mich wrote in message ...
I have refrained from making a posting such as this before because I am
sure someone will take the p*ss!
I am not superstitious and I am not prone to being led by my emotions
generally.

I have lived in my current house which has a large garden for about four
years. It was very overgrown when I arrived.
I have spent sometime clearing it and making flower beds and a veggie
patch
amongst other things. I haven't finished yet by a long way.

There is a part of this garden which worries me. I can only describe it as
having a "presence".
Its spooks me. I find it erie and when I have been working and clearing
there I always feel as if I am being watched or someone has come into the
garden and I have to leave to take a look etc.

I cant call it malevolent but its not a happy feeling. Its also very cold
with a biting wind that cuts across it . I have tried to put in a wind
break in several places but to no effect. Its cold on the hottest of days.
The rest of the garden doesn't seem to have any kind of wind problem at
all.

Ive also had several accidents and incidents in this part of the garden.
Each time I change anything or disturb anything I end up stung by wasps
in
December?). The fence has fallen down and the Cornish wall has collapsed. I
am currently repairing both. Hence my comments today. Ive been down there
again and felt this feeling.

Ive tried clearing the area . Tidying and altering it. Taking down large
over grown bushes and re planting and even done some hard landscaping but
this feeling abides.
Its a large narrow section of garden about 20 ft by 100 ft strip across the
back of the garden.
The garden is SW facing and this is western part of it. In the one corner
there is a green house. I am not happy going in there either although
there
are no growing problems. I got a good crop of tomatoes last year, although
the first year I bought it into use I thought I had tobacco virus! However,
subsequent years have shown no such problem.

Anyone ever come across anything like this in their garden?
Likely answers to a cause? rational ones would be good , but I'll entertain
anything within reason!
Any solutions?


I had that sensation once- that crawling sensation down the
spine and the knowledge that something was badly wrong.
I'd been away for a week or more, and my house was a little converted
ex-chapel in a fairly lonely spot. I drove up in the
dark, unlocked the door to the house, and immediately got
that spooky sensation.

If I'd had anywhere nearby to sleep I would have gone away immediately, but
I didn't, so I turned all the lights on and
explored the house. As I went into the kitchen there was a strange smell,
and as I opened the freezer the nauseous smell
nearly knocked me over.

An electricity blip had knocked out the circuit breaker for the
ring main, and some slowly-rotting fish had been the result.

I wonder whether sometimes there are infinitesimal levels of
horrible smells which, like the low-frequency sound referred
to by another poster, are sufficient to trigger a reaction in some primitive
part of our brain- resulting in a crawling sensation, but
with no apparent sensory input to explain it?

I had the same sensation also when digging in the garden, for a little while
before unearthing a chicken carcase in a tesco bag,
so it had putrefied rather than rotted wholesomely.

Perhaps checking the area for bad drainage, which can result in anaerobic
decay and 'off'- smells might be worthwhile.


have fun

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Anton