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8:04am Monday 18th February 2008

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Workers at a sewage plant claim they are being haunted by visitors from the spirit world.

Hushed voices whispering in empty corridors, shadowy figures and orbs or balls of electromagnetic energy have all been spotted at the Eastbourne waste water treatment works in Prince William Parade.

Staff were so concerned by the strange visitations they called in a spirit expert and parapsychologist.

Treatment worker Mark Wey, who has worked at the centre for seven years, said: "People feel uneasy when they enter the building and the hairs on the back of your neck go up.

"A lot of people do not like going in there."

Mr Wey, who has had an interest in the paranormal for several years, claims to have seen a ghostly figure walk into the room out of the corner of his eye.

On another occasion he saw the heavy and unwieldy doors to the control room swing open on their own.

Another worker complained of the sensation of being watched when working in a chemical room. When he looked up, he said he saw the shadow of a figure.

Desperate for answers Mr Wey approached parapsychologist and medium Mike Kingscote to investigate.

After one night at the relatively new building at Langney Point the pair claim to have photographic and audio evidence to prove the ghostly visitations.

Mr Kingscote said: "I'm prepared to say there's a higher than average amount of paranormal activity at the site.

"We have pictorial evidence that you can't dispute.

"You can clearly see facial features and shadowy figures."

Most of the site was built during the Eighties with the oldest parts dating back to 1969.

The clairvoyant said the plant has higher than average levels of electromagnetic energy because of the water and energy passing through it.

He believes this acts as a magnet for paranormal activity from the surrounding area rather than from the site itself.

He said: "Most of the places I've been to that you would associate with hauntings like castles I've got little response from.

"It's the council houses and modern living places where there's most activity.

"I gather someone was murdered on the beach in the Twenties and someone actually drowned on site in the old part of the building.

"I think this last person was a very active energy there and is very protective of people who work at the plant.

"None of the presences are bad there."

A Southern Water spokesperson said: "Mark has a personal interest in the afterlife and found our underground site at Eastbourne somewhat spooky.

"He organised this psychic investigation as part of his ghostly hobby and we hope the findings weren't too frightening."

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IJ, Hanover says...
8:42am Mon 18 Feb 08

Balls. On toast.

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Rich, Worthing says...
8:45am Mon 18 Feb 08

My last house was haunted by a poltergeist. I used to wake to find things in my room floating...was very bizarre. I never was harmed or hurt so just got used to it. Apparently an old lady died in the house and the body was undiscovered for a few weeks. Strangely since I moved I have been in touch with the current residents of the house and they have seen no poltergeist but have heard someone crying at 12am every wednesday night. Bizarre !

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Flat Foot Soozie, Brunswick Square says...
9:24am Mon 18 Feb 08

The report is incomplete.

The hanger-on from a previous existence at the waterworks is called tobi.

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Rhinofish, Hove says...
9:53am Mon 18 Feb 08

I used to work for Census taxis in Haywards Heath. The office was in The Priory. When our radio operators finished their shift between 12 and 1am they would ask the driver taking them home to come up to the office and escort them down to the car. When I asked why I was told that they had experienced strange sensations while walking down the stairs and thought the place was haunted. I thought this was very funny and took the mickey out of them about it.

One night I was working late on my own and hurried out of the office and down the stairs to do a job. On the staircase I experienced the most peculiar sensation, shivers down the spine and the hairs on the back of my neck standing up. I could not see anything there but will never forget the feeling.

I later found out that a novice had hanged herself there after being raped by a priest. Needless to say I didn't take the mickey after that.

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Lord Smetherington, just getting up from the gutter, blinking n the sunlight says...
10:00am Mon 18 Feb 08

I say, what kind of bally ghost chooses to haunt a sewage plant?

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Rhinofish, Hove says...
10:06am Mon 18 Feb 08

I used to work for a taxi company in Haywards Heath that had an office in the priory. When the radio operators finished their shift between 12 and 1am they would ask the driver who was taking them home to go up to the office and escort them to the car. When I asked them why I was told that they thought the place was haunted. I thought it was very funny and enjoyed making fun of them.

One night I was working late on my own and left the office to do a job. At the bottom of the staircase I experienced the strangest sensation. Shivers up and down my spine and the hairs on the back of my neck standing up.

Sometime later I found out that a novice had killed herself there after being raped by a priest.

Needless to say I didn't take the mickey after that.

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melfromhove, hove says...
11:21am Mon 18 Feb 08

The ghost walked into the room, out of the corner of his eye - now that's what I call a party trick!!

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Me, wading through molasses says...
12:04pm Mon 18 Feb 08

Is it me, or is the Argus website as slow as honey on a cold day?

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georgy girl, shoreham says...
12:06pm Mon 18 Feb 08

i still get haunted by memorys of kickboxer wearing a man nappy

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Michael, Brighton says...
12:28pm Mon 18 Feb 08

What we do not understand we fear. The fact is that we do exist in a "two state existance". When the body dies we change state. Some things are just not meant to be known and understood by the masses. Only by those who are ready to understand and experience. That is why we are here!

