The British Are Coming!
Date: Spring 2008
Location: Arlington, Massachusetts
Historical Background: During the opening volleys of the American Revolution, the town of
Arlington, Massachusetts, then called Menotomy, an Algonquian word meaning "swift running water",
lay in the path of both the British and American troops. After the battles of Lexington and Concord
which took place on April 19, 1775, the Americans hounded the British troops as they retreated back
to the safety of Boston. The heaviest casualties of this ‘running battle’ took place in Menotomy where
25 Americans and 40 British met their deaths.
Findings: The team was called in to assist a family whose nine year old son was experiencing
frightful apparitions of groups of bloodied men trooping through his room every night. They always
appeared from the right side of his room, crossed in front of his bed and disappeared through the wall
on the left side of his room. Not understanding what was going on, the young boy was losing sleep.
Conclusion: The team discovered that the boy had heightened psychic abilities. They taught him
and his mother how to become comfortable with his gifts and not to be frightened of the men he was
seeing since they were what is called ‘place memory’ (see explanation below) and not actual physical
hauntings. As a precaution until the boy became older and could understand his abilities better, the
team placed an protective energy grid around the house to keep out any further hauntings. The team
can report that the boy has experienced no further disturbances.
Reason for Haunting: Research showed that the boy lived less than mile from where the heaviest
fighting on April 19, 1775 took place. Wounded soldiers would have passed by his home after the
fighting in Menotomy and the team believes this is what he was seeing. When a trauma such as a
battle where one is fighting to survive takes place, the event leaves a strong energetic imprint. These
men, bloodied and wounded after taking such a strong stand against what had once been their
“Mother Country” would have left such an imprint. The boy, due to his strong psychic gifts, was able
to see them night after night, replaying their sorrowful march to either return home, try to get medical
help, or to die from their wounds.
Case Closed.