FRIGHT AT THE MUSEUM

Spooky moment leaflets suddenly flew off bookshelves at ‘haunted’ museum

TOM GILLESPIE

Published: 11:19, 24 Oct 2016
Updated: 12:24, 24 Oct 2016

SPOOKY footage shows leaflets flying off shelf in the gift shop of a "haunted" museum.

The paperwork hit the ground as two terrified staff members were stood nearby.

composite-ghost-still-v1 — A leaflet can be seen flying off the shelf on the left side of the shop as oblivious staff members stand close-by

The single leaflet was followed by a pile of paperwork as the two museum workers were looking the other way

composite-ghost-still-v3 — The paranormal activity was captured on the gift shop's CCTV just days before Halloween

The apparent paranormal activity was captured on CCTV at Torquay Museum in Devon on Thursday, October 20.

When museum researcher David Wills went to investigate what had happened another pile of paper was inexplicably dumped on his head.

Carl Smith, the museum’s visitor services manager, said: “When my colleague David told me about the incident, I have to say that I was sceptical.

“But when we watched the CCTV footage back there was something very unnatural about how the leaflets came off the shelf.

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"They literally appear to have flown off on top of David in a concertina fashion, similar to when someone squeezes together a pack of playing cards and they shoot forward rapidly one-by-one.

"The following day, Friday, an Agatha Christie novel flew off another shelf on the same bookcase.

"But this isn’t the first time that a member of the museum’s staff or volunteer has reported books flying off shelves in the shop."

composite-ghost-still-v4 — When Mr Wills went to investigate another pile of papers came fall off the shelf and hit him on the head

torquay-museum-ghost-apex-00_00_17_06-still007 — Mr Wills then looked over at his colleague in shock at what they had just witnessed

The "ghostly" encounter adds to a string of previous "hauntings" at the spooky museum.

A photo of a female ghost half submerged through the floor was taken 18 months ago during a paranormal investigation, then fingerprints were discovered on the inside of a mummy case which hadn't been opened in more than eight years.

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