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Harry Evans

In January 1967 Mrs Cynthia Aspinall of Dulwich saw her friend, Harry Evans, standing in his garden without a coat. She was a little surprised as Harry was in his mid-seventies, and it was a very, very cold day. Evans lived with his sister, Kitty; they had been together since their parents died 50 years ago.

Mrs Aspinall was pleased to see her friend as she had been away for a month but she was sad to see him looking so pale and drawn. Harry was just two feet away when Mrs Aspinall spoke to him but she got no response at all; he stared straight through [ Not having elicited even a simple response, Mrs Aspinall parted with a warning to Harry not to be out in cold weather without an overcoat or he might catch a chill. At home later Mrs Aspinall told her husband that she was wondering what she had done to offend her friend. Because he had not spoken to her she thought he must be ill.

Some days later Mrs Aspinall was having coffee with friends who included Harry’s sister, Kitty. Mrs Aspinall mentioned to Kitty that she knew of a place in Scotland that would suit both Harry and Kitty very much for a holiday; suddenly Kitty burst into tears. A friend broke the embarrassment by telling Mrs Aspinall, ‘Harry died a month ago Of course Mrs Aspinad was terribly shocked: she told those there that she had been speaking to him just days ago, and indeed had been near enough to touch him. Kitty was in such distress that Mrs Aspinail tried to retract her statement, saying she had got the dates wrong and so on, but she knew she had not.

Mr Aspinail confirmed to investigator Andrew MacKenzie that his wife had mentioned seeing Mr Evans and not receiving a response. One of the other women at the coffee meeting con firmed that something similar to Mrs Aspinail’s recollection had taken place. She recalled Kitty saying how much she missed her brother and that they had been close. She confirmed that Cynthia had then arrived and started questioning Kitty about Harry, commenting that she had spoken to him the day before. The woman recalled Kitty being upset by Cynthia’s inquiries.

Harry Evans had in fact died of leukaemia at the age of 75 at Duiwich Hospital in mid-December 1966. Mrs Aspinall offered an interesting theory to explain the apparition; perhaps it was not ‘inspired’ by Harry Evans but rather by his sister who may have been inside the house, thinking of her brother, and possibly projected the image which Mrs Aspinall saw. Mrs Aspinall was no stranger to the paranormal, as she came from a family of psychics and had previously reported other cases of precognition. America | America | Bristol | Devon | Dorset | London | New Zealand | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Not Known | USA |