Welcome to The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Who Wants Smooch Hugs? Epic Cat Embroidery and Who's Having Sneaky Snacks? **PLUS** BBHQ Haunted Happenings ~ A Ghostly Attack or Something Else?

Epic Wednesday Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

How's your week going? At the time of writing this, Monday afternoon, we've experienced three back to back storms. The current one is called Franklin. Storm Dudley battered the U.K. earlier last week, just before Eunice came in causing even more mayhem and destruction around the country leaving 1.4 million homes without power. 

Mewton-Clawson is nestled in a rather quiet area on the East Midlands, and although we missed the most severe weather, it was still pretty gusty and quite scary at times.   

We've just read that after Franklin passes later today, there's another weather front coming in later in the week with the possibility of being another named storm, this time Gladys. We hope that Gladys doesn't pick up ferocity or strength as the poor U.K. residents have had enough of a battering in the last few days. Rivers have burst their banks in Yorkshire causing flood misery, and there's significant flooding in Derbyshire too; these two counties sit higher above ours, and we usually get a lot of floodwater days later especially from Derbyshire. So we'll be keeping an eye on that in the coming days.

First up in the news this week.

 Who Wants Smooch Hugs? 

Smooch is sending oodles of love and hugs this week to anypawdy who needs some.

And catnip cookies for everypawdy, just raise your paw for cookies!

And mew can have as many hugs as mew want, Smooch says there's enough for everypawdy.

Next up in the news this week. 

Epic Cat Embroidery - Meet Purrtuna

The P.A. used to do a lot of embroidery creating fabric pictures, and a few weeks ago, she decided out of nowhere that she needed to do some again, and this is her second picture.

It looks adorable in real life as the sequins and beads are really sparkly, and what's epic about this little picture is that it's winging its way to someone as a special surprise. 

Watch Smooch as he makes the P.A. stop sewing to give him pats on TikTok.

This is what it looks like in its frame.

Cute or what?

We thought the name Purrtuna suited her and hope the surprise is epically epic for the mystery recipient.

And finally this week.

Who's Having Sneaky Snacks?

Check out these three heathens nomming down on Instagram.

Mew've heard the phrase, mew snooze mew lose? 

Well, that's exactly what happened on Monday afternoon when Pandora, Fudge and Smooch piled into the laundry and demanded a sneaky snack while Amber, Parsley and Melvyn catnapped!

Needless to say, there was a bit of an uproar when the others found out they'd missed out on extra noms! MOL

Do mew get sneaky snacks without your fursibs knowing?

BBHQ Haunted Happenings ~ A Ghostly Attack or Something Else?

And lastly this week the P.A. is back with some more spooky tales, so get your cup of tea or coffee, sit back and relax! Muwahahahahahahahaaaaaaaa!!! 

FYI for new readers: These are real ghost stories and true-life events which have happened to me during my life. They are not made up or fictional tales for effect. 

Have You Ever Experienced A Psychic Attack? 

This was the question asked by the P.A. in last weeks post. 

What is a psychic or ghostly attack? It's the very real sensation of being attacked as you sleep, feeling completely wide awake while being utterly paralysed and unable to speak. It's truly terrifying. 

Some scientists call it sleep paralysis, and if you look that up it offers many explanations. Though at the time of my attacks, I wasn't suffering from any of the 'symptoms' which supposedly cause this strange phenomenon, and I still believe my incidents were otherworldly entities.

I've experienced this twice in my life, and when I say it freaked the fluffing bejeezus out of me, it really did.

Both times it happened, I was living at my old house. The first attack occurred in the middle of the night. I was obviously asleep, in a deep sleep on my left side. And then I was woken by an unseen force pushing down on my right shoulder and right hip. As I suddenly woke fully, I could feel this enormous pressure, like clawed hands gripping ferociously onto my shoulder and hip, and I was being pushed down into the bed. I tried to move, to get away, but I was totally paralysed, I tried to scream, but I had no voice. I couldn't make a sound. 

