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Saturday, 17 January 2015

The Secrets of The Tea Chimps

What happened to the PG Tips chimps when the cameras stopped rolling?
The Secrets of The Tea Chimps
For 50 years the British public had an extraordinary love affair with a cartload of tea-drinking chimpanzees. While many of is of a certain age remember their talented performances in the popular PG Tips adverts, few people know the story behind their on-screen antics.
This charming documentary tells the story of how the chimps came to be on our screens, what happened to them when the cameras stopped rolling and the problems they faced once the limelight faded.
It takes a nostalgic look back at an era when people were quite happy for chimps to be treated like humans – dressed up in clothes, sleeping in beds, riding bikes and even smoking cigarettes. In the PG Tips adverts, the young chimps appear to be having a great time doing all of the things people do – watching TV, moving house, going to work and tackling DIY.-SEE LINK-http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-secrets-of-the-tea-chimps/episodes/the-secrets-of-the-tea-chimps
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Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Wyrd: Looking forward to the new EP by Stargrace

Wyrd: Looking forward to the new EP by Stargrace: Just remember, we are all getting ahead of ourselves here. We don't even launch until April Fool's Day Over on her website , the...
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Sunday, 11 January 2015

Celebrating 'ghost sign' advertising boards

BBC Inside Out discovers the forgotten 'ghost signs' or old advertisement billboards which are found on gable ends across towns and cities in Britain.
Designer Wayne Hemingway is a huge fan and thinks they should be treasured and preserved for future generations.
Presenter Dianne Oxberry met John Rymer who runs a Facebook site and Twitter feed dedicated to the signs which have developed a cult following.
Together they went in search of old 'ghost signs' across towns and cities in northern England including Preston, Leeds and York.
Some enthusiasts believe 'ghost signs' should be restored to their former glory. In Morecambe two artists have been working to bring old signs back to life.LINK TO SEE PHOTOS-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30703573
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BRUISING AND ME

 Boy it seems a odd post you say dear reader but i like to inform even if noone reads it.The worse bruising i had to date the following bruising -in both biceps ,lasted 3 weeks and made them painful to move.The next being of a more ruder area ,one on my stomach above my hip and the others being a deep purple bruise above my penis -sorry folks and same colour bruising on my penis and balls area .painful,discomfort,and getitng headaches,welcome to the world of bruising seeing quack on monday.
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Saturday, 10 January 2015

Ditch the cigarettes to see comet Lovejoy, says astronomer

Stargazers hoping to catch a glimpse of comet ‘Lovejoy’ this weekend should ditch the cigarettes, an astronomer has advised.
The glowing green comet is making its closest approach to Earth at the moment, proving amateur astronomers a sight that will not be seen again for 8,000 years.
And while it may be tempting to indulge in a cigarette while shivering in the January chill, astronomer Geoff Wyatt said it could prevent people seeing the comet.
Mr Wyatt said smoking affects the blood supply to the optic nerve and reduces night vision.
He also advised getting away from light pollution to improve the view.
“There's a lot of beautiful stuff up there in the night sky," said the Sydney Observatory astronomer.
"We all know the hit-parade things – the moon, the stars and the planets. But every now and then you get something out of left field and it's like a surprise birthday present.
"Getting away from light pollution would improve the view, as would not smoking a cigarette immediately beforehand."
This weekend Lovejoy is just about bright enough to be glimpsed as a small smudge of light with the naked eye.
Through a small telescope or binoculars it appears as a softly glowing, bluish green ball., roughly half the apparent width of the moon.
The comet is currently in front of the constellation Taurus the Bull by January 9 having just passed by Orion, one of the easiest constellations to find because of its three star ‘belt.’
The comet is currently near Taurus to the right of Orion on the far left
Like other comets, Lovejoy is big chunk of ice and dust orbiting the sun. It belongs to the family of "long period" comets which means it takes a long time to travel in from the fringes of the solar system.
The object last passed through the inner solar system 11,500 years ago, and is not expected to return for another 8,000.
On Wednesday the comet reached its closest point to the Earth, a distance of 44 million miles, but it will remain easy to spot for about the next two weeks.
Robin Scagell, vice president of the Society for Popular Astronomy, said: "It appears bluish green and is quite pretty, but not dramatic. I would call it a good workmanlike comet.
"The nice thing about it is that its visible at night rather than at dawn or dusk."
The comet was discovered on August 17 last year by Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy, who spotted it in images taken by his eight-inch backyard telescope.
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Wild boar' causes Wiltshire M4 fatal crash

