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"Every entry in this archive begins the same way: someone saw something, heard something, or felt something they couldn't explain — and wrote it down before they could talk themselves out of it."
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<span class="vault-eyebrow">THE EERIE FILES ARCHIVE</span>
Welcome to '''The Vault''', the working archive of [https://eeriefiles.com The EERIE Files]. What you'll find here isn't ghost stories for their own sake — it's the paper trail behind them: witness statements, site histories, investigation notes, and the research that's been done (or hasn't) to explain them.


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'''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' cases are currently filed. Read carefully. Some of them are still open.
Welcome to The Vault
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The Vault is the research archive of [[The EERIE Files]], documenting the unexplained, the unusual, and the unexplained corners of human experience.
== Featured Case ==


From hauntings and UFO sightings to cryptids, psychic research, folklore, and paranormal investigations, every entry is structured, sourced, and assessed — separating reported claims, historical records, research, and speculation.
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<div class="vault-feature-label">Case No. 0001 &middot; Currently Under Investigation</div>
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Whether you are a believer, sceptic, researcher, or simply fascinated by strange stories, The Vault is your guide into the unknown.
Britain's Guinness World Record holder for most haunted village, with twelve distinct ghosts packed into a village you could walk end to end in twenty minutes. Fright Corner, the Red Lady of St Nicholas, and the Screaming Woods all sit within a few hundred yards of each other — a concentration of hauntings no other single location in the country can match.


How much of it holds up? [[Pluckley|Read the full case file and evidence assessment &rarr;]]
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== Browse by Classification ==


== Explore The Archive ==
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== Vault Classification System ==
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<div class="vault-card-title">Cases</div>
<div class="vault-card-description">Specific reported incidents — sightings, hauntings, encounters — documented start to finish.</div>]]</div>


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<div class="vault-card">[[:Category:Locations|<span class="vault-card-icon">&#128205;</span>
<div class="vault-card-title">Locations</div>
<div class="vault-card-description">The places themselves, and what's said to linger there.</div>]]</div>


<span class="vault-eyebrow">ARCHIVE STRUCTURE</span>
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<div class="vault-card-title">Entities</div>
<div class="vault-card-description">Cryptids, apparitions, and the beings that keep getting reported.</div>]]</div>


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Every File Has A Classification
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<div class="vault-card-description">The recurring shapes reports take, across cases and centuries.</div>]]</div>


The Vault uses a structured archive system to separate different types of information.
<div class="vault-card">[[:Category:Research|<span class="vault-card-icon">&#128300;</span>
<div class="vault-card-title">Research</div>
<div class="vault-card-description">The studies, laboratories, and disciplines trying to test any of this.</div>]]</div>


A reported haunting is documented differently from a researcher, a location, or a book. Each entry follows its own format while maintaining the same principles of research, documentation, and assessment.
<div class="vault-card">[[:Category:Organisations|<span class="vault-card-icon">&#127970;</span>
<div class="vault-card-title">Organisations</div>
<div class="vault-card-description">Societies and groups dedicated to investigation and research.</div>]]</div>


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<div class="vault-card-title">Investigators</div>
<div class="vault-card-description">The people who went looking, and what they found — or didn't.</div>]]</div>


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<div class="vault-card-title">Historical Events</div>
<div class="vault-card-description">Real-world events tangled up with mystery and speculation.</div>]]</div>


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<div class="vault-card">[[:Category:Popular Culture|<span class="vault-card-icon">&#127909;</span>
<div class="vault-card-title">Popular Culture</div>
<div class="vault-card-description">Books, films, television, and the stories built on top of all this.</div>]]</div>


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<div class="vault-card-description">Every person connected to the archive — investigators, practitioners, witnesses, and more.</div>]]</div>
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|excerpt=Reports of unexplained events, sightings, encounters, and investigations.
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|excerpt=Books, films, television programmes, and publications connected to paranormal subjects.
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== Notable Cases ==
 
== Archive Overview ==
 
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== Featured Case Files ==


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|excerpt=One of the world's most famous cryptids, examined through folklore, sightings, investigations, and evidence assessment.
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|excerpt=One of Britain's most investigated modern poltergeist cases, studied by journalists and paranormal researchers.
|excerpt=One of Britain's most extensively documented poltergeist cases, investigated for over a year by the Society for Psychical Research.
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|excerpt=A village famous for its ghost stories, folklore traditions, and claims of being Britain's most haunted village.
|excerpt=The world's oldest psychical research organisation, founded in 1882 to investigate claims of paranormal phenomena scientifically.
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|title=Alex Birch UFO Sighting
|link=Alex Birch UFO Sighting
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|excerpt=A famous photograph that became one of Britain's most debated UFO images.
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== Featured Research ==
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|title=Extrasensory Perception
|title=Extrasensory Perception
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|excerpt=The study of information allegedly received beyond the recognised physical senses.
|excerpt=The study of alleged information received beyond the known senses — telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition among its most-tested claims.
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== Field Notes ==
== Featured Works ==
 
