For those belivers in the supernatural, do you know of any zoos or safari parks near you who have ghostly or paranormal going-ons, even if it is a rare place to get them. Coincidentally, both of my regular parks are haunted; Marwell Zoo & Longleat Safari Park.
Marwell Hall, the medieval house at the centre of the park is supposedly haunted by Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry IIIV, who was rumoured to secretly marry him at the hall before the official wedding. And if that wasn't enough, the path behind the hall, Yew Tree walk which currently passes animals like hornbills and hammerkop, is patrolled by none other then second wife Ann Boelyn! The top floor of the hall also supports the ghostly roll and drop of barrels at night, a room which once served as a cellar for illegal alcohol.
But Marwell's most famous ghost has to the Mistletoe Bough story; after a wedding on a cold winter's night, the party decided to play hide and seek. The bride found a chest to hide in, but upon closing the lid realised it was self-locking! She was never found. Until centuries later, when the chest was uncovered, where a skeleton in a wedding dress clutching a shriveled bow of mistletoe was discovered. Since the incident, the sounds and shadows of searching wedding guests can be heard each boxing day night, where it supposedly took place.
Longleat House, in the estate with the famous safari park, is haunted by another ghost. Lady Louisa Carteriet was secretly in love with one of the servants, and her husband noticed this. Angered by the affair, he ordered the servant to be killed, and was pushed down the cellar stairs, where he broke his neck, and then buried beneath the pavings. Louisa was informed the servent had left never to return, and she was left heartbroke. She didn't believe her husband, and would constantly search the house for him. Eventually, it became to depressing for her, so she commited suicide by jumping off the top of the house. She still haunts the house at night, searching for her lost love, which builders found instead when they installed central heating to the house in the seventies, uncovering his skeleton from under the cellar.
Marwell Hall, the medieval house at the centre of the park is supposedly haunted by Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry IIIV, who was rumoured to secretly marry him at the hall before the official wedding. And if that wasn't enough, the path behind the hall, Yew Tree walk which currently passes animals like hornbills and hammerkop, is patrolled by none other then second wife Ann Boelyn! The top floor of the hall also supports the ghostly roll and drop of barrels at night, a room which once served as a cellar for illegal alcohol.
But Marwell's most famous ghost has to the Mistletoe Bough story; after a wedding on a cold winter's night, the party decided to play hide and seek. The bride found a chest to hide in, but upon closing the lid realised it was self-locking! She was never found. Until centuries later, when the chest was uncovered, where a skeleton in a wedding dress clutching a shriveled bow of mistletoe was discovered. Since the incident, the sounds and shadows of searching wedding guests can be heard each boxing day night, where it supposedly took place.
Longleat House, in the estate with the famous safari park, is haunted by another ghost. Lady Louisa Carteriet was secretly in love with one of the servants, and her husband noticed this. Angered by the affair, he ordered the servant to be killed, and was pushed down the cellar stairs, where he broke his neck, and then buried beneath the pavings. Louisa was informed the servent had left never to return, and she was left heartbroke. She didn't believe her husband, and would constantly search the house for him. Eventually, it became to depressing for her, so she commited suicide by jumping off the top of the house. She still haunts the house at night, searching for her lost love, which builders found instead when they installed central heating to the house in the seventies, uncovering his skeleton from under the cellar.
I love that kind...
