A Haunted Doll: Emiri

Emiri came from the United States in 2010. I bought her from ebay, with little hope she was actually haunted, but with the thought of, if she might be, it would be interesting to experiment with her, and see if I could gather any data via experimentation.

The following letter came attached with Emiri:

“This doll belonged to my Mother, she used to take her everywhere. Emiri loves car rides, she has always been talkative, she also likes to draw with coloured pencils, especially red ones.
 She rode a lot when she was alive and still loves it, along with travel games.

She says she choked on some fast food and died, it seems like it was French fries.

 She is easily annoyed, and doesn’t like to be handled and cuddled a lot.
She likes to quietly play.
We have seen her move and our belt buckles in the car buckle on their own.

 When inside her host changes positions, or ends up flipped over.

She prefers to be away from other dolls.”

I ran countless experiments with different gadgets, but to no avail, nothing ever came from anything I tried. I did, on occasion ask psychics, who knew nothing about the dolls past, to hold her, and only one, a sensitive person, who claimed no special abilities, was able to deliver something very similar to the back story provided by the original owners.
 At the time that intrigued me, but In retrospect, it was much more likely to be coincidence, or they had seen the same doll for sale online!

Emiri travelled to a lot of locations that I investigated, including St Johns Cemetery near Kapunda, but her real claim to fame was on TV show Haunting: Australia, where she had a minor role in the Gledswood Homestead episode.

 I used Emiri on the show to see if myself and Ian Lawman could interact with the spirit of a small girl, that psychic Rayleen Kable had felt died in a small room just a little bit away from the main homestead, thought to be quarters set aside for convict workers.

 Whilst we were in the room, Ian and I noted temperature drops, and high EMF readings (the readings were cut from the episode), but no other equipment registered anything abnormal. Later it would be revealed that when Rayleen was investigating the room, she picked up on a young girl named Isabel.
 Isabel would reveal herself through an EVP, in which she clearly replies with the answer of “yes” to one of Rayleen’s questions.

I don’t believe Emiri to be haunted, but I am also not a psychic, and maybe she won’t reveal herself to me, but as many of you know, there are no strict answers in the spiritual realm, so could Emiri and Isabel have met on the spiritual plane, and interacted, thus giving the sensations of cold spots, breathing sounds and EMF readings, or was it just our imaginations being hyped out about investigating an allegedly haunted location, and with the tiredness that creeps in after running such a tight shooting/ investigation schedule (Gledswood was the third location we filmed after Woodford Academy and Australiana Pioneer Village).

Head on over to my facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/AllenHauntingAustralia/ to watch a short video from the episode.

So what do you believe?

 Can a doll be a container for a spirit to dwell? 

Can an object be haunted?

Tell us your thoughts over on the Haunts of Adelaide Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheHauntsOfAdelaide/

Thanks for reading!

Allen

Sandy Creek UFO Sighting 1963

Sandy Creek UFO Sighting 1963

 In 1963, a man from Willaston who was travelling on Lyndoch Road between Gawler and Sandy Creek (heading towards Gawler) rounded a corner and came across a blood-red coloured object spanning the width of the road. He braked, and the vehicle pulled up within 3 metres of the mysterious object, which suddenly rose about 100 metres into the air, turned on its side and shot off into the night, leaving behind it a vapour trail.
The Willaston man got a very good look at the object and described it as being about 8 metres across, and four metres tall, with a concave top and flat bottom. It glowed blood-red when close to the ground, but changed colour to a light red/yellow as it flew up in the air, then took off west towards Two Wells.

The story was reported in The Advertiser Newspaper, as taking place very close to the Sandy Creek Hotel, but no one from the popular country pub came forward at the time who could confirm the incident.

researched and written by Allen Tiller © 2015

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UFOs over Woomera 1952

UFOs over Woomera 1952

  Woomera, located in the remote outback of South Australia, has for many decades been a military testing ground. Some UFO researchers believe, due to the military facilities based there, that UFO activity is higher in the area, as aliens could be monitoring the activity of tests, especially so because Woomera was once used to test atomic weapons. Whatever the case may be, the military itself was keeping a record of unusual sightings in the area.

