Ghost sighting creates Traffic Jam
Update:
A resident from Coalisland contacted me about the real story behind this case. Read it here:
A frequent ghost sighting in Ireland keeps traffic flooding the highways
Residents of the small Irish town are reporting scores of cars flooding their roads with people trying to catch a glimpse of a supposed ghostly apparition.
It’s been reported that a spirit of a woman is seen throughout the day and quite frequently.
Sounds like some ‘mass sighting hysteria’ might be going on.
Sinn Féin Councillor Desmond Donnelly states:
“If you ask me, it’s more likely to be a reflection of the moon on the river that flows through the area. Although the talk is that what was seen was in the shape of a person.”
I’d have to agree that it might be a natural phenomenon that reoccurs nightly (or daily).
Unless it is some form of reoccurring haunting….. keep reading
This time of year is traditionally associated with high spirits as revellers welcome in another year.
However, a spirit of a different kind has been causing a bit of a commotion outside Coalisland in County Tyrone.An apparent sighting of a ghost has led to crowds of people descending on the Brackaville area over the holidays.
“At one point, there was a line of up to 60 cars on the Mullaghmoyle Road with people trying to spot it,” said Sinn Féin Councillor Desmond Donnelly.“It wasn’t just one night, it was going on for a week or so over the holidays. I’m not sure how it all started - I wouldn’t be one for ghosts, but you know how this type of thing spreads.
“If you ask me, it’s more likely to be a reflection of the moon on the river that flows through the area. Although the talk is that what was seen was in the shape of a person.”
Pat Hughes, speaking at the Central Bar in Coalisland, said the sighting had certainly got people in the town talking.
“Everybody’s been talking about it in the bar and it has also caught the imagination of young people,” he said.“It has got to the stage where it’s a bit like a drive-in movie.”
As with these sorts of things, rumours about what was or was not seen quickly spread. It was claimed the apparition was a woman who had lived locally.
Warren Coates of the Northern Ireland Paranormal Research Association (NIPRA) said he was aware of “previous paranormal activity” in the area.“It related to a phantom female hitchhiker, but if anybody down there would like us to investigate this latest sighting, we’d only be too happy to help,” he said.
Full source:BBC News
Written by Javier Ortega - javier@ghosttheory.com
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For it to be the moon, the moon would have to remain full, or nearly so to create a reflection of high enough intensity to be mistaken for an apparition of some sort. Also, the apparition would move VERY slowly, in relation to the earth’s rotation and the moon’s movement in the sky. It takes HOURS for the moons progression from rise to set. In short, probably not. It would have been figured out rather quickly by some smart guy, if it were a reflection.
Wish I had the money to go check it out. lol.
Could be some OTHER source of reflection. But I doubt the moon, very much.
Lou Hall,
yea, the moon theory never seems to fit as an explanation.
Without really having more info on this, or the environment we cannot say for sure.
thanks
You really need to see the photos my aunt took last night inside the house… there is an outline of a woman in one and the room was totally empty and in 2 there was the face of a young boy… freaked me out as i was standing in the house when the photos were taken
Theresa,
Would you mind emailing these photos to us so that we can share with the rest of the readers here?
Can you email me?
thanks
Sent you an email… heading back down tonight taking my own camera
johnbeattie06@hotmail.co.uk
could u please sen dthem also i am a ghost fanatic and i live 2 miles away from it and havnt seen them yet thanks
If you only live 2 miles from it why have you not come down to see it. i heading down just after midnight tonight
Ok people, time to put your your minds at rest and put this nonscence to rest. I have lived in the Mullaghmoyle area all my life - I have walked that road, past that very spot in day, at night, with other people and by myself and i have even been in the house and within the grounds. I have never seen nor heard about a ghost related to this jackanorry story. However, I have seen a ‘display’ that occurs when you drive at night with lights on (of course) heading from Brackaville down the hill. This ‘beam’ of light does not always appear. An uncle of mine pointed it out to me 20 years ago (when even Dora Gilmore was alive) whilst driving with him but it took me dozens of nights before he could successfully point it out to me. Look see, listen to local people who have actually lived in the area longer than a blink of the eye (i.e. Shanock residents) and have been drinking in The Four Corners (best known as Franky Campbell’s) longer that it takes to down a shot. THERE IS NO GHOST. Well, if it sells newspapers etc then it serves the media’s purpose”
see everyone who “dont beleive” why are you getting all wound up about this ghost, let us who beleive that there is something there talk among ourselves, dont get involved you will only annoy youeself.