The Martlets Pub and Restaurant, Bognor Regis

11th February 2008 - GHOST investigation

Location Area’s
Bar 1 (on the far left upon entry into the pub)
Bar 2 (jus on left upon entry into the pub)
Toilets / Restaurant (Barn)
Cellar
Kitchen

Vigil Groups
Group 1      Group 2      Group 3      Group 4      Group 5
Troy             Simon         Don             Mark            Karen
Dan             Micheala     Darren (g)  Karen S      Ash (g)
Paul (g)      Vicki (g)       Lauren (g)  Tony (g)      Sam (g)
Ashley (g)   Danny (g)   Tom (g)       Emma (g)
                     Yasmine (g)
(g) - guest

Bars and Restaurant
Pre-investigation walk
Farm labourer – Josh - 16yrs old. Quite tall and slim, clean shaven and good looking.
Harvest time involvement, hay and straw. Something v important about a scythe. – Possibly his actual work on the farm?
In Bar 1 immediate great sadness of lady. Linked to childbirth as if baby was taken from her womb. Baby boy. Mary 23 when this occurred.
Suicide – hanging - broken neck
1869 is important but not sure why.
Barn – butchery – cows.
Fields all around, crops mainly.
Picked on a male (possibly same one as earlier)
Wavy, shoulder length hair, light brown, blonde. Green eyes. Some kind of sack like cloth baggy top.

Some kind of link with religious problems.
Visiting Rector / priest to carry out exorcism after some kind of activity had taken part here.
Lighting of candles, holy water and cantations.

Strong feeling of a family home of hard working people.

Shotgun?

Bar 1
Group 1 12.10am – 12.30am
Clicks heard by the toilet door.
Ball of light seen behind the bar
Misty figure seen by all members of the group by the bar (around 5ft in height)
Figure seen behind the bar
Loud crack heard by all members of the group near to the fruit machine
Dan kept feeling very sad and tearful.
Presence was felt by Dan near the door to the upstairs flat, and felt a person beside him.
Light was seen by Paul near the bar
Blue lights seen by Ashley near the 2nd till on the bar.
Group 5 12.30am – 12.50am
Loud creak noise heard by Ash and Sam from the fruit machine (whilst Karen out of the area)
Faint lights were seen moving around the room
Another loud noise heard near the fire doors
Louder crack heard between the sofa and fire doors
Shadow was seen move across the top of the fire doors
Karen sensed a ginger cat on the sofa
Group 4 12.55am – 1.15am
Woman was sensed standing at the end of the bar in a white skirt
Taps heard by the toilet doors – unresponsive to requests
1.04am Karen touched on head whilst seated on sofa nearest to the flat door
1.07am Tony saw a light travel behind the bar
Group 3 1.50am – 2.10am
Tom and Lauren could both see a figure by the hatch
Alarm on the spare radio went off (don’s didn’t)
Darren felt a sore throat
Tom saw a flashing light near to Lauren’s head
Darren felt that this area had been a kitchen / dining area
Sofa started to creak as soon as a torch light went on it
Darren sensed white tulips in a vase in the centre of the room
Darren felt the presence of a female from the Victorian era – possibly the same woman as outside of the barn. She appeared to be happy.
Tom saw a red light flash on the ceiling above the hatch
Darren could feel a pressure on his head, bit like a hat on a little too tight, but not painful
Darren felt a chest pain
Beeping noise was heard by the window to the left of the fire exit
Group 2 2.15am – 2.35am
Temp 19.1 – stayed constant throughout
Nothing to report


