SPOOKS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3548, 9 October 1926, Page 3

SPOOKS.

ANCIENT “SPIRIT RE-APPEARS

Four weeks ago a family consisting of the parents, two children—a boy and girl of 14 and 12—living in a five-romed house at Island Bay, Wellington, were startled by peculiar sounds coming from the roof or ceiling. At first the noiseir were put down to the wind, but when repeated on a calm night, birds or cats were alternative suggestions. On the noises increasing and varying in location, an examination of the house was made, but it revealed no apparent cause. STARTLING NOISES.

The idea of a “spook” was raised, and experiments to establish a code with the spirit had a startling result. The noises increased greatly apparently from all over the place, the latch door was flnngf open without human aid, and a draught of cold air swept the room. The manifestations were too great for the family, who spent the night under the hospitable roof of a neighbour. The wife and children were sent to the country and the owner of the house, a clerk in the city, took the advice of calling to his aid a lady clairvoyant, a visitor from New Plymouth. 1 RESULT' OF A SEANCE. A seance was arranged, and the clairvoyant declared that she got into contact with the disturber, who said he was a sailor. He gave the name of George Henslow, who had been drowned off Island Bay in 1839 owing io the capsizing of a whaling boat. He was worried about a lady named Mabel or Mary, he was uncertain which, witty whom he had left a. bundle. The apparently gave no further identification. Since then the noises have stopped. ; The owner thinks, however, that the spook may return. He has found a tenant willing to take the house, spook and all, and prefers himself to live elsewhere.