{"id":11785,"date":"2014-10-27T09:06:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T09:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=11785"},"modified":"2014-10-27T09:07:37","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T09:07:37","slug":"has-drum-castles-ghost-been-captured-on-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/has-drum-castles-ghost-been-captured-on-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Drum Castle\u2019s ghost been captured on camera?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staff at the National Trust for Scotland\u2019s 700 year-old Drum Castle have been left scratching their heads at a mysterious image captured by a webcam.<\/p>\n

The conservation charity\u2019s wildlife team had set up cameras in the castle\u2019s stables over the summer as part of a project to observe a nesting family of swallows. However, staff based at the Aberdeenshire castle discovered that they had captured more than they bargained for when checking photographs taken overnight.<\/p>\n

A strange mist can be seen in one of the images. The webcam is motion-activated, so something with a physical presence must have triggered the camera to take the picture. Whatever the strange mist was, staff are certain it was not caused by a swallow or an insect.<\/p>\n

Dr Alison Burke, the National Trust for Scotland\u2019s Property Manager at Drum Castle said:<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone tells me that Drum Castle is a haunted place and that there are strange happenings here. I have always been highly sceptical but there have been too many inexplicable events that cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to admit, when I checked the camera and found this image a cold shiver ran down my spine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The old stables are regarded by staff and volunteers as having a fairly odd atmosphere. It is here and in the adjacent garden that people have reported hearing two women laughing together despite no-one being present.<\/p>\n

\"M2E1L1-7R350B300\"<\/a>Drum Castle, which is near Banchory, has a very long history and over the years a number of strange goings on have been reported in different parts of the building and its surrounding estate. These have included sightings of a female figure believed to be Anna Forbes, wife of the 20th Laird. Heavy footsteps have also been heard in the stone-floored corridor. In the Chintz Bedroom, which is reportedly very cold, linen and items in the dresser have been moved when no-one had access to the room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Staff at the National Trust for Scotland\u2019s 700 year-old Drum Castle have been left scratching their heads at a mysterious image captured by a webcam. The conservation charity\u2019s wildlife team had set up cameras in the castle\u2019s stables over the summer as part of a project to observe a nesting family of swallows. However, staff based at the Aberdeenshire castle discovered that they had captured more than they bargained for when checking photographs taken overnight. A strange mist can be seen in one of the images. The webcam is motion-activated, so something with a physical presence must have triggered the…<\/span> <\/p>\n

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