‘Ghost’ pulls leg of York hotel guest Marc Richards

8:09am Friday 11th March 2011 in News

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A GUEST claims a ghost may have pulled his leg while he was lying in bed at a hotel near York Minster.

Marc Richards, 44, from Manchester, said, apart from his partner, he was alone in the Room 25 at the Dean Court Hotel when, in the early hours, he felt something tugging at his leg. He has written to the hotel to say: “Something grabbed my foot quite hard and pulled, as if to pull me out of bed. I was lying awake at 2.50am when my foot was grabbed and pulled with such a force I moved down the bed several centimetres.”

He said he had spent a week trying to rationalise what happened, but could not, so he was wondering whether other guests had experienced anything similar.

He said: “I would really like to know whether I am a bit mad or that it was something else.”

A hotel spokesman said the Dean Court, built in 1850, was investigated five years ago by a paranormal group, which reported speaking to a ghost named Annie and another named Dorothy, and also spotting the spooky spirit of an ex-army officer in a bath chair.

He said: “Another paranormal group is visiting the Dean Court in a few weeks to spend an all-night vigil seeking things that go bump in the night.”

Comments(22)

Clive Boothroyd says...
8:25am Fri 11 Mar 11

Codswallop, what a load of tosh. A Lancastrian anyhow so there is no truth in this story.

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smudge1 says...
8:27am Fri 11 Mar 11

How many ciders Marc ????

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voiceofnormalpeople says...
8:27am Fri 11 Mar 11

i don't know about a ghost pulling his leg, but i think someones definatley pulling our leg

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Soothsayer17 says...
8:45am Fri 11 Mar 11

Judging by the pic, it looks like it certainly pulled something...

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JC42 says...
8:57am Fri 11 Mar 11

this paper really has gone down the pan, they will print ny old rubbish as if we believe this !!!!!!!

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Mentos says...
8:57am Fri 11 Mar 11

"Marc Richards, 44, from Manchester, said, apart from his partner, he was alone in the Room 25 at the Dean Court Hotel...."
Well he would wouldn't he.

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Aunt Dess says...
9:13am Fri 11 Mar 11

Could it have been a muscle spasm? No, no, no... a mischievous ghost is a much more plausible explanation.

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David of York says...
9:21am Fri 11 Mar 11

Very good of the ghost to show up ahead of this weekend's 'Spookfest' in York.

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Jassy says...
9:29am Fri 11 Mar 11

Get a grip

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sheps lad says...
9:58am Fri 11 Mar 11

Pull the other one!!

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voiceofnormalpeople says...
10:06am Fri 11 Mar 11

sheps lad wrote:
Pull the other one!!
What!!!! and get another story!!!

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BL2 says...
10:08am Fri 11 Mar 11

Must have been watching Paranormal Experience before bed...

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AdmiralNN says...
10:18am Fri 11 Mar 11

Just an advert.

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dodgydavereturns says...
12:05pm Fri 11 Mar 11

He said: “I would really like to know whether I am a bit mad or that it was something else.”

I know where my vote firmly sits on that one mate!

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dodgydavereturns says...
12:05pm Fri 11 Mar 11

He said: “I would really like to know whether I am a bit mad or that it was something else.”

I know where my vote firmly sits on that one mate!

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certificate18 says...
5:39pm Fri 11 Mar 11

I THINK IT'S MY LEG THAT IS BEEN PULLED RIGHT NOW

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BigJon says...
5:58pm Fri 11 Mar 11

Though it isn't mentioned, isn't it a strange coincidence that we have a ghost story in the Press on the first day of the 'Spooksfest' ghost festival...

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BigJon says...
6:04pm Fri 11 Mar 11

just noticed, Spooksfest is the story above this one in the list.....

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GoodDoc says...
7:02pm Fri 11 Mar 11

"Liar wants photo in Press: Succeeds".

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Maquis says...
11:45pm Fri 11 Mar 11

So he is in bed in a hotel room and has a tug!!!!
He is was just trying to explain it away to his wife and she called his bluff and told the paper!

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Mike Hock1 says...
10:29am Sat 12 Mar 11

my light bulb in my hallway has stopped working , the logically explaination is ''the bulbs knackered'' but im thinking maybe a poltergeist?? right wheres that phone i think the press maybe interested in this one...

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G.Caprichos says...
4:09pm Mon 14 Mar 11

Looks like another advert. From the paper that brought you 'women gets job in supermarket' comes 'man imagines ghost in hotel'...

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