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Are Ghosts Haunting The British Museum?

Posted: 05-21-2020 12:08 AM
by Riddick
Maybe Indiana Jones was wrong when he said, "It belongs in a museum"?...

On one occasion a guard bolted the double doors and moved on to the next room, only to be informed by a CCTV operator the doors stood wide open again. Video footage of the gallery showed them moving spontaneously.

Sometimes it’s a sudden drop in temperature, like the unnerving patches of cold air that linger next to the winged, human-headed bull of Nimrud at the entrance to the Assyrian galleries. Sometimes it’s the sound of footsteps, or music, or crying, where no obvious source can be found.


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