Ghost Stories:

Preamble:

Personally I think the idea of ghosts and ghouls from the nether world is nothing more than a load of Old Horse Apples, but that was of course until the day I received a phone call from a certain Kevin Deery [not the Kevin Deery who plays for Derry City] who related to me a story of some very strange shenanigans going on even as we speak. Kevin told me that the "paranormal" activity as it is being described is taking place in a business premises in which his wife is the MD,located at Springtown Industrial Estate, formerly Springtown Camp. Kevin also told me that he was contacting me on behalf of his wife as it was her and some of her clients who had first hand experience of what was going on there.I listened closely to Kevin and what he had to say and I scribbled down questions as he spoke. He sounded a very genuine and perplexed young man.When he finished his story I wanted to ask him A question,"Kevin" I asked him "are you the same Kevin Deery who plays for Derry City?" He said," No."

The Business Premises:
The business premises where these strange events are happening lie within the boundary of the old Springtown Camp.If you click the download button at the springtown Camp Online Map then click the button to increase the size of the online map.The premises we are talking about is close to huts,reference number, J15 ,j5 + j6 near the bottom the Online Map of Springtown
The Managing Director:
The MD of this business premises in which these events are happening, my sources tell me, is a fantastic woman, a high flying entrepreneur who is the body and soul of her business and is not someone to be trifled with.She most certainly is not prone to flights of fancy.The notion that this lady would or could imagine these inexplicable happenings for me just does'nt stack up and would be poles apart from the type of Woman she is, to use an americanism, she is a, straight up and down kinda person who has her head firmly on the ground and her feet in the air.?All this just serves to make this story more interesting.

Pole-tergist:
The MD takes up the story.She explains how the business has been opened for just over a year now and is very successful one. She tells us of the types of things that her, and her Clients, have been experiencing.The MD describes how there is an area on the premises where, from time to time, she has experienced what could best be described as, a sense of unease.She describes how this sense of unease is usually accompanied by a drop in room temperature and a feeling of dampishness.This is not at all surprising when you consider that Springtown Camp when it was occupied, was one of the coldest, dampest places on God's earth.She has also told us about her clients and how some of them, unprompted by her, ,have informed her that they too have felt this same sense of unease in the same part of the building. What the MD and her clients are describing of course are the classic signs of paranormal activity and the area where this activity is taking place would be termed a paranormal hot spot by the people who know about these things.

Moving Objects:

Of course the oppressive atmosphere isn't the only thing that exists on the premises, there is also the mystery of the moving objects.The MD tells us of how things are moved and then turn up again in the most unlikely of places.She goes on to explain how that she is usually is the last person to leave the premises at night and would have a routine of things to do before closing..This routine consists of things like putting things back in their proper places switching off electrical appliances and general cleaning and tidying so that things are ready for the next days business.???This image is by the very respected Hans Gustaff?It is said to be the manifestation of a pole-terist.??She goes on to say that, just as she is the last person to leave the premises she is generally the first person to arrive back at the premises in the morningand is frequently baffled on entering the building to find items that she knows she left in one place the previous night have now moved to another place.?Other things like the stereo cd player which she knows for a fact she switched off at the socket on the wall the night before has now got the wee red power light on and the switch on the wall is in the on position.?.Oh ,there is one other thing the MD did tell me.She told me of a extremely unusual incident that took place on the premises.When I was told the story it was one of those moments when you feel the goose bumps rising on the back of your neck.

The Child:
This incident involved one of her clients and one of her client's children .The child, a little girl of almost 4 years of age.The MD explains how one day her client arrived at her premises accompanied by her little daughter.Her client was doing what she was doing while the little girl was in the next room playing on the floor with toys that were left there for that purpose but was clearly visable through the glass door and on the close circuit tv monitor that was on the wall.This room were the little girl was playing ,was the same area were she and some of her clients had experienced that sense of unease,the change in atmospheric conditions the cold and damp .The little girl had been in that room on a number of occasions and nothing on toward had happened and she seemed quite happy and content at the time.On this occasion some ten or fifteen minutes had passed when the little girls mother and the MD noticed on the monitor that the little girl was standing up with her head looking upwards. The girl appeared to be in conversation with someone.The MD then describes how she and the mother approached the glass door and could see quite clearly that the little girl was indeed talking in an animated fashion. Both of them stood at the glass door for a few seconds and watched as the child appeared to remonstrate with who she was talking to.The little girl's mother understandably was quite shocked as this was the first time that she had ever seen her daughter engage in such activity.Her and the MD entered the room where the little girl was and her mother interrupted her.Her mother asked her daughter who she was talking to and this is what the little girl said.She said that she was talking to two men.The first man's name was Archie and the second man's name was Felix.She described Archie as being tall with red hair.She did not give any description of Felix but did say on a number of occasions that he,Felix, was the bad one.When her mother asked her what she was talking to Archie and Felix about the little girl said she could not remember.The little girl seemed to take this encounter in her stride.

Conclusion
Archie and Felix, are they a figment of the little girls imagination? we don't know. What about the change in atmospheric conditions,the cold and damp, that feeling of unease,is there a logical explanation to all that?What about the moving objects how can we explain them?At the moment we cannot. We dont know is the answer to all these questions., All these phenomenon could however be explained in a paranormal sense.Archie and Felix,who are they? if they are not the figment of a little girl's imagination are they indeed the spirits of two people who for what ever reason have not moved on but are trapped in this little part of Springtown Camp and only the innocence of a child is allowed to peak through the veil as it were to see and communicate with them?. We just don't know, you can decide for yourself ?When you weigh up all the evidence there certainly is a case for further investigation.Kevin Deery and his wife the MD have asked me and by extension, you visitors to www.springtowncamp.com If we can help them.They have asked me would we have any information on who lived in that part of Springtown Camp all those years ago. Unfortunately I don't, but I am quite sure someone does.They want to know is there a record of any ghosts fitting the little girl's description around that part of Springtown Camp?Well on behalf of myself and all our visitors I would like to say to Kevin and his wife the MD that we will endeavour to help you however we can.?I don't think we have heard the last of the Pole-tergist in Springtown Camp and we will return to it when we have more information.

P.S

Since writing this story i have been in contact with a number of people from Springtown Camp.Some of the people have offered an explanation as to who these ghosts might be I will furnish our visitors with this information in due course.