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Have you had any ✨Ghost Experiences✨ in Scotland yet? Meet any new ghosts???
Ohhhh plenty, but far too many to list without going off on a ramble haha
We’ve done many overnights in castles and old buildings up and down the UK with a team of investigators which has led to really neat experiences, some of them absolutely poignant. I think my favourite interaction has been with a sweetheart of a young seaman called William aboard the RRS Discovery docked in Dundee, also the best K2 session I’ve ever had was there. But yeah, various castles, historic buildings, manors, prisons, etc with some really fascinating results.
I do like how it’s also putting the mediumship to the test which is something I still don’t really like bringing up in general to people but I have apparently shocked investigators/employees at these places with describing events, people, and other things with detail that is not even public or only known privately by people who frequent that location. Nearly all locations I’ve never been to and make a point not to read up on them before I go, which makes these instances more compelling? I often don’t even know the significance of what I’m (sheepishly) describing only to be told I just described a specific thing that happened in a room when there’s no way I could know about said thing. One of the best instances of this was on the RRS Discovery when trailing behind the group in the lower decks, I stopped suddenly. It felt as though something SMACKED very hard and very sudden right where I was standing, someone had lost their life in this very spot. I thought with the boilers around perhaps someone had been hit somehow and died or maybe fallen from the above platform and hit their head on the metal below but was told there were no known records of someone dying in that room and that the platforms didn’t exist at the time. I was perplexed by this as I was 100% sure something had happened there but I just ignored it, maybe I was wrong. We get up to the top deck finally and are told about a boy who, in 1901, tragically fell from the crows nest and died. The investigator and I suddenly realised I had been standing directly below the spot he would have hit on the upper deck when he fell. Another would be a nice young man I’d encountered at a private castle who seemed to be wearing some sort of chainmail and white tunic, followed me around for most of the night, and at one point I picked up on a story about a strange looking gold disc with all these markings on it on the alter in the chapel which he immediately told me not to ask about and refused to elaborate more, I had no idea why he was so adamant about this. I later learned after enquiry the castle historians have documented the place being used by the Templars and it’s a private fact at this location that the Templars have buried artefacts beneath the castle they are working to recover… most notably, beneath the chapel. I’d be talking for ages if I described the other occurrences, but that’s one I’ll always remember!
All and all, I do actually recommend doing it, even if you don’t believe in the stuff, because you get entire historic locations basically all to yourself, at night, which is cooler. I once sat for nearly an hour in a 200 year old jail on the floor, in the dark, at 2 AM, just chilling. On free roam while everyone is usually at base, I’ve been able to explore places by myself, in the dark, opening doors to rooms not even shown to us, panning my torch to old paintings and artefacts in basements to attics and bedrooms and so much more. I’ve sat alone in century old ships and played sea shanties which echoed hauntingly down the passageways. Sprawled out in the pews of medieval chapels in the pitch dark, wandered dark castle corridors alone, sometimes I’ll sing out old songs and just listen to it drift out through the halls and rooms. You feel like some character in a novel, it’s quite a liminal space! Like all these places where so many other people came before you, where people lived and died, sometimes even right where you’re sitting, and you’re able to lay out on the stones in the dark with it all and just feel connected to it yk?
Anyway that still ended up being a ramble HAHA so yeah! I recommend it for both believers and those less inclined because at the end of the day, you’ve basically got several hours of private access to historical locations, at night, no tourists, and sometimes to places the public isn’t allowed at all, and hey maybe something Strange will happen while you’re alone in the darkness.
#can I just say too there is something so hauntingly beautiful about the alone time on my free roams#like usually these places get locked up at night or you’re limited by opening hours and tight your schedules and roped off areas#but when I���m alone on these things you get near unrestricted access in some of these places#and you’re just alone in the quiet where some people used to laugh or lost their lives#like I cannot explain how—even in a non paranormal way—you feel a new connection to the past#without the distractions of the day and ropes and time and tourists and noise#it’s just you and everything that has come before you#and you’re like wow we are all humans in this together huh#asks#paranormal#long post
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Reasons you should not vote for JD Vance (and therefore not vote for Trump):
He went to Philadelphia and got a cheesesteak from PATS. PATS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m not even a cheesesteak girlie and I know not to go to Pats.
HE ASKED FOR SWISS CHEEEEEEEESE.
Sir.
America be so for real right now!!!!!!!!!