A motorist was killed when their car crashed into a wild boar on the M4 in Wiltshire and was then hit by a lorry.
Emergency services were called to the motorway, between junctions 17 (Chippenham) and 16 (Swindon West), just before 19:00 GMT on Monday.
Wiltshire Police said the Seat Ibiza driver, a 47-year-old man from Royal Wootton Bassett, died at the scene.
The eastbound M4 was closed for eight hours after the crash. The lorry driver was treated for minor injuries.
'Rare' incident
A South West Ambulance Service spokeswoman said four ambulances and a doctor were called to the scene.
Sgt Steven Love said: "This is a truly tragic incident and my thoughts are with the family and friends of the victim.
"It is quite rare for a wild boar to be on the carriageway of the motorway. It is more common for the police to receive calls involving horses or deer but each is equally dangerous to motorists.
"This was a particularly large wild animal and would have caused considerable damage to any vehicle."
Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them.-From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the wild mammal. For other uses, see Wild boar (disambiguation).
"Boar" redirects here. For other uses, see Boar (disambiguation).
"Wild pig" redirects here. For other uses, see Wild pig (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Feral pig.
Wild boar
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene – Recent
Wildboar in Anamalai hills.jpg
Indian boar (S. s. cristatus) sow, Anaimalai Hills, southern Western Ghats, India
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Suidae
Genus:Sus
Species:S. scrofa
Binomial name
Sus scrofa
Linnaeus, 1758
Sus scrofa range map.jpg
Reconstructed range of wild boar (green) and introduced populations (blue). Not shown are smaller introduced populations in theCaribbean, New Zealand, sub-Saharan Africaand elsewhere.[1]
Synonyms
The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine[3] or Eurasian wild pig[4] is a suid native to much of Eurasia, North Africaand the Greater Sunda Islands. Human intervention has spread its range further, thus making the species one of the widest ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widely spread suiform.[4] Its wide range, high numbers and adaptability mean that it is classed as least concern by the IUCN.[1] The animal probably originated in South-East Asia during the Early Pleistocene,[5] and outcompeted other suid species as it spread throughout the Old World.[6]
As of 2005, up to 16 subspecies are recognised, which are divided into four regional groupings based on skull height and lacrimal bone length.[2] The species lives in matriarchal societies consisting of young males, intrarelated females and their young. Fully grown males are usually solitary outside of the breeding season.[7] The grey wolf is the wild boar's main predator throughout most of its range except in the Far East, where it is replaced by the tiger.[8] It has a long history of association with humans, having been the ancestor of most domestic pig breeds and a big game animal for millennia-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_boar
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Friday, 9 January 2015

Nicholas stoodley new blog info

, Nicholas Stoodley wrote:
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Hi,
You may be interested to know that I have just published a new blog which will be regularly updated: "The Bigger Picture", which deals which  everything from the environment and self-analysis to physics, metaphysics, cooking and even "life" after life.

Contributing writers from around the world who have their own unique experiences are featured.

It can be accessed at: www.newiching.com/blog  and I hope very much that you enjoy it as much as I did getting it together.

With Best Wishes,


Nicholas.