 In April 1952, three men noticed an unidentified light moving north-west parallel to the ground at 45 degrees SE – it emitted a light source bright enough to light up clouds around it and the land underneath it. Later the same year in September, five people witnessed a cigar-shaped “airship” with a rear exhaust The craft was moving silently through the air and seemed to have internal lighting, as was viewed through side portholes – A possible military test ship perhaps?

In October of the same year, an object was tracked by radar, but no visual sighting of the object could be confirmed. The object came within one mile of the radar tower, and it was noted by the operator that during the tracking of the object, smaller objects appeared to detach from the larger object and drift away...

Resources:

Ufologist: Beyond Information Lies the Truth – Magazine Vol 13 Issue 6

National Archives of Australia

The Australian Flying Saucer Club Part 2

“The Australian Flying Saucer Research Society”

Last week, we looked briefly into South Australia's first UFO-related investigation and information club, founded by Mr Frederick Stone. This week, we are going to have a brief look at the longest-running club of its type in South Australia, the “Australian Flying Saucer Research Club”, which was also founded by Frederick Stone.

 Founded circa 1955, the AFSRC was founded by Frederick Stone, who was also the club's first president. Frederick had formerly been a part of both the Australian Flying Saucer Club and the Australian Flying Saucer Bureau.

 The group, although only small at the time, expanded its wings across the country, and in 1956 had an office in NSW (which would later remove itself from the club and become known as the UFO Investigation Centre).

 In 1957, Mr Stone formed a group in Victoria that would work alongside the South Australian-based group under the leadership of Peter Norris. This branch of the group was titled the Victorian Flying Saucer Research Society. In 1959, Mr Stone also founded another branch of the group in the Northern Territory, with the presiding President being one Duke Alley

 There is also evidence of the club having an office in Queensland and Western Australia, truly becoming a nationwide entity.

 The group, although small, was set up well with a treasurer, secretary, President and membership, and also, for some time, printed its own magazine called “Australian Saucer Record” which ran for 9 Volumes from 1955 until 1963

 In 1959, the growing group held the very first UFO conference in South Australia, which was attended by 200 people, with the Rev. W.B. Gill as guest speaker, recounting some of his extraordinary tales of sightings and UFO experiences.

In 1962, the AFSRS had its first major reshuffle of members, with a rift forming between founder Fred Stone and member Colin Norris. Fred left his own group and formed yet another group with the acronym UFOPIA. This left Colin Norris, “Mr UFO” as the President of the Australian Flying Saucer Research Society, and a new era of UFO research in South Australia.

 In 1967, another rift formed within the ranks of the club and a “no confidence” vote against club president Colin Norris was put forward, but lost. This led to numerous members splitting from the club to form a new group called UPIA.  The club was still going strong in the early years of the 2000's but since the death of Colin Norris and other group members, it has lost its momentum, and its presence has fallen away substantially in the local UFO investigation scene

The Australian Flying Saucer Club

A week before the first atomic bomb test explosion on Australian soil in 1953, Frederick Stone had an experience with UFOs he witnessed flying over Adelaide, South Australia. Mr Stone described 5 cigar-shaped objects that were not human in origin. He could clearly see humanoid “figures” inside each craft as they flew past.  This led Mr Stone to found South Australia's very first UFO interest and investigation group, The Australian Flying Saucer Club.

  In an effort to build friendships interstate, Mr Stone affiliated with a Sydney-based group known as the Australian Saucer Bureau, founded by Edgar Jarrold

 Mr Stone became the South Australian Branch President, leaving his own club to fold; however, Mr Jarrold, based in New South Wales, was not very forthcoming with information, so Mr Stone decided to move on from the club and form another new one, The Australian Flying Saucer Research Society.

In next week's blog, we will take a look at this research society that has been going for more 50 years in South Australia!