Every few weeks it seems we have another ghost story. It's almost always one of the Fairfax newspapers reporting it.
I wonder if they have a spectre quota.
Today it's the tale of an auction of vials containing "captured ghosts".
Two vials thought to contain the spirits of ghosts exorcised from a Christchurch house are up for sale on TradeMe.
The auction is for two small bottles containing "captured ghosts from our house''.
The description said the spirits were captured by an exorcist from a spiritualist church.
The seller believes one of the ghosts was Les Graham, a man who died in the house in the 1920s.
The exorcist determined the man's spirit liked to make himself known and "spook people", but was not a "strong spirit''.
The other bottle is said to contain the spirit of a little girl that was invoked during a seance.
The girl's spirit would "move things and turn things on and off''.
"[The] exorcist says she is very strong and if left will get stronger.
"We have had no [paranormal] activity since they were bottled on July 15 2009. So I believe they are in the bottles," the seller said.
The auction said the "holy water" in the vials dulled the spirit's energy and put them to sleep.
To revive the spirit, the buyer would need to pour the contents into a dish and let it "evaporate into your house''.
"I just want to get rid of them as they scare me,'' the seller said.
So if these vials did contain terrifying spirits, would selling them on to some other poor bastard be the right thing to do?
Of course, I'm sure the publicity probably doesn't hurt the auction. Oh look, the bids are up to $171.
I may have to bid, because I've always wondered how the undead would taste poured over a slice of lemon and a shot of Bombay Sapphire.
It's always a good idea to keep bottles of strong spirits around the place. I tend to see things whenever I get over-friendly with them too (hic!).
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