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Tuesday, 6 January 2015

LORI BOGEDIN - INFO PLUS INTTERVIEW BY MARK ANTONY RAINES AKA GHOSTMANRAINES

Representative Independent Distributor loribogedin@youngliving.org www.madepurecure.com www.youngliving.org/loribogedin Owner/Operator Twigs Restaurant October 1999 – Present (15 years 4 months) Owner Twigs Restaurant November 1999 – Present (15 years 3 months)Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania Our Mission at Twigs Cafe is to, "Offer outstanding food expertly served in a relaxed, casual and friendly atmosphere." Lori and Jerry Bogedin Executive Chef Ryan Ganesko, along with Sous-Chef Ca and our outstanding kitchen staff uses only the freshest market ingredients. Incorporating the finest foods from around the globe. Administrative Manager Jennifer Higgins Bogedin makes sure that our great friendly service never fails to serve. As active members of the Tunkhannock community, Twigs enjoys participating in many area projects. Twigs believes that it is just a matter of getting up and getting involved! Here at Twigs we know that getting active in your community is the best way to directly improve daily life in any neighborhood. Jerry and I are so very proud to be part of such a wonderful community. We know we have the greatest family, friends, employees and costumers ever! A Delicious Destination! A Delicious Destination! Certifications Usui System of Natural Healing Sho-Den Second Degree Usui Reiki Ryoho Minister of Divinity Universal Ministries School of Theology Publications MIRACLES HAPPEN The Transformational Healing Power of Past Life Memories(Link) Brian L. Weiss and Amy E. Weiss ~ HarperOne October 2, 2012 I was chosen to offer an insightful section in Brian L. Weiss and Amy e. Weiss New York Times bestselling book "Miracles Happen". Brian Weiss is the author of Many Lives, Many Masters, Brian Weiss MD delivers a powerful revolutionary teaching on the physical, emotional and spiritual healing available to all through embracing the reality of reincarnation. Filled with incredible true stories,...more Small Town(Link) Gravel Literary Journal November 3, 2014 This magazine is produced by the MFA program in creative writing at the University of Arkansas at Monticello editorial staff. I offered five of my photographs that I named Small Town. Volunteer Experience & Causes Community Outreach Twigs Restaurant October 1999Social Services As active members of the Tunkhannock and surrounding communities, Twigs enjoys participating in area projects, organizations and local needs. I believe it is just a matter of getting up and getting involved! Personally and as a small business, our philosophy is that becoming actively involved in your community is the best way to directly improve daily life in any neighborhood. Opportunities Lori is looking for: Skills-based volunteering (pro bono consulting) Causes Lori cares about: Animal Welfare Economic Empowerment Environment Organizations Lori supports: http://www.truefriendsanimalwelfarecenter.com http://www.howlandpreserve.com https://www.facebook.com/truefriends.animalwelfare?fref=nf https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfHowlandPreserve Projects Enlighten Me EXPO(Link) October 2013 – March 2014 Comprised of subjects from leading experts such as, self-awareness, mediation, cosmology, new wisdom understanding, Zen teachings, Feng Shui, dream interpretation, creative manifesting, yoga, healing energy therapies, spirituality, herbal and other dietary practices, and many other mind-body practices, NEPA's first annual Enlighten Me Expo 2014 was a huge success! 2 team members Lori Bogedin Lori Bogedin Owner/Operator Twigs Restaurant Dave Andrews Dave Andrews Author, The 30-Day Sobriety Solution®: How to Quit or Cut Back Drinking in the Privacy of Your Own Home ● Recovery Coach, the married part, the kids and grand-kids sound great, not so much the dizzy spells - yuk! Is it all the time or does it come and go? And living life as it comes is probably good advice for everyone! Me I am just a normal old country girl that owns and operates a restaurant where I live in Northeastern PA USA - About 25 years ago I had an out of body experience in which I am writing about, that changed my life - for the better. Anyway I have been fascinated with all things spiritual, metaphysical, science based and religious that might explain what happened. Over the years I have gained much insight into the experience and now want to figure out how to reproduce the event or at least the feeling of oneness that I gained from it.
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MELISSA GEORGE INTERVIEWWITH ADD HAUNTED DOLL BY MELISSA GEORGE

INTERVIEW
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To: Mark Raines
Those look good, except for the fact that they end with "Haunted Doll." 
 
