Linville Manor IV: Francis and the children

The mood lightened considerably after Jacob’s ascension. We noted as we passed through the lounge that the heavy feeling we previously experienced was gone. The group returned to the ballroom, but I couldn't sense Francis' presence. He had been so insistent that we needed to talk! Between investigations, whenever I entered the room he kept trying to get me to sit with him. During the panel discussion he was right next to me, "talking" in my ear. I told Emily he was like tapping me on the shoulder going "hey! hey! hey! We need to talk!" Also during the panel discussion he tried unsuccessfully to enter my body, but I have a strict "no entry" policy with ghosts. Tom said that same thing happened on his previous visits. The male ghost would disappear whenever he tried to help him. I told Tom that I didn’t sense the male ghost. Tom said he had drained his energy previously by trying to communicate with me. I decided to round up some energy as I had before so that he could return and talk to us. Unlike the lounge, the Earth energy in this room was incredibly strong. Tom mentioned that the male ghost he encountered had a strong Earth connection, so he wasn’t surprised. I gathered enough energy and Tom said it was working - Francis was getting his energy back. Monique had set up a set of detectors in the room, including an EMF bell and an EMF rope. Francis would use the bell quite well during our conversation.

The homeowner told us of a discovery he was made aware of recently. He referred to a male ghost he encountered out in the garden who he called the ‘burlap man,’ and described him as having an Earthy, sour smell. This was the same ghost Tom and I were sensing in the room. Turns out that this was the ghost of Francis Bowie, a former caretaker of the home. Francis had caught two employees stealing goods from the home, and he planned on turning them in to the authorities. The workers plotted together to murder Francis to keep him from reporting them to the authorities. After two failed attempts, the workers succeeded. They mutilated Francis, wrapped him in rags, and rolled him in a piece of carpet from one of their homes. They took the package with Francis' body and unceremoniously dumped him down a well. As the current homeowner retold the story, the EMF bell would go off in confirmation repeatedly. 

A portal spontaneously opened in the ballroom in the 
middle of the emf trip wire. 

Francis’ murderers were caught and tried for their crimes. But not before one of them, Pinkney, escaped and lived in the woods within a few miles of the home. Francis had 8 children that were left behind after his untimely demise. As we were sitting and listening to the story, I sensed a portal spontaneously open up. Emily would later recall actually seeing it happen. Tom, sitting next to me, noted my reaction to the portal and asked me what I was sensing. I told him a portal spontaneously opened. Francis was not pleased at this revelation. Monica’s dousing rods went waaaay wide, a signal for “NO” when we asked if he wanted to cross. We all felt a sense of panic in the room at the mention of crossing. It was clear that Francis had no intention of leaving the property.

Tom led questions trying to get to the root of why the portal just spontaneously opened. There was someone Francis wanted to *help* cross, and it was some of his children. Not all of them were present on the property, but a few were. I felt an angel enter the room between myself and Emily as we were seated on a couch along the wall. She later told me that her ear started ringing and burning at the same time I described the angel entering. We asked Francis to gather the children and bring them to the room with the portal. The homeowner went and got applesauce to try to entice the children to come, but despite the incentive, we didn’t sense any of them around. A few minutes later, Monique and the current homeowner (seated across the circle from us) both described feeling a sense of darkness that was lurking just behind them. I decided to get up and sit between them, to support positive energy in the space. I felt a chill as I sat down, but as I started expanding my bubble, the chills subsided. 

Some additional questioning later, and we learned that Francis was concerned that the escaped Pinkney was lurking. He didn’t want to risk trying to bring the children around. It was at this point that Tom decided that we all needed to stand up in a circle, join hands, and imagine that we are pouring our love and light into the circle as protection. In the interim, I sensed two more angels appear. Francis’ energy disappeared. Tom said he was out gathering children. I felt around 10-12 children being gathered. Tom said he saw children coming out of the woods carrying lanterns. They had been frightened but were being led by guardians/angels/guides. After a bit of time, we all felt the presence of a group of kids enter through the front door and into the room. Tom asked us all to focus our energy on widening the portal to allow the kids to pass. Tom spoke directly to the children in the room, asking them to look into the light and describe what they could see. “Animals!” the kids replied. Tom described the excitement of the children as they shed their fear and got ready to enter the portal. As the last of the kids passed through, the entire vibe of the room changed. The portal dissipated and closed, and the darkness that was felt on the other side of the room subsided. 

We all realized now that Francis has a purpose on the grounds of Linville Manor. He is the guide of the lost children. His violent and unseemly death gave him purpose in the afterlife.