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The owner of the pub “Ye Olde Man and Scythe” in the English city of Bolton claims to have stolen an extremely valuable … ghost that lived in a drinking establishment for many years, turning into a real local attraction. A native of the grave, who settled in pub, even several times got into the photo.
The most famous picture is presented below – it has a phantom captured at the bar in the dark when “Ye Olde Man and Scythe” was empty. Image was taken in February 2014, a surveillance camera taking a photo every few seconds. The ghost appeared on only one of those received at that time. night frames. Owner Richard Greenwood carefully scanned then all the remaining images from the camera, however, the guest from that there was no light in any of the pictures.
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Who stole the famous ghost? According to Greenwood, this is made by Chinese artist Lu Pingyuan, who recently arrived in England, to host an exhibition of contemporary art in Manchester. Richard claims that an Asian visited a pub not so long ago and looked there the restroom, where he probably stumbled upon a phantom. The artist succeeded catch a ghost in a glass bottle and unceremoniously carry away with by myself.
Now this very bottle flaunts in front of visitors Manchester exhibition. The owner of “Ye Olde Man and Scythe” demands so that the ghost is returned to him, and even threatens Pingyuan court. Many will probably find this an absurd accusation, however knowing how serious the British are about the otherworldly and of its rich history, it can be assumed that judges at Necessities will indeed consider such an unusual suit.
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“Ye Olde Man and Scythe”, built in 1251, is the fourth oldest bar in the United Kingdom. It’s believed that the spirit that lives here belongs to James Stanley, the English aristocrat, military leader and politician. Stanley was a royalist whose family and built this building. Some historians claim that the nobleman spent his last hours here before he was beheaded in 1651 at the end of the civil war in England XVII century.
It is interesting that Lu Pingyuan himself does not deny the fact of theft side. The Chinese even admits that he planned to abduct the spirit of James Stanley two years ago, when he came across a whole flying around Internet photo with a phantom near the bar. Nonetheless, the artist does not consider himself guilty in any way law, because even the most famous ghost, as you know, is not may be officially owned by someone.