 
 
 
 Melissa (AKA Lisa) George
Assistant Director,Director of Media, Investigator,Carolina Society of Paranormal Research and Investigations, INC.
Co-Founder of Carolina Cryptid Crew
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Date: 1/4/2015 3:46:50 PM
Subject: RE: INTERVIEW
 
http://ghostmanraines.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/melissageorge-interviewed-by-mark.htm-THANK  YOU-http://ghostmanraines.blogspot.co.uk/

From: melissageorge143@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 15:06:14 -0500
To: dragon46721@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: INTERVIEW

Thank you. Maybe some of this will work for you, just let me know.
Please give me a blog link, as I usually charge for this.Being that I am a blogger too, I didn't mind doing this for you.
 
 
I am Melissa George, a South Carolina Native. I am a freelance Web and Graphics designer by trade. However, in this past year, I have come to be an Author. I have written two books telling about my family’s journey of living with a paranormal entity along with a Bigfoot book of true encounters.
 
My family lived with a shadow person that only had one thing in mind, and that was to destroy us. It nearly accomplished killing me and destroying our family. We found help just in time with Carolina Society for Paranormal Research and Investigations. These people not only gave us hope. They stepped up and entered this journey along side us. My family ended up joining the team and eventually becoming board members. This team branched out in the Cryptid direction. Being a Cryptid lover, my family jumped at the chance to co-found Carolina Cryptid Crew. Little did we know then we were about to become the center of media attention and have Bigfoot step right of the pages of myth and legend and into our research area.
 

Melissa George
I Believe
 
My husband Marty and I along with our daughter in law Cari had made a couple of trips out into the woods to look around.  We came across a small area that was bare of trees. The ground was mostly red dirt here, so we thought it would be a good place to look for footprints. I remember the three of us walking around this area with our heads down, being very careful where we stepped.
My eyes went to something that looked like a heal print, oh my. Further up it got wider, yes, that’s where the toes would be. I am standing here looking at a very large bare footprint. All sorts of emotions flooded through me in a split second. I stepped back and looked again. It was unmistakable. It validated the tree structures and the wood knocks. It was here! Or it had walked through here! Was it watching us now? I felt the small hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I slowly looked up and peered into the darkened forest. It
could very well be standing in the shadows where the sun does not penetrate.
Hey guys, come here. I know they could here the emotions in my voice. They were both by my side in seconds. Looking down to see what I was looking at.
OH MY GOD! Cari exclaimed.
Get the ruler, Marty said. I handed him the ruler. He knelt down to measure the abnormally large footprint.
Eleven inches long.
It was a very strange feeling to be standing there looking down at this big footprint, knowing that the huge animal that made this had walked through here. It was just a short walk to my backdoor. I was not sure how I felt about this. I just could not fully accept what I was seeing. It was right there in my
face, and I still couldn’t accept that we had a Bigfoot nearby. My mind was not wiling to accept what my eyes had just seen the three of us continued to look for more prints. We found another one the same size, then a smaller one. I still could not believe it. We took photos and videos of these footprints. But they just weren’t deep enough to cast. I would have loved to been able to make a cast of what we had just witnessed. But I guess it was not meant to be.
 
