Dunster Castle Simulcra

Heres a bit of fun simulcra taken at Dunster Castle gardens. Check the bottom left window. The trees behind the window frame look like two faces. There is a misty blob there too!

Boscastle witch museum: orb captured on camera

Boscastles museaum of Witchcraft is a fascinating place to visit whatever the weather. But make sure you take a camera because you might just get something like this one I captured this spring! Look in the right hand corner of the cabinet with the white frame next to the small wooden statue of Baphomet and theres an orb!

Is this Reverend Densham saying hello?

ORB BY THE DOOR

Reverend Frederick Densham died in 1953 after falling down the stairs at this home. He remained there for some days until he was found. Afterwards he was buried in Plymouth despite his wish to have his ashes scattered near the church he loved.

We visited the church on a bright spring day and found ourselves at the end of the drive that leads to the church. It was here that a sightseer took some photographs of two companions and found that a third unidentified figure was among them. Reported sightings of an old man in a long dark coat and hat are common and the atmosphere inside the church is unnerving to say the least. I stood near the altar and took a few pictures and tried to say how sorry I was for this poor soul who is still around Warleggan to this day. The photograph above shows an orb and some kind of glow near the main door. I was very grateful to Rev Densham and I am sure I will be back there again soon.

Ghosts in Cornwall; Warleggan Orb Photograph

After reading the story about this place and the sad story of the parish vicar Rev Fred Densham many years ago; this place was high on my list of must-visit places in Cornwall. The church in the little village of Warleggan known as St Bartholomew holds a peculiar atmosphere and I was more than happy when an orb turned up one one of my photographs.

Reverend Densham lived here between 1931 and 1953 and never seemed to hit it off with the locals. By all accounts he was a kind man but highly eccentric and his forward thinking spiritual beliefs did not sit well with his parishoners. After disputes over the church organ being sold off for charity and Denshams beloved dogs running around farmland disturbing sheep his services at the church became devoid of worshippers. Densham lived at the neighbouring rectory and created a garden for the children of the village to come and play in but no one ever came there. A rumour has circulated that he made card board cutouts of people and seated them in pews and preached to them but this is untrue. He did however sometimes write names of people on postcards and place them in the church to remember them in his prayers.

About me

I first became fascinated with old places, buildings, myths and ghost stories when I was very young mostly thanks to books by Peter Underwood whose descriptive writing and detailed accounts fired my imagination and an urge to check out places for myself.