Nine members present. The group made the sitting room next to the kitchen their base camp, and whilst setting up, they heard tapping coming from the front door, a whistle from the back of the room, then a ‘click-clicking’ noise which sounded a bit like a timer. One member saw a shadow figure walk past the window, an orb was seen by the ship’s wheel on the wall and two members saw a shadow figure in the foyer by the front door. A Rempod had been placed on top of the cabinet which housed a mummified cat and it was going on and off on command. The phone spirit box read ‘Aaliyah’. Note: this is a girl’s name meaning rising, ascending, high-born, exalted, sublime. It’s often used for girls born into the Muslim faith. Then the Rempod started going crazy.

The group went into the barn to start their investigation and opened a sacred circle. The temperature started at 19.5C. Lots of spirits made themselves known but only for a short amount of time each. The questions and answers matched what what being said on the spirit box. Whistling was heard by the group and shadow figures were seen in the passageway. A landlord came through who said he was the last landlord in the Inn and was there in 1965. Note: the Inn was sold in 1968 when it was turned into a guesthouse/private housing for the new owner. Whilst the circle was progressing, two female member’s faces started to change – one as a stern man and one as a different looking woman (photos were taken of this transformation). Teddy’s eyes kept lighting up. One member said their neck felt sore. Upon examination, red marks were seen the the back of the member’s neck (photos were taken).

The group opened an Ouija board and were told there were fifteen spirits in the room. One was a female who was attached to the building, and spelt her name as being Cagn. Note: In the mythology of the bushmen of southwestern Africa, Cagn is the god who created the world and all the people and things in it. The spirit said she had been in a forced marriage from the age of fourteen and her husband at the time of their marriage was aged thirty six. She said she couldn’t spell but her surname started with ‘N’. A face was seen in the mirror on the wall by two members. Cagn died in childbirth at the age of fifteen in the year 1326 and is buried in Wotton-Under-Edge. The baby survived. It was a boy called Charles but known as Charlie. Cagn said her husband was called Henry. He did not want to raise the baby alone so gave him away to other people to be raised. Henry remarried and died in 1363. The spirit said the group was surrounded by negative energies and that she was trying to keep them away. She said there were sixteen spirits in the building, including herself, and that five of them were very negative. Two were currently in the room with the group. Lots of questions the group asked were being answered by the spirit box. Orbs were seen flying in and out of the table where the Ouija board was placed. A negative spirit called Jane came on the board. The spirit box said, ‘I had you going. Got to guess what it is. Jane. Course it is. Might need some help here.’ Then John came on the board. This was another negative spirit. The bench the group were sitting on started to wobble and the planchette started moving very fast. Jane was still around and trying to spell Jatr. The spirit box said, ;Jarrad’. Jane said she couldn’t spell but that Jarrad was aged 26 and was an important person next to the church. He was a landowner/ farmer. The spirit box said, ‘Maybe. Spirit stays when passed. I might need some help here. Six brothers. Farmer. The land. Give in talking. Numbers are hard’.

Next, Samuel came on the board. He was aged twenty seven and lived in the building but refused to tell the group when that was. His surname was spelt Haterly. Note: the name Hatherley is a proper surname. The spirit box said, ‘Well done. Well done the gang’. Samuel said he had a wife called Fran and that Samuel moved into the building once they got married. The spirit box said, ‘Hi. Yeah, I’m in the room’. The temperature had risen to 21.1C. Another spirit came in the room and spelt Talouse. Note: Toulouse is a large town in France. This spirit said they had come from France and had followed one of the members home from France a couple of days ago. The spirit box said, ‘Give the garage a clean’. The member who had returned from France said they had been whingeing about cleaning their garage out for some some time. The spirit said their name was Edward and he had lived in the member’s house in France in 1826, but the member didn’t think the house was that old. The member started asking some questions in French and the spirit box said, ‘Stop speaking French’. The member in question was not on the board but asked which year did he himself go to France. The spirit answered 2012 (this was correct). The spirit box said, ‘Sells onions’. The member in question said they had bought onions just before leaving France.