Haunted Doll
By: Melissa George
 

A few years ago, back before I ever realized that I shared my home with a dark entity. I was hooked on EBay. I loved the thrill of winning the bid for the lowest amount of money possible. And I actually got some good bargains this way. Well, I had been browsing through the ads one morning and I came across this porcelain doll. She was the most beautiful doll I had ever seen. I am not a doll collector in any fashion. However, I wanted her so badly. She was simply breath taking in a green plaid dress with a ruffled petticoat showing. She had long red braids that ended with bows to match her dress.. Her eyes were the most beautiful blue. I put in my bid and waited. I upped my bid a few times through out the day, as I really wanted to win her. I knew the exact spot she would be sitting out in my son room. I went to bed that night thinking of her. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. The next morning I made mine and Marty's coffee and sat down to check my email. I had won the bid! She was going to be shipped to me today! I was so thrilled. I told Marty that morning that I had won a doll in a bid. He was a bit shocked since I was not a doll collector. I told him how beautiful she was. He said she really must be for her to make such an impression on me. I could not wait for her to arrive! Later that day I got an email from the seller. She told me that this was one of many dolls that she had bought in an estate sale and she would send me the paper work with her. She said she had a few errands to run that morning, then she would come back home to pack up the doll and she would be shipped that night. That was fine with me; I could wait an extra day. After all, she was mine now.
Later that day I received a strange email from the seller.
She told me she had been out running errands that day and had left the doll sitting on her desk. She said the doll had sat in the same place on her desk for the past few months. However, when she returned home that morning the doll was sitting across the room on the floor. I thought to myself, Ok, this woman is going to try to convince me that this is a haunted doll and ask for more money. She explained that she lived alone so there was no one that could have possibly moved the doll from her desk. I didn't think too much of this email, However I did wonder what her motive was for telling me this. I showed the email to Marty that evening, we both had a good laugh out of it. Just as we were laughing at this email, something crashed in the back part of the house. We were the only two home and there were no dogs in the house. We went to look but found nothing out of place. This would happen two more times that night. The doll showed up the next day by UPS. She was in a package that looked to be way to small to contain her, and as I opened the box the contents seemed to be chewed, but it was chewed up on the inside of the box, not the outside. But this was soon forgotten as I pulled my beautiful doll from her cramped box. I spent a few moments smoothing her dress and hair, and then I placed her in a seated position by my lamp on the end table in the sunroom. I crossed one tiny leg over the other. She looked so lovely there. Through out the day I would look over to admire my beautiful doll. When Marty and Chris came in from work Chris spotted her right off and told me just how creepy he thought she was. How in the world could he find such a lovely doll creepy? I looked at her again, but just could not make myself see her as anything less than beautiful. But wait a minute...hadn't I crossed her legs earlier? They were now plainly uncrossed. Maybe one of the dogs had bumped against the table causing her to shift. I walked over and readjusted her legs. Then went out to the kitchen to fix dinner. I didn't think much more about the doll that night. The next morning Chris told me he had gotten up during the night, and he had heard her porcelain legs moving around on the table. He actually forgot his drink and raced back to his room because of this. I assured him he had just creeped himself out, that the doll was harmless. However, through out the day that day I caught myself looking over at her to see if there was any movement. (Oh, stop it! I told myself. Chris is just getting to you.) However, there were a few times I thought I noticed the very slightest facial expression change on the doll.) Days and then weeks passed. Most people that would come over to visit would comment on how creepy the doll looked. I never understood what they were seeing. One day Marty was walking through the dinning room when he stopped and picked up a piece of paper. He brought it to me and said it must have come with the doll. Her paperwork! The seller had mentioned sending her paperwork, but I hadn't seen anything in the box. How did it get in my dinning room weeks later? I unfolded this small piece of paper, it turned out to be an aged newspaper clipping with a picture on it. An elderly woman had been driving down the road, when she met with a tragic accident and ran off an embankment ending her life. It showed the car with the trunk open and literally hundreds of dolls spilling from the trunk. There was my doll! She was just at the opening of the trunk looking as if she had been posed climbing out! Now that was creepy! I showed the paper to Marty, and we agreed that the doll had to go. That was just too weird. At the time, Marty and Chris were remodeling the home of a local woman. I told Chris he could give this woman the doll. However, I never mentioned the newspaper article to him. Chris took the doll to work with them the next morning, just as he went to hand the doll to the woman of the house; his leg went through the floor and was broken. It took him months to regain the use of his leg. Coincidence? Maybe. However, I no longer purchase any dolls from Ebay.
 
