‘Bottled ghosts’ sell for £1300
Two bottled “ghosts” have sold for NZ2830 (£1305) in an online auction in New Zealand.
The ghosts, supposedly trapped inside two glass vials, were put up for bidding by Avie Woodbury from the southern city of Christchurch. She said they were captured in her house during an exorcism.
The spirits were trapped inside the vials with stoppers and then dipped in holy water, which she says “dulls the spirits’ energy.”
She said they were the spirits of an old man who lived in the house during the 1920s, and a powerful, disruptive little girl who turned up after a session with a spirit-calling Ouija board.
Since an exorcism at the property last July led to their capture, there has been no further spooky activity in the house, she said.
The auction attracted more than 214,000 page views and dozens of questions before the winning bid, Trademe auction site spokesman Paul Ford said. The name of the winning bidder was not released.
Woodbury said that once an “exorcist’s fee” has been deducted, the proceeds of the spirit sale will go to the animal welfare group the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The auction drew derision from some quarters, with one posting on the site declaring: “I have two spirits in bottles at home.
“I think they are called Jim Beam and the other is Johnny Walker.”
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