Haunted Mansion A Bust
Date: September 25, 2008 | Author: Steven NovellaCategory: Ghosts/Demons | Comments: 3 » |
I am not talking about the classic ride at Disney World, or the so-so movie by the same name, but British Millionaire Anwar Rashid’s luxury home that he recently abandonded because he claims it was haunted.
He is quoted as saying:
We were like the family in The Others. The ghosts didn’t want us to be there and we could not fight them because we couldn’t see them.
The day we moved in we had our first experience. We sat down in the evening to relax and there was a knock on the wall. We heard: ‘Hello, is anyone there?’
We ignored it the first time but two minutes later we heard the man’s voice again. I got up to have a look but the doors were locked and the windows were closed.
Sounds like pretty typical ghost lore. That’s kind of like reporting a classic disc-shaped flying saucer – it’s a huge red flag that little more than cultural belief is at work.
The home, Clifton Hall in Nottinghamshire, is worth 3.6 million pounds (I understand that’s real money), and yet Rashid just walked away, claiming he and his family were just too spooked to stay.
The paranormal community has largely accepted Rashid’s claims without hesitation. The skeptical community has been typically skeptical, many offering the usual list of explanations for such episodes. But it also did not take long for new information to come to light on this case.
It turns out that Anwar Rashid is in bankruptcy. The following is from public records posted on Richard Dawkins.net:
7 (17.09.2007) BANKRUPTCY NOTICE entered under section 86(2) of the
Land Registration Act 2002 in respect of a pending action, as the
title of the proprietor of the registered estate appears to be
affected by a petition in bankruptcy against Anwar Rashid
presented in the High Court (Court Reference Number 9623 of 2007 )
Rashid said:
“My only option was to give it back to the bank. I just had to let it go because it was becoming such a burden.”
True enough, although the burden seems to have been financial and not spiritual. It seems the mansion was a bust as an investment. The “haunting” now seems to be nothing more than a hoax designed to relieve Rashid of a mansion he could not afford.
Regardless of the facts of this case, it seems destined to be added to the list of classic paranormal anecdote.
3 Responses to “Haunted Mansion A Bust”
By jonny_eh on Sep 25, 2008 | Reply
Am I missing something? Why did he lie and say it was a haunting? It just attracted more attention to himself.
By DLC on Sep 25, 2008 | Reply
I liked the Haunted Mansion ride, it was fun.
Wasn’t there a case in New York a couple years ago where a real estate agent got into some sort of legal trouble for failing to disclose that a house (supposedly) had a ghost ?
By ThomDG on Sep 28, 2008 | Reply
Wait, The Others, So their the ghosts!