Another spirit came on the board and said one of the female members on the board was a witch (she is not a witch). The spirit box said, ‘Sat round the table. Gary thinks the member is a witch. The member in question had their phone beside them and it suddenly started to make a noise like it was turned on, but the phone was on flight mode and should have made no noise at all. The spirit box said, ‘It’s me’. A cold breeze was felt over the board and some members said they felt cold on their legs. The spirit said his name was Henry. The spirit box said, ‘The member is a witch’. It felt as if multiple spirits were vying with each other to speak on the board. The group asked if they should go upstairs into the witches room and the spirit box said, ‘I’m waiting in there’. The board was closed and the group moved upstairs into the witches room.

An orb was seen by the door. The temperature was 20.9C. The Ouija board was opened and a cat ball by the door went off. A spirit with the initials RD came on the board. The group asked if the spirit was connected to the room and the spirit box said.’ How did you guess? He’s eleven’. Dolly’s eyes were lighting up. Edward came on the board and felt very strong. He said there were nine negative spirits, spelt out a couple of swear words then left. One member was sitting in an armchair in the corner of the room. They said the chair had started to wobble, then the cat ball by the door went off again. The spirit box said, ‘There you go, wave’. Dolly’s eyes kept lighting up. A black orb was seen coming from the member sitting in the corner armchair. Note: A black orb is often said to be the presence of a lower entity or spiritual being.

Another male spirit came on the board and said he couldn’t spell his name but he died in 1456. The spirit box said, ‘Who are you? I’m gone’. The spirit said he had been born in 1365. All members could feel the floor vibrating and some flowers in a vase were moving. The group asked the spirit to open the door and the spirit box said, ‘I’m trying’. Dolly’s eyes continued to light up. A member said they felt their head being touched. A new spirit came on the board and spelt their name as Arther (correct spelling should be ‘Arthur’) and said he was twenty three. The spirit box said, ‘Here’. Dolly lit up and the spirit box said, ‘Dolly’s off’.

A different male spirit came on the board and the spirit box said, ‘Tell us. Murder’. Dolly continued to go off and the group asked the spirit to light up more cat balls. The spirit box said, ‘Really?’ The spirit started to spell out lots of swear words on the board. The spirit box said, ‘Help. Underneath. They are coming. I’ve got them’. Dolly was going crazy. A couple more spirits came on the board briefly. One was a passing spirit who died in 1023. They had been murdered by their lover’s husband. The other was Dave East, aged twenty nine. He died in 1386 and was born in 1343. Then he said he was born on 13^th April 1254 and that he was related to one of the members. The member in question (who was not on the board) said their birthday was actually on 13^th April and confirmed that the surname ‘East’ was in their family tree. By now, Dolly was lighting on and off by request.

The board was shut down and the group went for a tea break. Whilst in the bathroom, the member connected to ‘East’ said the toilet seat suddenly closed down by itself with a bang and that a cold breeze had ripped right through them. The group had their tea break in the sitting room by the kitchen. Members could smell tobacco smoke (like in a pipe) and knocks were heard coming from upstairs. The phone spirit box read, ‘Get out’. A massive orb was was seen in the window that divides the sitting room to the room with the graves. A cat was heard meowing and members could smell a wood fire burning (no fires had been lit). A stick-man on the SLS camera was seen in the doorway and some members felt a cold breeze. One member felt their hair being tugged and a stick-man was seen sitting on that particular members head. Then an orb was seen above the fireplace. One member sitting at the round table, was struggling to put on some boots but could not get their feet in them (like their feet had suddenly got bigger). A bright blue light was seen coming out of their hands Note: a blue coloured light can be a sign that It’s safe to trust your intuition, spiritual powerhouses like Archangel Michael, Archangel Gabriel and The Virgin Mary are supporting you and that cleansing and clearing energy is around you. Something white fell from the doorway (could have been some insulation?) and the word ‘Loose’ came on the phone spirit box. The member trying to put boots on had moved to another part of the sitting room and the boots immediately went on their feet with no problems at all.

After the tea break the group went into the grave room and set up an Ouija board. Tapping could be heard. A female spirit came on the board and tried to spell their name but they could not spell. The group suggested the spirit should try to use the spirit box. The spirit box said, ‘I can’t’, then the phone spirit box read, ‘Cathy’. The spirit confirmed her name was Cathy and that she was a maid in a manor house nearby. This was in 1367 and she was aged twenty three. The spirit box said ‘Cook’, but Cathy did not confirm that she was a cook. Cathy said she died aged twenty nine from bronchitis and the spirit box said, ‘Cough. Wheeze’. The group asked how many spirits were in the room and the spirit box said, ‘Seven’. A stick-man was seen on the SLS camera and the spirit on the board told the group to go into the bishops room upstairs.

