Are You Brave Enough to Join Us on a Paranormal Investigation?
Michelle will be helping paranormal investigations company 'Dark Encounters' in her capacity of a Psychic Medium on the following events:

Fort Widley, Portsmouth Saturday 5th January 2008
Southsea Castle, Southsea Saturday 12th January 2008
Fort Purbrook, Portsmouth Saturday 19th January 2008
Wymering Manor, Portsmouth Saturday 9th February 2008
Airfield, Middle Wallop, Hants Saturday 16th February 2008
Buckingham House, Old Portsmouth Saturday 8th March 2008
Southsea Castle, Southsea Saturday 22nd March 2008
Fort Purbrook, Portsmouth Saturday 29th March 2008
Salisbury Guildhall, Salisbury, Wilts Saturday 19th April 2008
Fort Purbrook, Portsmouth Saturday 10th May 2008
Fort Widley, Portsmouth Saturday 17th May 2008
Wymering Manor, Portsmouth Saturday 24th May 2008
Airfield, Middle Wallop, Hants Saturday 14th June 2008
Buckingham House, Old Portsmouth Saturday 28th June 2008
Fort Widley, Portsmouth Saturday 5th July 2008
Wymering Manor, Portsmouth Saturday 20th September 2008
Salisbury Guildhall, Salisbury, Wilts Saturday 4th October 2008
Halloween at Fort Widley Friday 31st October 2008
Fort Purbrook, Portsmouth Saturday 1st November 2008
   

For details and booking information for these and other Dark Encounters events, please visit their website www.darkencounters.co.uk

What exactly does 'Paranormal' mean?
The dictionary definition is 'Not understandable in terms of known scientific laws and phenomena' (www.dictionary.com) which covers a very wide range of possible phenomena; from telepathy to spirit manifestations - or ghosts to you and me!

I am used to strange things happening around me that might be described as 'Paranormal'; they have been going on for virtually my entire life - but I am not daft, and I try very hard to find rational explanations for things that at first glance, might seem out of the ordinary. However, there are some things which would seem to defy any ordinary explanations…

Let me give you one very ordinary example. A few years ago, when the children were younger, we went to visit my mum. The children had taken a few toys with them to play with and when we left we gathered them up and placed them in a carrier bag which we plonked in the middle of the dining room floor when we got home. The bag was in the way; and I made a mental note to move it later. However, later on that evening, when the children wanted their toys from the bag…the bag was gone.

Now I know this sounds unbelievable, but we searched high and low for that bag, we knew where it was, and then somehow it wasn't there anymore. Of course you do all the normal things - we phoned my mum, to check that we had not left it behind (even though we knew we hadn't), we searched the car and the whole house…but it had disappeared completely - we knew that nobody else had been in, or had moved it, we kept returning to the spot where it should have been…but to no avail. We gave up in the end and forgot all about it. …And then, about a month later, I walked into the dining room and tripped over it. I told you this would sound unbelievable - but there it was-one supermarket carrier bag, containing a couple of 'cuddly friends', some sweet wrappers and half a packet of biscuits.

We sincerely cannot explain this; it vanished for a month and reappeared in the same spot!

Oh-and whilst I am on the subject, just a couple of days ago (Sunday August 20th 2006) my husband was sorting out some paperwork and had a fresh batch of plastic A4 pockets spread all over the floor behind his office chair. I kept on sliding on the flaming things as I walked back and forth doing what I had to do…then he asked me where I had put them! I had not moved them. He had not moved them - and the kids were not around. So where they are now is anyone's guess! Presumably in the same alternate dimension that the carrier went to…If anyone is listening in that dimension - could we have them back please?

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