What others claim to have experienced at Borley

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I. The web site owner can neither support nor deny these experiences. Some appear to have descrepancies, but are presented here as a service to those curious about what may - or may not - be happening at Borley.
II. Whenever possible, submitted photos should include a reference to Borley somewhere in the frame.
III. Not all stories/photos submitted will be posted.
IV. Before visiting for yourself, you are encouraged to consider the appeal to visitors.
V. Consider the concept that "Sometimes a photo is just a photo."
VI. As to any photo or story contributed to this section, it is absolutely imperative that the web site owner stay neutral. It is up to the visitors of this site to determine for themselves, with no prejudice - either way - demonstrated by Vincent O'Neil. On the first page of the background information is a disclaimer which also applies to these submissions: "In presenting the following information, I make no judgement as to what is true, what is legend, or what is imagination. Because I have such close family ties to Borley, I have dedicated my life to researching and gathering as much information as possible - Borley is all I do. Every piece of evidence available is presented - pro and con. It is up to the reader to decide what to believe and what to discard."

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  • Nicholas Shepherdson visit, 29 September 2004.
    "We noticed nothing that is discernable in these photographs at the actual church so coming home and finding these images was quite surprising."

  • Dean White visit, 2003.
    "I took one picture in 2003 which may be of intrest to you."

  • Borley Ghost Society visit, 5 October 2003.
    "Paul commented on how small the Waldergrave tomb appeared in the flesh. I, too was surprised to find the building smaller than I had remembered."

  • James Lushey, 1996.
    "I saw her walk for about 3 seconds in the churchyard, before vanishing. . .has anyone ever described the nun in any detail."

  • Eddie Brazil photo, 1972.
    "This is the very contentious shot of "something" in borley churchyard."

  • Alexander MacDonald, April 2003.
    "I "see" a head with longish hair."

  • Matt Walsh visit, May 2003.
    "There seems to be a face in the floor of the church porch."

  • Dean Fisk visit, c. 1996.
    "As I passed the Church, there was a man and woman standing near what I remember as a wall fronting the church."

  • Paul Pritchard visits.
    "It is very disorientating and difficult to gauge the position the rectory would have taken had it still stood."

  • Stephen D. Smith - analysis of several photos, 24 June 2002.
    "Something tells me that either I have changed or Borley has and, therefore, perhaps it's best for me to remember the place as it was on this visit? This seems to have been a kind of closure for me. Perhaps a few ghosts - either mine or Borley's - have indeed been laid to rest." See also, "EEEEK...My Garden's Haunted!"

  • Roger Flanagan - window photos.
    "The first one shows mist or smoke coming from the church window." Re: photo two, "Do you think it could be the nun?"

  • Jason Figgis photo essay, 2002.
    Colour, and black and white photos.

  • John Keenleyside.
    "As the light got brighter we noticed a picture of a naked man in a circle. . ."

  • Ian Jarvis - photo of Ed and Lorraine Warren.
    "As we were talking a shout suddenly went up from one of the younger men (the one in the photo) who had spotted a coin only a couple of yards from our feet gleaming in the morning sunlight that streamed through the church windows. It lay to our left, in the centre of the red aisle carpet - a spot where neither of the Warrens had been and a spot which I can definitely vouch had been empty only moments before."

  • James Bedford.
    "It was on this return trip that I noticed all the car's warning lights (low oil, no petrol, overheating etc) flash on, and remain on until we had left Borley. . . As we touched the gates, to ascertain which period they were from, a bright white light appeared, not far from the gate, and progressed towards us, in an up and down motion."

  • Steven J. Malkin.
    ". . . a strange smell came in to the air. . ."

  • Darryl Cook - no photo.
    ". . . DISCOVERED THAT I HAD CAPTURED ON FILM, A DARK CLOAKED FIGURE WITH HOOD AND HANDS CLASPED, WALKING ALONG THE HEDGE LINE OF THE CHURCH."

  • Jackie Grebby.
    "When we came to leave, our car - a fairly new model - wouldn't start until it was pushed 10 yards back onto the main highway."

  • Derrick Stott.
    "These objects were illuminated by a faint orange glow, no mistake about it, that was emanating from the door."

  • Robert Duffy - gravestone photo.
    "A shot taken from the back of the church (from the tower end toward to opposite end of the building) shows quite clearly (to us anyway) a face "looking" over the top of one of the gravestones."

  • Monica Brown.
    "I have never been so cold in my LIFE."

  • Peter Marriott and Sean Lee.
    "I hadn't been there long when I heard a loud echoing knock which sounded as though it came from the other side of the doors which were above my head."

  • Dawn Taylor - no photo.
    ". . when we got it back and looked at the picture there is a figure of a young boy."

  • Andrew Collier.
    "When I tried to take a picture of the rectory site, the camera wouldn't work:"

  • Nick Gatward.
    "We all noticed how cold it seemed despite being a glorious summer day."

  • Greg Bird.
    "I have video footage of a scream coming from the inside of the church one night."

  • Frank Bradshaw.
    "Suddenly I felt a tremendous rush towards me - as if, the only way I can describe it, something had thrown shear fear at me."

  • Richard Lee-Van den Daele.
    "I took quite a few pictures and was astonished to come across the original postern gateposts in the garden of one of the bungalows near the rectory site."

  • Simon Forsyth.
    "I heard what sounded like a pen being dropped into the aisle."

  • 1970s experiences.
    "One of the men saw a figure of a nun. . ."

  • Andrew Clarke.
    "It amazes me that the hauntings are still related as fact in spite of all the evidence to the contrary."

  • Dave Chamberlain.
    ". . .she might be absoloutly right and the place is not haunted and it's all a myth. . . "

  • Brian Booth.
    "The story goes that . . . the car lifted off the road and was set down in a field."

  • Danny Talbot.
    ". . .a stone had just hit the ground in front of me."

  • Jon Greaves - orb photo.
    "I'm laughing at all the conkers falling out of the trees. . . "

  • Zabby Marriott.
    "As for the photographs, well the ones we took prior to our trip were perfect, the ones of ourselves and the group were fine, however none of those taken of the church or surrounding areas showed anything."

  • Gary Cooke - mist and orb photos.
    "I used my new Olympus Digital Camera and took many pictures on the night."

  • Gary Cooke - orb photo.
    "I personally believe that the rain was responsible for these type of photo's."

  • Shaun Copple - "eyes" photo.
    "When I got my pictures developed, I was shocked to see that one of them had some bright red eyes staring out."

  • Pete Hodkinson.
    "A small twig, about the size of a chopstick was 'thrown' at us, hitting my wife."

  • Rebecca Markwell.
    "He then related that as we walked around the field he had heard the sound of horses approaching very quickly."

  • Ian Rolfe.
    ". . .we could not see a face inside the monk's hood. . ."

  • Chris Braybrooke.
    ". . .a blotchy white mist moving away from our car in front of us down the road at quite a pace."

  • Eddie Brazil - photo.
    "Sir Simon even agreed with my view that the figure looked like a person kneeling at a grave."

  • Stephen D. Smith.
    ". . .during a daytime visit when we heard a large number of dogs barking. . . "

  • Mark and Yvonne Bradley - small orb photos.
    ". . .on the way home the car electrics started playing up. . . "

  • Malcom Mitchell - orb photos.
    " Someone, although I can't see this at all, said there appears to be two hooded figures in the picture too..."
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