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An Interesting Night, But I Left With More Questions Than Answers
Hanbury Arms Haunted Hotel & Museum的点评
点评：As part of my ongoing journey into the wonderfully strange world of paranormal investigation, I recently spent a night at the Hanbury Arms Haunted Hotel and Museum in Pontypool, Wales, with a group of friends.
Now, before anyone asks the obvious question — is it actually haunted? — let me start by saying that I approached the visit with my usual healthy level of scepticism. I deliberately avoided researching the building beforehand because I didn't want to arrive with preconceived ideas based on other people's experiences, YouTube videos or paranormal folklore.
We hired the entire building for our group, which is something I personally much prefer when investigating. Having only people you know and trust removes some of the variables you inevitably get when investigating alongside strangers.
The building itself certainly has character. It's an old property with a cosy, friendly and welcoming atmosphere; some of the bedrooms are genuinely charming. Unfortunately, the damp smell and visible mould in places were hard to ignore and, in my opinion, need addressing.
The investigation itself produced a mixture of absolutely nothing, things that were interesting but easily explainable, and a couple of moments that left us scratching our heads.
One of the more curious experiences involved a motion-activated light in the museum area. It repeatedly activated despite our inability to recreate the trigger, and later activated again after we'd gone to bed. Around the same time, our camera appeared to develop recording issues before eventually returning to normal. Is that paranormal? Almost certainly not — but it was certainly interesting.
We also used a spirit box, which I remain extremely sceptical about, and an Ouija board. The spirit box appeared to produce words relevant to our conversation, but I'm still firmly in the "coincidence or technology" camp. The Ouija session was similarly fascinating, although I believe subconscious movement is the most likely explanation for what we experienced.
What did surprise me was the EDF meter we had running alongside the Ouija board. The readings increased as the planchette became more active and then dropped straight back to zero when we ended the session. Does that prove anything paranormal? Absolutely not. There are numerous possible explanations, and I'd love to repeat the experiment under controlled conditions to see if we can reproduce the results. But it was certainly one of the more intriguing moments of the night.
There were also plenty of other experiences throughout the night — Rempods activating, a motion-sensitive music box going off and a door apparently slamming downstairs. However, I could come up with perfectly rational explanations for most of these. In fact, my suspicion is that my own mobile phone was responsible for repeatedly setting off the Rempod, which probably explains why it seemed determined to ruin my night's sleep!
The biggest disappointment for me wasn't actually anything paranormal. It was the history.
The building is presented with a fascinating historical story, but after returning home and doing my own research, I struggled to find evidence supporting most of the claims being made about the property. In particular, I found what appears to be considerable confusion between the history of this building and that of the nearby Hanbury Arms Inn. Some of the stories surrounding the coaching inn, the morgue and the property's supposed age appear, from what I can establish, to relate to the other building rather than this one.
I also couldn't find convincing evidence of documented paranormal activity at the hotel before relatively recent times. That doesn't mean people haven't genuinely experienced strange things there, but I do think there is a difference between people having unusual experiences and being able to substantiate claims about a building's history and hauntings.
The same applies to some of the dolls and other items presented as haunted. I found little documented history or provenance to support many of the stories attached to them.
So, would I return? Probably not. Would I recommend it? I'm afraid probably not, particularly while the damp and mould remain an issue.
That said, I didn't leave completely unchanged.
I'm still extremely sceptical. I still believe that most of what we experienced can be explained through perfectly natural causes, and I'm certainly not suddenly convinced that ghosts are wandering around the corridors.
But that Ouija session has left me with the tiniest splinter of doubt.
Not much. We're talking millimetres here. Perhaps even fractions of a millimetre.
But it's there, and for someone as sceptical as me, perhaps that was the strangest thing that happened all night.
