Ashcroft Manor Off The Trans Canada Highway Near Cache Creek British Columbia (5 - Pictures)

Above Photo: The Ashcroft Manor.

This heritage site is one that I have driven by dozens of time and I have never stopped in. It seems I was always in a rush to get to Langley or back home here in Houston, British Columbia. 

In early November I made the stop and I am so happy I did. What a gorgeous building and all the buildings on the site. 

The two Elm trees that are in front of the Manor were shipped all the way from England as seedlings and are over 100 years old. 

The Ashcroft Manor is approximately 10 kilometers south from Cache Creek directly off of the Trans Canada Highway.

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1909 Brick Courthouse Located In Kamloops British Columbia (Heritage Building - 4 Pictures)

Above Photo: 1909 Brick Courthouse Kamloops, British Columbia.

As my wife and I continued our travels in November 2015 throughout British Columbia, our next stop was at my daughter’s home. It is always nice to be there visiting with my daughter, son-in-law and my two grandchildren.

Since we were in Kamloops, and knowing some of the history there, I figured this was a good time to check out some of their heritage sites.

At our first stop, it was the 1909 brick courthouse located at 7 Seymour Street West. 

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Williams Lake To Prince George British Columbia Old Buildings Along Highway 97 (Pictures)

Above Photo: Between Williams Lake and Prince George, British Columbia along Highway 97.

Continuing on from our last trip south to Kamloops and then onto Langley, British Columbia in November 2015 we spotted a lot more older buildings. There was a good number of sites I was not able to stop at, as we wanted to get home before it got dark and I still had a long way to travel.

I did manage to take some pictures of a number of other buildings, the ones posted here, and a couple of others along Highway 97. I also stopped and spent some time at a rest stop and I took a stack of photos of the 108 Mile House heritage site. 

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I have a lot photos and information to post from our recent trip through British Columbia, so do drop back to check it out.

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Old Historic Hazelton British Columbia (Pictures)

Hazelton is one of the oldest settlements in Northern British Columbia, its European settlement dates back to 1866 when the Collins Overland telegraph went through.

Hazelton was the original gateway and staging area for the Omineca Gold Rush of 1869-73. Besides the hunt for riches, there was one other important reason to visit: it had the only proper hospital for hundreds of miles in any direction. 

One of its other, less appreciated, distinctions was in having dozens of roaming, foraging and howling sled dogs, as nearly everyone had their own team and many were allowed to run free. 

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Above Photo: I loved the old wagon on top of the building.

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Old Skeena Bridge Over The Skeena River Terrace British Columbia (Photo/Video)

Above Photo: The Terrace, British Columbia Visitor/Kermode Tourism Centre. "Location Map".

The below link is to my Travel British Columbia with Brian Vike blog. All the pages have some nice photos, and in many, video footage as well. 

I am enjoying something different to do. We have bought a brand new car, so my wife and I will be traveling around to see what British Columbia Canada has to offer. B.C. is my home province, and is one beautiful place to live. 

I hope you enjoy all that I have been posting, and a lot more to come.

Old Skeena Bridge Over The Skeena River Terrace British Columbia and Steelhead Fishing on the Copper River. (Photo/Video)

I took the video clip and you can find it here on YouTube.

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Two Bright Old Rose Orbs/Objects Seen In The Sky Over Rio Grande Valley South Texas

Date:  Mid February 2003
Time:  1:00 a.m.

In 2003, mid February, a girlfriend of mine and I saw two bright old rose orbs due north of San Benito, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley.

The event occurred at 1:00 a.m. as we drove from Brownsville to Harlingen, Texas on Hi Way 83. I had the car on cruise at 65 miles per hour. The night was cool and crisp without a cloud in the sky.

There was a full moon to my left at about 45 degrees above the horizon. We were enjoying the gorgeous evening.

As we reached the overpass over the Main Street, Sam Houston, the entire town of San Benito was bathed by a beautiful old rose glow which emanated from two bright old rose orbs that appeared suddenly and without any sound to my right just above the down town area at about 15 degrees above the horizon and slowly drifted west for about 3 degrees.

The entire down town area glowed in the beautiful old rose sheen. The orbs were each about a third of the full moon's diameter, but were much much brighter.  

They were in a horizontal alignment and were separated by a distance equal to their respected diameters.

I was able to calculate the next day by retracing the same route that the orbs were seen for exactly one minute. Although our first thought was that they were flares, the light they produced was much brighter than the full moon and they produced no smoke trails.

The local newspaper two days later reported that bright lights had been seen the night of the event.

There is an international airport in the adjoining town of Harlingen, but these were definitely not landing lights.

They were not in the area of the airport and they were so close to the ground that we should have both seen and heard the plane!

As suddenly as they appeared above the horizon they disappeared without a trace!

If anyone has had a UFO/UFOs sighting, please send me an email at sighting@telus.net or fill out the online UFO report form at http://sightings1.yolasite.com/ with details of what you saw. 

Please remember to include the date and time and location. (Town/City – State or Province) and as much detail as possible.

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Houston, British Columbia, Canada.

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Ice Circle Filmed On The Old Man River Lethbridge Alberta (Pictures)

From Brian Vike’s UFO Files.

Date: Approximately: February/March 2003
Time: Daytime when filmed.

To the best of my knowledge, these photos were taken February/March of 2003 and the location was at the Old Man River, Lethbridge, Alberta.

I could probably provide the g.p.s. coordinates if you desire.