The group went into the bishops room. An orb was seen going around the room and up the chimney. The temperature was 19.4C. It had just turned midnight so the group sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to one of the members. The bed started to move and a flash of light was seen by the chair next to the fireplace. An Ouija board was opened and a male came on who said he had owned the building in 1257. The spirit box said, ‘Child. Aged eight’. The spirit said they came from the grave. The spirit box said, ‘I like to be near the light’. The spirit said his name was Noah and he was born in 1234. He said the druids whipped him. The spirit box said, ‘My fault’. One member said that things had changed now and you don’t get whipped. The spirit box said, ‘You’re a liar’. Next a female spirit came on the board. She was very angry and wanted revenge. Another female had hurt her. She was jealous and they fought over a man. Dolly’s eye lit up. The spirit would not give the group her name. The spirit box said, ‘Parents are here. He’s here’. ‘Clockwise’ appeared on the phone spirit box and the planchette suddenly started to move in a clockwise direction. The spirit said one female had drowned another female. They said there is an evil entity outside and the word ‘outside’ appeared on the phone spirit box. The planchette became very aggressive and was going crazy, shooting to ‘no’ all the time.

A male spirit came on the board and was very, very aggressive. He said he had something to do with whipping the children and that he gets very aggressive. Dolly’s eye lit up twice. The spirit said he used to meet up in the building with another male. Some of the members could smell sulphur. Note: Sulphur has long been linked to demons due to its unique physical properties and its foul odour when heated. One member sitting in an armchair, said there was a cold spot in the corner of the room by the door near to where they were sitting. They said it was getting colder and colder but the thermometer showed it was getting hotter, eventually going up to 23.3C. A stick-man was seen on the SLS camera standing next to the member in the armchair. Another member saw a shadow figure.

A monk came on the board. The spirit box said. ‘God is in charge’. The monk said he had killed forty five children. The member sitting in the armchair said they were starting to feel weird, a bit like they were tipsy from alcohol (no alcohol had been consumed). The monk said he had been tipsy when he died. The monk said he wasn’t a real monk, he just pretended to be one. He said the two children found in the grave downstairs had been his. The members could smell pipe tobacco again. The monk said the mother of the children had an affair. They were not really his children and that’s why he killed them.

One member on the board suddenly leapt out of their chair and was holding and swiping the lower part of their leg. They shouted out that something had grabbed their leg and was trying to pull them out of the room. Marks could be seen on the lower leg (photos were taken). The spirit on the board confirmed it was them doing that to the member. A very strong and bitter smell of tobacco was smelt by a few members. The member who had been affected by their leg being pulled, summoned their animal spirit guide and asked it to deal with the negative spirit who had attacked their leg. The member in the armchair starting acting in a strange way – laughing uncontrollably, saying silly things and swearing. The spirit on the board said it was them affecting the member in the chair. The member was laughing and laughing, then the other members heard a noise outside, rather like someone closing a door.

A female spirit came on the board. She said she got married in 1245 at noon. She was a Lady and her father was gentry – he was a Bishop. The Lady had married a commoner, and although he was extremely wealthy, the Bishop did not like the husband and did not approve of the marriage. The husband was a conman – an unofficial tax man. They were both aged twenty three when they married. The Lady would not give any names. The couple had eloped and had no children. She was forty five when she died and he was fifty six. The Lady said she had not had a happy life.

Meanwhile, the member sitting in the armchair had ‘sobered’ up a little and said it felt as if they were being straddled. A stick-man was seen on the SLS camera sitting on the member’s lap. The word ‘steamy’ came on the phone spirit box. The new spirit on the board said he was the gay spirit we had spoken to before who used to meet men in the building. The member in the armchair got up and laid down on the bed, holding on to a stuffed monkey. They started to laugh again. The name ‘Julian’ appeared on the phone spirit box. The spirit on the board confirmed he was Julian. The spirit box said, ‘Faggot’, then the a stick-man was seen laying on the bed with the member. A cat was heard meowing and a noise was heard from behind the door, sounding like a chair beening scraped along the floor. There is a gap in the wall behind where the board was set up and one member saw a shadow figure going past. Members started feeling cold on their hands and legs. The group closed the board and moved upstairs into the attic room. As they walked through the lobby room towards the staircase, several orbs were seen.

