'Ghost' caught on historic pub's CCTV

[Jazzy]

Staff at one of the oldest pubs in Britain believe they have caught the image of a ghost on CCTV.

The clip appears to show a shadowy figure flickering into view by the bar at Ye Olde Man and Scythe in Bolton.

Manager Tony Dooley spotted the spectre when he checked the cameras and found they had mysteriously stopped recording at 6.18am.

"We checked the footage and it revealed this figure," he told the Manchester Evening News.

"To be honest I was a bit concerned - I'm a bit of a sceptic when it comes to ghosts but you become more of a believer when you see things like that."

The pub, which dates from 1251, is the fourth-oldest pub in Britain and is reputedly haunted by the Seventh Earl of Derby, James Stanley.

The royalist, whose family originally owned the inn, is said to have spent the last hours of his life there before he was beheaded in 1651 towards the end of the Civil War.

Ghost or not?

 

[DrLeftover]

Given all of the flickering in the video, it's hard to say that this was NOT some sort of camera artifact or false image created by outside interference.

On the other hand, it is an interesting video and the site would be worth an extensive investigation. The first thing I'd do would be to hang some blackout curtains over the windows.

 

[Crusader]

Pretty spooky.

 

[Jazzy]

Pretty spooky.

Do you think it's a ghost?

 

[Crusader]

Pretty spooky.

Do you think it's a ghost?

Who knows? Can be easy to fake but unless you were there then you'll never really know.

 

[wirelessguru1]

Yes, it is a ghost.

 

[alakazam]

Meh... Doesn't really seem like a ghost. I suspect it's just light effects.

At first I was expecting this to be a screamer video.

 

[Nebulous]

Yes, it is a ghost.

How do you know that for sure though?

 

[Crusader]

Yes, it is a ghost.

How do you know that for sure though?

How do you know for sure that it isn't?

It's one of those

 

[DrLeftover]

"one should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything"
- William of Occam

Until the risk of outside interference, including the prospect of deliberate hoaxery, is ruled out, it is more reasonable to believe that the image is a 'trick of light' than the manifestation of a spirit.

 

[Nebulous]

Yes, it is a ghost.

How do you know that for sure though?

How do you know for sure that it isn't?

It's one of those

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