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Derek Acorah, Living TV says...
12:29pm Mon 18 Feb 08

I blame this haunting on either Godfrey Parks or it's Stuart and Karl mucking about off camera again making ghostly noises and throwing things about.
Must dash..Ta raaaa fans

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mnairb, Hove says...
1:44pm Mon 18 Feb 08

I had similar experiences when I was stationed in The Citadel in Plymouth. Doors would open and close of their own accord, the definite feeling of a presence behind me (in different buildings). This happened regularly, not just once or twice, but it was a very old building. Can't imagine why anyone (or thing) would want to haunt a sewage works, though.

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spooky joe, under the bed says...
1:49pm Mon 18 Feb 08

Michael wrote:
What we do not understand we fear. The fact is that we do exist in a "two state existance". When the body dies we change state. Some things are just not meant to be known and understood by the masses. Only by those who are ready to understand and experience. That is why we are here!
"...known and understood ..."

A bit like posting the same comment 4 times, Michael?

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Lord Tilford, of Tilford says...
1:58pm Mon 18 Feb 08

Tilford Hall, to my knowledge, has been haunted by the ghost of Little Emily for as long as I can remember. Apparently, she was employed as a kitchen maid around the time my grandfather was a teenager, and hanged herself in the scullery after falling pregnant illegitimately. My cook and several of her staff have heard spine-chilling weeping from the larder late at night and some profess to have seen the ghost walking the halls of the servants' quarters.

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Resident Evil, Brighton says...
2:20pm Mon 18 Feb 08

Clairvoyant? Liar would be a more accurate description. It never fails to astound me that in an age such as this, the gullible, the stupid and the plain old simple continue to believe the excrement spouted by clairvoyants and spiritualists. I will give every penny I have to anyone who can demonstrate the supernatural to me. And that doesn't include saying things like "I'm getting the name David. Is there a David here? Or Dave? Or perhaps Danny? Or Dan? Or Arthur? Or perhaps a man? Here? With a name?" Charlatans preying on the terminally thick.

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Little Emily, The Spirit World says...
2:28pm Mon 18 Feb 08

I am the ghost of Little Emily! WoohoohooOOoOooOOOOo
! I am in your internets, slowing down the Argus website until it is pointless to try and post! WooOOoOOOooOO! My evil is beyond your ken! WoooOOoOOO! And anyone who believes in ghosts, you're an idiot! WooOoOOOO!

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Jay, online@1mph says...
2:31pm Mon 18 Feb 08

Argus,why is your website so slow today ?

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Paul, Brighton Seafront says...
2:47pm Mon 18 Feb 08

I am positive some of the Sussex Councillors are apparitions with the only evidence of their existence being expense bills.

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Dufus, Hove says...
2:54pm Mon 18 Feb 08

what a load of cr@p. excuse the pun. I think its the fumes that have got to the addled brains of the staff who work there. one has been there for 7 years - 7 years - why?? oh why??Why not get a real job as, oh I don't know, say a bin man (not too much hard work, plenty of fresh air and regular strikes in Brighton - great)

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Dave, Wivelsfield says...
3:35pm Mon 18 Feb 08

Resident Evil wrote:
Clairvoyant? Liar would be a more accurate description. It never fails to astound me that in an age such as this, the gullible, the stupid and the plain old simple continue to believe the excrement spouted by clairvoyants and spiritualists. I will give every penny I have to anyone who can demonstrate the supernatural to me. And that doesn\'t include saying things like \"I\'m getting the name David. Is there a David here? Or Dave? Or perhaps Danny? Or Dan? Or Arthur? Or perhaps a man? Here? With a name?\" Charlatans preying on the terminally thick.
Spot on - only the terminally thick fall for this mumbo jumbo. Bring a ghost (not a half wit under a sheet) to me and I'll accept that it exists, just as I 'll accept anything that can be proven beyond doubt scientifically. As for a ghost in the sewage works, the best we'll find there is aroma of madras past.
One last point - Jess get a proper job reporting without copying something from elsewhere is clearly beyond you, you gullible fool.

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Stroller, Hove says...
4:54pm Mon 18 Feb 08

Brian Oxley is set to be a Banquo's ghost at Brighton Council after the mauling by greengrocer/councill
or Mary Mears who is determined to wrest the leader's crown from his head and balance it on her own. She will not be too bothered, however, if unable to wash the blood from her hands.

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ghostly odour, on the hopper says...
6:29pm Mon 18 Feb 08

tell you what, i've been in that sewage treatment plant and the ghosts there scared the sh*t out of me.

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Richard The Third, round the bend says...
9:34am Tue 19 Feb 08

I'm convinced my toilet is haunted because my girlfriend refuses to go in there after me.....

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JOHNBOY, brighton says...
7:19pm Tue 19 Feb 08

In answer to Lord Smetherington,"any body from Whitehawk"

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