By Tim Binnall
A spooky piece of security footage from a notoriously haunted British pub shows a baby carriage moving as if it is being pushed by an unseen force, and some believe a ghost may have been behind the mysterious moment. The eerie video was reportedly captured at the Ancient Ram Inn in the village of Wotton-under-Edge. The centuries-old building, often called the country's most haunted pub, has become something of a paranormal attraction due to the high amount of unusual and unsettling activity reported by visitors over the years. As the recent footage from the building suggests, it is not just guests who experience oddness at the site.
In the footage, the inn's cleaner can be seen dusting a child's bed when a baby carriage beside her suddenly moves a considerable distance across the floor. Amusingly, having seen such strangeness before, the woman simply responds, "alright, I know you're there" as she adjusts the pram so it sits where it previously had been and then leaves the room to continue her work. The room where the incident occurred was also the site of a similarly unnerving scene, also featured in the video above, wherein ghost hunters filmed doors opening on their own during an investigation earlier this year. Due to the discovery of children's bones beneath the building long ago, it is believed that the spirits of youngsters call the inn home and make their presence felt with such unnerving moments.
"The pram could be one of those children," manager Beth Mash mused, noting that guests often report "laughing and giggling and shadow figures" of unseen youngsters "running around the property." Since the footage was shared online, some skeptical viewers have argued that the carriage moved because of uneven floorboards. However, she dismissed these arguments, noting that "I went into that room and jumped on the floorboards and the pram didn't move." As to the possibility that the scene was a hoax, she asserted that "we don't have the time to set up something and fake these sorts of things." With that in mind, do you think a ghost pushed the carriage, or is there a more prosaic explanation for the incident? Weigh in with your thoughts at the C2C Facebook page.