So, a couple days ago we encouraged you to share any local folklore or paranormal events that took place in your town or country. We’ve gotten some pretty interesting responses on our Instagram:
a haunted school in Nova Scotia
blinking lights in the sky (ufo?)
and the Belmez Faces in Spain
Our very own @aksannyi here on tumblr shared some really cool folklore stories based in Pennsylvania including the phenomena taking place on Gravity Hill, a coven of witches, vampire tombs, the Devil’s Backbone and an abandoned, haunted hotel in Florida!
These are all places I’m sure Mulder has some record of in the filing cabinet, and cases we’d all like our agents to investigate and find out the truth about. Now, as promised, I’m sharing a place here in Trinidad that’s said to be a paranormal hotspot, and I think can make for a classic x-files episode (it certainly made an impact on Ghost Hunters International). Get ready for:
Story Time
Grab your blankets [and flashlights], children. It’s about to get a little spooky in here.
Our story today comes from a place called “Lopinot”, which was named after Charles Joseph Count de Loppinot (1738-1819). He used to be a knight of the French Army, but came to Trinidad with his family and 100 slaves where he established a cocoa estate and began cultivating sugar cane. Lopinot did not have a good reputation as a slave owner (tell me one plantation owner who did). He’s said to have been locking up slaves, beating/lashing them for what he deemed as “bad behaviour” and when they weren’t of use to him anymore, he’d hang them on a Cashew tree at the front of his house.
Since his passing and until today, people visiting the estate and his grave in the front yard have reported various claims of paranormal experiences. Upon entering the compound, they feel an immediate heaviness and the feeling as if they’re being watched. On nights, mumbling have been reported coming from the attic where the slaves were kept, and individuals have even felt themselves being grabbed. One of the most common claims is that Lopinot himself is said to be seen rising from his grave on full moon nights, and proceed to ride his horse, stopping just before the cashew tree where he hung his slaves.
Do you think out agents can handle it? We think, much like the episode, “How the Ghosts Stole Christmas”, that they’d both get officially spooked and it’s something we’d actually like to see again. So much, that my colleague @prorismott did an illustration (featured above) with our agents on Lopinot’s estate, flashlights in hand and ready to investigate. What do you think they would find?
Most of my best childhood memories come from playing in this yard. My sisters and I had so many wild adventures, making mischief, getting into Papa's tool box, climbing trees, hunting birds with sling shots, driving our toy cars, eating half ripened fruit, getting all muddy and generally causing havoc while Papa taught us to whistle while he sang to us. I really miss Lopinot and often wish I could move back home. #Lopinot #Memories #Throwback #TBT #CountryLife #CountryKids #IslandKids #Outdoors #CountryGyal #TriniGyal #islandGirl #IslandLife #IslandWays #SurfSandAndSunnyRays (at La Pastora,Lopinot)
Chocolate is nature's way for making up for Mondays!! S/O Lopinot La Pastora Community on their innovation and production of locally made chocolate. #Chocolate #HotChocolate #ChocolateTea #Lopinot #LaPastora #Innovation #Production #LocalTourism #SME #Local #SupportLocal #Cocoa #CocoaBeans #CountryGyal #TriniGyal #islandGirl #IslandLife #IslandWays #SurfSandAndSunnyRays (at Lopinot Historical Complex)
