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Hello all. I am a long time browser, but hadn't signed up to post anything, until now.
My paternal grandmother is 90 years old. She lives in a leafy road in Goring, West Sussex and is mentally as sharp as a tack. She lives alone after her ex-RN husband (my beloved grandfather (and brass band member)) passed away at least 20 years ago. She has lived in this house since the 1960s. It is detached with neighbours about 10-15 feet away on either side and her 40 foot back-garden backs onto houses behind.
My father is a regular visitor, especially as lately she has had some falls and a nasty D&V illness. He is her only child.
Recently, my Dad has said that she has told him that she is hearing talking and singing. Delving a little deeper, I have today found out the following, which I wonder may ring true with members on here or may not:
- Between 4am and 7am, my grandmother, who is convinced that she is awake, hears an engine noise rev up. This is then followed by a man's voice either talking or singing. My nan wrote down 10-12 songs that she heard in succession. She went to the window to see if a car was outside (her bedroom is at the front of her house, the length of her front garden from a residential road - about 6-7 metres). There was nothing there.
This event can be faint or louder. It always starts with the engine noise - "when I hear the engine, I know he's coming." My father has never heard it and he is there during many different times in the day. She doesn't hear it during other times. Sometimes the words in the songs are wrong or incorrect.
The radio was taken out of the room. It continued.
Her hearing aids aren't in. Her hearing isn't good - hence aids - but this voice is loud and clear enough to hear.
The only electronic device in the room is a portable landline phone, which is 'on the hook'.
The television downstairs is off - and is quite a way away from her bedroom.
Mine and my father's theories are:
*The phone is somehow transmitting a local radio station or pirate radio or CB channel.
*It is a sinister attempt by an outside element to make my nan want to sell her house. Is someone trying to convince her or others that she is mad and thus sell her (£300k+) detached house?
*It is a sound from a nearby household or regular visitor to the road. However, none of the neighbours - when asked - have said they have heard these noises, despite many being early risers. This seems to rule out a 'pirate radio studio' nearby.
*It is supernatural. My grandfather was very musical and his late brother was a marching band member/composer. This isn't a voice she recognises as anyone she knows.
*It is all in her head. My nan is coming around to this conclusion. But why the exact same window of time when this occurs.
*It is a vivid dream and my nan believes that she is awake whilst hearing this event.
My father is thinking of staying the night there, and I've suggested that my nan tries to record it on a device with a mic' if she hears it.
Any thoughts or theories at all please?
My paternal grandmother is 90 years old. She lives in a leafy road in Goring, West Sussex and is mentally as sharp as a tack. She lives alone after her ex-RN husband (my beloved grandfather (and brass band member)) passed away at least 20 years ago. She has lived in this house since the 1960s. It is detached with neighbours about 10-15 feet away on either side and her 40 foot back-garden backs onto houses behind.
My father is a regular visitor, especially as lately she has had some falls and a nasty D&V illness. He is her only child.
Recently, my Dad has said that she has told him that she is hearing talking and singing. Delving a little deeper, I have today found out the following, which I wonder may ring true with members on here or may not:
- Between 4am and 7am, my grandmother, who is convinced that she is awake, hears an engine noise rev up. This is then followed by a man's voice either talking or singing. My nan wrote down 10-12 songs that she heard in succession. She went to the window to see if a car was outside (her bedroom is at the front of her house, the length of her front garden from a residential road - about 6-7 metres). There was nothing there.
This event can be faint or louder. It always starts with the engine noise - "when I hear the engine, I know he's coming." My father has never heard it and he is there during many different times in the day. She doesn't hear it during other times. Sometimes the words in the songs are wrong or incorrect.
The radio was taken out of the room. It continued.
Her hearing aids aren't in. Her hearing isn't good - hence aids - but this voice is loud and clear enough to hear.
The only electronic device in the room is a portable landline phone, which is 'on the hook'.
The television downstairs is off - and is quite a way away from her bedroom.
Mine and my father's theories are:
*The phone is somehow transmitting a local radio station or pirate radio or CB channel.
*It is a sinister attempt by an outside element to make my nan want to sell her house. Is someone trying to convince her or others that she is mad and thus sell her (£300k+) detached house?
*It is a sound from a nearby household or regular visitor to the road. However, none of the neighbours - when asked - have said they have heard these noises, despite many being early risers. This seems to rule out a 'pirate radio studio' nearby.
*It is supernatural. My grandfather was very musical and his late brother was a marching band member/composer. This isn't a voice she recognises as anyone she knows.
*It is all in her head. My nan is coming around to this conclusion. But why the exact same window of time when this occurs.
*It is a vivid dream and my nan believes that she is awake whilst hearing this event.
My father is thinking of staying the night there, and I've suggested that my nan tries to record it on a device with a mic' if she hears it.
Any thoughts or theories at all please?
