"My story is from a few years ago, when I was about sixteen. I was interested in photography then and was photographing everything in sight.
I was eager to see what I had photographed, so my mother and I went to get the photographs developed. After an hour I went into the shop and got my prints. All the photos were lovely, except one. It was of an old woman. I had absolutely no idea who she was, and the background of the photograph was white as if taken in a white room.
The woman was looking down, so her face wasn't completely clear to me and it was also taken at a funny angle. Feeling very puzzled I showed my mum. She looked at the photograph and her face turned grey. She swore it was her grandmother. She said it was the exact image of her. We went back inside the shop and asked the assistants if there could possibly be a mistake with the film, but they said it wasn't possible.
I threw the photograph away and have never been as interested in photography since. To this day it still sends a shiver down my spine."
your comments
Hannah, Bangor
Why did she get so freaked out? It was only a picture, and by the way, ghosts or three-headed dogs are just a load of rubbish. Bangor's a fine place and there are no weird things about Wales.
Fri Apr 24 16:28:55 2009
Judy-Jane of Cumbria.
When I lived at St Mary's hall from 2003-2005 I heard heaps of ghost stories, mostly about the now closed Barlows hall. However I did see some spooky stuff in the JCR. Mostly a figure kneeling on the huge pool table. Sort of see through like an "invisible man" in a movie. It felt really dense there. Also, has anyone else seen the man in the grey jumper outside Greek Taverna? Mum and I saw him sitting next to me and thought nothing of it 'till he vanished.
Thu Apr 9 09:10:29 2009
Jack from Bangor
A few years ago, me and a friend were walking through the bible gardens after a night out in 'The Old Glan' when all of a sudden, my friend started running! The Cathedral was in darkness (as you would expect in the early hours of the morning) but we could hear someome playing the organ! Really spooky.
Mon Feb 16 09:37:34 2009
Marian Hughes, Manchester
On Siliwen Road there are two white houses on the left hand side where the turning for the old sea baths is. Rumour has it that the first white house is haunted and that spooky apparitions can be seen late at night.
Tue Jan 13 09:19:34 2009
Karen, Hampshire
I am currently staying in Bangor at the Eryl Mor Hotel. My room looks over the sea and I can just see the end of a house. Every time I look out of the window I see a man standing by the gate looking up at me. I am aware this man is not living and is a spirit or ghost. I would date him round about 1930s due to the clothes he is wearing. I am part of a paranormal group in Hampshire. I have many photos of spirits and UFOs, which is my area of study. I would also be grateful if anyone can enlighten me on the area I am staying in.
Tue Sep 30 16:35:11 2008
Sonja from Lewes
When I was about 7 or 8 I used to live in Orme Road, Bangor, and there was a ghost that used to visit the houses there. He used to come every couple of years and he wore a yellow macintosh and hat and apparently he was a fisherman who died at sea about 80 years ago now. He had a string of girlfiends, hence him coming back every couple of years just to see if they still lived there. My mum couldn't go into my bedroom without the hairs standing on the back of her neck, but it didn't bother me, he often used to come into my room and just stand there at the end of my bed!
Thu Sep 18 14:29:22 2008
Hannah from Liverpool
Isn't there a legend in the house near Tan-y-Bryn (the one with the 3 headed dog?) My mate scared me soft when I was there so I wouldn't walk past in the dark got a taxi! Unfortunately he didn't know the whole story, so if anyone can fill me in I'd be so grateful.
Wed Aug 6 09:44:49 2008
gwyn hughes,bangor
my grandfather saw a ghost on allt marchogian in the middle of the road(this would be in the 1940s). Allt Marchogion is on the old a55 between the entrance to Penrhyn Castle and the Tal Y Bont turnoff
Mon Jun 16 10:37:47 2008
gwyn hughes,bangor
Also reputed to be haunted was the old dairy on Carnarfon Road (demolished in the late 1960s,the site later become a Kwik Save store.
Mon Jun 16 10:37:25 2008
Iris, Maesgeirchen, Bangor
i was hoping to hear from people who have had strange experiences in their home - unexplained noises, shadows etc, especially in maesg area, or bangor itself. Could the member of the paranormal society please reply, as i would like to share my experiences and those of my family and friends.
Tue Mar 4 10:25:41 2008
Harry Swettenham Bangor
That comment is freaky - i have heard some freaky things about Bangor but nothing like that!
Tue Mar 4 10:18:29 2008
IAN WESTWOOD FROM BANGOR
i am new to this site but was interested in the letter about a figure showing up on a photo.quite a few people have dismissed this so what about my story.a few years ago,at the height of the polaroid camera craze,i bought a black and white polaroid camera.i took it home and put in the film pack and took a picture of the room to see the quality of the pictures.imagine my feelings as i watched the picture develop in front of my eyes and a figure of a woman took shape!i was by myself in the house so how would anyone explain this.unfortunately the picture has been lost during one of my moves,but i can! absolutely swear to the authencity of this story.
