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Denise Jones
Hi there, My paranormal group, theorbwhisperers.com, went to Valle Crucis just after the new year. It was a bitterly cold night, -5 degrees. I had boldly wandered off, believing that I knew where I was going - because I had been for a reccie the day before - and fell down the steps next to the site shop. Nearly broke my bloomin' neck. Swore a lot, laughed even more, managed to compose myself and carry on with the investigation. Needless to say that other team members had a good chuckle at my expense. I went off to do some EVP work by myself - embarassed by my stumble - and set my digital recorder on record and asked if there was anyone there with me. When I analysed the recording later I got a male voice saying "Careful!" Do you think it was in response to my fall? I do!
Tue May 12 08:09:40 2009
Anton C
This is not a face it's just that everyone has a different imagination like when you look up at the clouds and say 'that one looks like a dog', it's the same with photos - so just take time to think about it before you jump to conclusions.
Wed Mar 11 12:45:59 2009
Lauren Benham, South Shields
I believe that this is clearly just a stretch of the imagination. I do not believe in ghosts, because I have never had an encounter with one. If the face is too small to see without blowing it up, why did you blow the picture up in the first place? I think that photos can be terribly misleading, so believe what you will, but until someone has an encounter with this particular being it will forever remain a mystery!
Tue Feb 10 09:42:51 2009
Cassy from Lymington
This face is not ghostly, it is very new and it's not faded.
Mon Feb 2 09:27:32 2009
Jon from Oswestry
The person at the window is probably just a staff member or a visitor and that women on the right is probably either a shadow from the person taking the photo or the man's wife.
Mon Nov 24 09:48:53 2008
Mely, Llangollen
Hi there...I doubt a monk would wear a shirt/tie with jumper over it. Also what about the woman to the right of the man's face (in the stone)? Someone previously mentioned her. I'm interested to know more.
Tue Nov 18 08:31:31 2008
Tizzie from Delaware, U.S.A.
Ironically, it looks like Adolf Hitler's face. But, what on earth would his spirit be doing in a religious Abbey?
Fri Oct 24 08:37:38 2008
Thomas Jones, Hamburg
The photo does look like a face, but it's a modern face which looks like it's a guy with a moustache, nice combed hair and is wearing a white shirt. It's not a ghostly face, but that's not to say that it's not a ghost. Interesting.
Tue Oct 7 10:54:08 2008
Carol Hughes Liverpool
In response to Sean Davis, the picture is actually being investigated by Para-projects and I am waiting for the results of their investigation. I still have the original pictures and it's not on the colour one. When we took the 2 pictures it was only on the black and white pic and there wasn't another person to be seen anywhere.
Jay from Widnes: Is there anyway I can contact you about what you saw when you were there? Did anyone you were with capture the "face". I'd be grateful if you could let me have some more info about it. Thanks
Thu Jul 17 13:18:37 2008
Jay from Widnes
Saw the ghost in 1991. Mum and dad had a caravan on the site. I am now in my 30s and still see it as it was then. No doubt in my mind it is the same face I saw then
Tue Jul 15 08:40:23 2008
Sean Davis, Rhyl
There are 2 faces in this picture. There's a woman as well to the right of guy. Don't say ya missed that sleuths. Oh yes, a double exposure...
Tue Jul 15 08:37:10 2008
Tejo D'Cruz from Singapore
Cindy you are totally right! That is John Bonham!
Mon Jul 14 10:35:26 2008
Paul Williams
By the way 'Isobel', ghosts are real because I've seen them. I saw the same ghost in 2005, twice in 2006 and in 2007. If you see a ghost you would never want to see one again. This is actually scary for the owners of the house to see a stranger that is a ghost looking through their windows
Fri May 2 09:07:40 2008
Gareth Jones
I camped at Vallé as a child and experienced monks chanting in the early hours of the morning, the experience has stayed with me all my life.
Mon Apr 21 09:23:08 2008
Isobel
I don't think it is a ghost because I don't believe in them. It might be a rock inside the castle that's shaped like a face.
Tue Mar 25 09:50:19 2008
Caz, Wales
Me and my boyfriend stopped here whilst exploring N. Wales...we had a very eerie feel from the abbey and once we got home and I uploaded the photos the one I took of the abbey was covered by a black cloud and it wasn't even bad weather!
Wed Mar 12 10:21:27 2008
James, Liam, Viv
Me and my family went to the abby when my mum took a picture at my Grandma and said 'is anyone there?' a loud noise came from the corner of the room. The picture of a man in the window was taken. Later, when we looked back at the picture on the mobile there was a head and two hands upside down.
