The Ancient Ram Inn, Gloucestershire

Is that an EMF detector in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

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The Oldest Inn in England

Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England.

Grade II listed, in 1145 AD

Official website  www.theancientraminn.com

Famously nicknamed as the 'Scam Inn' the Ancient Ram Inn is believed to date as far back as 1145. John Humphries, the current owner, bought the property from a brewery back in 1968. The Ancient Ram is a Grade II listed building and John Humphries has spent the past 30 odd years renovating it. When he first moved in he was totally unaware that the place was haunted until he was awoken by someone with icy hands grabbing at his ankles and trying to pull him out of bed. His daughters also had several experiences. The Ancient Ram is believed to be built on an ancient burial ground where ritual killings took place. It is also opposite a henge. Apparently things happen on a daily and nightly basis ranging from tappings on windows, objects moving, strange smells, ghostly figures, people being pushed.

John is well known amongst the paranormal community and is famous for his strangeness and questionable techniques in getting money out of gullable ghost hunters.

Incubus, Ghost of an inn keeper, ghostly lady. baby crying, a monk, a cavalier.

A frightening incubus creeps into the beds of terrified victims in the dead of night, scaring both owner and visitor alike. A succubus is the female version on an incubus, a negative entity that feeds off the sexuality of the living.

Violent poltergeist activity, power drains, rattling of door knobs, footsteps, light anomalies, objects being moved, cold spots, an unexplained black cat, doors slamming.

I found the Inn hidden at the bottom of a hill in Wotton-under-Edge. It is a rickety looking old house, it looks like it's actually sunk into the ground. The site in which this once Inn stands is known to be an ancient site on a major leyline (there is no evidence leylines exist). Bones of children have been unearthed by archaeologists inside the house and two ceremonial daggers have also found close by the bones. There are also stories of murder and bloodshed here. I didn't find the henge, only modern buildings surround it.

There is a medical condition called NREM Arousal Parasomnia (explicit) which makes sense regarding some incubus and succubus experiences.