Apparitions apparently appeared this week at the British Optical Association Museum in London. While these were the first ghosts sighted in the building, when the museum first opened in 2003 in the basement, it stunk. Perhaps the stench was a paranormal funk. On the other hand, there's the possibility that it may have been caused by the building's proximity to the Thames embankment or the fact that it was a stray cat refuge for years following WWII. Museum curator Neil Handley said he is open to visits from "serious groups of scientific investigators" who would like to check things out. From 24 Hour Museum:
The apparitions appeared in a museum gallery and curator's office during the week of Monday March 13 2006, whilst staff and decorators were involved in a revamp and reorganisation of the museum's displays.
"One of the decorators saw a crouching figure of an old man on Monday," said museum curator Neil Handley. "Yesterday (Wednesday) he saw another figure of a middle aged man. This figure spoke to him and said: 'Where's Mary? I can't find Mary.'
"He has clearly described the figure as wearing a dark blue frock coat and a tricorn hat with white tassles, so we're obviously talking about quite an old one!"
Neil is now going to look at the records of the building to see if he can unearth any clues as to the identity of the ghost…
"To be honest, I often work alone here late at night,"said Neil, whose office is one of the ghostly locations, "but I've never encountered or sensed anything. Whether the redecoration has created a disturbance or something I just don't know."
Link (via The Anomalist)
