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Posted: 14-09-2013 20:11 Post subject: Beachy Head (Sussex) 'Evil' shadow thing.

Hi,

I was told this a couple of days ago by an elderly gent I was talking to... Long story short, he was walking his dog several years ago (winter time, early afternoon, clear sky but cold) on Beachy Head near Eastbourne.

He said that he suddenly and for no reason felt like he shouldn't be there, like really shouldn't be there...

The hairs on his arms and neck were standing up and he said he felt something of 'pure evil'. his dog was stood close behind his legs whimpering and shaking. It was then he saw a very large shadow 'thing' about 50 feet away emerge from a patch of scrub. He said it resembled a person but appeared to glide with rather than walk, but with the motion of walking...if that makes sense?

He said it felt as if this thing seemed to suddenly realise he was there and the feeling of evil increased, he turned and ran (with the dog) back to his car a short distance away and has never returned.

I've tried - without my luck - to find anything similar on the internet, I've found stories of a monk trying to convince people to jump from the cliff, but nothing similar to the story this gentleman told me.

Has anyone heard anything like this?

Posted: 14-09-2013 21:32 Post subject:

Since Beachy Head is a well-known suicde spot,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beachy_Head#Suicide_spot
it's quite likely to generate ghost stories, whether genuine first-hand ones, or oft-repeated urban legends, which no doubt mutate and feed back in to any unusual experience people might then have there.

I'm not saying "it's all imagination!", just that it's almost impossible to unravel all the inputs into any particular story.

Someone with empathy for the feelings of others, and knowing about the number of suicides thereabouts, might, even subconciously, try to imagine the thoughts and feelings of someone contemplating suicide. Who can say for sure what images and feelings this might create?

I visited Beachy head several times in my childhood, but I wasn't then aware it was a suicide spot, or feel any negative vibes there. Probably there aren't any negative vibes there - it's a good suicide spot because it's an easily accessible very high cliff.

As for "a monk trying to convince people to jump from the cliff", it makes a spooky tale for the winter fireside, but how well documented are these stories? How much do they feed on each other, adding 'detail' as they go?

On the whole, Beachy Head doesn't seem to have attracted many spooky stories - I feel I would have picked up on them if it had.

Posted: 14-09-2013 22:42 Post subject:

I've spent a lot of time fishing and walking in that area, and have personally never heard of anything from there.

Posted: 18-09-2013 09:44 Post subject:

Whoooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

While reading this thread, I half remebered reading something dowser Tom Lethbridge wrote about areas like Beachy Head accumlating negative atmospheres from the thoughts of those visiting. I thought I'd check Lethbridge on google and the first thing I see is today's new google birthday artwork.... Foucault's Pendulum!!!!

Posted: 18-09-2013 09:58 Post subject:

Anyway...