In the footsteps of Lankester Merrin, LOL!

Looking forward to it! My surgeries were long ago, so I live with the aftermath. The new lung issue is from complications of the flu that left my lungs scarred. Like you, I'm old enough to carry on and not let it get to me! lol

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It’s a wonderful thing to have you on board here and an honor to meet you.
 
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Hi Lynne,
I can not believe how many nice people are on the forum, it is a breath of fresh air to most on the web!
It must be remembered that i was just a side-kick regarding the investigations in Enfield, and never spent as much time with the haunted family as Guy Playfair or Maurice Grosse, however obviously i do have a lot of paranormal observations to share!
The Knockings in the house were frequent and moved, but i could never find the source. there were raps on the ceiling, but i checked no one was upstairs!
The raps could be on the outside wall to the semi-detached house, so i would rush outside but i would find no human trickery!
Probably the raps on the floor were the most impressive, you could feel them through the floor boards near your feet, i have no idea how to explain this. I know that "Conjuring 2" in fiction showed a cellar, but in truth the house never had a cellar, so this is very hard to explain!

Next i will share my observations regarding Janet Hodgson regarding such a male bassy voice in trance, when she was eleven!
 
Hi WitchAndShaman,

I have to be careful regarding my observations regarding Janet aged 11 who spoke in a gruff, male, bassy voice, so my observations will take at least two thread sections.
Could this been a hoax? When adult women are trained for a deep singing voice, it is possible, please listen to female Mongolian throat singers on link below, however i did learn as much as i could from Janet, there wasn't any singing training, my thoughts were for a child to shout and speak in a deep male voice which she did for more than an hour at a time would have damaged her throat, which surprisingly did not happen!
I will be back soon!

 
Interesting! Especially when you could actually feel the floor vibrate on the knocks. That is really hard to explain away.
 
The Pressures on the investigating team and the family was huge during this period, Janet suffered badly during this, as newspapers were camped outside, the daily star had the headline, "Possessed by the Devil" referring to Janet, and Maurice Grosse was labelled a Paedophile in the media for his interest in Janet, it was a crazy period of time in Green Street, Enfield.
I have to say, i have to be very honest, perhaps you feel being only 21, i was impressionable, i don't feel i was, but is the reason for the title of this thread, it has to be noted that i saw "The Exorcist" only a few years before!
Lankester Merrin - Wikipedia

When Janet was speaking in a male voice i observed that the voice appeared to come from just behind, and above her head, i hunted for tape machines and speakers, but never found any equipment, indeed one of the experiments we did wouldn't be PC to do on a child now, but wasn't thought as wrong in 1977. We asked Janet to hold water in her mouth, we then taped up her mouth, she then talked in the male voice for approx. 20 minutes, where upon we took the tape off her mouth, and she spat the water back into a glass, i have no explanation for this.

Janet when in trance would swear a great deal, i was told to get out several times, i wish i did have an explanation of all this but i do not have one!
 
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I have found we all try to debunk these things, and rightfully so. However, when it comes time to admit this is something in the paranormal range, we are all reluctant to finally accept it as such. I believe that there are true possessions....and this one may have been a one. Having someone who actually saw some of it is very enlightning and your observations are very much appreciated. Obviously the movie versions are so far into fiction you can't even use them to compare or judge.
 
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Hi Charleh,

Yes you could say i was lucky or unlucky, but the Enfield Haunting was my first case, i had some jurisdiction as i lived in Enfield, the link below is a tape recording that i verify is Janet Hodgson speaking in a very bassy male voice at 11 years old, i still find it disturbing:-



I'll must go for now, getting tired, i will be back tomorrow.
That voice is plain creepy!
 
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This case is a real one I think.