Forest Poltergeist Follows Teenager Home

Are you planning a camping trip in the near future? Perhaps when you buy all the new gear you should also think of investing in some exorcism equipment. The West Sussex County Times on the case of a young man from Horsham, South England, who went on a camping trip - only to have a forest poltergeist return the visit!

Eighteen year old Stephen Foster and a friend spent the night camping in St Leonard's Forest, near St John the Evangelist Church. During the night they witnessed strange sounds and visions and felt a ghostly presence trying to enter their tent.

Unfortunately for Stephen the experience didn't end at dawn. He returned home expecting to be safe, only to find that the ghost - apparently some form of poltergeist - had followed him. Since then the house has been subject to unexplained visions and slamming doors. Even Stephen's mum Caroline, who describes herself as "more sceptical about these things", is convinced and has called in the Sussex Paranormal Research Group.

Many researchers believe that poltergeist activity is not the result of any form of ghost but of latent psi powers of the focus. If that's the case then it's possible that Stephen's paranormal abilities were awakened by a night of fright and that the manifestations in the Foster home come not from an external entity but from his subonscious.