Summary of a return event at the Pengegon Institute
Saturday 8th July 2006


A return visit to Pengegon Institute was greatly anticipated; our previous investigations here had been very eventful indeed; with many people experiencing genuinely unexplained occurrences. Some incidents even shocked the most sceptical of participants. We could only hope that we were lucky enough to follow this up with another successful night… and as it happens we weren't disappointed!
We all gathered at Pengegon with an introduction and a well-needed cup of hot tea/coffee. The weather was cold and very wet and this was a shame as it hindered the night ahead as far as outside locations, but it didn't dampen our spirits! We wasted no time in starting the investigation by splitting the guests into two groups and investigated key areas on a rota basis.

GROUP A (with Stuart Andrews & Kevin Hynes)

During our last visit, right at the end of the night we all heard the sound of someone opening the door and walking around upstairs, only to find the door shut and no one there. This time this happened right at the start whilst we were still doing the introductory talk. Kevin and myself rushed straight up there, again covering the area with high powered torches and again found the door to be shut and that no one was there! There was no way anyone could have got in and out in time without either being seen by us or heard by the rest of the team downstairs. Various people throughout the night heard strange noises downstairs; but this was the only time that it was as loud and everybody was 100% accounted for. A promising start!

Main Hall



We were dogged in here by equipment failure and battery drainage, which rendered a lot of the equipment useless for the night, especially the walkie-talkies. So mobile phones were resorted to in case of emergency, this didn't work very well and it was interesting to see how useful walkie-talkies actually are when covering different areas. The remaining batteries just about saw us through the night, although the negative ion detector was a write off! Strange to get so much battery/equipment failure at the same time, every item is regularly checked, including the night before each investigation or event, so we are at a loss to explain this.

During the first session, five presences were detected through dowsing and one of the group witnessed a dark grey (what she believed to be male) figure in the corner of the left hand side of the stage (near the door). This sighting was accompanied by a 4 degree temperature drop and high EMF fluctuations were also picked up where this figure was seen; although we could not altogether rule out natural electrical interference as the cause. The same female member of the group also picked up on a female presence. She could see the presence in her mind's eye and described her to Graham and Kevin. She had dark hair and was wearing a grey uniform and a tin hat. She worked here upstairs.
Graham stated that the female presence she had picked up was a bell maiden and she used to work on the surface of the mine.
A further presence was identified by another member of the group next to the sink in the toilets. This was apparently a male aged 33 This area has a habit of making you feel vulnerable when you are in it. Flashes of light were reported from the main entrance door, but sadly not any grey shapes as had been witnessed last time. At least this supports the argument that this was not caused by people walking past as there was a rail maintenance crew outside for the majority of the night. Light anomalies were also captured on camera, an example of this shown here, unusually of a pink orb. Whilst in the kitchen area, a number of the group all heard a peculiar sound all at the same time, just as Graham asked for a sign. This caused one of the group quite a fright!



Kevin and Stuart then remained in the hall to accompany the other group. There wasn't as much activity this time, but one of the group members did report being touched on the hair during a séance. Noises were also heard from the toilet area and control object movement was recorded in one of the storerooms off from the kitchen. The area was secure and we cannot stress enough how rare a phenomenon this is, especially to the extent as shown here!

 


This amount of movement (albeit millimetres) is not something we experience often on investigations, rarer still when we are absolutely sure no human interference could be responsible. It's a solid hard floor in the kitchen area, so there is no way this was caused by vibrations from walking…very interesting!

Upstairs:

We then moved upstairs for a couple of sessions where various experiments such as glass divination and table tipping were conducted. It has to be said that there was very little to report from these sessions, although minor experiences were reported by some individual members of both groups, whilst up here. Three presences were detected through dowsing, one in particular would not respond to questions and refused to confirm if it was male or female. There were some light anomalies captured on night vision camcorder up here, one in particular moves across the screen and is better described as a wisp. As with the control object movement, this is very rare to encounter. Through dowsing, three presences were picked up: one female, one male and an "IT". The group decided to carry out some table tipping with some very slight movement whilst Graham called out. Glass divination was also carried out; the glass tilted at one point during the séance but did not move freely.

Prior to the glass divination both Stuart and Kevin ventured downstairs to obtain a glass for the divination. On their return, Stuart entered the morgue first; Kevin followed him and proceeded to shut the door. As he turned towards the rest of the group he heard a voice state clearly the word "hey". There was no one near him at the time and he brought this to the groups attention to see if anyone else had heard the same.

GROUP B (with Ian & Will)

Upstairs:

The first area of investigation of which for this group was the area upstairs, formerly used as a morgue. Here, using dowsing rods and crystal's, a total of 4 presences were picked up from different eras, one of which was a female aged in her 60's, who gave the initial 'G' as a known name. She then gave the information that she had died of natural causes and visited this area often. As we continued to dowse, a very strong presence was picked up near what was used as the first aid post for ill-fated miners. This presence gave many people the impression that he was not well liked at all, and information gathered seemed to point to the fact that he wasn't very truthful with the answers he gave us. Almost everyone felt very muggy headed, which progressed to the fact that certain guests had to leave the area due to feeling very dizzy and even feeling sick. This has happened on previous occasions here and it was very interesting from an investigator's point of view as it always seems to be the same area in question, no obvious natural explanation can be found for this. During our vigil here people reported seeing a shadow walk past as if someone was walking in the room, but no one was walking at the time when this was sighted. When asking out for a sign in the hope to communicate with the strange "entity"; something metal appeared to be thrown, this was not identifiable when we examined the area where we had all heard it drop. A short séance was also conducted here where people experienced the feeling of being pushed in the back and the feeling of being brushed on the left hand side of their faces as if an unseen hand had caressed them, this happened to four people. The group also experienced Camera/Battery failure at key moments and E.M.F readings didn't seem to tie in with baseline tests and what had been picked up on other visits, they were very irregular. One Lady who was sensitive to paranormal activity experienced the feeling that someone or something was trying to come through to communicate. Orbs were caught on digital camera and a very interesting wispy light anomaly was also caught on night vision camera. An interesting start to the night ahead!

