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Notes: 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, beautiful...
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 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 sense 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 Richter
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