Now, before anyone asks the obvious question — is it actually haunted? — let me start by saying that I approached the visit with my usual healthy level of scepticism. I deliberately avoided researching the building beforehand because I didn't want to arrive with preconceived ideas based on other people's experiences, YouTube videos or paranormal folklore.
We hired the entire building for our group, which is something I personally much prefer when investigating. Having only people you know and trust removes some of the variables you inevitably get when investigating alongside strangers.
The building itself certainly has character. It's an old property with a cosy, friendly and welcoming atmosphere; some of the bedrooms are genuinely charming. Unfortunately, the damp smell and visible mould in places were hard to ignore and, in my opinion, need addressing.
The investigation itself produced a mixture of absolutely nothing, things that were interesting but easily explainable, and a couple of moments that left us scratching our heads.
One of the more curious experiences involved a motion-activated light in the museum area. It repeatedly activated despite our inability to recreate the trigger, and later activated again after we'd gone to bed. Around the same time, our camera appeared to develop recording issues before eventually returning to normal. Is that paranormal? Almost certainly not — but it was certainly interesting.
We also used a spirit box, which I remain extremely sceptical about, and an Ouija board. The spirit box appeared to produce words relevant to our conversation, but I'm still firmly in the "coincidence or technology" camp. The Ouija session was similarly fascinating, although I believe subconscious movement is the most likely explanation for what we experienced.
What did surprise me was the EDF meter we had running alongside the Ouija board. The readings increased as the planchette became more active and then dropped straight back to zero when we ended the session. Does that prove anything paranormal? Absolutely not. There are numerous possible explanations, and I'd love to repeat the experiment under controlled conditions to see if we can reproduce the results. But it was certainly one of the more intriguing moments of the night.
There were also plenty of other experiences throughout the night — Rempods activating, a motion-sensitive music box going off and a door apparently slamming downstairs. However, I could come up with perfectly rational explanations for most of these. In fact, my suspicion is that my own mobile phone was responsible for repeatedly setting off the Rempod, which probably explains why it seemed determined to ruin my night's sleep!
The biggest disappointment for me wasn't actually anything paranormal. It was the history.
The building is presented with a fascinating historical story, but after returning home and doing my own research, I struggled to find evidence supporting most of the claims being made about the property. In particular, I found what appears to be considerable confusion between the history of this building and that of the nearby Hanbury Arms Inn. Some of the stories surrounding the coaching inn, the morgue and the property's supposed age appear, from what I can establish, to relate to the other building rather than this one.
I also couldn't find convincing evidence of documented paranormal activity at the hotel before relatively recent times. That doesn't mean people haven't genuinely experienced strange things there, but I do think there is a difference between people having unusual experiences and being able to substantiate claims about a building's history and hauntings.
The same applies to some of the dolls and other items presented as haunted. I found little documented history or provenance to support many of the stories attached to them.
So, would I return? Probably not. Would I recommend it? I'm afraid probably not, particularly while the damp and mould remain an issue.
That said, I didn't leave completely unchanged.
I'm still extremely sceptical. I still believe that most of what we experienced can be explained through perfectly natural causes, and I'm certainly not suddenly convinced that ghosts are wandering around the corridors.
But that Ouija session has left me with the tiniest splinter of doubt.
Not much. We're talking millimetres here. Perhaps even fractions of a millimetre.
But it's there, and for someone as sceptical as me, perhaps that was the strangest thing that happened all night.
