The Scole Report

This edition is the digital reprint of the original report published in 1999 in the Proceedings of the Society of Psychical Research. In 1994 the development of psychic phenomena in Robin Foy's Group at the Scole Farmhouse came to the attention of the Society of Psychical Research. This report is the outcome of a two year investigation of the Group. It was conducted principally by three senior members of the Society for Psychical Research - the authors of this report. The authors' diverse professional backgrounds together with their many years of investigation of paranormal phenomena and the fact that most of the events described were experienced or witnessed simultaneously by at least three seasoned investigators improves the probability of authenticity. In the course of over 20 sittings, from 1995 to 1997, the investigators, together with other occasional researchers/sitters, witnessed a wide range of phenomena and were unable to detect any direct indication of fraud or deception. They encountered evidence favoring the hypothesis of intelligent forces able to influence material objects, and to convey associated meaningful messages, both visual and aural.

This edition is the digital reprint of the original report published in 1999 in the Proceedings of the Society of Psychical Research. In 1994 the development of psychic phenomena in Robin Foy's Group at the Scole Farmhouse came to the attention of the Society of Psychical Research. This report is the outcome of a two year investigation of the Group. It was conducted principally by three senior members of the Society for Psychical Research - the authors of this report. The authors' diverse professional backgrounds together with their many years of investigation of paranormal phenomena and the fact that most of the events described were experienced or witnessed simultaneously by at least three seasoned investigators improves the probability of authenticity. In the course of over 20 sittings, from 1995 to 1997, the investigators, together with other occasional researchers/sitters, witnessed a wide range of phenomena and were unable to detect any direct indication of fraud or deception. They encountered evidence favoring the hypothesis of intelligent forces able to influence material objects, and to convey associated meaningful messages, both visual and aural.

Preface to the new edition Alan Murdie ; Editor's Foreword John Beloff ; Abbreviations of Persons Mentioned ; Abstract; Introduction; Chapter I: The Context of the Investigation; Chapter II: The Sittings; Chapter III: The Phenomena: Lights and Touches; Chapter IV: The Phenomena: Puzzles and Hints ; Chapter V: The Phenomena: The Early Film Work; Chapter VI: The Film Phenomena: Negative and Positive Results ; Chapter VII: The Phenomena: Wordsworth's Amendment of Ruth; Chapter VIII: The Phenomena: The Tape Recordings and Diagram; Chapter IX: Film Phenomena: Daguerre, the Last Film; Chapter X: Apports, Miscellaneous Messages and Unsolved Riddles; Chapter XI: The Ibiza Experimental Evidence; Chapter XII: The Rachmaninoff Recording; Chapter XIII: The Video Film; Chapter XIV: Authenticity: Preliminary Doubts Examined ; Chapter XV: The Possibilities of Fraud; Conclusion; Appendix A: Summary of Film Sittings at Scole; Appendix B: Details of All Sittings; Appendix C: The Fairbairn Testimony; Appendix D: Doubts over the Dragon Film ; Appendix E: Bugle-Playing Evidence: A Statement by Dr Hans Schaer; Appendix F: Evidence from Two Californian Sittings; Appendix G: Ingrid Slack's Testimony; Appendix H: Doubts about the Films; Appendix I: Doubts about the Tapes; Appendix J: Doubts about the Ibiza Polaroid films; Appendix K: Doubts about the 'Alan' Box ;

Appendix L: Doubts about Lights and Touches; Appendix M: Doubts about the Ruth Films; Acknowledgements ; References ; The Scole Investigation: Commentary on Strategy and Outcome D. J. West ; Some Comments on the Scole Report A. D. Cornell;

Comments on the Scole Report Alan Gauld; Scole: A Response to Critics Montague Keen and Arthur Ellison; Scole: Additional Response David Fontana; Comments on an Example of Traditional Research Maurice Grosse; Referee's Report and Some Subsequent Comments Crawford Knox.