Royal Oak Bookham

We arrived at the Royal Oak at 10:45 and walked into the public bar area. It felt like we had gone back in time and it was quite funny to see all the heads turn and look at us in silence, as if we were the spirits that had just appeared.
Then Dwaine the landlord came forward and welcomed us and everything went back to normal as we were shown into the lounge area for some refreshment.

There were two bars one the lounge and the other the public. One part of the pub was originally the telephone exchange, this was at the end of the lounge bar. We all sensed energy from both parts of this area. ire. you could feel the difference between the lounge and the telephone exchange areas, as if the change had been imprinted in time.

As we sat in a corner of the lounge bar Gavin saw a face at the window looking in and sensed this was a regular occurrence. He could not describe the features.
At this time Jeff had felt sick and also his left arm had been severed, this was painful enough for him to move away from this area were we were sitting. This ceased when he moved.

The pub had emptied and we were talking to one of the staff, it was said that there was a spirit landlady which came from the cellar, and apparently did not like men ?
( During this investigation there was no evidence of any activity in the cellar ).

We set up two camcorders in the lounge area. (We had two results of moving light sources which are in our film post ).

Jeff had sensed in this area a woman lying on the slabbed floor in a crucifix position. He sensed she was falsely accused of something, and also sensed three monks standing in the doorway entrance, they were Listerine monks.
Two of them he explained had black ropes around their waists and the third had white. He sensed they had cleansed the place, and shortly after they did this someone had reported the woman he had seen to the authorities and she was dragged from the pub. ( She was found with herbs on her person ).

Lorraine was now sitting at the fireplace in the lounge, she felt someone stroking her hair and an arm around her shoulders, it felt gentle. She could see a lady in white with blood pouring from her face and neck. She was a gentle soul and she could not understand what had happened to her. She felt that she wanted her to know she was there and that she had suffered.

Lorraine decided to move away at this time as her head was hurting and her ankles were feeling stabbing pains, she sensed the name Elizabeth or Lizzy.

Jess had sensed in this area that there was a woman knelt down cleaning the fireplace.

Jeff had moved to the public bar on his own to meditate. He sensed a tall man in a black cape, large leather boots and a three cornered hat, he was accompanied by three large wolf hounds (large teeth)the dogs and this man were regulars to this pub, he was possibly a gamekeeper.

A short while later I (Alan) joined Jeff in the public bar and on entry I felt a strong activity, it was at this time we were taking pictures and Jeff caught on camera a mist and figure next to me by the front door. It was when I had felt a presence of someone near me.
My next experience was when I felt as if I was being pulled or guided towards the car park door at the end of the public bar.
When I reached the door I felt a presence but the pulling stopped.(Jeff had been taking pictures all the time but nothing was seen on camera).
It was now that Jeff suddenly sensed a child, he was given the name Emily and she was approx. 6 to 7 years old. She was very shy.
We both could now feel her and encouraged her forward. I (Alan) felt a touch on my hand, near my forefinger. Jeff was now kneeling two feet away facing where I was sitting and we both felt her presence between us.
This child was lost and we arranged for her to go across, she was very frightened and we encouraged her forward.

This was conducted very successfully in a short time and the area became very calm and serene.(A photo was taken just before this and the whole area was misty).

The camcorder was set up in this area earlier and we found one light source and two EVPs, the first was two loud thumps on the car park door(nothing was heard by us, only the film picked this up).
The second EVP was a sigh(female) which was near the camera, and the third was a choke or someone being sick near the bar.(No regulars were there at the time.).

Lorraine experience of this area was she felt goaded and sensed violence, drunkenness and debauchery. She also saw a large wolf hound with large teeth. She had a strong feeling that animals were regularly brought into this part of the pub.
She could hear laughter and the cries of people. As she had entered this bar she felt a tight grip on her shoulders and the laughter was guided at her. The area felt cold and uninviting and depressing, as if it was a waiting room, waiting for something terrible to happen.
She could smell body odor and grease.

When Lorraine returned to the fireplace in the lounge her heart felt heavy for the lady who had suffered, she again held her around her shoulders.

When Alan came in he felt as if he had shackles around his wrists.
We both came away from this area to rest and the feelings stopped.

We are intending to return in the next few weeks as there is unfinished work for us to do.
This has been agreed by Dwaine and it will include the upstairs quarters.

Thank you.
The Team.