The Haunted Ship

TRUE GHOST STORIES, QUESTIONS & INFORMATION

When I was a crew member aboard the Bristol registered ship Castle Combe we went to a small quarrying creek on the Welsh coast. It was one of those places where the ebbing tide left the ship high and dry. My attention was drawn to a dilapidated vessel anchored a little distance out. It looked like it was ready for the breakers yard. One night I saw a faint light coming from one of the portholes so decided to walk over to it and have a look.

As I climbed aboard the deserted ship I felt unease. I opened the door to the crews cabins and was confronted by a man. He wore a mustard coloured coat with a cloth cap pulled over his eyes. But he was floating 3 feet above the ground! I dashed back to my own ship.

The next day I was worried by what I had seen. Had someone perhaps hung themselves? I had to go back and find out. I opened the same door again and in the daylight could see a large number of glass containers. Of course, that was the answer, I consoled myself. The man must have been standing on one of these which I couldn't see in the darkness! Jim J.

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