Ghosts Of Kew Gardens

Frideswide said:
This is a good find @Tunn11 - how did you come across it?
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I was trying to look up which species of Rhododendron the Hookers had introduced to Britain, as you do - when I came across that on the Kew website.
Haunted gardens are a bit unusual although there is Peter Underwood's book which I bought years ago at the gift shop at a Scottish Castle.

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I've been to Kew Gardens many times and one of my personal highlights is going when the Rhododendrons are in full swing and it hasn't felt remotely spooky. I did feel like I had been transported to the Himalayas though. It was beautiful.

Having said that they are always advertising for a new records manager so who knows. Maybe it gets to them!
 
Whenever I've been to Kew Gardens it's always been so busy that any atmosphere of anything spooky is knocked on the head by the running children and picnicking adults. I did go once in March when the glass houses were almost deserted though, and that felt quite eerie.
 
staticgirl said:
I've been to Kew Gardens many times and one of my personal highlights is going when the Rhododendrons are in full swing and it hasn't felt remotely spooky. I did feel like I had been transported to the Himalayas though. It was beautiful.

Having said that they are always advertising for a new records manager so who knows. Maybe it gets to them!
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catseye said:
Whenever I've been to Kew Gardens it's always been so busy that any atmosphere of anything spooky is knocked on the head by the running children and picnicking adults. I did go once in March when the glass houses were almost deserted though, and that felt quite eerie.
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Kew's Wakehurst Place near Ardingly in West Sussex can also be stunning - the Himalayan Glade doesn't have the density of Rhododendron plants but is atmospheric ( No Yeti however) and it is easier to escape the crowds. Also lots of interesting trees. Don't think it is haunted though.

Website here - but don't believe the hype about the restaurant though; last time we went it was disgusting.

https://www.kew.org/wakehurst
 
Not Kew but Edinburgh Botanic Garden had a sighting of Pan (or just a satyr, he wasn't wearing a name badge) back in the 1960's. Basically someone came across him in the Garden and stood staring at which point the Pan figure looked at the person and said "You can see me?". He then vanished.
 
gordonrutter said:
Not Kew but Edinburgh Botanic Garden had a sighting of Pan (or just a satyr, he wasn't wearing a name badge) back in the 1960's. Basically someone came across him in the Garden and stood staring at which point the Pan figure looked at the person and said "You can see me?". He then vanished.
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But did the Satyr speak English with a Scottish accent?
If not conversing in ancient Greek, I'd imagine Pan or a Satyr/Fauno speaking in broken English rather like Harry Enfield's Stavros or even The League of Gentlemen's Papa Lazarou.
 
blessmycottonsocks said:
But did the Satyr speak English with a Scottish accent?
If not conversing in ancient Greek, I'd imagine Pan or a Satyr/Fauno speaking in broken English rather like Harry Enfield's Stavros or even The League of Gentlemen's Papa Lazarou.
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The witness just said it spoke to him.

Perhaps it sounded like Mr Tumnus in the recentish film of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe?
 
gordonrutter said:
The witness just said it spoke to him.

Perhaps it sounded like Mr Tumnus in the recentish film of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe?
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He was a long way from home certainly. I guess even nature spirits need a holiday and Edinburgh makes a nice change from scaring shepherds on Crete or the slopes of Mt Olympus I suppose. Was he there for the Christmas markets?
 
gordonrutter said:
The witness just said it spoke to him.

Perhaps it sounded like Mr Tumnus in the recentish film of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe?
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I suppose the witness might have been subjected to telepathic communication. I don't suppose they reported whether or not the satyr's lips moved...

mind you, if I were confronted by a satyr, I'm not sure the lips would be the first thing that attracted my attention...
 
I bet the guy involved in the encounter kicked himself afterwards for not coming up with a witty Edinburgenzian response to "You can see me?".
"Long way from home aren't you bucko?", "New in town?"
 
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