The W.P.I team’s first official investigation is coming up!

Yes, you did indeed read it correctly; we finally have our first official paranormal investigation confirmed for next Friday!!!

We will be conducting an investigation for a lady who wishes to remain anonymous in the Saxon county town of Wiltshire, Trowbridge.

I’m afraid that we cannot confirm the address or exact whereabouts of the building for confidentiality and safety reasons, but I can tell you a few things about the place…

This historic building was built in the 1800’s, with records of residency dating back to as early as 1835. It is a shop on the ground floor with a flat covering the first, second and third floors.

For all you history buffs, there is evidence that the land on which Trowbridge is built was being farmed more than 3,000 years ago. In the 10th century there is evidence of Trowbridge's existence and in the Doomsday Book the village of Straburg (as Trowbridge was known in that age), was recorded as having 100 residents.

There was said to have been a castle built at Trowbridge (or Straburg as it would have been known then).

The first mention in the history books of Trowbridge Castle was in 1139 while it was attacked.

The castle has been researched to have been a motte-and-bailey castle, and its influences can still be seen in the town today - Fore Street follows the path of the castle ditch, and its name is given to Castle Street and the Castle Place Shopping Centre.

Another interesting thing that I’ve found out is that most of the buildings in the area that we are investigating in were built with Limestone which is exciting and may prove the investigation to be more fruitful in this case. (*For an explanation of why we believe this fact may improve our chances of activity being caught, please refer to our earlier post “5 Types of Hauntings – Haunting #1 Residual Ghosts” written by ZombieGirl).

 The paranormal reports given to us by the home owner are mostly audio and uneasy feelings.

It all started when the home owner was in her bedroom very early in the morning and she heard a sigh as if someone was coming up the stairs to the bedroom; she assumed that it was her partner at the time coming back from leaving the building earlier that morning maybe because he had forgotten something (due to the sigh), however no-one revealed themselves and apart from her cat, the home owner was alone in the building. The interesting point of this as well is that it was unlikely she was hearing things as her cat, who was sat on the bottom of her bed at the time, also looked towards the door and stairway as if he had heard something at the same time as she had heard the sigh.

Another experience she explained was an account from a member of staff:

The member of staff was in the first floor of the building in the kitchen and the home owner was on the shop floor just below her; the member of staff at the time called up to the home owner saying “Did you want me?” the home owner, a little confused replied “No, why?” and the member of staff responded “Don’t worry.” Later on, the member of staff decided to tell the home owner why she had thought she was being called; the member of staff explained that she had heard what sounded like the little girl stood right next to her sighing. The member of staff thought logically at the time thinking it must have been the home owner calling her and she hadn’t heard her properly, however the more she thought about the occurrence after it had happened she felt she had to explain to the home owner what she thought she had heard.

Another employee experience that was explained to the home owner was when the employee was entering the shop in the morning, not long ago in fact, and as she entered there was a distinct giggling coming from back of shop that was not a familiar voice to the employee.

She checked the area and she couldn’t see anything that could have caused the noise and there was no-one else around at that time.

On a separate occasion, the home owner and the same employee were both on the shop floor stood next to each other whilst working and they both heard very clearly what sounded like a males laugh in the area between them.

There were no males in the building and no explanation for the noise found at the time.

The home owner has stated that she always feels as if she is being watched in any part of the building, things have been moved and fallen when there has been no rational explanation or cause for this happening and no-one else around to cause the happenings either.

W.P.I are very excited about this investigation, and would like to thank the anonymous Trowbridge Home owner for being our very first client.

Hopefully we can help solidify her claims of paranormal activity or help her to understand the experiences and if there are any rational explanations’ or causes – we will do our best to pay attention to every detail possible and I’m sure we will come up with some interesting stuff!

To be de-bunked or not to be de-bunked? That is the question…
Watch this space folks to discover our findings which will be posted within a week or so after the investigation once we have analyzed all the evidence.

Until next time Paranorms…

~W.P.I  - Truth is both a passion and a science~