 
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Sunday, 4 January 2015

MelissaGeorge-INTERVIEWED BY MARK ANTONY RAINES -AKA GHOSTMANRAINES

 To: Mark Raines Thank you. Maybe some of this will work for you, just let me know. Please give me a blog link, as I usually charge for this.Being that I am a blogger too, I didn't mind doing this for you. http://MySouthernMoon.blogspot.com I am Melissa George, a South Carolina Native. I am a freelance Web and Graphics designer by trade. However, in this past year, I have come to be an Author. I have written two books telling about my family’s journey of living with a paranormal entity along with a Bigfoot book of true encounters. My family lived with a shadow person that only had one thing in mind, and that was to destroy us. It nearly accomplished killing me and destroying our family. We found help just in time with Carolina Society for Paranormal Research and Investigations. These people not only gave us hope. They stepped up and entered this journey along side us. My family ended up joining the team and eventually becoming board members. This team branched out in the Cryptid direction. Being a Cryptid lover, my family jumped at the chance to co-found Carolina Cryptid Crew. Little did we know then we were about to become the center of media attention and have Bigfoot step right of the pages of myth and legend and into our research area. Melissa George I Believe My husband Marty and I along with our daughter in law Cari had made a couple of trips out into the woods to look around. We came across a small area that was bare of trees. The ground was mostly red dirt here, so we thought it would be a good place to look for footprints. I remember the three of us walking around this area with our heads down, being very careful where we stepped. My eyes went to something that looked like a heal print, oh my. Further up it got wider, yes, that’s where the toes would be. I am standing here looking at a very large bare footprint. All sorts of emotions flooded through me in a split second. I stepped back and looked again. It was unmistakable. It validated the tree structures and the wood knocks. It was here! Or it had walked through here! Was it watching us now? I felt the small hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I slowly looked up and peered into the darkened forest. It could very well be standing in the shadows where the sun does not penetrate. Hey guys, come here. I know they could here the emotions in my voice. They were both by my side in seconds. Looking down to see what I was looking at. OH MY GOD! Cari exclaimed. Get the ruler, Marty said. I handed him the ruler. He knelt down to measure the abnormally large footprint. Eleven inches long. It was a very strange feeling to be standing there looking down at this big footprint, knowing that the huge animal that made this had walked through here. It was just a short walk to my backdoor. I was not sure how I felt about this. I just could not fully accept what I was seeing. It was right there in my face, and I still couldn’t accept that we had a Bigfoot nearby. My mind was not wiling to accept what my eyes had just seen the three of us continued to look for more prints. We found another one the same size, then a smaller one. I still could not believe it. We took photos and videos of these footprints. But they just weren’t deep enough to cast. I would have loved to been able to make a cast of what we had just witnessed. But I guess it was not meant to be. Haunted Doll By: Melissa George

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Photos
To: Mark Raines
Those look good, except for the fact that they end with "Haunted Doll." 
 
 
 
 
 Melissa (AKA Lisa) George
Assistant Director,Director of Media, Investigator,Carolina Society of Paranormal Research and Investigations, INC.
Co-Founder of Carolina Cryptid Crew


 
 
I am Melissa George, a South Carolina Native. I am a freelance Web and Graphics designer by trade. However, in this past year, I have come to be an Author. I have written two books telling about my family’s journey of living with a paranormal entity along with a Bigfoot book of true encounters.
 
My family lived with a shadow person that only had one thing in mind, and that was to destroy us. It nearly accomplished killing me and destroying our family. We found help just in time with Carolina Society for Paranormal Research and Investigations. These people not only gave us hope. They stepped up and entered this journey along side us. My family ended up joining the team and eventually becoming board members. This team branched out in the Cryptid direction. Being a Cryptid lover, my family jumped at the chance to co-found Carolina Cryptid Crew. Little did we know then we were about to become the center of media attention and have Bigfoot step right of the pages of myth and legend and into our research area.
 

