Haunted Shoes

[Dave]

from Ananova:

Ghost obsessed with shoes

A shop in Cornwall has called in a vicar to get rid of a ghost who has become obsessed by a pair of shoes.

Shop workers Helen Honey and Faye Chown have been left scared after a series of strange incidents involving a pair of brown deck shoes.

The shoes in the shop are usually on display with one crossed on top of the other. But the deck shoes continually end up side by side.

According to The Sun Helen said: "I was standing at the counter when the top shelf of the display began wobbling, as though the shoes were trying to be picked up. Then the deck shoes jumped off the shelf completely and landed next to each other, just like we always found them. I screamed and ran out of the shop.

"It can't be a coincidence because we have tried jumping up and down by the shelf to see if it wobbles, but nothing moves."

Father Chris Malkinson, who was called to the shop in Padstow said: "Sometimes there is evidence of a soul trapped between this world and the next. I am sure it will disappear over time."

The shoes still keep moving and the shop may have to undergo a full exorcism.

It is believed the shop could be haunted by a former owner, a butcher, who committed suicide in a nearby cattle shed in the 19th century.

Shoes are actually frequently associated with possessions, and stories of them speaking to people abound. You can even buy haunted shoes on eBay.