Remembrance of a childhood haunting in East Anglia
Juliette Smith delves into the spiritual occurrences of her childhood, which ultimately leads her into the world of paranormal investigation.
Hello, my name is Juliette, and I am the more psychic half of Out There Paranormal. From an early age, I've been fascinated with all things paranormal and have experienced various happenings that I cannot explain. These childhood experiences have led me on a quest to discover whether paranormal activity exists "Out There."
One of my first paranormal experiences occurred when I was six years old. My father had purchased a beautiful old farmhouse built in the 1700s, surrounded by fields and set in the countryside in a village on the outskirts of Great Yarmouth. A local villager warned my father about the farmhouse's violent paranormal activity, claiming that doors slammed by themselves, there were frequent unexplained noises, and artefacts flew across the room.
I had several paranormal experiences in this house that I still cannot explain. One night, when I was six years old, I woke up to the sound of a woman crying. I decided to investigate and found the sound was coming from the small spare bedroom upstairs, which looked out onto the front of the property. The room was noticeably colder than the other rooms in the house, and I could see my breath as I exhaled. As I entered the room, I saw a whitish-coloured silhouette of a woman sitting and crying with an outline of a baby's rocking cot beside her.
The silhouette of the woman and the cot were transparent, and I could see through them. The woman wore a long dress with long hair tied up in a bun. She was sitting on the floor, holding her head, while the cot rocked gently beside her. I stood there, watching the silhouettes curiously. However, I didn't feel frightened or unnerved. I felt very calm and watched the silhouettes of the woman and the cot for a few minutes before they both began to fade away as if smoke had dissipated or been sucked from the room.
For many years, I believed it was just a dream. However, I mentioned the strange occurrence to my parents in my late teens. They told me they had heard a woman crying upstairs on many occasions.
Further research into the property by Nigel Higgins, the group's lead investigator, revealed that this sad event occurred within the farmhouse. One of the families that lived there had seven children, and two of them died before their second birthdays. As a psychic, it is possible that I saw the residual energy of the woman and the rocking cot left behind by the tragic event in the farmhouse.
So, was this experience a dream, or was it something more? I am convinced that it was not a dream. It was a paranormal encounter, possibly residual energy from a harrowing event at a particular time in the property's history. Only time will tell the secrets of this beautiful farmhouse, but as a psychic, I am confident there is more to be discovered.