NARRATOR: Ron Dudley
Smith is the warden
of the Rollright Trust.
By day, he's a plumber.
But in his spare time he's
something far more mystical.
 Hi, Ron.
 Hi.
 You must be Ron the
[INAUDIBLE],, I can tell.
 I certainly am.
Pleased to meet you.
NARRATOR: Ron thinks he knows
why the stones were built here.
Natural energy lines.
 Running around
the globe everywhere
are energies that pulsate
through the earth.
This particular
place is on, we call
it, a power spot where
energies seem to accumulate,
come into like a hub, and then
flow of into other places.
 This is the same as
what they call ley lines?
 Ley lines and ley
energy all come into it.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
We've got an energy line
running through here that
starts in the Isle of Wight.
Goes through
Chichester Cathedral,
goes through the Effingham
Whitehorse, comes through here.
NARRATOR: I like to
think I'm open minded,
but an ancient
energy superhighway?
Feels a bit of a stretch.
 So you're standing here--
I know you're concentrating
on talking to me
but are you feeling
the energies?
 Not at the moment because
it's so bloody cold.
 Yeah.
[LAUGHS]
 Around these stones
here is a band of energy,
would you like to
try and find this?
 Yes, but I doubt I'm going
to be as good as you are.
 Well, I don't suppose you
will be because I've been
doing this for donkey's years.
 All right.
 So take two of those roads.
 Yes, OK.
NARRATOR: With these
two metal rods using
the medieval
technique of dousing,
Ron tells me I should be able
to detect the spiritual powers
running around the stones.
 I'm throwing you
into the deep end
because you've never
done this before.
 No.
 So just walk forward,
tune into this--
 Yeah.
 --energy that's
coming from the stones
and ask for your rods.
You see, and there we go.
 Yeah.
 Now are you doing that or
has that done it by itself?
 It's done by itself.
 There we are.
Now that that's done, now
just walk out slowly now.
Just to show that something is
happening through your roads
or through you.
- Yeah.
 Because this is
happening through you.
 This is extraordinary.
I've-- I've discovered a new
power that I didn't know I had.
Is it a power or is
it a sensitivity?
 As far as I'm concerned,
80% of the population
can do this if
they're interested.
NARRATOR: Oh, and there's
me thinking I'm special.
 Now back out and
watch them open up.
As soon as you--
so the energy is there.
 Yes.
 There it is there.
 Yeah.
Because I was brought
up a Presbyterian
I think this could be
the work of the devil.
I'm not sure.
 That's what lots
of people believe.
 Yeah.
So which way is the
energy flowing today?
That is so spooky.
[LAUGHS IN DISBELIEF] I don't
know what to make of this.
NARRATOR: Ron believes ancient
Britain's placed the stones
here so they could tap into
this invisible energy source,
presumably making
them feel more--
well, energetic.
 Gosh, what am I
in touch with now?
 Nothing.
You're in touch with nature.
This is natural.
It happens all the time.
But this--
 It's not natural to
stand in the freezing cold
with rods like this.
 Lots of people who come
here who don't understand
the energies and
they are sensitive,
come into the center of
this-- they're overcome
with emotion because of the
energies they're picking up.
And you just have to gently
take them out, give them
a loving hug, even
if it's a mental one,
and just calm them down.
And say, now lets just go in
and let's just concentrate
on one item within the circle.
Not what's going on in here.
 Yes.
I think I could do with a loving
hug now but just to warm me up.
 Well, maybe later.
 Yeah.
[LAUGHS]
