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For discussion of everything rum and uncanny, from cryptozoology (mysterious or out-of-place animals), UFOs, high strangeness, etc. Following in the footsteps of Charles Fort and all those inspired by him, like the field of anomalistics.

As this community is on Feddit.uk it takes a British approach to things but it needn't be restricted to the UK - if it's weird and unusual it probably has a home here.

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Royal home 'so haunted' Queen held a service there after staff refused to enter (www.ok.co.uk)

submitted 2 months ago by gytrash@feddit.uk to c/forteana@feddit.uk

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"The royal residences are no strangers to eerie tales, with Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, and Kensington Palace all having their share of ghostly rumours. But it's Sandringham House that takes the crown for one of the most bizarre incidents, as disclosed in the diaries of the late high-society columnist Kenneth Rose, which came to light posthumously.

He wrote about a peculiar "little service" held in a downstairs bedroom of the grand 18th Century mansion back in 2000, after staff reported supernatural encounters. A pastor was brought in to conduct the ceremony, attended by none other than the late Queen Mother and her Lady-in-Waiting, Prue Penn, with the late Queen herself present.

Nestled within a sprawling 20,000-acre estate in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Sandringham House is the traditional festive retreat for the Royal Family. Its storied past is peppered with spectral sightings and unexplained occurrences, but there's one particular tale that's bound to send shivers down your spine..."

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

"Page Unavailable."

[–] AnomalousBit@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago

Probably the ghosts hacked the site and took the page down

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

Here's an archive. Which was considerably harder to get than it should have been due to their shenanigans for no obvious reason.

[–] gytrash@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Odd. Works for me.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's restricting countries, not that the page just doesn't work.

[–] Isa@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

For me too.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

They have a clock whose hands move by themselves? Terrifying.