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V. THE HAUNTINGS OF THE OLD SYDERSTERNE PARSONAGE (1833), NEAR FAKENHAM, AND A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE I

Date of account: Published 1919
Source: Ghostly Phenomena
Reference: Ghostly Phenomena · selected passage 45
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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There are instances I know--though I cannot at present recall one--where people have seen and entered phantom houses, just as sailors have witnessed the phenomenon of the phantom ship--which I have heard has been seen again comparatively recently off the North Cornwall coast--but whether such visions are due to Pixies, or any other kind of Elemental, I cannot, with certainty, say. Taking into consideration, however, the numerous tricks Elementals do play, and how they very often, I believe, suggest dreams, I see no reason why they should not have been responsible for the delusion of the three cottages.

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