Melissa George
 
Haunted Doll
By: Melissa George
 

A few years ago, back before I ever realized that I shared my home with a dark entity. I was hooked on EBay. I loved the thrill of winning the bid for the lowest amount of money possible. And I actually got some good bargains this way. Well, I had been browsing through the ads one morning and I came across this porcelain doll. She was the most beautiful doll I had ever seen. I am not a doll collector in any fashion. However, I wanted her so badly. She was simply breath taking in a green plaid dress with a ruffled petticoat showing. She had long red braids that ended with bows to match her dress.. Her eyes were the most beautiful blue. I put in my bid and waited. I upped my bid a few times through out the day, as I really wanted to win her. I knew the exact spot she would be sitting out in my son room. I went to bed that night thinking of her. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. The next morning I made mine and Marty's coffee and sat down to check my email. I had won the bid! She was going to be shipped to me today! I was so thrilled. I told Marty that morning that I had won a doll in a bid. He was a bit shocked since I was not a doll collector. I told him how beautiful she was. He said she really must be for her to make such an impression on me. I could not wait for her to arrive! Later that day I got an email from the seller. She told me that this was one of many dolls that she had bought in an estate sale and she would send me the paper work with her. She said she had a few errands to run that morning, then she would come back home to pack up the doll and she would be shipped that night. That was fine with me; I could wait an extra day. After all, she was mine now.
Later that day I received a strange email from the seller.
She told me she had been out running errands that day and had left the doll sitting on her desk. She said the doll had sat in the same place on her desk for the past few months. However, when she returned home that morning the doll was sitting across the room on the floor. I thought to myself, Ok, this woman is going to try to convince me that this is a haunted doll and ask for more money. She explained that she lived alone so there was no one that could have possibly moved the doll from her desk. I didn't think too much of this email, However I did wonder what her motive was for telling me this. I showed the email to Marty that evening, we both had a good laugh out of it. Just as we were laughing at this email, something crashed in the back part of the house. We were the only two home and there were no dogs in the house. We went to look but found nothing out of place. This would happen two more times that night. The doll showed up the next day by UPS. She was in a package that looked to be way to small to contain her, and as I opened the box the contents seemed to be chewed, but it was chewed up on the inside of the box, not the outside. But this was soon forgotten as I pulled my beautiful doll from her cramped box. I spent a few moments smoothing her dress and hair, and then I placed her in a seated position by my lamp on the end table in the sunroom. I crossed one tiny leg over the other. She looked so lovely there. Through out the day I would look over to admire my beautiful doll. When Marty and Chris came in from work Chris spotted her right off and told me just how creepy he thought she was. How in the world could he find such a lovely doll creepy? I looked at her again, but just could not make myself see her as anything less than beautiful. But wait a minute...hadn't I crossed her legs earlier? They were now plainly uncrossed. Maybe one of the dogs had bumped against the table causing her to shift. I walked over and readjusted her legs. Then went out to the kitchen to fix dinner. I didn't think much more about the doll that night. The next morning Chris told me he had gotten up during the night, and he had heard her porcelain legs moving around on the table. He actually forgot his drink and raced back to his room because of this. I assured him he had just creeped himself out, that the doll was harmless. However, through out the day that day I caught myself looking over at her to see if there was any movement. (Oh, stop it! I told myself. Chris is just getting to you.) However, there were a few times I thought I noticed the very slightest facial expression change on the doll.) Days and then weeks passed. Most people that would come over to visit would comment on how creepy the doll looked. I never understood what they were seeing. One day Marty was walking through the dinning room when he stopped and picked up a piece of paper. He brought it to me and said it must have come with the doll. Her paperwork! The seller had mentioned sending her paperwork, but I hadn't seen anything in the box. How did it get in my dinning room weeks later? I unfolded this small piece of paper, it turned out to be an aged newspaper clipping with a picture on it. An elderly woman had been driving down the road, when she met with a tragic accident and ran off an embankment ending her life. It showed the car with the trunk open and literally hundreds of dolls spilling from the trunk. There was my doll! She was just at the opening of the trunk looking as if she had been posed climbing out! Now that was creepy! I showed the paper to Marty, and we agreed that the doll had to go. That was just too weird. At the time, Marty and Chris were remodeling the home of a local woman. I told Chris he could give this woman the doll. However, I never mentioned the newspaper article to him. Chris took the doll to work with them the next morning, just as he went to hand the doll to the woman of the house; his leg went through the floor and was broken. It took him months to regain the use of his leg. Coincidence? Maybe. However, I no longer purchase any dolls from Ebay.
 
 
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