brought here before conviction to extract confessions and that this has something to do with the ‘Pit Room’. After a while Wayne went quiet and Ros noted that both El and Wayne were subconsciously mirroring one another with one hand on their chests. Lee tries to get some taps in reply to some knocking of his own.
(Northern cave Tapped Reply)
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Wayne then picked up on a name beginning with ‘D’, a weird name which could be a surname ‘Dognal’?
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It appeared to darken considerably in the Northern cave as we continued

After this interesting episode we decided to go for a break and discuss what had just happened. El kept getting the impression of lead coffins via her connection with Wayne. Wayne feels ‘funky’, ‘I feel quite happy’. Refreshed? Released? ‘Yes’. El described her link to Wayne like in a tube that allowed her to connect to impressions of ‘Lt Dogrel’. She then explained that on the way to the pub from Lee’s flat she felt followed and that this particular entity latched on. She felt that he needed to step into his illness to be released but wanted to show his former self (his glory days so to speak). This might explain Wayne’s shifting body posture from a hunched, pained, position, to a more relaxed, upright one.
Lt. Dognal Analysis



The windows of the living quarters

We were only given limited access to the upstairs living quarters so it was decided that just Wayne and El would take the recorder and head upstairs. El notes that it is ‘Quite creaky, lots of traffic noise’. El – ‘I want to bring things up, a pulley’. She also gets the impression of an older teenage girl that has ‘taken a shine’ to Lee 2. She seemed to be presenting herself in 1930’s style clothing. She also gets the impression of a finger being waved at her. She then picks up on the name Maisey Dower (or Down). Wayne however, doesn’t pick up on anything. As they conclude the session and leave the room we capture one of our clearest and most impressive EVPs to date (Upstairs Quarters EVP).


Lee and Ben checking EMF in the bar

Lee and Ben did an EMF sweep of the bar. This was a good opportunity for Ben to be given some hands on training. They quickly found a ‘hot spot’ behind the built-in seats against the front wall. El detects a gentleman sat in a corner seat. The more obvious high EMF areas were noted such as the tills and we moved down back into the caves.
We noted that the caves were misty or foggy which was probably candle smoke, though this theory hasn't been proven, and moved into the ‘Long cave’ for a spot of glass turning.