Animal Apparitions: A collection of experiences

[cal]

Thought I’d post something as I haven’t in a while.

I’ve become quite interested in the area of ‘animal apparitions’ lately. If people are experiencing what seems to be humans’ personality living on as a ghost in a haunted location, theoretically there should be no reason why this should not apply to animals as well (after all our brains are made of the same material and work via small electrical impulses).

There two important things to consider here or that you may find of interest. Briefly, one of the most famous of all animal apparition cases, is that research by the grandfather of ghost-hunters Harry Price who was assisted by a colleague (R. S. Lambert) in this particular case in 1935. The case was called ‘The haunting of Cashen’s Gap’ and took place on the Isle of Man. This was then written up into a book by Price & Lambert in 1936. The apparition looked at here remarkably was that of a talking Mongoose called Gef (pronounced Jeff). He haunted a small farm house and would sometimes threaten the family living there. Though Price & Lambert spent some time there only 3 pieces of evidence were produced to support Gef’s existence. However, even these need to be carefully considered as they were highly questionable.

Secondly apparitions of ‘Black Dogs’ (which normal refers to K9 apparitions in general associated with a haunting) are very specific and have been looked at in great detail with regards to haunting experiences. One of my peers Dr. Simon Sherwood is responsible for research into this area. These apparitions have been reported in a great number of places and have well documented features such as large eyes, with foaming and slavering mouths.

I am interested in writing a new article at some point on animal apparitions so if anyone believes they have encountered one please do let me know of your experience. Talk me through it and give full descriptions of the event, the times and dates would be great. Alternatively if you wish to discuss it privately then post me a message.

I look forward to hearing from you guys.

Cheers,

Cal,

[zombie]

About six years ago my cat was put down with cancer and the following day there was a very strange atmosphere in the house. Thought out my life i have owned many cats and i did not experience that feeling when they passed on. The feeling was of total abandonment, it felt like the end of the world. A few days after the event i went to bed and called in the bathroom and the sound of a cat purring met my ears, it was quite distinct,thinking i maybe hearing things, i went to my room and i could no longer hear it, upon returing to the bathroom i could hear it again.

[cal]

Any visual phenomena of the cat? or was it just audiable?

Thanks for sharing your experience!

[zombie]

yeah, i have glimpsed her a few times. The best sighting was in bed at night when i could make out a figure of a black cat walking and then it vanished. once had a reading from 'patrick hutchinson'(medium) don't know if you know of him? in my home and at the end of reading, which was interesting,i enquired about animals in the afterlife, and he said "there is a black cat here". This took place a short time after the cat was put down.
The black cat.

[Recchi]

Sorry Cal I can't help you I have never in my investigative come across a phantom animal. I have heard stories of people reporting seeing Dobs and even a horse and carridge but nothing myself

[cal]

I think i mentioned the horse and carridge which is an interesting case and i think we can safely say that the carridge had no conscious awareness at any point and was never alive (even though wood at one point is a living thing).

But cases such as the horse and carridge fall into stone tape theory or the newly revived and more plausable theory of 'Water Tape'. Cheers Recchi for the comments anyway

Cal,

[cat]

Hi Cal,
A few years back I did some research on the 'Black Dogs' but no longer have any notes on it due to comp hard drive crashing.

Anyway back onto the subject,yes I have seen what you would call 'Ghost cat',first time I was only a young child which would have been around 1970s we stayed in a kind of motorway b+b,I was left alone in room for a few hours and I heard a cat crying/scratching at the door and when I opened the door no animal was there.This happened most of the night and I was glad when we left the place in the morning.

2007 Summer a ghost cat brushed past my leg and vanished into thin air while I was in my friends kitchen,it was the image of her cat that died few yrs back. Weird thing is the cat as it brushed past me there was no sensation in my leg as the cat brushed past me,nothing solid if you know what I mean.

Take Care
Cat