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I ruined the ghost hunt

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CallMeAChopper · 23/10/2021 09:56

I was away last week staying in a castle. Supposedly a very haunted castle but I don’t believe in shit like that, I just like history.

Anyway during the night there was a paranormal investigation going on. I had to walk through the castle on my own to retrieve something from the car and as I walked through one room these guys were surrounding a door recording it and had all their equipment set up around it etc. I needed to get through it. I held back a bit (this was 10pm at night and I was tired, wanting to go to bed). Anyway the door moved slightly and they all got excited. I seriously just needed to get to my car so pointed out that this particular door always moves due to the draught coming up the stairs. Well they all looked daggers at me and asked what I was doing there!! I said I needed to get through the door! So they huffed ans puffed and moved all their shit and the leader said they would have to start again due to interference. I went through, got the stuff out of my car and made my way back through the castle. Unfortunately they had set all their stuff up again. I went through the door and set all the alarms off and they got angry and one said “let’s move to a different area, this is ridiculous”. I didn’t say anything, just headed back to my apartment.

Later that night I opened the bedroom window and instantly was hit with torches in my face. They had got excited due to “movement” from a “haunted room”. I got annoyed, went down to where they were and asked how much longer this would be going on. They said all night. So I told them where I was staying, pointed to the windows and said any movement from these rooms is just me walking around. They were not friendly. As I was speaking one started shrieking about a chandelier swinging in another room and they all went running. I went with them and pointed out the big fuck off fireplace that would inevitably cause a draught going through the room causing anything “hanging” to move. I was then told to “go away!” And was told I was ruining a night that had been planned for months. I told them they were ruining my night that had been planned for months too.
Who was being unreasonable?

OP posts:
Chocolatewheatos · 24/10/2021 21:49

I'd have far more respect for you if you'd donned a bedsheet tbh

Bobonelove · 24/10/2021 21:57

This is hilarious!!

WellLarDeDar · 24/10/2021 22:21

Well you burst their bubble a bit but it does sound kind of funny I would not have been able to not laugh.

PumpkinsandTea · 24/10/2021 23:06

@TheDuchessOfDork

Well you didn't need to follow them and start pointing out the obvious, so for that I think you were UR. Up to them if they want to buy into that sort of nonsense.

Other than that, you weren't. If they wanted an experience with no chance of other guests disturbing things then they should have booked a venue in its entirety. It is completely stupid for them to have thought no other guests would move around.

Did you speak to the hotel about it?

Just an fyi - It's not actually nonsense! I never believed in it myself until I saw a ghost myself. I've also witnessed violent & utterly unexplicable poltergeist activity in a house once. Also in another home I lived in, I had a big 6 litre watering can thrown at me in my own home (had a balcony patio so I stored it in my dining room) whilst all doors & windows firmly closed due to cold weather. Zero other explanation for it! I'd been doing my make up stood still for 20 mins prior to it as well. No air/draught source. Was on the ground. No talented pets. No pets at all actually. The only coincidence being that my father had just died and he had an epic sense of humour! Always said he'd do something to scare me, but just once.................
RachaelN · 25/10/2021 08:26

This made me chuckle. You were a guest also and they were acting like they owned the place. I'd have done the same Grin

BelleOfTheProvince · 25/10/2021 09:47

Yabu. There was no reason for you to be snarky and rude.
Fyi most people on ghost hunts don't actually believe in ghosts. It's a way to explore local history and create an atmosphere whilst suspending your disbelief. As you claim to enjoy history, I find it surprising that you don't know this is a popular way to make history come alive.

yourestandingonmyneck · 25/10/2021 12:19

God, the things some people find funny Hmm

I don't find this clever or amusing in the slightest. I think you pissed on their chips for no reason.

Killjoy is the word I'd use rather than hilarious but each to their own.

lmpeachment · 25/10/2021 15:36

I hope and pray that you were wearing a long billowing nightie while you went from your chamber to the car 😁😁😁

ChargingBuck · 25/10/2021 15:37

@lmpeachment

I hope and pray that you were wearing a long billowing nightie while you went from your chamber to the car 😁😁😁
OP lied about the car.

It was a 4-horse carriage.

PamsSpam · 25/10/2021 15:38

@yourestandingonmyneck

God, the things some people find funny Hmm

I don't find this clever or amusing in the slightest. I think you pissed on their chips for no reason.

