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Now that my shock has settled a little bit decided to pose this question.
For me, I never used to believe in Ghosts etc, really I still don't. Only problem is something that happened on Saturday.
I went down to lal Lal falls which is eastish of Ballarat, did the 6.5k return walk from Moorabool falls, down a few hills intot he granite falls. Was a great day. Returned to Lal Lal falls @ sunset. I had not seen these falls flow since I was a kid, so to see them trickling over was a little exciting in a way. So down I went into the falls ignoring all the "No Access" signs. Figured there was a path so I could follow it down. Did a few shots along the way until I was right in. Had only just finished a few bracketed exposures and was setting up my new panohead to do a panorama shot inside the falls. At this point as I was turning to move the camera(path was about 2 foot wide) my right foot slipped over the edge of the path and i started to fall. I knew it was going to hurt as 20-30 foot falls usually do. All of a sudden I was thrust into the side of the cutout with such a force that I cut my hands. Also have a bruise on my temple where I must of hit my head. As you can imagine this shook me up pretty bad and I got out of there ASAP. Can still feel the coldness I felt after I was pushed back, almost unbearable coldness. Could this have been weather? Sure, but unlikely.
What adds a whole twist to this is i find out later after explaining to my fiance is that 2 people(students?) were killed here in an accident in 1990.
I am still skeptical about the whole ghost thing, whatever it was that stopped me from falling I am grateful, I certainly will not be going back down into those falls though.
I have attached a pic, the red shows the path, the down arrow shows where I would have fallen, other arrow shows where I ended up...people can call bull**** if they like, I dont spook easy, in fact, this shocked me more than first arriving in timor in novermber 99.
For me, I never used to believe in Ghosts etc, really I still don't. Only problem is something that happened on Saturday.
I went down to lal Lal falls which is eastish of Ballarat, did the 6.5k return walk from Moorabool falls, down a few hills intot he granite falls. Was a great day. Returned to Lal Lal falls @ sunset. I had not seen these falls flow since I was a kid, so to see them trickling over was a little exciting in a way. So down I went into the falls ignoring all the "No Access" signs. Figured there was a path so I could follow it down. Did a few shots along the way until I was right in. Had only just finished a few bracketed exposures and was setting up my new panohead to do a panorama shot inside the falls. At this point as I was turning to move the camera(path was about 2 foot wide) my right foot slipped over the edge of the path and i started to fall. I knew it was going to hurt as 20-30 foot falls usually do. All of a sudden I was thrust into the side of the cutout with such a force that I cut my hands. Also have a bruise on my temple where I must of hit my head. As you can imagine this shook me up pretty bad and I got out of there ASAP. Can still feel the coldness I felt after I was pushed back, almost unbearable coldness. Could this have been weather? Sure, but unlikely.
What adds a whole twist to this is i find out later after explaining to my fiance is that 2 people(students?) were killed here in an accident in 1990.
I am still skeptical about the whole ghost thing, whatever it was that stopped me from falling I am grateful, I certainly will not be going back down into those falls though.
I have attached a pic, the red shows the path, the down arrow shows where I would have fallen, other arrow shows where I ended up...people can call bull**** if they like, I dont spook easy, in fact, this shocked me more than first arriving in timor in novermber 99.