Bar 2
Group 2 12.10am – 12.30am
Not investigated
Group 1 12.30am – 12.50am
Cold spot was felt by 3 members of the group in this area
Slight touch was felt on Troy’s arm
Ashley felt very cold
Dan felt jumpy and is if he was being followed
Troy and Dan’s eyes kept watering uncontrollably
Taps heard near to the sofa
White lights seen by Paul behind the bar.
Paul and Dan saw 2 or 3 figures by the bar.
A loud noise / creak was heard coming from behind the bar by all members of the group.
Group 5 12.55am – 1.15am
Nothing much seen. All felt quite tired here
Karen sensed that this front area had been like a front garden with a small pathway to the door. Felt like the door had been in the gap on the left and that where the pasts were was once the front of a family home.
Could sense roses in the front garden and it was well tended
Group 4 1.50am – 2.10am
1.54am Radio alarms went off
Tony thought he saw three white lights behind the bar
Group 3 2.15am – 2.35am
Tom didn’t feel comfortable near to the hatch and the till
Darren saw a shadow go from the corner of the seating area to the window
Lauren saw someone walk across the floor
Something touched Don’s head by the hatch
Tom heard a click near the food tills
Sleepy atmosphere
Darren experienced a very dry mouth
Don was stood in the gap and felt like something was trying to push him out, felt uncomfortable when trying to get back in.
Lauren felt very hot all of a sudden
Tom felt a coldness go past near the cashpoint
In the hatch Darren felt dizzy and pressure on his back. Legs pulled slightly. Can’t lean back very easily, and saw a mist by him
Tom felt sick
Darren saw a shadow in the area near the cashpoint where Tom had felt cold earlier. Tom went to investigate and also felt the coldness again.
4 bangs were heard from upstairs. All members of the group heard this in the space of about 1 minute
Darren saw a shadow move quickly across the ceiling
Tom felt a cold pressure on his back in the gap and felt sick
Don, Darren and Lauren all felt like this had been a bedroom.
Tom heard footsteps and felt very cold
Lots of banging noises heard coming from upstairs


Toilets / Restaurant (Barn)
Group 3 12.10am – 12.30am
Darren picked up the sense of heartache
Darren felt like sacks had been stored in here
Temp 16.8 (barn) 18.7 (roof area) EMF – normal
Laurens attention was drawn to the picture in the corner of the room
Darren saw shadows in the alcove where the fire exit doors are.
Roof was creaking
Lauren saw shadows in the alcove area when looking into the reflection of the picture which is opposite.
Tom felt cold shivers
Group 2 12.10am – 12.50am
EMF remained normal
Restaurant Temp 17.1 – no change throughout
Cutlery clanged
Barn temp 20.1 – no change throughout
Taps and clicks heard.
A squeak was heard
Group 1 12.55am – 1.15am
Toilets were freezing cold with no apparent reason
Chairs appeared to have been moved in the restaurant – but not sure if this was paranormal activity or not.
Dan had the feeling of being followed again.
Cold spots felt in the restaurant area
Cold breezes were felt in the barn
Strong male presence was felt by Dan
Oppressive feeling in the ladies toilet and being watched constantly.
Something blacked out the light across the barn doorway for a brief time
Whistle noise was heard twice in the barn area
2 loud knocks heard in the ladies toilet
Cold spots felt in the barn area
Dan male – short spiky hair, thuggish, wry smile, receding hairline – bit of a rogue.
Additional Vigil 1.30am – 1.45am
Toilet area was visited by Karen, Dan, Paul and Ashley
Strong cold spots felt all around the toilet area.
Feeling of a gathering of people to do some kind of ritual.
Walking in an anticlockwise circle.
Candlelight
Some kind of chanting – witchcraft ?
Very uneasy feeling
Karen sensed the bones of small animals such as birds and cats etc.
Karen also sensed a graves, or a few graves nearby.
Toilet door moved by itself in the men’s toilet
Group 5 1.50am – 2.10am
Front restaurant area
Ash felt a male presence near to the window
Karen sat where Ash had been and sensed a gentleman who passed with a sudden heart attack
Toilet area
Very cold but nothing else to report
Karen picked up on a lady with her hair very tightly tied back aged about 58 – 60. Dark hair starting to go grey. Strong pointy features, almost quite stern looking. Almost as if wanting to know what we were doing. Picked up on the name Ellen.
Group 4 2.15am – 2.35am
Toilet area
2.21am Karen and Tony can smell country / straw smells
Mark could feel his energy being drained
Karen felt someone was in the left-hand toilet (furthest from the door)
Tony kept feeling hot and cold
Karen was touched once
Mark was touched twice
Karen and Mark both heard a groan
Barn area
2.36am Dictaphone batteries drained
Tony and Emma saw a white light by the doors to the kitchen
Comfortable feeling
Feeling of someone in corner to the right of the fireplace
Karen saw something by table 18 – not sure what


