My wife and I toured Paris and the surrounding region May of this year.
During one of our tours to a castle in the Loire Vally, Chambord, we had
a strange experience and later realized why. Our last castle on a 12
hour tour was the Chateau de Chambord, a beautiful late medieval castle.

As we were prepairing to leave, after just hitting the gift shop, we
noticed a room on the first floor that we didn't recall going through.
There was nothing particularly exciting about the room, but what drew us
in was the site of a pool table sitting empty in the middle of a large
parlor room. This seemed odd an odd site that we hadn't seen in any
other tours, so we decided to take a peek. As we drew closer, we could
see that the room was practically empty of furnishings, baring the pool
table and some rather large portraits. We decided to get a closer look
at the paintings, so we went in.

As soon as we stepped into the room, I had an overwhelming sence of
coldness. A deep cold clammy dampness that went through me. I asked my
wife if she noticed it too and she agreed. We continued to look around
and I took a few pictures, then we left. As we left the room, I said to
my wife, "if any of the rooms in these castles is haunted, this one
is.". We chuckled it off and caught up with our tour group to return to
Paris.

After we returned to the states, I was putting together a scrap book of
our visit to France. As I was reviewing the pictures, I noticed a
strange glare in one of the photos from our trip to Chambord. It was
one of the photos I took in the billiard room. As I studied the picture
closer, I noticed that it looks like a figure sitting on the pool table
watching us as we were coming in the room. Then, I showed it to my wife
and we remembered the strange feeling we had in that room.

I have just started to do some research on the history of Chambord,
particularly to see if anyone has had simlar experiences. If you can
point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it. If not,
at least I got to tell my story and maybe someone who has information
can contact me.

Thanks.

Sincerely,
Larry

Chambord Spirit[/URL]

[ June 27, 2003, 10:55 PM: Message edited by: ljrichte ]

Here are two other photos we found that contained orbs in other rooms at Chambord.

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Chambord 4 Orbs[/URL]

[ June 27, 2003, 10:58 PM: Message edited by: ljrichte ]

First I have to say that the Castle looks like an awsome place to visit. Your best bet at finding information about it would probably be to do a search using google.

You have some really nice orb pics. I like the bed chamber one. The pool table pic I think is probably just sunlight coming through the window, though I agree that it is an interesting effect.

Thank you for sharing your pictures with us. The castle looks like a really beautiful place.

At first, I thought the same thing about the pool table one - that it was just sunlight coming through the window. But.... after noticing the strange 'bulge' of light (around where the head area would be), it made me wonder. I also had to think twice when I noticed the bluey streaks on the side of the table. I had to ask myself, how would sunlight make that? Hmm... I think this is one of those 'you be the judge' pics - very interesting though. I love the bed with the orb too. Beautiful place!

Thanks again for sharing them with us, Larry!

Kell

THANK YOU! My best friend and I took a school trip to France after our freshman year in hgih school. We also visited Chambord, and yes, we also sensed a spirit in the billiard room! Not to mention the scary-as-anything hall of mirrors in that palace right outside Paris. I can't remember the name now, but there was something odd about the place.

When I went to Chambord in high school during my senior year (2006), I had an extremely strange experience. There was a strange honey-like smell that came around me suddenly and followed me everywhere I went on the chateau's grounds. I asked all of my friends if they could smell it but all of them thought I was crazy! It was so strong... I couldn't understand how they couldn't smell it!

When I went to Chambord in high school during my senior year (2006), I had an extremely strange experience. There was a strange honey-like smell that came around me suddenly and followed me everywhere I went on the chateau's grounds. I asked all of my friends if they could smell it but all of them thought I was crazy! It was so strong... I couldn't understand how they couldn't smell it!