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From the Dover Express and East Kent News, 19 February, 1909.
EAST KENT PUBLICAN'S SUICIDE
A body which was found on the railway near Knockholt station on
Saturday evening, was identified as that of William Watson, aged 56
years, who for some years kept the "George and Dragon," Fordwich near
Canterbury, and last October moved into the Commercial Hotel, Gravesend,
the trade of which disappointed him. On the body were two letters
showing that he was very jealous of his wife. At the inquest it was
proved that these were based on a pure delusion. He had, however, been
very queer in the head lately, and left home after threatening his wife
with a gun. She closed with him and pulled the trigger to discharge it,
and the shots went into the wall. - The jury returned a verdict of
"Suicide whilst of unsound mind."
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Saturday 12th November 2005. Ghost Search.
My researchers were unable to find any documented history on The George
& Dragon, yet have unearthed a little history on Fordwich itself.... The
George and Dragon was built around the 15th century and lies in the
village of Fordwich. Fordwich was described in the doomsday book as a
'small burgh', one of only seven boroughs in Kent. By the 11th century
Fordwich became self governing. In the village you can find a ducking
chair and it is believed that women accused of witchcraft were ducked
here. In 1944 The George & Dragon was used externally for a movie called
'Canterbury Tales', the main star and film crew stayed at The George &
Dragon whilst filming took place. Within The George & Dragon energy was
found to be high, not just due to the residential Spirit, but ley lines
are also to be found running through the property, which for Mediums, is
great as Spirit have an on line supply of energy to work off. I was also
intrigued to hear about a cupboard that house's a public telephone (now
used as a storage space, phone still in situ), there are times when this
phone rings...yet the phone is not connected?! Throughout this building
Spirit roam quite freely, in the kitchen I was to meet a young lad of
thirteen who thought it funny to run up and down the kitchen itself
banging and moving objects, staff have reported they feel an 'energy'
pass by and that equipment and appliances do have a 'mind of their own'.
In the dinning room I was met by a gentleman who stood 5' 8" to 5' 9" in
height, he was a military man who rode on horse back. This man brings a
sadness with him, he told me he took his own life by falling on his
sword the reason as yet, unknown, but he gave me the year of 1845. Still
in the dinning area there are an additional three Spirit's, one male,
two female. I could clearly feel that poltergeist activity takes place
here, to which the staff agreed things have a habit of moving and guests
have reported seeing a 'ghost' in the area. In the rooms upstairs, to
which we have full access to, you will find a number of male energies.
In one of the self contained flats you will find a male energy who likes
to act tough, he gives off energy as being strong and powerful, we shall
see on the night just how powerful he is! This is a great place to
explore for Spiritual evidence, lots of active Spirit who all seemed
very eager to step forward and be noticed, I anticipate a productive
night whilst staying at The George & Dragon.
The Investigation Report
If I said that we as a team enjoyed this investigation I would be a
liar. We found that most of the guests were hard to work with, so many
had closed minds and were despondent before the investigation started.
Despite what you may think this does have a detrimental effect on
Spirit’s ability to step near, negative thinking builds up a barrier
that Spirit find hard to over come and Mediums to work through. We felt
so much potential evidence was lost.
We welcome the non believer, all we ask is you have an open mind to the
possibility of...
This report will be short, for myself there was only one room that
offered 'something', this was due to Spirit thinning guests numbers down
leaving those with 'open' minds.
In the flat above The George & Dragon I took a small number of guests to
one of the back rooms as the energy felt very high. There were
originally six guests, who accompanied me, and we all found the room
began to get darker as we opened up to work. This occurred at the same
time three male energy’s joined us in the room. The guests with me had
their arms moved by Spirit and the atmosphere changed rapidly. Several
of the guests had to leave the room because they felt scared. One of the
male energies said “Then there were five”, (he indicated to the number
of guests left in the room). He continued counting down each time a
guest vacated the room. I felt 'something' in my hair and lifted my hand
to touch it; a number of guests saw lights around my head at that time.
It was also pointed out by the guests that the light from the two way
radio appeared to be turning off and on, as if someone was walking in
front of it. The three male energies were afraid to cross over for fear
of retribution, they were criminals and had abused young boys/men
alongside murdered a number of people. I was then shown a scene where a
man (who had discovered what they were doing with young boys and
threatened to report them to the Police) was forced in to a barrel to
which the lid was then nailed down, leaving the man to die slowly. I was
given a date and an area to which this had taken place (not revealed due
to sensitivity). The guests were very aware of intense cold spots
throughout this description that I was relaying. Two of my guests (one
male, one female said they could feel an energy coming in close to them
but then seemed to back off. I asked the Spirits why they did this, to
which the male energies said they didn’t like 'the law' (as in people).
It turned out that both guests worked for the Police!
Only two surnames were caught on cam 'Raymond’s' and 'Richmond', the
tape ended before the third was given: to which I cannot recall the
surname given, sorry. Throughout our time in this room lights were seen
darting about the room, intense cold spots were felt, drafts blew past
people and a heavy atmosphere was also felt.
Table tilting and glass movement were good.
Donna (Ghost Search Uk Paranormal investigators).
http://www.ghostsearchuk.co.uk/
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