Ghosts of the Tower of London by Geoff Abbott

Author:Geoff Abbott [Abbott, G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cookie429, Kat, Extratorrents
ISBN: 978-1-4463-5842-9
Publisher: F+W Media, Inc.
Published: 2012-01-07T13:00:00+00:00

The Stone-Throwing Ghost

Joining the Wakefield and the Lanthorn Towers on the south side of the Fortress is a forty-foot high crenellated wall approximately six feet wide, and access to the top of it can only be gained via the doorways in each of the two towers. At about 8.30 pm on the moonless night of 19 October 1978 the sentry patrolling between the inner and outer walls in that area suddenly became aware of small stones hitting his legs and boots. The security lights were on, and there was no-one in the vicinity. He continued his patrol, only to experience further stones, thrown singly, striking his legs. Mystified – and doubtless hoping to avoid further scratches on his highly polished boots! – he called to his colleague on the adjoining beat and asked him to change over; on doing so, he too was peppered with small stones. At that, the men decided to call out the guard and on their arrival, as usual, the area was scrupulously searched, with negative results. There was no wind whatsoever, so the stones could not have been blown from the top of the inner wall, the direction from which the stones came; the doors at both ends of the wall-walk were not only bolted and secured but also had additional barred gates locked across them. On inspecting the wall-walk nothing could be found to arouse suspicion and the dust on it lay undisturbed.

Even more baffling was the fact that the trajectory of the stones was such that no-one standing on the other side of the wall could possibly have thrown the stones to clear the top of the wall and score hits so accurately on a moving target. Nor could anyone have stood there without being seen by the night security guard whose office was situated on the ground floor of the Lanthorn Tower on that side of the wall.

The author, going on duty nearby at 6.15 am the following morning was not only given a full account of the night’s events, but was also given three of the flinty missiles – and holding them in my hand, I sometimes wonder who – or what – held them before they struck the sentry’s legs – perhaps a Tudor poltergeist?!

If so it could well have been the same one who, two years later, caused annoyance, if not minor havoc, in the Lanthorn security office, members of the staff repeatedly finding the electric kettle switched on when it had been switched off, and the refrigerator switched off when left on! Consequently, in order to thwart the spectral prankster, the kettle was always unplugged from the socket when not in use but, it being necessary to keep the refrigerator running all the time, the wall switch was taped over. But there was no frustrating the phantom fingers, for the switch was still occasionally being found in the ‘off’ position, the food thawing and the cold drinks tepid!

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