When I was about 5 or 6 years old, something curious happened. My family took me to visit a large house. They always took me on trips and holidays, even visiting old castles, manor houses and stuff like that.

I remember entering a big room on my own and met several children inside. I wanted to play with them but they didn't seem interested. None of them spoke to me, and they didn't speak at all. They sat there either on chairs or the floor just looking at me. None were playing and there wasn't much toys if any. They didn't have facial expressions.because they didn't smile at me. There was a baby in a dress, wearing a frilly bonnet, who I wanted to cuddle but a girl nearby told me not to. I asked a girl what her name was and she just looked at me, not smiling and not talking. The kids didn't play with each other. There wasn't anyone else with them, no adults. My family told me to go with them. My nan said she couldn't see any children in the room when I mentioned them.