I was shaken violently with malicious intent for what seemed like forever. I remember being in the inky darkness of the room with my eyes wide open and feeling like a defenceless rag doll, as this unseen energy attacked me with such ferocity. 

I could feel this thing trying to push me through the mattress as I was forced down, released and forced down repeatedly really quickly. 

I was terrified out of my mind, literally. I cannot describe the fear, the terror, the panic of not being able to move or cry for help, it was so overwhelming, and I am not the sort of person to scare easily. 

The attack abruptly ceased when Catkin - my first cat - leapt onto the chest of draws opposite the end of the bed and pushed a pile of C.D.s on the floor. His sudden presence and the crashing sound of the C.D.s landing on the floor stopped whatever was happening; the thick, shrouded darkness seemed to lift. I just lay there not daring to move, as to be honest I wasn't really sure what had just happened, and I didn't know how to process these events as my mind raced and my heart pounded. 

Eventually, when Catkin got on the bed a few minutes later, I plucked up the courage to turn on the bedside light, and there was nothing in the room with me. I ventured downstairs, but the house was empty, apart from Catkin and me.

After that, I didn't sleep for the rest of the night, as I was too scared and Catkin didn't leave my side. 

It didn't happen again for a couple of months, and the second attack was equally as frightening as the first with the same thing happening, and once again it stopped when Catkin came in the room, and this time he jumped on the bed growling.

Whatever it was seemed very real; the total body paralysis was real, the inability to scream was real, the sensation of being violently shook was real, the feeling of clawed hands digging into me was real. Everything about those two incidents was terrifyingly real to me, I can't explain what it was, I can't say for certain that it was 'X' or 'Y', all I know for sure is this; it happened, and I don't ever want to experience it again.

It gives me chills just thinking about it - EEEEEK!

And after that chilling story, would you like to know about the ghost I saw in Australia? 

That's us done for today. Amber will be back on Friday with another fab book just for mew, and click the link if mew missed Monday's post click here to read the Grand Finale in Part 10 of Fast, Furry & Dangerous.

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Welcome to The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Melvyn Finds A Sunspot, Parsley Checking Quality Control and Pandora Practising Her Skills **PLUS** Haunted Happenings Update ~ BBHQ Gets Exorcised and Blessed

Epic Wednesday Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

How's your week going? 

We can't believe it's Wednesday already; where does the time go? We've still got to get a post ready for our Valentine's Crafting with Cats 2022, luckily we know what we're making, but will we find the time? Mew'll know next Monday! MOL

First up in the news this week

Melvyn found a sun puddle, it was brief and somewhat weak, but nevertheless he got some warms through the patio doors.

Luckily no one else was in the room, so he didn't get ousted from his hot spot, and apparently, the weather is taking a turn for the worse later this week as we read there's a cold front 1,500 miles across heading down from the arctic which is bringing -5 C and a lot of snow, whether we'll get any here remains to be seen, we hope we don't!

Roll on Spring!

Next up in the news this week

Parsley was in the library just doing a bit of quality control on the catnip crop. 

He looks purretty blissed-out here, so all indications are this years crop is GOOD!

And finally this week

Pandora's Practising Her Magical Deflection Skills!

Check out her epically epic video on TikTok; she's got the moves! 

She's getting the P.A. prepped and purrpared for writing Mogwarts, as we're only 3 years behind schedule - OOPS! MOL

BBHQ Haunted Happenings ~ BBHQ Gets Exorcised and Blessed

And finally this week the P.A. is back with some more spooky tales, so get your cup of tea or coffee, sit back and relax! Muwahahahahahahahaaaaaaaa!!! 

FYI for new readers: These are real ghost stories and true-life events which have happened to me at BBHQ, or other events in our village, they are not made up or fictional tales for effect. 

Hello again lovely friends, in last times spooky instalment, I revealed that BBHQ isn't the only haunted house in Mewton-Clawson; click the link to catch up.

