Ghost-Hunting in Kent.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 7294, 19 August 1898, Page 4

Ghost-Hunting in Kent.

A correspondent of Lloyds' writes: — Mysterious noises, which are said; to occur nightly at Bay hall Manor, house, oh Lord Camden's estate at Pembury, a small village on the outskirts of Tunbridge Wells, have caused intense excitemenb for miles round. The old manor, with its moss grown roof, its broken doors and windows, its old moat, can be traced back to the reign of King John. For several weeks pasfc persons residing in the immediate neighborhood have been startled by unearthly noises and groans, and many villagers .have been heard to declare that they have; seen ghostly figures; walking about. Such •has been the sensation caused in Tun-, bridge Wells that a number of well-known gentlemen have visited the., honse >ani heard what they believe to.be," true spirit, noises.";. ; The ; investigators were armed; with heavy sticks,.and for upwards of "an hour awaited the first sound which was to signalise the "presence of ghosts. According to the story told by one of them, they were straining eye and ear, ..when, suddenly a noise likevthe draggingr of some heavy.body acros? the floor broke the silence of the night.-One or; two of the explorers were paralysedbut the rest were sufficiently courageous to enter the house. In the cellar below there was a succession of thuds, followed by groans, and the .result .was that the. party beat a hasty .retreats . Vislte have been paid to the house by other parties, who haVe reported the terrible. Meanwhile the village is besieged daily by visitors from all parts;of the country, and several men have; been posted, round the ruins to prevent) damage being done.