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ROBIN OF SPOOKWOOD

" ‘ TIS NOW THE VERY WITCHING TIME OF NIGHT

WHEN CHURCHYARDS YAWN, AND HELL ITSELF BREATHES OUT

CONTAGION TO THE WORLD: NOW I COULD DRINK HOT BLOOD

AND DO SUCH BITTER BUSINESS AS THE DAY." HAMLET ACT 111

"CHAINED TO ALL THE PLACES THAT HE NEVER WISHED TO STAY

BOUND WITH ALL THE WEIGHT OF ALL THE WORLD HE TRIED TO SAY

AS HE FACED THE SUN HE CAST NO SHADOWS

AS THEY TOOK HIS SOUL THEY STOLE HIS PRIDE

AS HE FACED THE SUN HE CAST NO SHADOW."

OASIS

Over the past few years reports of paranormal phenomena at Robin Hood’s Grave have been reported to the Yorkshire Robin Hood Society. One of the earliest stories was from an elderly lady who used to visit her aunt in Hartshead many years ago. She and a friend often heard Robin calling for Marian over Kirklees, which was just down the hill, and on one occasion they found a silver arrow near the grave.

In the early eighties the author was told by Roger Williams, a local man, how he saw the apparition of a white lady on two occasions when he was clandestinely visiting the grave. On both occasions,1963 and 1972,he saw the same woman gliding across the grass and stated,"Wild horses would not drag me there again." She also had a terrifying experience at the graveside, seeing evil forms  Mark Gibbons,too, saw the white figure and vowed never to go near the grave again.Two reporters,Judith Broadbent and Sue Ellis,experienced strange happenings at the gravesite and Sue was taken seriously ill immediately after her visit.

However, the most enigmatic and controversial paranormal phenomena was reported by Bishop Sean Manchester of the Holy Grail Church, who masterminded aN unofficial mini exorcism at the gravestite in 1990.According to Uri Gellor, "Sean Manchester is the most famous vampire hunter of the twentieth century." This claim to fame came about largely due to the bishop’s investigation into the Highgate Cemetery vampire in the nineteen seventies, which earned him a great deal of fame--and notoriety ! At that time, he was not a bishop, but a lord,reputedly descended from the charismatic nineteenth century poet,Lord Byron, to whom his lordship bore a striking resemblance in those days.

Bishop Manchester’s investigations into the Robin Hood situation led him to conclude that vampiric infestation was the cause of the evil atmosphere ,strange accidents and spectral sightings. These incidents have been written about fully in the authors books,SECRETS OF THE GRAVE due out at the end of the year.

During the Kirklees Vampire investigation,Otley artist and psychic invetigator Evelyn Friend tried to exorcise the evil vibrations in the area by blessing the ley lines which originated at the grave-site. These ancient lines of mystical power were discovered by the Yorkshire Robin Hood Society in 1986--they stretch from the grave to Hartshead Church,The Three Nuns Inn,Castle Hill at Huddersfield and Alegar Holy Well in Brighouse.

The Vicar of Brighouse, the Reverend John Flack, now Anglican emissary to the Pope, was asked to perform a blessing service over the grave, but was taken to task by his bishop and had to withdraw his offer. Shortly afterwards,his church was vandalised for suspected occult purposes. Two other local bishops were asked to intervene and use their position to press for a blessing ceremony, but both declined to be involved in no uncertain terms. In fact, they were decidedly " not amused" and completely disassociated themselves from the entire situation, and strongly advised Miss Friend and the rest of the ghostbusters, to leave well alone. Blessings indeed ! Whatever next?

The mystery of Robin Hood’s Grave remains unsolved at the present time,though it is far from forgotten. We would be very interested to hear from anyone out there who can suggest

how we deal with this very peculiar and frustrating situation. In the meantime, the deterioration of Robin Hood’s Grave and Kirklees Priory Gatehouse continues.

Yorkshire Robin Hood Society

A LESSON IN ANATOMY FOR THE HIGHGATE VAMPIRE It would seem that the Highgate Vampire does not know the difference between veins and arteries. Arteries carry blood from the heart and the bloodflow is therefore under high pressure and veins return it to the heart, uphill from the lower limbs, at a slower pace. Arterial blood is oxygenated and therefore bright red and venous is a darker hue. If the Highgate--or any vampire--bit into the neck of a person with long fangs it could puncture the jugular vein or the carotid artery which is deeper into the tissues. If an artery is severed by any means a person can bleed to death rapidly, with the blood spraying out like a fountain, on the other hand if the vein is punctured the blood flow is slower and can be stopped with pressure, unlike a artery, which can be fatal. When a doctor takes blood from a patient with a needle he/she always goes for a vein, as with the medieval practise of "bleeding". If an artery is inadvertently punctured,( even though it would be a small one,) during this process,               the procedure is immediately     s topped and firm pressure applied until the bleeding stops. People who drink blood, the vampiroids or whatever they are called, just nick the skin as far as I know. The point is if a vampire went around biting necks it could cause a fatal bite. I know it is rhetorical as vampires dont exist anyway, the undead ones that is, I can think of a few living ones! The entire Highgate Vampire saga is implausible from many points of view, which have been pointed out is Patsy Lanley's flimsy stapled pamphelt ( joke!) where she examies MManchesters claims. We have been pointing these boobies and blunders for years. Manchester has done an excellent job is making the Vampire Myth as great joke, and not even having the brains to write a decently convinving account of the "vampire"--he has made so many faux pas and blunders that even if you wanted to believe there was a vampire in Highgate by the tiem you finished reading his account you would no longer believe in them!

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