I know someone who, on a different occasion has seen small chrome orbs above the river, upriver of this circle, but not related to this circle.

I have personally seen what would be best described as a "Nordic" very tall, albino, long hair, no recognizable facial features, void of mouth eyes nose, just a blank face and acted very strange, again, not related to this circle.

Thank you to the person for sending along the information and photos.

If anyone has had a UFO/UFOs sighting, please send me an email at sighting@telus.net or fill out the online UFO report form at http://sightings1.yolasite.com/ with details of what you saw. 

Please remember to include the date and time and location. (Town/City – State or Province) and as much detail as possible.

Vike Factor Note: I do receive sighting reports from all over the world, and I post all of the reports I receive here: http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

Brian Vike.
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Houston, British Columbia, Canada.

Email: sighting@telus.net or b_vike@telus.net

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Ice Circle Found On The Old Man River Lethbridge Alberta (Pictures)

(From Brian Vike’s UFO Files) Re-posted by Brian.

Posted: January 29, 2009

Date: Approx: February/March 2003
Time: Daytime when filmed.

To the best of my knowledge, these photos were taken February/March of 2003 and the location was at the Old Man River, Lethbridge, Alberta.

I could probably provide the GPS coordinates if you desire. I know someone who, on a different occasion has seen small chrome orbs above the river, upriver of this circle, but not related to this circle.

I have personally seen what would be best described as a "Nordic" very tall, albino, long hair, no recognizable facial features, void of mouth eyes nose, just a blank face and acted very strange, again, not related to this circle.

Thank you to the person for sending along the information and photos.

Brian Vike (Retired)
Box 1091
Houston, British Columbia, Canada.

Email: sighting@telus.net

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Thin Fluorescent Green Light Spotted Over Old Deer Park Richmond-Upon-Thames England UK

 

Date:  March 10, 2012

Time:  Evening.

 

I was just outside in The Old Deer Park in Richmond and watched exactly this same thin fluorescent green light. My husband and I watched it for about ten minutes.

 

There were some dog walkers in the park who saw it as well. Same static position - visible off and on through the cloud cover. At one point multiple slivers of green light were noted.

 

We were wondering if this was the Aurora Borealis as there has been a lot of solar activity this week. Did anyone else notice these lights?

 

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Fireball Over Old Town Albuquerque New Mexico

 

Date:  December 31, 2011

Time:  8:156 p.m.

 

My family of 4 also saw it at the same time (8:15 p.m.). We were leaving Old Town, facing west at stoplight. The object appeared to be low altitude, and heading west to northwest.

 

The altitude appeared level, and it was visible for maybe 5 seconds. There was no sound. The speed seemed consistent with a firework, or other projectile, but was definitely faster than a helicopter or propeller driven aircraft.

 

A jet could have possibly traveled at that speed, but there was no sound. I am retired military and airline jet pilot and have not seen anything like this before.

 

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Two Orange Lights Over A Field While Traveling From Old Meldrum Towards Craigdam UK

Date: August 21, 2011

Time: Between 11:00 p.m. - 11.30 p.m.

Hi there, I recently saw orange lights (two to be precise) in the sky after driving home late one night from Old Meldrum along the road towards Craigdam. After witnessing this, I was certain it was not a plane or helicopter and researched online to see if there were any other stories online similar to this to explain what I had saw.

Then I came across your article about the orange lights above Inverurie. It sounds freakishly like my experience, but with only two and being a clear sky (no clouds).

I noticed one orange light while driving, did not look like a helicopter or plane and appeared to be a lot closer to the ground compared to the surrounding stars, being a really clear night. I was fixated on it, as I had never seen something like it, it seemed to move slowly, but surely and then hovered above on position over a field.

I continued to drive, making sure I still had it in my sights. I then stopped on a hill on the way home which gave me a better view over the area. At this point there was a second light and they seemed to move together, but stayed over a certain area. They felt close. I then reached for my phone (iPhone) to take a video, I recorded them for a minute or so then stopped, put my phone away then looked back up to see they had both gone.

I felt quite uneasy about this so drove home. When I did got home I went to show my parents the video, only to find that the video wouldn't work. And comes up with an icon that I have never come across, and neither had my dad with the same phone. I tried taking a short video after with my phone, and no doubt it worked again. Which I find quite weird.

Time: between 11-11.30pm Sunday the 21st August 2011.

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Bright Pulsating Orange Light Over Old Brooklyn Cleveland Ohio

Date: January 1, 2011

Time: 00:05

Location of Sighting: Westside Cleveland Ohio
Number of witnesses: 1
Number of Objects: 1
Shape of Objects: Orb.

Full Description of Event/Sighting: I was looking at the fireworks all around the city from my bedroom window when this very bright and pulsating orange orb came nearly directly over my house heading north toward Lake Erie. I live in old Brooklyn near the zoo on the Westside of Cleveland. It took about a minute for it to fly out of sight.

It looked about at most around 2 feet or so in diameter, it was small, but bright. It made no noise, but was certainly not an aircraft of any type that I know of.

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15 To 20 Objects Over Old Heath Colchester UK

Date: December 11, 2010
Time: Approx: 2:00 p.m.

Location of Sighting: Old Heath Colchester UK.
Number of witnesses: 2
Number of Objects: 15 to 20.
Shape of Objects: Circular, disc like.

Full Description of Event/Sighting: Size of large stars, but moving north to south, not in a convoy or formation, 3 of them flying in the shape of Orion's belt. A jet plane flew underneath. Will be prepared to discuss in detail.

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