***Paranormal Metrou***(imported post) Leith Hall , Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Built in 1650, on the site of the medieval Peill Castle, and run by the National Trust of Scotland since 1945. The manor was the home of the Leith-Hay family for nearly four centuries. During the First World War it became a temporary Red Cross hospital and housed over 500 patients The hall is reportedly haunted........... The figure of a moaning large man with a dirty white bandage over his head and covering his eyes, wearing dark green trousers and a shirt. The well built figure with a dark beard carried a short weapon, but longer than a knife. This ghost was witnessed by novelist Elizabeth Byrd who said that it was not just an apparition but seemed solid, like a real man was there. She felt that he wanted his presence known, not in a threatening or hating way but just to say I am here at Leith Hall. She shouted out Go away! Go away and the figure took a hesitant step back and disappeared in the direction of a window behind a dressing table. She could no longer sleep in that room and slept in a small bedroom on the third floor. Her dog called Strongheart would not enter the room, only staying at the door growling. This ghost is thought to be the fourth Laird John Leith who was killed on Christmas Day in 1763 in Aberdeen at Archie Campbells Tavern (Archibald Campbell Vitner, Castle Street) in the Castlegate during a drunken quarrel in which he was shot in the head. Though he was shot in the head at the tavern on the 21 December 1763 he did not die straight away. He was severely wounded and found in the Castlegate and taken to a nearby house where he died several days later, on Xmas Day. It is thought he quarrelled with Abernethy of Mayen and was either shot in the forehead during the quarrel or during a duel. Lord Forbes was present during the quarrel and could not get the two men to make peace. He left the tavern and did not witness the shooting. The Lairds widow, Harriot Leith sued Abernethy for murder but he fled the country and did not stand trial for a further five years. Murder was never proven and Abernethy fined 150 pounds. Could Laird John Leith be trying to settle his premature death or tell someone that it was an honourable duel... His ghost was first seen by Elizabeth Byrd on the 16 July 1968. Elizabeth Byrd wrote about the haunted experience in her book A Strange and Seeing Time. Her book describes the time that she rented the East Wing of Leith Hall with her husband soon after they married in 1966. They rented 14 rooms at Leith Hall and soon met many of the ghosts. This included the ghost of a Victorian lady in the Leith bedroom who was seen during the day. Footsteps were heard coming from the third floor, though no-one else was in the building. These sounded like a child or a puppy shuffling or scampering along. Doors would slam shut, even on summer days with no wind. Elizabeth Byrd and her husband also witnessed poltergeist ghosts activity at Leith Hall such as a sherry bottle flying from a hall table and smashing on the floor, a tall standing lamp crashing to the floor in the study and a heavy metal pot cover which was hung on a hook over the stove clattering to the kitchen floor. At times Elizabeth Byrd felt watched and that there were others sharing a room with her, though no-one was there. She especially felt intrusive in the master bedroom of the second floor. Her guests would often remark about the big bed in the room as having a presence and being terrified of passing it as they made their way to the toilet. This included the actress Isabel Beggs who visited with her husband the film producer Graham Stewart. Another family friend, airline hostess Mary Poulton, would not pass the bed because it made her fearful. Even her husband, Barrie Gaunt, was frightened of this bed and room. He said it was full of threat and had an overpowering presence. Leith Hall Ghost There was a painting at Leith Hall of Joseph, Mary and a donkey. The picture was called Flight Into Egypt. When Elizabeth Byrd looked at the picture she would see a massive black bearded man in the painting, but no-one else could see it. Even when she pointed out the mysterious figure nobody could see it in the painting. Another novelist, Alanna Knight who wrote The Inspector Faro novels, was staying at the castle with her husband and both woke up with a feeling of being smothered and that there was someone else in the room. She described hearing the clinking of crystal, the rustling of silken dresses and footsteps. aboutaberdeen/ Most Haunted S03E04 Leith Hall VIDEO HERE > https://youtube/watch?v=jWOqBoMY0qY
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 01:29:33 +0000