A NEW book which lifts the lid on the strange history and unexplained incidents within a small Whitchurch cottage is now on sale.

Bones – the Mystery of Plympton Cottage, written by award winning investigative reporter Nic Outterside, is a true account of ghostly riddles, the supernatural, unsolved mysteries, skeletal discoveries and unexplained incidents.

Originally published on October 16, the book is now available to buy at BookShrop in Green End, Whitchurch.

The book includes testimonies from more than half a dozen people who lived in the Whitchurch cottage over a period of more than 30 years.

It also includes the author’s own story of the paranormal activity he and his family encountered while resident in the same house.

Bones – the Mystery of Plympton Cottage has been painstakingly researched and written over a period of a six years.

“I did not believe in any so-called hereafter nor did I believe in ghosts or spirits,” said Nic.

“I had been an investigative newspaper journalist for more than 28 years and by the very nature of my work had to deal in hard proven facts.

“But all that changed when my family and I moved into Plympton Cottage in Whitchurch in June 2013.”

The eureka moment occurred on Monday, January 13.

“By chance on that day I discovered that seven unidentified skeletons had been found buried in the grounds of our home,” says Nic.

“The unexplained occurrences in the cottage did not cease.

“My book documents not only the 18 months we lived in Plympton Cottage but also the investigation which followed.”