Ghosts in the Pub
A student of mine, Shirley Tan, sent me this video below. It’s a video that shows a ghost causing a bit of mischief… the footage shows a pint glass mysteriously moving off the table. It was captured on CCTV at the New Inn in Gloucester, which has a reputation for hauntings.
People’s reaction to ghost stories are always the same: some are fascinated, some are scared, some may make fun of their existence… and some don’t believe in them at all! Regardless of people’s reactions, from time to time… here and there… unexplainable ghostly happenings do occur.
When we hear about ghosts or if we do happen to encounter one, we have to remember that it is not fun or fascinating to be a ghost. Ghosts suffer tremendously within the spirit realm. Anyone can be re-born as one, if you have created the causes for it to happen. It is not fun to be a lonely ghost seeking attention from the living or to suffer from constant thirst and hunger for hundreds of years. The main causes to take rebirth as a ghost is attachment to a place, idea, event, sorrow or item. Also miserliness. Ghosts can live for hundreds and sometimes thousands of years. They have different personalities/powers just like any other sentient being in the Universe.
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Ghost at Gloucester pub pushes pint off table
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A catalogue of unexplained activity at a Gloucester pub has prompted the Gloucester Active Paranormal Society to investigate.
A series of unexplained happenings have occurred at The New Inn in the space of a week (in May 2010), including the sound of ghostly footsteps, rattling doors and even a pint of beer mysteriously lifting itself off a table and on to the floor.
The building in Northgate Street is a bar and hotel, and dates back to the 14th Century. It was originally built to house pilgrims visiting the shrine of King Edward II at nearby Gloucester Cathedral, and is described as having the finest example of a medieval gallery in Britain.
Lyn Cinderey from the Gloucester Active Paranormal Society (GAPS) was in the bar at the time of the ‘moving pint’ incident, taking part in a pub quiz.
“The quiz night was absolutely amazing,” she said.
“There were a few people in the bar, and four people saw this glass – a full pint – just lift up and fall on the floor. The glass didn’t even break.
“The rest of us looked around and heard the thud. We just couldn’t believe it. It was right there in the middle of the quiz.
“I’ve been investigating this [reputedly haunted] building for a long time and I’ve never known it so active.
“Activity has risen since 1 February when new managers, Mark and Samantha, arrived. Their daughter has been talking to a young girl – there is reputedly a young spirit girl there.”
Lyn claims other strange happenings have happened recently.
“One of the bar staff has heard footsteps in the cellar when he’s been clearing up with nobody else there, and staff have also heard the exit door rattle in the restaurant.
“Another of the bar staff claims that when he’s been clearing up he’s felt a cold spot and he’s been chilled all over. It’s absolutely fantastic,” said Lyn.
On another occasion the pub managers’ pet has even been spooked.
“Samantha’s dog was eating his food in his bowl the other night and the bowl just turned itself over.
“The dog ran over to the other side of the room and just stared at his bowl and wouldn’t go near it the rest of the night.
“My friend also stayed there and she was watching TV when it suddenly went off.
“She went to look and the plug was half way out of the socket and yet it was firmly in before.”
There have also been reports of keys going missing.
Lyn Cinderey is now planning to do an overnight investigation, with a team of people from GAPS.
They will carry out temperature readings, use dictaphones to do EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) recordings, record anything that might be there with camcorders, and take pictures.
“We’ll hopefully get to the bottom of what exactly is going on,” said Lyn.
Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/gloucestershire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8706000/8706656.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/gloucestershire/hi/people_and_places/
In general, there has been a fair amount of ghost footage taken in different pubs around the world. This seems to be a frequent phenomena and any ghostly phenomenon that the CCTV captures as well as the witness accounts are very convincing. Here’s one about a ghost caught on CCTV in Cumbria, UK (http://www.ghosttheory.com/2010/09/14/cctv-video-ghost-in-pub). And apart from the videos sent by Shirley, I have added more videos below… one of them is a 5-part video of a group of people investigating the existence of a ghost residing in a pub…
This is a video of a pub owner who recognizes how her pub has a resident ghost…
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Here is a story of the Black Lion pub in Abington (UK) haunted by a ghost.
Look at how fascinated the people are at 8:17… But is that cool to be a ghost??
