Factual Supernatural by Jonathan Frank Tate

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FACTUAL
SUPERNATURAL

by

Jonathan Frank Tate

"There are places in the world that do not feel empty when you stand alone in them
They do not feel abandoned or quiet in the ordinary sense
Instead, they seem occupied by something that cannot easily be explained"
Jonathan Frank Tate

Factual Supernatural is available as an e-book from
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Synopsis

Factual Supernatural relates real-life encounters with paranormal phenomena that defy conventional explanation.

These are thirteen ghostly paranormal real-life experiences that took place in Newborough Forest, Anglesey, North Wales.

They happened to me when I was Warden of Newborough and Ynys Llanddwyn.

Sample Chapter

Introduction

NEWBOROUGH FOREST

The Storm notoriously buried parts of New-borough on Anglesey, North Wales. Occurring around 1331-1332; burying the royal court of Llys Rhosyr and surrounding agricultural land under deep sand dunes.

I first learned of this in 1988 when I came to live on the edge of Newborough Forest; and I find it fascinating.

This catastrophic event, along With subsequent wind-blown sand, transformed the landscape and crippled the area for centuries. It was actually a series of extremely violent storms that occurred during this period, dumping massive amounts Of sand across the region.

An area estimated at 150 football pitches was covered, including the royal court of Llywelyn Fawr (Llywelyn the Great) at Llys Rhosyr.

Eight farm cottages were buried, forcing farmers to abandon their land, and it severely silted the River Ffraw. The area remained buried for over 600 years before being partially excavated in the 1990s by Gwynedd Archaeological Trust.

However long before 1990 1 could wander through the Forest and discover the uncovered ruins of farm cottages. These had been naturally revealed by time and erosion. They are truly an amazing site but you do have to know where to look to fully appreciate them.

There is very little I don't know about Newborough Forest.

The area is still defined by its shifting sands today, with intense winter storms often shifting large volumes of sand, affecting both the beach and the adjacent Newborough Forest.

Stomh Isha and Jocelyn in January 2024 were blamed for removing sand from the beach and depositing it in the car park, turning a golden beach into a rocky area. Storm Imogen in 2016 was recorded as a "sand eater" storm, which combined With spring tides to create high sand cliffs.

To combat this ongoing issue, Newborough Forest was planted between 1947 and 1965 primarily to stabilise the shifting sand dunes and protect the village.

In November 2022 a storm left a bay near Newborough covered in a thick of sea foam, making the area look like a snowscape. Storm Darragh in 2024 caused significant wind damage to trees on the edge of the Forest, particularly affecting areas near previous felling sites.

The coastline remains in a state of continuous change and the area is still known for high sand incursion that can trap vehicles in the main car park.

However it is an absolutely stunning area. It's easy to see why they film such things as "House of the Dragon" here - it is a truly magical, haunted mystical and above all breathtaking location.

Chapter One

THE MUMBLER

Prologue - The Rule of the Forest

There are places in the world that do not feel empty when you stand alone in them. They do not feel abandoned or quiet in the ordinary sense. Instead, they seem occupied by something that cannot easily be explained. The feeling has nothing to do with visible movement or physical presence. It exists somewhere beyond perception, in the strange pressure that settles over certain landscapes after dark. Newborough Forest on Anglesey, North Wales, is one of those places. I have walked there for years, often at night, and over time I came to realise that the forest behaves in ways that silence should not.

Most people misunderstand silence. They imagine it as the absence of sound, a complete emptiness where nothing speaks and nothing moves. But silence in the forest is not empty at all. It feels dense. almost physical, like a surface stretched too tightly across deep water. It waits. It listens. And sometimes, although rarely, it breaks in ways that do not ...

"Silence in the forest feels dense
Almost physical
It waits
It listens"
Jonathan Frank Tate

Factual Supernatural is available as an e-book from
www.amazon.co.uk
Amazon Associate paid link

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