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The interesting thing was that they had seen a ball of light running across the lawns.

It had rolled up a wall and burst into flame, and Clifford

McChenner, who was one of the more responsible workers, had run to ring a bell

which was kept there for an emergency.

While he was ringing the bell, this ball of flame gathered together,

climbed down the wall, they used the expression,

walk down the wall, when passed behind him and burst into flame again in another place.

When this happened he was aware of three figures standing there. The three figures turned around in unison, but slowly, and when they faced him, he saw this brilliant light emanating from the heads and it was like a power because he fell to the ground.

And I said, but they were three meters away from you about ten feet.

How can you fell to the ground? And he said their

power was so strong. Now when he described them to me he said they had

shiny suits and you might remember that I told you there's no word

in Shona, Ms Shona which is their language for the word silver so when I

wanted him to be more explicit, he took a coin out of his pocket,

silver coin and he said, that was what they were wearing. And then I said, Clifford,

who did you think they were?

And he said, I knew they were.

They were my ancestors, the ghosts of my ancestors.

And I said, but your ancestors wore fur and monkey skins and lion's teeth.

They didn't wear silver suits.

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