In the attic room, orbs and mist were seen by members. Music could be heard, rather like bells being rung. By now it was 1.30am. The temperature was 21.1C and the group decided to do some calling out. One member knocked on the table three times then asked a spirit to copy. The spirit box said, ‘You do it’. One member heard three loud caws (like a crow makes) coming from outside a window (it is unlikely that a crow would be flying about at 1.30am). The floor felt as if it was vibrating. The member knocked four times and asked a spirit to copy. Four very slow caws came from outside. Two members went into the attic bedroom and a stick-man was seen on the SLS camera standing in the doorway. Not a lot was happening so the group decided to go downstairs into the old bar area (the men’s kitchen). As the member who had been laughing uncontrollably earlier left the attic bedroom, the spirit box said, He’s leaving’. The temperature had dropped to 20.1C.

In the bar area, one female member looked as if they were morphing into a young boy as their face appeared to be changing. The group did some calling out but not a lot happened so the group had a tea break back in the sitting room.

After the break, the group stayed where they were and opened an Ouija board. The board was very slow to get going. By now it was 3.15am and everyone was getting tired. Eventually, a male came on the board and said we had spoken to him before, but his energy appeared to be extremely weak and slow. An orb suddenly shot straight across a book someone around the board was using, turned around then did it again. The spirit box said, ‘Hi’. A spirit called Rob Card came on the board and said they were connected to the member who’s birthday it was. Rob said he died in 1975 and was the member’s uncle (the member could not confirm whether this is true or not). Then a female spirit came on the board and spelt ‘Do’ (the birthday member’s great grandmother had been called Doris, known as Doe). She spelt out ‘hello’. Not much more happened on the board..Some members decided to stay in the sitting room to get some sleep so the rest went back up to the bishop’s room upstairs.

In the bishop’s room, a red light was seen next to a member who was sitting in a chair. Note: Red symbolizes passion, courage, strength and creativity. It also represents life, health, vigour, war, anger, love, and religious fervour. Orbs and pulsating orbs were seen in the room and tiny flashing red lights were seen. All of these were above the fireplace moving towards the left. The group could hear faint voices, and it must be noted that faint voices had been heard all over the building during the entire investigation. Several red pin-prick lights were seen in the top corner to the right of the fireplace, then a flash of light appeared above the member who was sitting in the chair.

The group moved back into the witch’s room, but nothing happened at all so went back downstairs into the barn. One of the end chairs suspended from the ceiling started to swing slightly and one member felt their leg being touched. An Ouija board was opened. Someone with the initials MKM came on the board and that they had something to do with the building. They said they were born in 1926 and died in 2020 aged ninety eight. The group members were told there were negative entities in the room and five of them were imps. Then another spirit came on the board and told us they were aged 453. The spirit had been trying to scare the group but no-one had got scared so the spirit felt fed up. Then the group heard a two tone growl, almost in a sing-song manner. The spirit said that they were cleverer than the whole group. They said there were five imps on the board but nothing happened.

Another male spirit came on the board and said their name was Mustaffa and that they were from Turkey. This was a very negative spirit. He said that the men (in the group) were dirty dogs and the women were bitches. A purple aura appeared around the neck of one member. Note: purple auras are strongly associated with intuition, psychic abilities, and a connection to the spiritual realms. A shadow figure was seen standing in the doorway. One member summoned their animal spirit guide (a snake) and asked the guide to clear any negative spirits away and let some positive spirits on the board, but apart from a landlord who was in the building in 1253, not a lot else happened so the board was closed.

By now it was about 6am and sun was just up. The group decided to start packing up and went around the building opening curtains and making sure all the furniture and ornaments were in their correct places. Two members were in the bishop’s room when a really bright orb shot across the wall above the dressing table. The two members were having a chat about the beams in the room when they heard a loud sinister laugh coming from the doorway. Maybe the spirits of The Ancient Ram knew the group members, who they had unsuccessfully scared away, were finally leaving the building?