Part 1
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https://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/The_Black_Lion_Part_1.mp4
Part 2
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https://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/The_Black_Lion_Inn_Part_2.mp4
Take a look at this video of a man who snaps a shot of a ghost sitting on the staircase:
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https://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/Ghost_Adventures_Adolescent_Figure_at_Kell.mp4
This is a 5-part pub ghost investigation:
Part 1
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https://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/spirit_seekers_1_of_5.mp4
Part 2
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https://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/spirit_seekers_2_of_5.mp4
Part 3
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https://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/spirit_seekers_3_of_5.mp4
Part 4
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https://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/spirit_seekers_4_of_5.mp4
Part 5
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https://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/spirit_seekers_5_of_5.mp4
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Nearly everyone has had weird, scary experiences, things that happen in life that seem to defy any sort of rational explanation. Unexplained at times. For me I am not scare as long as I do not disturb them. In fact feel sad for them, will dedicate my prayers to them now since prayers can help them. Ghost and spirit haunting always seem to be up to mischief at times. Watched those videos……interesting when the mysterious and unexplained happens such as the ‘moving pint’ incident at the pub. Interesting sharing of ghost footage taken in different pubs around the world.
Thank you for this sharing.
This is spooky and I totally believe in this. Thank you for sharing this Rinpoche.
As a Buddhist, we believe we take rebirth again and again but we don’t necessarily take rebirth in a human form. We might take rebirth in the 3 lower realms or 3 higher realms. In 3 lowers realms, spirit (ghost) is one of it.
We will take rebirth as a spirit if we are too attached to certain things. For example, the house we live in. If we are so attached to it, when we die, we will not be able to let go. Thus, we will take rebirth as a spirit in order to continue to live inside the house and stuck here for hundreds or thousands of years!
I am not surprised to see there is a spirit in the pub. This spirit might be very attached to this place. Maybe when the spirit was still a human, he/she liked to drink. So we better practice how to let go and not too attached to a person or material stuff.
It is very interesting that the haunting at The New Inn is quite serious that people who were present at the moment witnessed paranormal sights. Unseen beings are part of almost every culture known on earth, being more feared in some than others. Therefore, it is amazing to see that people in the UK are not that fearsome of the unseen, as most of the people in the eastern culture don’t view the unseen beings as amusing.
Cultures all around the world believe in spirits that survive death to live in another realm. Ghosts are among the most widely believed of paranormal phenomenon. I do believe they do exist . Paranormal investigators has provided scientific proof that ghosts really exist in a number of cases. Interesting…….they has collected a great deal of evidence over the past decade. Through recorded CCTV as well as the eye witness accounts which are very convincing to be true.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing all the interesting videos.
Thx Rinpoche /|\ for sharing this amazing article and videos.
I remember visiting Wat Muang in Thailand with Rinpoche whereby there have a hell garden in which Rinpoche said if only we can see how they suffer as all the realm which spoken by Buddha do exist.
10 second in hell realm will blow our mind and make us never be bad person again. Many of the spirit due to attachment, stayed at that area for hundreds and thousands year, sad or angry but basically suffer and no happiness.
We have to be compassionate to ourselves by letting go and stop eating meat. Imagine we take rebirth in the hell, spirit realm…
What kind of body does a ghost have? How can it interact with material phenomena?
Well, its been 2 years and I am not sure if you would still see this comment but ghost do not have a physical body but I think most ghost do have telekinetic powers, which means they can effect the physical environment of our world with their mind. I would imagine that their powers would depend on how angry or the older the spirit, the more powerful it becomes. I say this based on the what has been said about spirits and it is usually the old and angry spirits that manifests the most spirit activity. I dunno. That’s just my guestimation about them.
Thank you for sharing that perspective Rinpoche. It does help tremendously to contemplate their sufferings – it transforms our fear into compassion, so we practise harder and do something to help these beings instead of just being scared of them, or try to destroy them. I guess this goes for anybody we are “scared” of or have difficulty with.
Some of the Thai horror movies show this aspect very well (e.g. Unborn or Shutter or Dark Waters) where you eventually find out how much suffering the spirit goes through. The fear instantly goes when you find out, and you feel so much sadness for them instead.
We do have a lot to do to help everyone!
I think Spirits are real and that they manifest a lot of activity as they are seeking attention. It is definitely no fun being a spirit because the Buddha identified it is a lower rebirth. It is lower state of existence because the suffering in the spirit realm is a lot more when compared to the human realm. Hence, they seek a lot of attention and I guess require even more acknowledgement of their existence simply because they suffer a lot more loneliness and attachment.
Like people, spirits have various personalities and some are actually benevolent while others are harmful or mischievous. Whatever personalities they possess, one cannot deny their existence because too many cultures and people have too much proof and evidence of their existence.