Post by lozwinter on Apr 9, 2005 16:56:11 GMT
The Red Lion Pub is haunted by Flori who is said to be the spectre of someone who was thrown down the well of the pub, hundreds of years ago.
The pub dates back to 1802, but the building goes back as far as the 1600s, which is where the civil war connection is made with the pub and Flori. The local tale of Flori is that her husband had come back from the Civil Wars and had come into the pub where the well room is now, and went upstairs thinking he would surprise her. He certainly got a surprise himself because he found her in bed with another man. He then gave the man a beating, resulting in the man diving out of the window to escape. The irate husband then completely lost his cool and strangled Flori, threw her down the well and continued to tell everyone that she had run off with the guy. Flori is said to be seeking a man with a beard, either her lover or her husband.
In March 1995, the new owner went upstairs to the restaurant to look at tables and found one of them completely covered in salt. Twenty minutes later, after she tidied up she went back up and found the table next to it covered in pepper, but there was no pepper pot to be found.
The most bizarre occurrence was the chandelier in the restaurant spinning fast, and, sitting underneath it was a man with a beard.
The juke box switches itself on and off on its own. One day water started dripping on the cigarette machine but there was no one in the room above.
During a tv show being shot here, four sets of lights blew up and a glass smashed outside for no reason. An employee also claims to have seen Flori disappear down the well, wearing a long black frock. A customer also saw her in the Ladies and described her as " about 22, dressed in a long black flowing skirt, white blouse, black bodice top and a white mop cap, probably from around about the 1600's."
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE MOST HAUNTED CREW VISITED??
During a vigil, Derek sees one of the ghosts who was killed and thrown down a well.
Further investigation leads Derek to draw Yvette and Jason outside to the stones for more exploration.
fearful Yvette stays in a haunted room by herself only to feel a tickling sensation on her head.
Tension heightens when her husband Karl goes back to collect the camera from the room and is scratched twice on the back of his neck despite the room being empty...