When I was 11 I went to a summer camp with a friend. One day we were taken out on a visit to a stately home, it consisted of a massive house and gardens and a gatehouse. As we walked up the drive towards the house my friend and I stopped to pick some flowers outside the gatehouse while the others walked ahead. When we stood up again we saw a well built man in country style clothes, with his hands on his hips and laughing at us. We thought he looked odd but hurried on to catch the others. We were shown around the rooms of the house and in one of the rooms was a portrait of a previous owner of the estate. At this point my friend and I stated that we had seen this man by the gatehouse and the guide told us that was not possible because he had died more than 100 years ago. He then went on to tell us that the man had found his wife in a liason with the gamekeeper so he killed them both, then killed himself. He also told us that others had seen him and when he did appear it was always by the gatehouse either because he was trying to leave or because that's where he murdered his wife and her lover. I think it was probably the later. That was the first time I ever had an experience like that but I've had others since then. I may tell you more later............... Catlin