As I've mentioned in several posts, the poltergeist activity was quite often and seemed to really amp up when anything was being done to the house.

I remember one particularly strange week; first, my vegetable paring knife disappeared, then my flour sieve vanished a couple of days later. And then a couple of evenings after that, I walked into the kitchen from the sitting room to find a ring on the electric cooker hob turned on full. No one was in the kitchen; Josh and I were both in the sitting room, the cats couldn't have turned it on, and no one could sneak in and turn it on as a prank.

Yes, the spooks were probably trying to whip up a meal and were using my knife and sieve for something! 

So at that point, when the hob was turned on, I didn't like that at all; I didn't like my knife or sieve going missing either, but the hob where the cats could jump up and get burned really easily was the reason I called the local Diocese and was put in touch with the vicar who's in charge of the Mewton-Clawson church.

After explaining on the telephone what had been happening, I did actually feel a bit stupid, like a bit of numpty telling tales, but the vicar was sympathetic enough and said he'd come round to the house in a few days.

When he turned up, I showed him all the places weird things had happened, and we spoke a little about the history of the property; then he asked me if I'd ever used a ouija board on-site or used black magic in an attempt to summon spirits; I said, "Fluff no dude, we don't summon spirits or demons here, or anywhere else for that matter!" 

I didn't need a witch hunt coming for me; pitchforks at midnight and a nice stake to get tied to, with a really toasty fire to keep away the chill on a cold winters eve. 

Anyhoo, the vicar had brought his bible, lots of holy water and an incense burner on a long chain, like they have in churches, and so it began, and the vicar blessed every room in the house, he chanted and prayed in every room in the house. The Incense was wafted in every room in the house, and a couple of hours later he left with a nice donation for the church.

I know it's probably not like an exorcism or the dramatic stuff you'd see in the movies, but it was pretty full-on.

Things quietened down after that, and the hob never ever turned on again. So at least I got a result with that.

And life continued as normal without any strange phenomenon for quite a while after that, but you know I'm sitting here typing this. I've got a key missing for my locked filing cabinet that I've been searching for ages, over 12 months; I know the keyring it's on, I know exactly where I put it, yet it has vanished. That's not the only missing item; before Christmas, I was under the stairs, and I saw a pair of tan UGG boots I'd forgotten I'd left there, they are like new. Two weeks ago, I went to get those boots off the shoe rack at the back of the understairs cupboard, and they were gone. I have subsequently been through every room, every cupboard and wardrobe in the house looking, and I can't find them anywhere. Seriously I cannot find them, and no, they haven't been thrown out by mistake, so now it makes me wonder if things are about to ramp up again. Oh joy! Let's not speculate or will it to occur by thinking about it! 

So that was the BBHQ exorcism and house blessing. I think the cottage down the lane needs doing next, but when you think about it, what's to stop spirits just house hopping and going to cause mischief elsewhere and then come back after a while? That would make sense, they go off to torment the occupants of another property and then return when you least expect it.

What do you think about spirits house hopping?

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Eric & Flynn asked if there were any battles on the site of the village?

 No, not that we can find, only the one we know of was a few miles away as the crow flies the other side of the river, I could have sworn I wrote about it in one of the ghostly episodes, but I can't seem to find it today! 

The village is mentioned in the Doomsday Book. There is historical evidence to suggest there was a settlement before the 1st Century AD when the area was occupied by a tribe called the Coritani, then the Romans arrived, causing a bit of a hoo-ha for a few centuries. Then in the 5th & 6th centuries, the Angles and Saxons moved in, followed by the Danes in the 8th & 9th centuries. They were ousted by the Normans, and the conquests began.

I don't think there's really anywhere in Britain that hasn't seen bloodshed and death throughout history.

That's us done for today; Amber will be back on Friday with another fab book just for mew, and click the link if mew missed Monday's post click here to catch up on Part 8 of Fast, Furry & Dangerous. And if mew missed our very first review of 2022, check it out and see what we thought of Cool Cat Collars.

