What do you do when you capture the souls of two ghosts haunting your home? Auction them off online to help raise money for animal welfare! Of course!
Such is the unusual case of a woman in New Zealand who recently sold two glass vials purportedly containing the ghosts of two dead people sold for $$1,983. The auction, which took place at trademe.co.nz, received a great deal of attention before the winning bid on Monday night. From the article,
The “ghosts” were put up for bidding by Avie Woodbury from the southern city of Christchurch. She said they were captured in her house and stored in glass vials with stoppers and 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.
After a small “exorcist” fee is deducted (really?), the remainder of the funds will be donated to the New Zealand SPCA.
I really want to know what the winner will do with these “souls”. Anyone else think it’s Anna Wintour adding to her collection?
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