Harold the ghost makes an appearance

Harold the ghost makes an appearance
22 April 2009
By Melanie Wallwork

A group of ghost hunters claimed they got more than they bargained for during a spooky night at a historic Lancashire landmark.
Many people claim to have seen the spectre of resident ghost Sarah Siddons at the Lancaster Grand Theatre.

During an event organised by Preston hotel worker Lydia Jenkins, the Clitheroe Paranormal Investigators (CPI) claimed they had tuned in to the spirit of a man called Harold.

Lydia, who works as a food and beverage assistant at The Legacy Preston International Hotel, claimed: "A member of the group managed to contact one ghost, Harold.

"It made the room's temperature drop by five degrees in the space of around seven minutes, in a room with about 22 people.

"Harold communicated with other members of CPI and told them that he was part of a travelling group of actors from the south and they were stopping at the Midland Hotel and the year was 1937."

And Lydia reckons she had a paranormal encounter of her own while snapping photographs inside the 18th century theatre.

She claimed: "I was taking pictures and moments before taking one, a seat moved down by itself.

"The seats were very heavy and not on springs like the others, so it couldn't have moved by itself and we checked it many times.

"If you look closely on the picture, right above the seat, an orb (circled) can be seen and a black smudge.

"There is also another orb in the picture (slightly fainter and above the circled one) where people were getting some strange feelings from."

The charity night, arranged by Lydia as part of her tourism management degree at the University of Central Lancashire, raised nearly £400 for the Green Geko Project, which helps underprivileged children in Asia.
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