Killjoy is the word I'd use rather than hilarious but each to their own.

@yourestandingonmyneck sadly it’s people like these who mean the rest of us have to suffer through things like Ant and Dec and Mrs Browns Boys.
TheBlackArt · 25/10/2021 18:13

@yourestandingonmyneck

God, the things some people find funny Hmm

I don't find this clever or amusing in the slightest. I think you pissed on their chips for no reason.

Killjoy is the word I'd use rather than hilarious but each to their own.

It's really tragic, isn't it?

As are all the 'ooh, please tell me you wore a white sheet too 😜👻' comments.

MamsellMarie · 25/10/2021 18:38

Yeah, everyone's so brave.
How often do you go outside after dark and walk a distance with or without a torch. You might be utterly convinced there are no ghosts but before long you will be feeling pretty nervous.

No one goes outside after dark where there's no street lights (excluding dog walkers as you ahve a dog with you). I live in the countryside and have to go down the drive to get to the car sometimes. Blooming heck its scary when the wind's howling, branches waving.

And as a teenager we had some great fun, but terrifying Ouija board sessions.

Cocomarine · 25/10/2021 18:46

@MamsellMarie tbf, I think most of us avoid dark unlit areas for fear of rape, not haunting.

SweetMaryHell · 25/10/2021 19:06

I didn’t believe in ghosts until I spent a few nights in Chillingham castle. Never again

JesusIsAnyNameFree · 25/10/2021 19:22

@MamsellMarie

As a PP said, we are afraid of men, not ghosts Confused

PenguindreamsofDraco · 25/10/2021 19:29

How have I read an entire ghost haunting thread and no one has shouted "They've caught a glimpse of Fanny" in the Captain's voice??

YesitsBess · 25/10/2021 19:37

@PenguindreamsofDraco

How have I read an entire ghost haunting thread and no one has shouted "They've caught a glimpse of Fanny" in the Captain's voice??
🤣
DrSbaitso · 25/10/2021 20:49

@MamsellMarie

Yeah, everyone's so brave. How often do you go outside after dark and walk a distance with or without a torch. You might be utterly convinced there are no ghosts but before long you will be feeling pretty nervous.

No one goes outside after dark where there's no street lights (excluding dog walkers as you ahve a dog with you). I live in the countryside and have to go down the drive to get to the car sometimes. Blooming heck its scary when the wind's howling, branches waving.

And as a teenager we had some great fun, but terrifying Ouija board sessions.

Ouija board is pure ideomotor movement, and that's been proved. Blindfold the participants, turn the board upside down and watch it all go to shit. Of course drama-loving, overexcited teenagers get better results. It's shite. And a parlour trademarked to Hasbro that wasn't meant to have anything to do with the occult originally.

As for the rest of it, we're scared of dangerous people after dark, not ghosts.

DrSbaitso · 25/10/2021 20:50

A parlour GAME.

What the fuck is up with my autocorrect lately? It's been frankly embarrassing. Must be haunted.

YesitsBess · 25/10/2021 21:32

It's not really 'pissing on their chips' though is it. These aren't metal detectorists, whose hobby is almost entirely harmless, these are people who then go on to try to profit from someone else's grief.

If there is a 'presence' then that gives hope to someone who is trying to process natural grieving false hope that the person is 'trying to contact you from the other side' yes you! Sheila, and your Nans name started with a "J".

They're the scum of the Earth and deserve to be shot down for every £50 they charge a desperate parent, child or grandchild they charge.

Cocomarine · 25/10/2021 22:49

@YesitsBess you’ve just totally invented a charlatan medium business for them! Where has the OP said anything about them ripping off the bereaved?! I mean, I think she was a dick to them - but she didn’t go around making false accusations!

BelleOfTheProvince · 25/10/2021 22:50

That's mediums. You're thinking of mediums.
Ghost hunting is usually fancy atmospheric history tours.

herecomesthsun · 25/10/2021 23:07

maybe the OP should just have found a happy medium

BelleOfTheProvince · 25/10/2021 23:10

@herecomesthsun

maybe the OP should just have found a happy medium
I dunno I hear mediums are quite rare. One for the road: Why couldn't the op kill Dracula? A simple missed stake.

I'll let myself out.

PeachyPeachTrees · 28/10/2021 20:35

They can't expect to do that ghost hunt when other regular guests are also staying and not get interupted.

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