Cellar
Group 4 12.10am – 12.30am
Two taps heard in the chiller machinery – no response to questions
Karen felt ingly on right arm as if she had been touched. Arm – 19 degrees, feeling gone and arm 22.8 degrees.
Group 3 12.30am – 12.50am
Lauren saw a small flashing light in the corner opposite the door
Tom saw a white light moving from the corner of the room across the pythons and moving towards the door
Lauren saw a white light moving towards her
Something touched Lauren’s hair
Feeling of a male presence felt by Darren – hard waorker
Over the electrical box a clicking / tapping noise was heard
Camera on the trigger object died out during this time. It had been on charge all day and was completely drained.
Group 2 12.55am – 1.15am
Simon as was poked in the arm
Dark shadow was captured on the camera come into view and disappear again – not able to recreate or any reason for this at all.
Feeling of being touched on the face and arm
Group 1 1.50am – 2.10am
Womans presence picked up by the name of Helen
Lots of taps and creaks heard
Ashleys chain (round neck) was tugged
Flashes of light seen by all coming from far corner on right
The bottle cellar felt colder than the chilled cellar – for no apparent reason
In the bottle cellar a coin landed on the floor in the cellar, it was cold and heard by all.
Group 5 2.15am – 2.35am
Very cold
Ash saw a small light in the far corner
Karen look over to Sam and Ash and could see three people stood there near to the door rather than 2.
Ash and Sam both felt a cold breeze which was first in front of them, then behind, then in front again.
Bottle cellar was very cold and Karen felt a bad back again, almost as if the same as the male at the start in the kitchen area.


Kitchen
Group 5 12.10am – 12.30am
Noise was heard from near the freezer – but could possibly have been ice in the freezer itself
Karen had a bad back when stood by the freezer
Ash saw a shadow move along the aisle in the centre
Noise was heard by the back doors
Group 4 12.30am – 12.50am
Shadow was seen at the end of the kitchen near to the freezer (old doorway) – 12.36am, by both Karen and Tony
Mark stood in this area and could feel a presence, possibly male with back / neck problems
Karen could smell grass / manure and felt sick
Group 3 12.55am – 1.15am
EMF meter kept clicking by itself – unknown reason
Lauren felt a general movement near to the microwaves
Darren felt a bit stuffy
Tom saw a flashing light near to the back entrance
Darren and Don both felt a dizziness near to the in / out doors – sort of hard to breathe – feelings of nausea
Lauren felt goose bumps by the fridge / freezer
Don felt something run up his back
Darren felt like there was possible one male and one female presence
Don felt a buzzing at the back of his head, could possibly be something on it?
Tom felt a tingly feeling by the freezer, just as Lauren had
Tom felt nauseas near the in / out doors
Darren now felt there was just a male presence in the kitchen
Lauren and Tom both felt sick in the servery area, Darren also felt a bad throat
Darren and don both had the feeling of a pressure headache
Group 2 1.50am – 2.10am
Temp 19.7 – remained constant
Nothing to report
Group 1 2.15am – 2.35am
Taps were heard as soon as we entered the room
Dan could hear a male voice murmuring, but unable to make out what it was saying.
Clicks heard
Footsteps heard twice by all members of the group.
Feeling of a sickly headache.
Heard a thud as if heavy food had been placed down.
Shadow was seen by all at the end of the passageway by the old door entrance
Clicks and footsteps heard again
The straps from the fire blanket were unravelled and left, upon asking for someone to move them they immediate started to sway
Bang heard coming from the draining area
Cold breezes felt in the central aisle
Noises heard constantly down the end of the kitchen by the old doorway
Noticed that the tap was on – we hadn’t noticed it being on when came in earlier. (one group had noticed a tap dripping earlier but not on – no other groups had seen a tap on at all)
A shadow of a hand appeared to come out from the freezer
The starters unit shook twice
Shadow was seen across the door window