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Welcome to The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Pandora & Parsley on Patrol, Melvyn's in the Oval Window and Fudge's New Toll Booth **How Much Has He Made?**

Epic Wednesday Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

How's your week going? 

We're running behind schedule this week, the P.A. went on strike on Tuesday. Well, actually she had a terrible migraine and this is the reason we're late, she's ok now though, so we sat her down at the PC and said, "crack on luvie!" while we went for a nap! MOL

First up in the news this week.

Pandora and Parsley we're on patrol together; which is quite unusual as Pandora usually likes solo missions! MOL

Next up in the news this week. 

The P.A. was doing a spot of cleaning and had made a small cafe net for the oval window in the downstairs bathroom when Melvyn decided that she needed some help!

She was just about to hang it, when this happened.

Needless to say, the new cafe net didn't get put up that day!

And finally this week.

Fudge decided that he was having a new toll booth on the staircase, and everytime somepawdy wants to ascend or descend they have to pay a fee.

He was even going to install a ticket barrier on the half-landing, but the planning commitee rejected his proposal on the grounds that it would be too dangerous, especially for the P.A.!

He's offering discounted rates on monthly tickets with no limits on how many times mew can ascend or descend, which is far cheaper than his pay per go option, which quite frankly is obscene.

So far he's taken: £5.62p in cash, 3 bags of Dreamies, 2 jars of Catnip and a promise of having the sofa in the BBHQ office to himself for the entire month of February. Plus Amber gave him an exclusive library pass to access the restricted section where all the guns, ammo and military books are kept, so he's winning right now! 

A Note From The P.A.

Many apologies for no Haunted Happenings this week, my migraine is still lingering and staring the the pc monitor is not helping, so we'll reconvene next week and address all the queries in the comments. Thanks for your understanding XX

 

That's us done for today, Amber will be back on Friday with another fab book just for mew, we also shared our very first Top Cat Bloggers list on Catuday, and if mew missed Monday's post click here to catch up on Part 7 of Fast, Furry & Dangerous. 

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Welcome to The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Melvyn's New Afturshave, Psychedelic Smooch Tastes The Rainbow and Fudge Gets A Crystal Recharge & More BBHQ Haunted Happenings & Paranormal Activity - BBHQ Isn't The Only Haunted House in Mewton-Clawson **REAL GHOST STORIES**

Epic Wednesday Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

How's your week going? It's fluffing freezing at BBHQ this week; it's that bone-chilling cold and damp vibe, and the birds are scoffing bucket loads of seed. We need to purchase some more supplies soon, and if mew'd like to see our greedy feathered furiends, mew can watch them on our Bird TV for Cats on YouTube.

Furst up in the news this week, Melvyn smells different. 

The other day at BBHQ, Fudge ambled into the kitchen, jumped on the island and proceeded to sniff Melvyn.

He said, "Dude is that a new purrfume mew're wearing?"

Melvyn replied, "No dude, it's my new afturshave!"

"Ahhhhhh, that explains the bald patch then!" Fudge laughed.

And the moral of the story is, mew don't need to shave to wear afturshave. Fudge did explain this to Melvyn, who now feels somewhat embarrassed because he said. "Thanks for telling me that dude, as I didn't really want to be covered in little bald patches to wear my fragrance!" MOL

Next Up In The News

Smooch literally tastes a rainbow, though it does have catnip in it.

He loves his catnip rainbow, especially when he's reclining in his observatory, in fact there's no better place for it!

Check him out on Tiktok, we're going to call him psychedelic Smooch from now on! MOL

And finally in the news this week

Fudge gets a crystal recharge, he loves the citrine geode in the sitting room.

He swears by the power of crystals, check out his video on TikTok.

And speaking of crystals, our Colouring with Cats posts will resume once the rerun of Fast Furry and Dangerous concludes, we're working on some new mandalas and have got a few new crystals to share too.