#not that pats is BAD#but that’s the most touristy thing you could do#like why not support a non touristy place that could use some help in the publicity department !!!!!!#anyway#good morning#I woke up early and worked out again because my mom is sleeping over tonight to babysit tomorrow and therefore I won’t be able tomorrow#and my favorite tourist cheesesteak is Tony lukes#and SWISS CHEESE?!?!#ITS CHEEZ WHIZ OR AMERICAN#I am voting Democrat if you couldn’t tell
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i stopped watching those white guys speaking [x] language videos on utube when i realised that like. if an asian tried that in some white country they'd just think they're an immigrant with a bad accent -_-
#which is specifically a fear that i have given someone already assumed i was an immigrant when i was a TOURIST#specifically xia*ma but he also does non asian languages and endangered languages#so sometimes i still watch but like.#the videos that are like white guy speaks patois#im like. surely there are some actual white jamaicans that speak patois what are we doing here#thats what made me go im not watching these anymore -_-
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Going to a country where you don’t speak the language is so embarrassing… I’m so sorry for making you speak english, but i only know hello, goodbye, please and thank you, please don’t hate me 😭
#especially in a non-tourist place… i’m sorry i’m assaulting you with english here but i don’t understand what you are saying 😭#me after ordering the whole meal in english: děkuji 🥺😭
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Former Unova champion turn Alolan alcoholic
#Pokémon#oc#digital art#my art#one of those yumejoshi things#but non binary#they used to be a twin champion that specialized in fairy types#not just regular fairies#shiny fairy types#they made a whole spectacle during battles#but now they’re a alolan tourist getting wasted in Malie garden#yumenushi#i want to do doodles of their story more I put way too much thought lol#anime#Sugar#also I wanted to be part of the no stabilizer gang#that’s why the line art is so wonky#it was hard but I want to be able to do things faster ;_;
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okay i hope this makes sense but one thing i do believe geoguesser has helped me with is challenging my preconceived notions of a country. like okay. take this. this depressing ass looking place.
where would you say it is, on first glance. my first guess was former yugoslavia/ communist bloc based on architecture. you could even say maybe even a middle eastern city. certainly not western europe so, you can imagine my shock when i found signage in dutch and .be everywhere. because this type of area is not what i think of when i think of belgium.
anyways moving on from that, i have just also felt it from being dropped in lower socio economic areas of wealthier countries (aka where i wouldnt instantly go 'oh sweden') or richer areas of countries i wouldnt consider wealthy. and because im shocked that this poorer place is in sweden or this put together city is in ... idk mexico it just has really forced me to not judge where these places could be by how well off it looks. and thats a good thing, its a good thing when you see theres a range of people living here from all backgrounds. just makes me look at places beyond their glossy pamphlet, y'know???
#i think this is what happens though bc geogusser seldom drops you in tourist areas#also @belgium the sky did not help here at all#it just looked really sad and not what i would expect from western europe.#i will say theres like 2 countries in this world i have visited and can confidently say i have seen through a non touristic lens#if you can guess both you get a star#geoguessr
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My Gender:
#gender#gender fuckery#genderfluid#non binary#threw the second bit together in paint in 20 mins#I am a formless cryptid in dad-tourist garb
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we should normalize asking abt ppl's least favorite movie as small talk bc the world needs to know my beef w hocus pocus
#i haven't actually sat down and watched it in entirety HOWEVER there is only 1 mental association i have w it and it is that the douchiest#of the salem halloween tourists (saying a lot bc the bar for their behavior is already underground) are only there bc they're absolutely#obsessed w it . tbf that's true for the vast majority of them However i've noticed that the non-hocus pocus tourists seem to be the only#somewhat respectful ones around. like srry but you too would have a visceral negative reaction to the movie which turned what is essentiall#your hometown into spooky disney world (but w more entitlement) for the entirety of fucking fall#romeo.txt
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the problem i have with lord of the rings is that as long as it continues to be a cash cow for peter jackson he stays relevant and continues to be the massive cunt he is. fucking twisting the arm of the government alongside warner bros to remove union protection for film workers. bolstering his mates cv by convincing people to vote for him as our mayor only for him to do fuck all to help out and bounce to take a cushy job in our hard-right govt. bitch and moan and use his money to prevent projects in lyall bay because he doesnt want more houses to ruin his property value when we're in a fucking housing crisis. hate that bitch and his mediocre films.
