Do we have any believers here, anyone seen any ghosts or things they just cannot explain?
Yes. In my local pub, The Railway in Hale, lots of strange goings on happen in there, and before anyone says it, no, it's not because we are all pissed.
I've seen pictures flying off walls across the room, broken hand dryers surging into life with no one there, but the best was when all the crisps behind the bar started flying out of their boxes. I've no idea how or why, but it happened.
More than one landlord has said the cellar is rearranged during the night, with stuff being moved around. The original pub burned down sometime in the 1920's, and the landlady at the time died in the blaze, so the general conclusion is it's her spirit getting annoyed with things.
I used to drive coaches at Manchester airport, and I took a party of passengers up to Edinburgh airport years ago. After dropping them off, I had enough time on my Tacho to get out of the city, but I knew I'd have to stop for a break, and eventually found a lay-by and parked up. I opened the window, heard the sound of running water and began eating my sandwiches. Something wasn't right though. I had no idea what it was, but I was feeling decidedly uncomfortable. I was used to parking up in the dead of night for a break and having something to eat and drink, but this time it was different. I was genuinely spooked and it didn't make any sense. When I got home I looked on a map and I'd stopped at the site of a battle.
Are they ghosts?
I don't know, but those bags of crisps were flying all over the place and I still can't understand why I was feeling threatened in that lay-by.