Thu Feb 28 09:50:21 2008
iris westwood maesgeirchen
i have been interested in spiritual happenings from a young age,and have had many experiences of the paranormal,i was born in maes g,moved at the age of 17,and returned 5 yrs ago. I have had loads of things happening in my house,dark shadows at the corner of the eye,my dogs staring at something i cannot see,following the invisible thing,done recordings through the night,and have had voices,a little girl calling out mum,and much more,i beleive there are spirits all around us,they do some things,to get our attention, i have dreams that come true.
Wed Feb 27 09:55:08 2008
Matt Down South
My dad worked in the Marine Sciences lab in Menai Bridge (Cae Mair?) in the early 70s. While I used to think it was spooky and said so - much to my parents' and their friends' hilarity - on a few occasions, I never saw or heard anything spectral. I remember a friend of my mum's chuckling and saying: "Ooh yes, the ghost of Cae Mair! - snort - How lovely! - chuckle." As for the Roman Fort in Bangor, I spent many a happy post-pub evening 'carousing' there, but sadly never saw any legionaires. I did get a bad hayfever attack though.
Fri Feb 8 12:42:29 2008
Ernest Alan Gildersleve London
John of Shrewsbury: I had an unexplained happening at Bangor Youth hostel. I am a fire alarm maintenance technician. I was staying at the Bangor YHA and one night I was awakened by the fire bells giving a short sharp ring. No one seemed to notice it so I went walking around to see if there really was a fire somewhere, but all was deserted and I could not find the warden but the buzzer was still buzzing on the control panel, so I reset it. Now this cannot happen because these alarms cannot be stopped without someone pressing the reset button, whereupon the buzzer starts until the fire calling button or smoke detector is found but this one had sounded the alarm, cancelled itself and left the buzzer going! When I pressed the reset button everything went back to normal! There were no further alarms. How can the bells have given one short ring with no fire? Once started they cannot be stopped without visiting the control panel and no one else was awake! The warden had not even heard the bells, so short was the ring!
Tue Jan 8 13:47:45 2008
ernest alan gildersleve
I once created a very convincing ghost photo in a holiday chalet. I under exposed a photo of a boy reading a ghost story book and then without moving anything another boy eith a sheet over his head came and stood in front of the first boy and I took another under exposed photo.It came out as a boy reading a ghost book with a transparent ghost in front of him.
Fri Oct 12 09:17:20 2007
Jill, Bangor
Why should Julie have to prove anything to anyone? They saw what they saw and it freaked them out enough to want to be rid, simple as. What if gohosts are real? We constantly ignore that we're spirit as well as body, the spirit universe may be close enough for occasional overlaps or freaky moments.
Tue Jul 3 09:17:26 2007
London
Doesn't sound like a true story to me, you wouldn't throw the picture away, it would be worth a fortune if proven genuine!With regard to Vic Larman's message concerning the ghost at the Marine Science Labs in Menai Bridge, it was supposed to be an appearance of an old lady poking a fire in one of the old rooms that was converted. I went in there late one night in the dark with my dad (I was about 14 at the time) to see if anything appeared. The biggest fright I got was when he went out and shut the door on me on purpose!Thanks Dad! Oh yes, his name was Vic Larman too. How spooky.
Fri Jun 22 10:55:21 2007
Kate Bowers
I will be staying at Bangor in Sept in the Emrys Evans hall. Does anyone know of anything spooky happening there? I'm quite interested in ghost stories.
Mon Jun 18 09:35:59 2007
Bezza Australia
Many years ago (Mid sixties) when my parents ran the Globe pub in Upper Bangor, I was walking my dog on the old roman encampment site and saw a roman soldier. I wasn't spooked, but my dog was!
Mon Jun 11 10:07:45 2007
dylan fernley
no mention of the waterloo ghost yet? occasionally throws stuff about, inhabits the first alcove allegedly. used to work on deiniol centre myself - definitely a "cold" area.
Mon Jun 4 09:31:23 2007
lisa and craig
is it true that the old st davids hospital is haunted, and do you hear babies crying?
Mon May 14 11:01:44 2007
Kirstin O'Direain, Bangor
Where in the deiniol centre is it supposed to be haunted? Me and my housemate both work in the centre and we haven't experienced anything spooky.
Wed Apr 18 10:01:02 2007
john/shrewsbury
i went to the youth hostel in bangor and it was scarey because there is lots of scary paintings and stuff but at night is the worst - i heard screaming in the hallway and it's weird. i thought it was a classmate trying to scare everyone but no one was there so i slept on the top bunk so nothing could get me.
Mon Jan 8 09:48:07 2007
Ceri williams from Llanberis
People say that there's a ghost sitting on the wall somewhere in Beddgelert and Anti Nerys and Mr Fretwell who works in the school says that they have seen it and the story is that the girl fell off the wall into the hole and she died and she's been sitting there ever since. Spooky!
Thu Dec 28 10:58:49 2006