Main Hall:





When the lights go out the hall takes on a completely different atmosphere, a couple of people here experienced a feeling like choking and found it very hard to breath… again this had been picked up before in this area. Again pictures containing strange orbs of light were taken here and doors seemed to shake but with the poor weather conditions we could not rule out natural causes. It was decided that we would conduct a glass divining experiment here in the hope to communicate with a boy presence, which had been picked up in the room. We were all astonished by the results we achieved when using the glass. Even for the most sceptical of us it was interesting, because we took it in turns to remove our hand to ask a question and to our amazement the glass still moved and rule out a single person's interference. The boy who gave the name 'Jack' told us through the use of the glass that he had passed over due to a mining accident on the 15th of April 1816. A total of 15 people lost their lives, which involved a ladder falling, this also included his father. At this point there seemed to be strange noises and movement coming from the kitchen, the door was shut and no one was in there as there is only one way into the kitchen and they would have had to come through the hall to where we where sitting. When asked if this was Jack's father the glass moved to a 'Yes'. The father who gave the name 'Dennis' gave the information that he was unhappy and blamed himself for the death of his son in the accident; he died before his son and he felt he was unable to join his son. After a while asking different questions we asked if they could come together and join each other as they wanted to do this, during this two people from the circle experienced a rather strong electric shock from the glass itself! One of these was a very questioning and experienced investigator. He was astonished and couldn't believe he had felt such a thing. Another presence was also picked up while glass divining towards the end of the night, the glass almost flying around the table very quickly unnerved some of us and again we felt that he/she was not welcome and we decided not to continue.

This was just a small account of the some of the strange, puzzling events that occurred that night and again a lot of people came away from this hidden gem of a location with their own experiences and with a story to tell.

Conclusion

All experienced a most enjoyable night, even though it seemed to be a bit on the quiet side at times, when something did occur this most definitely made up for it. Although things did not appear too dramatic during the night, we did have a ridiculous amount of battery failure, significant control object movement in the kitchen area, a wisp anomaly on camcorder, the sound again of someone moving around upstairs. Whilst returning from downstairs during the last session, Kevin clearly heard someone say "Hey" as if they were in the room. Although others did not hear this, there was no one around that this could have been mistaken for.

A Haunting Experiences repeat with some good results again, Pengegon never disappoints!

Notes From Participants:

ONE:

A good night was had by all last Saturday with H.E. at the Institute:
Some great responses to prompts on a few occasions.
During a séance we were having, I asked the spirit presence to touch the people in the circle, most felt a light brushing on their faces or touching their faces whilst I had two hands on my shoulders which appeared to be pushing me forward so much so that I was beginning to lean forward.......excellent! Also had intense tingling on my shoulders when I was touched/pushed. A great shame others didn't experience the same but I ask, why me?
In the back store in the kitchen, there was a young couple who went in the back store room after a noise was heard. She went in first with her EMF, I was standing behind her and her hubby was filming night vision video over my shoulder. I asked if any spirit was present and nothing happened and after I repeated the question again, something flew or was dropped in the store with a distinctly prominent knock and bouncing noise. In fairness it could have been something dropping from the old ceiling but I can't be positive about that. She turned and ran past me in a panic almost pushing me over and thank goodness he kept filming! A few minutes later more people came to the store room after hearing the panic and something slid across the floor, though it was heard, nothing was seen moving but it's all on video. I was 'buzzing' with static whilst in the back storeroom so we were definitely in spiritual company there! Also did some table tipping, which seemed to have worked a treat both in the hall and upstairs.
There was also a woman that was quite sensitive amongst the group and she was picking up on a lot of things including the little boy in the hall who made her cry! Thing was; she was either spot-on or close with the info she was giving. A great night!

TWO:

Hi Team,

Just wanted to say thanks for a great night, the best part of the night for us both was definitely when we were down stairs in the hall with Will and Ian and we made contact with Jack and Dennis.
Later on tonight I will be trying to research the two names and see if anything rings true on the information we found out from them.
I will also be having a closer look at some of the photos I took as there seems to be some light anomalies.

Once again I would like to say thanks and hope to see you again as we would love to join you again on one of your investigations.

THREE:

Hi All
Thank you for Saturday we loved it and will be asking to return.
It was nice to see some new faces and glad to know you all have the same sense of humour. (Sorry Ian and Will!)
It was the First time that I have used glass on table and so strange,

Could have done with a pasty though,

All in All a Great Night

ps Some photos for you

 





 

FOUR:

Hi gang

Quick thank you for Saturday another great evening from you all as usual.
A very different place and area but we loved it and definitely would love to go again if possible.
Have sent and a couple of photos one not in colour because of the orbs showing up so well, also for some strange reason the flash gave up on the camera half way through.