I am a regular visitor of Rye. I highly recommend the antique shops. If you are searching for paranormal items bring equipment along.
Rye is excellent for all antiques , though , less commonly you'll come across something haunted at a general antique shop but keep a look out because old items are known to have spirit attachment.
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Patricia is my strongest spirit doll , we have had great EVPs with her and successful communication she has become like part of the family and everyone can feel her presence when they are in the room. We have experienced alot of activity including orbs and mists seen in photos.
Patricia first came to be in our collection 3 years ago when on a trip to Rye. Now as you probably know, Rye is known for it's brilliant antiques , so after searching at Faversham for paranormal items and being unsuccessful, Michelle and I , with some equipment, searched for some great new additions to our collection. It took a while and nothing was drawing our attention , there were lots of lovely dolls , lots of mariner items and old books. I picked up a few nice antiques a lovely clock and a beautiful painting. We came to a lovely shop on the corner , after stopping for a cuppa, it was very dark inside and packed out with interesting items and Michelle called me over. Her meter had picked up on this beautiful doll sat amidst piles of books and a large ships wheel, she had lovely blue eyes and was dressed so elegantly, I knew I had to have her. I asked the shop assistant if he knew anything about her , he said an elderly man donated her, he also added that he found dolls incredibly creepy and that they weren't his thing. As soon as i got home I sat Patricia in the dining room of my house. After 2 days no activity was shown and I started to think maybe Michelle's meter was picking up on something else in the shop, but I didn't mind as she was a lovely doll and I collect non haunted dolls also. But after a while I started noticing things, the light bulb in the dining room repeatedly kept flickering and eventually completely blew and took out all my lights on the circuit ! I kept coming into the dining room (i keep my washing machine there lol) and finding my washing machine door was open after the cycle had finished. The time on my grandfather clock kept stopping on 9am. I suspected that these events had something to do with the doll as with other paranormal items electrical disturbances are very common and little things happen here and there. When my father came round for dinner I can remember him stopping and saying suddenly, ''there's a very strange lady here.'' So given a while, Michelle and I decided to investigate. The EMF meter was off the scale, and we picked up some faint crying on the EVP meter. Michelle also had a dream that night about a young Victorian lady with long auburn hair happily holding hands with a blonde woman of the same age. We decided to hold a seance in the presence of a professional called Melissa, who normally investigates houses. The temperature in the room was quite cold and we witnessed mild orb activity and Michelle's husband said he could feel a hand on his shoulder. When the spirit came through to Melissa she revealed her name as Patricia. She explained that she was not one to talk to people and was a shy , reserved person in life. Melissa saw her as a plain looking young woman in her early twenties with very wavy , pretty ginger hair. All she revealed that time was that she disliked her Mother and Father , that they were horrible and that they drove her to suicide. So we established that she was a young Victorian woman who sadly took her own life because of her parents, but the question was why? Michelle decided to take her to her house for a little while , and after noting more mild activity such as wardrobe doors being left open and sobbing noises, we decided to take part in a seance again. After more communication over time , we gathered alot of information about her troubled past. Patricia came from a middle class family in West Yorkshire , she always knew she was different to her sisters and friends. When her friends would say how handsome the gentlemen were , Patricia found other women attractive. Patricia was very close to one lady friend called 'Liz' (Elisabeth) in particular and had strong feelings for her which she was sure Liz reciprocated. It became a problem when her mother and father introduced her to a rich gentleman in hope that she would court him. Patricia told her parents that she wasn't interested even though they kept mentioning him and how kind and handsome he was. Over time it was clear that Patricia and Liz had a strong bond and spent every day with each other, they were happy together. One day Patricia told Liz about how she felt and she couldn't believe it when Liz told her she felt the same. They kept it secret and vowed not to tell anyone. But one day when the rich gentlemen turned up announced to see Patricia , he caught her and Liz together and over heard their plans of running away together and how they loved each other and wanted to be together. He could see that they were 'romantically involved' and raged that it was 'morally wrong ' and that he was 'disgusted' and told Patricia's parents. Patricia's parents were furious beyond belief , they were ashamed and so many arguments started , she was also banned from seeing Liz. Patricia couldn't change her feelings and couldn't live with the fact that her parents would never accept her. Her whole family was against her. She remembers a night her Father struck her and said ' you are no daughter of mine' So she thought of the easy way out and took her own life by hanging herself. She tells us that she could not live with the fact her parents were forcing her to change her sexuality and keep her away from the one she loved , their hateful , disappointed ways towards her the fact they were ashamed of her. She felt like a failure and a disappointment and just wanted to end it. She became attached to the doll after a family kept it in the house she once lived in and was passed around , this doll was not her first vessel though. People are drawn to this vessel / doll emotionally with sad , and overwhelming feelings of dread. But good vibes also come from her too. She is the most active doll I own. People should not judge people's sexuality, race or anything we should accept ourselves and each other , thankfully we all do in this day and age , there is the odd person who will have a different opinion but the majority of us all accept each other for what we are. |