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|title=Bigfoot!: The True Story of Apes in America
|link=Bigfoot!: The True Story of Apes in America
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|excerpt=Loren Coleman's examination of the history, reports, and cultural impact of Bigfoot.
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== Did You Know? ==
 
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|Kent has one of the highest numbers of recorded UFO sightings of any UK county?
|the Enfield Poltergeist was investigated by members of the Society for Psychical Research?
|Bigfoot reports have existed for centuries through Native American folklore and modern sightings?
|the Society for Psychical Research was founded during the Victorian era to investigate paranormal claims scientifically?
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ARCHIVE PRINCIPLE
* Kent has the second-highest number of official UFO sightings of any UK county, behind only London.
* The ghost story at Reculver Towers was later linked to an actual archaeological find beneath the ruins.
* Pluckley's "Screaming Woods" get their name from decades of reports of disembodied screams heard by visitors.
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Document. Investigate. Assess.
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<div class="vault-notice-title">Document First. Interpret Second.</div>
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Every entry aims to separate what was reported, what evidence exists, what investigations have occurred, and what explanations have been proposed. The archive does not ask readers to believe or dismiss automatically — it asks them to investigate.
The Vault does not exist to prove or disprove every claim. Each entry aims to document what has been reported, examine available evidence, explore historical context, and present multiple perspectives.
 
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== The Archive in Numbers ==


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<div><div class="vault-stat-number">{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</div><div class="vault-stat-label">Files Archived</div></div>
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<div><div class="vault-stat-number">10</div><div class="vault-stat-label">Classifications</div></div>
 
<div><div class="vault-stat-number">&infin;</div><div class="vault-stat-label">Questions Remain</div></div>
Have a case, location, person, book, or unexplained event that belongs in The Vault?
 
Join the discussion, share information, or help expand the archive.
 
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== Submit a File ==


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The Vault currently contains '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' archived entries covering cases, research, people, places, and works connected to the unexplained.
Got a story, a local legend, or a sighting worth archiving? Post it in the Facebook Group and we'll help turn the best member stories into full entries — or start a page yourself if you have an account.


[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1029329346374198 <span class="vault-btn vault-btn-primary">Join the Hunt</span>] [[Vault:Style Guide|<span class="vault-btn vault-btn-secondary">Read the Style Guide</span>]]
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Latest revision as of 21:09, 12 August 2026

THE VAULT @ The EERIE Files
Encounters · Enigmas · Rumours · Ideas · Experiences

"Every entry in this archive begins the same way: someone saw something, heard something, or felt something they couldn't explain — and wrote it down before they could talk themselves out of it."

Welcome to The Vault, the working archive of The EERIE Files. What you'll find here isn't ghost stories for their own sake — it's the paper trail behind them: witness statements, site histories, investigation notes, and the research that's been done (or hasn't) to explain them.

245 cases are currently filed. Read carefully. Some of them are still open.

Case No. 0001 · Currently Under Investigation

Britain's Guinness World Record holder for most haunted village, with twelve distinct ghosts packed into a village you could walk end to end in twenty minutes. Fright Corner, the Red Lady of St Nicholas, and the Screaming Woods all sit within a few hundred yards of each other — a concentration of hauntings no other single location in the country can match.

How much of it holds up? Read the full case file and evidence assessment →

Browse by Classification

Notable Cases

Haunting Enfield Poltergeist One of Britain's most extensively documented poltergeist cases, investigated for over a year by the Society for Psychical Research.

Organisation Society for Psychical Research The world's oldest psychical research organisation, founded in 1882 to investigate claims of paranormal phenomena scientifically.

Phenomenon Extrasensory Perception The study of alleged information received beyond the known senses — telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition among its most-tested claims.

Field Notes

Did You Know
  • Kent has the second-highest number of official UFO sightings of any UK county, behind only London.
  • The ghost story at Reculver Towers was later linked to an actual archaeological find beneath the ruins.
  • Pluckley's "Screaming Woods" get their name from decades of reports of disembodied screams heard by visitors.
A Note on Method
Document First. Interpret Second.

Every entry aims to separate what was reported, what evidence exists, what investigations have occurred, and what explanations have been proposed. The archive does not ask readers to believe or dismiss automatically — it asks them to investigate.

The Archive in Numbers

245
Files Archived
10
Classifications
Questions Remain

Submit a File

Have a Case That Belongs Here?

Got a story, a local legend, or a sighting worth archiving? Post it in the Facebook Group and we'll help turn the best member stories into full entries — or start a page yourself if you have an account.

Join the Hunt Read the Style Guide