| ID | #1705092518 |
| Added | Fri, 12/01/2024 |
| Author | July N. |
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Fact
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This creepy picture was taken back in 2009 at Oxford Castle.
I took this creepy photo back in 2009, while visiting Oxford Castle/Prison with my family. The photo was a random/unintentional shot taken by my digital camera as we were walking down the stairs from the tower.
It seems that a figure in a raincoat/white dress is visible in the doorway. The scariest thing is that I am absolutely sure that the room was completely empty and without a "white dress" when my cousin and I stuck our heads out of the doorway during the ascent of the tower. I didn't notice this photo until we got home and looked through the photos of that day.
Apparently, a ghost can often be seen in the castle of Empress Matilda, who is said to have been wearing a white cloak/mantle.
I also know that there are haunted tours at the castle at night where the staff are dressed as characters from the castle's past, which would make sense, but as I said, this room was empty and we didn't see any other costumes on display or dressed staff. by nature during our trip, which was in the middle of the day.
I'm wondering if anyone from Oxford or who is familiar with the castle can help explain/debunk my creepy photo, lol. I don't really believe in ghosts, but it always gave me the creeps.
What gives me goosebumps is how frighteningly similar the various artists depicting Empress Matilda's escape from Oxford Castle are to my "ghost" photograph.
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lewjrew
Took this spooky pic back in 2009 at Oxford Castle. Story in the description
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I took this spooky photo way back in 2009, during a visit with my family to Oxford Castle/Prison. The photo was an accidental/unintentional shot taken on my digital camera while we were climbing back down the stairs from tower.
It appears to show a cloaked figure/white dress in the doorway. The spooky bit, is that I am quite certain that the room was completely empty with no ‘white dress’ as me and my cousin poked our heads in the doorway during the climb up the tower. I hadn’t noticed this photo until we returned home and I was browsing pics from the day.
Apparently there is a commonly seen ghost at the castle of Empress Matilda, who is said to have been draped in a white cloak/robe.
I also know that the castle does run ghost tours during the nights with staff dressed up as characters from the castles past, which would make sense but as I said this room was empty and we didn’t see any other costumes on display or staff dressed in character during our trip which was in the middle of day.
I am wondering if anyone from Oxford or who is familiar with the castle can help explain /debunk my spooky photo lol. I don’t really believe in ghosts but this has always given me the heebie jeebies.
What makes my skin crawl is how eerily similar the various artists renditions of Empress Matilda’s escape from Oxford castle are to my photo of ‘the ghost’.
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