翻译：作为我探索超自然现象这一奇妙而神秘世界过程的一部分，最近我和一群朋友在威尔士的庞蒂普尔，亲身体验了一晚汉伯里阿姆斯闹鬼酒店及博物馆。
在有人问出那个显而易见的问题——“这里真的闹鬼吗？”之前，我得先说明一下：此次探访时我依旧保持着一贯的谨慎与怀疑态度。我特意没有事先去研究这座建筑的相关信息，因为我不想带着基于他人经历、YouTube视频或超自然传说而产生的先入之见就前往。
我们为整个团队包下了整栋楼，就我个人而言，在进行调查时这种方式更为理想。只有和自己熟悉且信任的人在一起，就能避免与陌生人共同调查时必然会出现的各种变数。
这座建筑本身确实颇具特色。这是一处历史悠久的房产，氛围温馨、友善且令人愉悦；有些卧室真的很有魅力。遗憾的是，潮湿的气味以及随处可见的霉斑实在难以忽视，在我看来这些问题都需要得到解决。
这次调查的结果则五花八门：有的什么都没有发现，有的发现了一些虽有趣但很容易解释的现象，还有几次让我们百思不得其解的情况。
其中一次较为奇怪的经历发生在博物馆区域的感应灯上。它反复启动，尽管我们根本无法重现触发条件；后来在我们上床睡觉后它又再次启动。大约在同一时间，我们的摄像机似乎出现了录制问题，不过最终又恢复了正常。这属于超自然现象吗？几乎可以肯定不是——但确实挺有意思的。
我们还使用了通灵盒——对此我依然持极度怀疑的态度——以及通灵板。那个通灵盒似乎能生成与我们对话内容相关的词语。不过我仍然坚定地站在“巧合或技术因素”这一阵营。通灵板仪式同样十分引人入胜，不过我认为潜意识驱动下的动作才是我们所观察到现象的最可能解释。
真正让我感到惊讶的是我们与通灵板同时使用的EDF测量仪。随着指针活动越来越频繁，读数也不断上升；而当我们结束仪式后，读数又立刻降回零。这是否能证明存在超自然现象呢？绝对不能。可能的原因有很多，我很希望在受控条件下重复这个实验，看看是否能复现那些结果。不过，那确实是当晚最引人入胜的时刻之一。
整晚还发生了许多其他事情——Rempods启动、对动作敏感的音乐盒自动响起，还有楼下的门似乎突然关上了。不过对于这些现象，我都能给出合乎常理的解释。事实上……我怀疑是我自己的手机导致了Rempod反复触发，这或许就能解释为什么它似乎执意要搅乱我的睡眠了！
对我来说，最令人失望的其实并非什么灵异现象，而是那段历史。
这座建筑被赋予了一段极为吸引人的历史背景，但回家后我自行调查了一番，却发现很难找到能证实那些关于该建筑的种种说法的证据。尤其是……我发现，人们似乎很容易把这座建筑的历史与附近的汉伯里阿姆斯客栈的历史混淆起来。据我所知，那些关于这家客栈、停尸房以及该建筑所谓历史年代的说法，其实都是与另一栋建筑相关的，而非这座建筑。
此外，在最近之前的时期，我也未能找到该酒店存在超自然现象的可靠证据。这并不是说人们没有在那里真正经历过怪事，但我确实认为：人们经历到不寻常的现象，与能够证实某栋建筑的歷史及其闹鬼传说，这两者之间是有区别的。
同样的道理也适用于那些被宣称“闹鬼”的玩偶和其他物品。我几乎没有找到任何文字记录或出处信息来佐证与之相关的诸多传说。
那么，我会再去那里吗？大概不会吧。我会推荐别人去吗？恐怕也不会。尤其是在潮湿和霉菌问题依然存在的情况下。
话虽如此，我也并非完全没有改变。
我依然持极度怀疑的态度。我仍然认为我们所经历的大部分事情都可以用完全自然的原因来解释，我绝对没有突然就相信有鬼魂在走廊里游荡。
不过那次通灵板仪式确实在我心中留下了一丝极微小的疑虑。
微乎其微。也就几毫米而已，甚至可能是几分之一毫米。
但它确实存在。对于像我这样持怀疑态度的人来说，或许这是整晚发生的最奇怪的事情了。