BBHQ Haunted Happenings ~ BBHQ Isn't The Only Haunted House in Mewton-Clawson

And finally this week the P.A. is back with some more spooky tales, so get your cup of tea or coffee, sit back and relax! Muwahahahahahahahaaaaaaaa!!! 

FYI for new readers: These are real ghost stories and true-life events which have happened to me at BBHQ, or other events in our village, they are not made up or fictional tales for effect. 

Hello again lovely friends, in last times spooky instalment I revealed how many spooks reside at BBHQ, click the link to catch up.

Many apologies for taking a break, but you know how life gets, anyway I've got new a ghost story for you today from one of our neighbours. When Josh and I were putting up the outdoor Christmas lights at the beginning of December just as the light was fading at teatime, one of our neighbours, let's call him Jerry, ambled by and decided to head over for a chat.

He's lived in the village for a long time and is currently building a new house. After the usual pleasantries and some chit chat, Jerry glances over his shoulder rather furtively both ways, which I thought was really odd and then he says, "Oh my god, you won't believe what's happening!"

Josh and I glance at one another expecting some village-life bulls**t, and then he says in hushed tones. "I'm renting the little bungalow down the lane next to the first home I bought here, and all this weird stuff has been happening!" 

Back story: Jerry bought a lovely old house from an elderly nun and her sister, and they'd built a small bungalow in the side garden and moved in there. 

I remember my uncle telling me about the nun, she was about 5ft tall and walked around the village in her habit doing whatever nuns do.

Anyhoo, the elderly sisters died and Jerry built a new property in another part of the garden and moved into that a few years later.

So last summer Jerry and his wife moved in the nun's bungalow on a six-month lease, and it's been a hotbed of poltergeist activity.

He said the internal doors kept opening and closing; he was in his bathroom one evening and could hear really loud moaning and groaning, he went to investigate, finds his wife in the other bedroom getting ready to go out and asked, "Why are you making all that noise, what's wrong?"  She replies, "I thought it was you!"

The groaning and moaning featured throughout their stay, and then other things like the fridge door being opened began. Windows that were left securely closed were found open. Taps were turned on in the bathrooms and left running, and a lot of this activity occurred while Jerry was in the property.

He'd hear the tap running in the bathroom, then discover a window was open, he'd close the window, turn off the tap and return to the kitchen to find the fridge door wide open. He said several times there was a strange perfume smell in the bungalow which he couldn't explain, and lots of odd little occurrences such as small objects being moved, or not where they were left.

He was really freaked out when telling us, and then it made sense about the furtive glance, as obviously, he didn't want anyone else who could be walking by overhearing. I then realised he must have told others and they'd dismissed his observations as rubbish. Which to be honest unless you've actually experienced paranormal things first-hand, you are more likely to be more sceptical and dismissive about these events.

Josh and I looked at each other after Jerry had finished and grinned, not because he was distressed but because it's not just our house.

I said, "Oh wow, it's not just here then, Spook Central must have expanded to other parts of the village!"

Jerry looked so relieved that someone actually believed him, and I explained some of the weird stuff that happens here. 

I offered to go and cleanse the bungalow with sage and my spook kit, but he declined as he said they were moving out in 2 days, as they couldn't stand all the strange things happening all the time.

And as to who or what is causing the disturbances is still unknown; is it the nun and her sister, or is it someone or something else?

This bungalow is only about 50 yards away and is generally used as a holiday home or short-term let. And I can tell you, I never liked the look of the place, it always made me feel a bit icky when walking by, you know that uggghhhh I wouldn't want to go in there vibe. 

I can't imagine what it's like for holiday renters or new tenants. Horrendous! 

So that's the good news, we aren't the only affected property in the village, and the bad news, there are more spooks and poltergeists than before.

Next time I'll share what happened at the exorcism if mew're ready?

That's us done for today, Amber will be back on Friday with another fab book just for mew, and click the link if mew missed Monday's post click here to catch up on Part 6 of Fast, Furry & Dangerous an adventure story so exciting it will blow your fur off.

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