Friday 11 October 2013

No 20 - Spend the Night in a Haunted Hotel or Castle

Well this was a great take on number 20.  On the 11th October 2013 a bunch of us girls from work spent the whole night awake at the very haunted Bodmin Jail for charity.  All in aid of Wild Futures - the organisation who run the Monkey Sanctuary in Looe.

We got there at 10pm after a bracing meal in the Bodmin Wetherspoons (which was terrifying in its own very Cornish kind of way!)

We then had a guided tour of the jail by staff from the jail and a local paranormal group.  Then all the lights went off and we were guided through a night of spooky table tipping, spiritual possession, messages from the beyond and strange tickly encounters in the Naval ward.  I'm still not convinced myself of any actual ghostly action, having read up so much on the tricks employed by false mediums I have become quite the sceptic in recent years. However what was undeniable was the grim and ghoulish atmosphere of the prison and the immense effort of the organisers to make it an amazing night.  Loved spending the time with the girls and a truly unique experience.

I also raised £250 for Wild Futures which allowed me to adopt Gucci a tiny Capuchin monkey at the sanctuary and support their cause.  Good times.