CCTV Shows Royal Ghost
Back in 2003 this unexplained spooky figure in full period dress was captured on CCTV at Hampton Court Palace prompting speculation that it could be the ghost of a former Royal
The 16th Century palace in south-west London - once the home of King Henry VIII - is well known for supernatural activity, but nothing suspicious has ever been caught on film there before.
But in October of 2003 the palace's CCTV footage revealed this spooky image of an "inhuman" figure.
And in an eerie twist none of the palace's costumed guides owned an outfit like the one worn by the "ghost."
Earlier, security guards had been repeatedly alerted to an open fire door in an exhibition area of the palace.
After securing the door each time, they returned to their office to view the CCTV footage to see who had opened them.
On the first occasion the footage showed the doors flying wide open, but no evidence of why they had.
On the second , the guards were stunned when a ghostly figure in period dress suddenly appeared on the screen and closed the doors.
The same thing happened on a third day, but again no figure appeared.
Stranger still was that a visitor had noted in the palace’s visitor book that she thought she had seen a ghost in that area.
One of the palace’s security guards at the time said: “I was shocked when the CCTV footage showed an eerie figure in period dress in the doorway.
"It was incredibly spooky because the face just didn’t look human.
“My first reaction was that someone was having a laugh, so I asked my colleagues to take a look.
"We spoke to our costumed guides but they don’t own a costume
like that worn by the figure. It is actually quite unnerving.”
The palace has seen many dramatic royal events from the death of Henry’s third wife, Jane Seymour, to the condemnation and house arrest of his fifth, Catherine Howard, for adultery.
Over the centuries staff, visitors, workmen and residents have often experienced unexplained phenomena.
One area of the palace has been named the Haunted Gallery and it is here that people claim to have seen the ghost of Catherine Howard, and heard her uttering terrible cries.
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Posted on Fri 17th Jun 2011 20:13:40