#not even mentioning his racist casting for the films like fuck me running for a ''new zealand made film'' none of it has any essence#of new zealand or has new zealanders as main cast members or any fucking māori outside of FUCKING ORCS#and the tourists are insufferable most of the time because they expect this place to be middle earth like no.#we are people living here. please go to the certified lord of the rings zones where filming and shit happened#i want to enjoy lotr and the hobbit so bad because i enjoyed a lot of the aspects of the books and like to read and analyze fantasy#but the way its become synomous with our country when it is a very... white and non-nz movie. its annoying#esp when the director has used his money and influence to categorically fuck over people in the industry#i'll never forget that anti-union rhetoric back when the hobbit was being filmed fuck national fuck warner bros#and fuck peter jackson i cannot believe how easily the govt all caved to his demands just because film crews wanted actual working rights#and fuck him for giving us 4 years of andy fucking foster. our pipes are exploding and he just came in to put ''mayor'' on his cv and#continue the wellington mayor tradition of doing fuck all for infrastructure in the CITY AFFECTED YEARLY BY EARTHQUAKES
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I wanna go to the BEACH but it's a BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND in SUMMER and I live in a TOURISM AREA
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#draco speaks#no room for my dog to run a billion miles chasing after the ball if there's tourists with little kids everywhere :(#it's alright there is a non-beach wide open space near me that absolutely no one knows about except a few other dog walkers#I'll go there instead today
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shaved my legs so I'm a different person now
#I was impressed that my dinky armpit-hair razor actually held up to the furred terrain it was dealing with#we've had water shortages 3 years in a row so the legs just weren't a priority. this might be the first time in a year or so#exciting stuff lol#also today I got crowded into a corner in the metro by a guy who was in the ladies carriage (?)#he was a good two heads taller than me. no mean feat. and stunningly well-proportioned#like a Greek statue tbh. just someone god took his sweet sweet time on y'know?#but like we're in *ran and he wasn't even supposed to be in the ladies carriage let alone literally squashing me into the wall#so I escaped under his arm#and got my first set of non-ooh-look-an-Asian-tourist looks from the other women in the carriage#the looks ranged from /poor helpless you what the hell was he doing/ to /goddamn girl you want to get away from THAT?/#yes ma'am I'm practising to be a monk you see. and also I'm not interested in getting arrested on my morning commute.#and t h e n (adding to the confusion we all had about him) he wedged himself into a newly vacated seat in between two chadori women#and got out a crochet hook and headphones#clarifying: no room to move either of his arms where he'd chosen to sit (also he's! not allowed to sit there!). barely room to BREATHE.#and this man really goes no no the commute needs Enrichment. sat there crocheting.#two things: he was diverting attention away from me which I always appreciate bc I'm tired of getting stared at everywhere#and: am I in love with no-social-cues Adonis who I'll never see again? Have I just been away from people my age too long? wth#thought
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once again begging white authors to stop writing their token POC characters to have blue or green eyes just because they want the ~ aesthetic ~ 🙃🙂↔️
#it’s so annoying and racist for no reason at all?????????#also not this author also in the first chapter insinuating that a non-touristy spot in a tourist vacation town - a local place - is ‘dirty’#not a good look miss 😬😬#I just.#ma’am I am only THIRTEEN PAGES INTO THIS BOOK can you maybe cool it on the quirky girlie racism for one fucking second#something something there’s a reason I don’t read this particular genre often but geez this is A Lot TM#giving the author one more chance because my sister liked another one of her books but 😬🫣 please say sike pls say you’re making a point 🫣😬#also obviously not having token representation and rather just writing it normal like a normal person is ideal and yet
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Olympic Games reporting taking the place of the rest <<<<<<<<<<<
#olympic games#olympics#french politics#not sure about the panem but he really thinks the circenses are helping his non-existent popularity#every time an anglo refers to the Revolution as beheading rich people climate change accelerates think of the climate don't say bullshit#based on what i've heard it is very much a Choice when you're that intent on increasing economic disparities#to throw that much money into Looking Cool For The International Press And Tourists
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Admittedly I am still confused by the way the non-English-speaking world doesn't start conversations with "Hello, how are you?" Do people just say hello? I know in South Korean, they usually add something like "have you eaten?" that I think has about the same function as "how are you?" (i.e., it's not a real question, it's just part of the greeting)
#please feel free to ignore this#Add yours#Our tour guide was like hey people here speak English but they are non-native speakers#so depending on the level of interaction they have with tourists#you may end up getting a medical report#The confusion mostly comes from the lack of examples/comparisons
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how come i can wake up and be happy not talking to anyone from about 9am to midnight but as soon as it hits midnight im suddenly all sociable but everyones asleep so i am just sitting there in my room talking to myself
#talk to me guys#im entirely friendly and non-threatening#i can tell you about lobotomies#and creepy tourist attractions
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Maybe the weirdos who have some kind of vendetta against people who like guilty gear but dont play it would be less annoying if they could do it without being transphobic
#why single out bridget and testament. explain slowly#also im lying it would still be annoying without the transphobia.#if youve ever used the term tourist in the context of media you are more annoying than 1 million non gg player bridget enjoyers combined#the kat goes meow
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