在有人问出那个显而易见的问题——“这里真的闹鬼吗？”之前，我得先说明一下：此次探访时我依旧保持着一贯的谨慎与怀疑态度。我特意没有事先去研究这座建筑的相关信息，因为我不想带着基于他人经历、YouTube视频或超自然传说而产生的先入之见就前往。
我们为整个团队包下了整栋楼，就我个人而言，在进行调查时这种方式更为理想。只有和自己熟悉且信任的人在一起，就能避免与陌生人共同调查时必然会出现的各种变数。
这座建筑本身确实颇具特色。这是一处历史悠久的房产，氛围温馨、友善且令人愉悦；有些卧室真的很有魅力。遗憾的是，潮湿的气味以及随处可见的霉斑实在难以忽视，在我看来这些问题都需要得到解决。
这次调查的结果则五花八门：有的什么都没有发现，有的发现了一些虽有趣但很容易解释的现象，还有几次让我们百思不得其解的情况。
其中一次较为奇怪的经历发生在博物馆区域的感应灯上。它反复启动，尽管我们根本无法重现触发条件；后来在我们上床睡觉后它又再次启动。大约在同一时间，我们的摄像机似乎出现了录制问题，不过最终又恢复了正常。这属于超自然现象吗？几乎可以肯定不是——但确实挺有意思的。
我们还使用了通灵盒——对此我依然持极度怀疑的态度——以及通灵板。那个通灵盒似乎能生成与我们对话内容相关的词语。不过我仍然坚定地站在“巧合或技术因素”这一阵营。通灵板仪式同样十分引人入胜，不过我认为潜意识驱动下的动作才是我们所观察到现象的最可能解释。
真正让我感到惊讶的是我们与通灵板同时使用的EDF测量仪。随着指针活动越来越频繁，读数也不断上升；而当我们结束仪式后，读数又立刻降回零。这是否能证明存在超自然现象呢？绝对不能。可能的原因有很多，我很希望在受控条件下重复这个实验，看看是否能复现那些结果。不过，那确实是当晚最引人入胜的时刻之一。
整晚还发生了许多其他事情——Rempods启动、对动作敏感的音乐盒自动响起，还有楼下的门似乎突然关上了。不过对于这些现象，我都能给出合乎常理的解释。事实上……我怀疑是我自己的手机导致了Rempod反复触发，这或许就能解释为什么它似乎执意要搅乱我的睡眠了！
对我来说，最令人失望的其实并非什么灵异现象，而是那段历史。
这座建筑被赋予了一段极为吸引人的历史背景，但回家后我自行调查了一番，却发现很难找到能证实那些关于该建筑的种种说法的证据。尤其是……我发现，人们似乎很容易把这座建筑的历史与附近的汉伯里阿姆斯客栈的历史混淆起来。据我所知，那些关于这家客栈、停尸房以及该建筑所谓历史年代的说法，其实都是与另一栋建筑相关的，而非这座建筑。
此外，在最近之前的时期，我也未能找到该酒店存在超自然现象的可靠证据。这并不是说人们没有在那里真正经历过怪事，但我确实认为：人们经历到不寻常的现象，与能够证实某栋建筑的歷史及其闹鬼传说，这两者之间是有区别的。
同样的道理也适用于那些被宣称“闹鬼”的玩偶和其他物品。我几乎没有找到任何文字记录或出处信息来佐证与之相关的诸多传说。
那么，我会再去那里吗？大概不会吧。我会推荐别人去吗？恐怕也不会。尤其是在潮湿和霉菌问题依然存在的情况下。
话虽如此，我也并非完全没有改变。
我依然持极度怀疑的态度。我仍然认为我们所经历的大部分事情都可以用完全自然的原因来解释，我绝对没有突然就相信有鬼魂在走廊里游荡。
不过那次通灵板仪式确实在我心中留下了一丝极微小的疑虑。
微乎其微。也就几毫米而已，甚至可能是几分之一毫米。
但它确实存在。对于像我这样持怀疑态度的人来说，或许这是整晚发生的最奇怪的事情了。
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