Statement of Ann Eaton 8th - 13th September 1985

[Bridget]

I reckon it's a pheasant feather stuck through a marshmallow.

[maggie]

Hi Lookout, I can't believe I have been intrigued by a bleeding feather....Its a very small feather and there is something attached to it...it looks like a plastic cup of some sort...like of a dream catcher...hat or ear lug....but then again it could be a lump of play dough....

Ha! I've just found a witchcraft shop online that sells feathers....

I think April might be right, one of the children may have picked it up....It sounds a bit far fetched to be witch related....or coming from someones ear....dontcha think? 

Hi Patti, would imagine it's typical of boys the twins age to pick up feathers etc that they no doubt would find lying around the farm.

[Patti]

There may have been a clump of feathers originally,Patti,,,off an old hat.
I remember an old aunt of mine who loved her hats,especially one that had a clump of waxy cherries on it,,which exploded one by one when we were out walking in the heat of the day.She swore that someone was following us when she heard the noises.I was about 8,,giggling furiously.

Lol...................That has made me laugh Lookout. 

[Caroline R]

I have absolutely no problem at all with discussions about discrepancies in statements, in fact I think it's only right that such things should be scrutinised. As to Steve, I agree, he's absolutely the worse one on here for ascribing thoughts and motives to Jeremy which he cannot possibly back up with anything other than his own opinion. If I ask myself why I don't challenge him as I have you I come up with several answers:

1) because of the crimes which I believe JB committed it doesn't raise my moral hackles.
2) you all jump all over him anyway so I don't have to.
3) I am too lazy to read Steve's flowery prose and as a consequence tend to miss much of what he says anyway.
4) sometimes I read his posts knowing how much he is going to irritate you all and smirk at the thought of you getting a taste of your own medicine (sorry!)

I'll leave you with a further thought...if you look at the final pages of Ann's statement you will see that the police spent over 34 hours taking this statement. How long did it take you to read it? Who is to know how many heartwarming memories of her relatives were left out of her statements for want of being relevant to the matter at hand.

Well, perhaps, but that is just speculation and we can't have an opinion on what 'might' have been said (although I admit, some often do).

[Caroline R]

Hi Lookout, I can't believe I have been intrigued by a bleeding feather....Its a very small feather and there is something attached to it...it looks like a plastic cup of some sort...like of a dream catcher...hat or ear lug....but then again it could be a lump of play dough....

Ha! I've just found a witchcraft shop online that sells feathers....

I think April might be right, one of the children may have picked it up....It sounds a bit far fetched to be witch related....or coming from someones ear....dontcha think? 

Perhaps we're all wrong and there was indeed a third party - Big Bird!! Or maybe if it wasn't a pheasant plucker, it might have been his son!! 

[Patti]

Not yet, but I will be later so you all may want to fetch your crash hats!

I'll be safe under the table thank you. Might be having company round, but might be on later using the slurring words; so you will be shut of me for a while...I can be a pain, but hey ho! I like to hang onto things till its done to smithers...

[Patti]

I reckon it's a pheasant feather stuck through a marshmallow.

Arrh, Is there not a bag of marshmallows on the side???

[Patti]

Perhaps we're all wrong and there was indeed a third party - Big Bird!! Or maybe if it wasn't a pheasant plucker, it might have been his son!! 

Lol...................

[Patti]

Hi Patti, would imagine it's typical of boys the twins age to pick up feathers etc that they no doubt would find lying around the farm.

maggie I think you are right. Sometime my imagination runs wild.....I think April was right! Bottoms up! 

[Bridget]

Well, perhaps, but that is just speculation and we can't have an opinion on what 'might' have been said (although I admit, some often do).

Of course, and the opposite is also true. You can't (well you shouldn't) base an opinion on what you think hasn't been said just because you haven't read it in a statement.

Anyway...feathers and big birds..

[Lugg]

Of course, and the opposite is also true. You can't (well you shouldn't) base an opinion on what you think hasn't been said just because you haven't read it in a statement.

Anyway...feathers and big birds..

Or a robin.

[Caroline R]

Or a robin.

Ha, ha!! 

[Jane]

Or a robin.

That came later

[Patti]

That came later

Schhhhhhhh! There is a Batman around....hahahahaha 

[Jane]

Schhhhhhhh! There is a Batman around....hahahahaha 

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