Mon Jan 28 09:02:22 2008
Abbie
Well personally the whole GHOST thing scares me to death. I hate the fact something is there and you can't see them especially in the dark.
Fri Jan 11 10:12:35 2008
James Lashbrooke from Wirral
When I was six I was enjoying my summer holiday at the campsite next to the Valle Crucis abbey. At midnight me and my dad snuck into the abbey with only a torch and a camera. What we discovered was truly terrifying. I was sitting on a window ledge as my dad took a picture of me. As the flash went off and in the archway in front of me a figure walked past, it appeared to be a headless figure! The next morning I went to the sweet shop. I was talking about my experience to my dad, the lady at the sweet shop overheard my conversation and said there have been many people who have seen the same thing!
Fri Jan 4 14:47:24 2008
Cindy, Holt
I think that he looks like John Bonham the Led Zeppelin drummer.
Fri Dec 7 10:05:37 2007
SCARY
That's very scary indeed
Mon Nov 19 07:58:53 2007
Carol Hughes
Hi Roger, thanks for your reply. Can you tell me why we took 2 pics within seconds of each other one in black and white the other in colour, the time difference between the 2 pics was a mere flick of the switch. The camera is digital and the pic has been examined and confirmed unaltered in any way. It's a Fuji finepix s6000 6mp image. Look forward to your reply. Carol.
Mon Nov 12 09:06:50 2007
Roger J Canton
Good photo, but I think it is a double Ex. I am sure it is accidental, but the rest of the shape is visible in the brickwork. My experience is 30 years plus with all type of cameras. I live near Llangollen and have several pictures of Vallé Crucis Abbey. No ghosts on mine.
Wed Oct 31 16:45:32 2007
Carol Hughes
In reply to Carole from Warrington, we took the pic of the whole Abbey not just the window. The face is too small to see without blowing it up. The website just put the face part of the pic in to show you what we saw. Also in reply to Keryl from Holt. Next time I go I will ask to see your pics. Mine are also at the Abbey if you want to see the 2 pics I took. I'd love to speak to you about it.
Fri Sep 28 11:23:57 2007
Carole from Warrington
It sure does look like one but what I can't understand what you were taking a picture of any way. (a window)? Confused...
Thu Sep 27 09:00:57 2007
Sue Higton, Luton, Bedfordshire
Looking at this pic it is real. I have taken some pics of a castle ruin and on all of my pics there are faces of people dressed in clothing from the 1800s. It just totally shocked me when I downloaded them to my computer to see children and adults on the photos!
Mon Aug 20 11:58:36 2007
Nathan & Chris
I think it's real but Chris isn't sure what to believe!
Mon Jul 30 07:53:35 2007
Keryl, Holt
Have just handed over a pic taken in the Sacristy with the same face on it! Taken during a visit last week, April 21, 2007. He seems to be wearing a dark cowl, "lay monk". Gave the picture to the man in reception at Valle Crucis abbey. If you wish to contact me, he has my details. Email not working at the moment.
Mon Apr 30 08:39:52 2007
Mark, Fflint
I was playing hide and seek with some friends and saw a figure there and thought it was my mate but they said nobody were near the window!
Mon Apr 23 09:38:57 2007
Kristine
I've seen both photos one in black and white and the other in colour. The face is clearly not in the coloured one. Very strange!
Mon Apr 16 09:55:19 2007
Jules Armstrong, Liverpool
I have seen the original pictures that Carol took, one in colour and one seconds later in black and white. It's strange because on the colour photo, there is no face in the window, but the black and white one - the one the face is on - is so clear. Spooky and really interesting.
Mon Apr 16 09:50:24 2007
Carole Eden, Liverpool
I am Carol's mum, and had to add that from a very young age "ghosts" seemed to visit Carol, she seems very open to them and this pic in the window does not surprise me at all. I can recall many weird events that have happened with her that have no logical explanation at all. It is without doubt a face in the window, and I have seen the original pic and her shock when she looked through the pics and saw it for herself. So in answer to the question... yes, without doubt I think it is a ghost.
Fri Apr 13 12:33:22 2007
Stewart Mackinder
Asked by Carol (a friend) to check this page out, wasn't given a reason but did so and found a face like pic right hand window bottom. Weird?
Tue Apr 10 16:43:53 2007
We're no longer accepting comments on this page but we're still interested in your ghost stories about NE Wales
We captured a 'man' in the window although there was nobody else there when we visited. It's a very clear picture and has not been tampered with in any way.