Sensitive Activity Conclusion
Bar 1
Sad and tearful feeling (medium & 1 group)
Female presence felt (medium & 2 groups)
Lady – Victorian era, happy, sad and tearful, childbirth tragedy, baby son 23 yrs old, early 20s, white skirt
Sore throat (linked to medium hanging?)
Had been a kitchen / dining area
Ginger cat on sofa
White tulips in vase
Bar 2
Feeling jumpy and being followed
Feeling tired (2 groups)
Front garden, well tended in alcove area and into house through pillars
Sickness
Bedroom
Barn / Restaurant
Heartache
Storage of sacks
Being followed
Male presence – short spiky hair, thuggish, wry smile, receding hairline – rogue
Another male presence – heart attack
Comfortable
Presence in corner to right of fireplace
Toilets
Oppressive
Being watched
Female presence – 58 -60 hair tightly pulled back – greying. Ellen Stern looking
Draining energy
Presence in left hand toilet
Female gathering
Burial
Small animal bones
Black magic / witchcraft connection
Pentagram
Ritual
Cellar
Male presence – hard worker
Female presence – Helen
Male presence – bad back (same as in kitchen?)
Kitchen
Bad back (2 groups)
Male presence – bad back / neck (2 groups)
Smell of grass
Feeling sick (3 groups)
Dizziness
Goose bumps – something running up back
Female presence
Bad throat
Headache (2 groups)


Paranormal Activity Conclusion
Bar 1
Clicks / loud cracks by toilet door / fruit machines (1st 2 groups)
Lights behind the bar (3 groups)
Misty figure by the bar seen (2 groups)
Figure behind the bar
Blue lights seen on the bar
Loud cracks moved around the far end of the room
Faint lights all around the area
Touch on head (2 groups)
Creaks on the sofa
Beeping noise near fire exit
Bar 2
Cold spots
Touch on arm / cold pressure on back / touch on head
Watering eyes
Taps heard near to sofa
White lights behind bar (2 groups)
Figures by the bar
Loud creak from the bar & taps
Shadow move towards window
Dry mouth
Coldness by cashpoint
Noises coming from upstairs
Footsteps heard
Barn / Restaurant
Shadows in alcove by fire exit
Creaking in roof
Cold shivers / cold spots (2 groups)
Cutlery clanged
Taps and clicks heard
Squeak heard
Blacked out light across doorway
Whistle noise heard twice
Batteries drained
White light seen
Toilets
Very cold (2 groups)
2 loud knocks
Smell of country / straw
Touching
Groan heard
Cellar
Taps heard (3 groups)
Tingly feeling / poke / touch on arm (2 groups)
Small flashing light in corner (3 groups)
White light moving along wall
Touch on hair
Camera batteries drained
Dark shadow captured on camera
Touched on face
Chain around neck pulled
Apported coin?
Extra shadow of a person seen
Moving cold breezes felt
Kitchen
Loud noise near freezer
Shadow move along centre aisle (2 groups)
Noise by back doors
Shadow seen by freezer (2 groups)
EMF meter clicking
Flashing light by back doors entrance
Taps heard (2 groups)
Male voice murmuring
Footsteps heard
Loud thud heard
Straps moved in response to asking
Cold breezes
Tap turned on?
Shadow of a hand appearing from freezer
Starters unit shook
Shadow across door window


Research Points
Was this a farm house with farm land surrounding in the past?
Would the positioning be correct with a well kept front garden?
Would a garden have been in the front and a kitchen / dining area to the left?
Was cattle reared here and also were crops grown and stored in a barn here?
Did a lady called Helen or Ellen live here? Possibly in the Victorian era?
Are there any records of a Josh (or Joshua) living / working on the farm?
Are there any links with him to a scythe?
Would there be links to a great sadness around a lady here? Possibly linked to childbirth?
Any records of a lady called Mary?
Any records of a suicide or broken neck? Links to bad back and nauseas feelings?
Any other reasons for the sore throat feelings?
Would the year 1869 be important in this locations history?
Are there any reports of graves here?
Are there any reports of witchcraft or black magic here?
Is there any reporting of an exorcism taking place?
Would a shotgun be of any significance here?
Any information on a ginger cat?
Would white tulips have a significance (or winter and Holland?)
Any information on a thuggish male with short spiky hair?
Any information of a male passing with a heart attack in the front restaurant area?
Any information on a nurse here?

IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS OR CAN ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS ABOVE< PLEASE CONTACT KAREN ON karen@sussex-medium.co.uk