Spooky!

[mrodoc]

The comment about bursts is interesting. I have witnessed the phenomenon in soft materals. A part of the cliff at Kimmeridge (a very small part) suddenly burst out. I put it down to thermal expansion on a warm day in the clay like material of the cliff.

 

[mrodoc]

There was a cave diving story, somewhere on the forum, of two divers consecutively passing through a sump having their fins grabbed temporarily halting progress. Cannot remember where or when it was.

 

[mrodoc]

There is no doubt that some caves have more oppressive atmospheres than others - Eastwater has already been quoted.

 

[Brains]

The comment about bursts is interesting. I have witnessed the phenomenon in soft materals. A part of the cliff at Kimmeridge (a very small part) suddenly burst out. I put it down to thermal expansion on a warm day in the clay like material of the cliff.

Rock burst - Wikipedia https://share.google/U9Rx7fpQHDfiIhIyT
There are also some videos on Google. On a similar theme the surface parallel joints seen on Dartmoor tors, or the granite of Yosemite are stress relief features

 

[Lankyman]

There was a cave diving story, somewhere on the forum, of two divers consecutively passing through a sump having their fins grabbed temporarily halting progress. Cannot remember where or when it was.

Could it have been an outraged eel or a territorial trout? I've never heard of underwater ghosts.

 

[Brains]

Do Pike get peevish?

 

[pwhole]

Most certainly. Pike (and eels) are very fond of holes. Holes within holes are even better.

 

[Mrs Trellis]

Geoff Crossley told me one night at the Dump all the plates flew off the shelves.

 

[legendrider]

 

[Brains]

Most certainly. Pike (and eels) are very fond of holes. Holes within holes are even better.

Halibut in a hole?

 

[Cantclimbtom]

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Is this a caption competition?

 

[Hunter]

Do Pike get peevish?

Wrathful Wrasse, Grasping Groupers and Tormented Tench but by far the worst is the Soul stealing Sole

 

[T pot 2]

Giants S'hole !

 

[Lankyman]

Wrathful Wrasse, Grasping Groupers and Tormented Tench but by far the worst is the Soul stealing Sole

A load of pollocks!

 

[mrodoc]

Not forgetting the Tenacious Trout.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Eastwater has already been quoted.

I had a strange experience in Eastwater once, I was the first of our party to ascend the top of the twin verticals pitches, only to find a figure of 8 knot at the top of the rope. I'd rigged it and it certainly wasn't there when we'd descended, I couldn't see how it had got there. After a bit of head scratching I assumed that some passing cavers had put it there as a joke, but maybe, just maybe it was the spirit of cavers past....................

 

[Lankyman]

I had a kind of X-files type moment many years ago when I was climbing on the Pembroke sea cliffs. I was working my way up the route which was full of lovely big pockets. At one point I looked down and noticed there was a book sitting in one of these pockets just at waist height. It was the local guidebook but what really shook me was that when I glanced inside, my name was written on the page! All kinds of alternative universe type thoughts were going through my mind before I rmembered that I'd had it inside my vest and it had just fallen into the pocket.

 

[Jenny P]

If you want a cave with a really spooky appearance, then see if you can find a photo of the formation called "The Klansman" in a cave not far from Carlsbad Caverns in the US of A. I have a photo somewhere but can't lay my hands on it to post it.

 

[Jenny P]

If you want a cave with a really spooky appearance, then see if you can find a photo of the formation called "The Klansman" in a cave not far from Carlsbad Caverns in the US of A. I have a photo somewhere but can't lay my hands on it to post it.

OK, found it by Googling "Klansman Cave formation, USA". There is a photo of the Klansman in Slaughter Canyon Cave and the following information can also be found:

Slaughter Canyon Cave is a large, undeveloped cave in
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico, that requires a guided ranger tour to enter. It is known for its impressive speleothems (cave formations) but is not to be confused with the developed, self-guided caverns.

 

[mrodoc]

I had a kind of X-files type moment many years ago when I was climbing on the Pembroke sea cliffs. I was working my way up the route which was full of lovely big pockets. At one point I looked down and noticed there was a book sitting in one of these pockets just at waist height. It was the local guidebook but what really shook me was that when I glanced inside, my name was written on the page! All kinds of alternative universe type thoughts were going through my mind before I rmembered that I'd had it inside my vest and it had just fallen into the pocket.

I had a similar feeling some years ago. Hadn't been in Swildons for a while and walked round the corner beyond the 40 to find a massive boulder obstructing the passage. It certainly hadn't been there last time I visited and I was baffled and confused. I even had photographs without the boulder in them. Had I entered an alternate universe? No, turned out somebody (Les Williams?)_ was showing how stable it was when it dropped from it's perch beside the passage to block it leaving future cavers to climb over it. However some time before I discovered this.