British tax dollars at work
I think I would be more afraid of the misuse of funds, than of the “ghosts“.
British officials paids [sic] a psychic to exorcise a supposed poltergeist from state housing after the distressed occupants said otherwise they would leave and become homeless, a council official said on Tuesday.
Easington Council in County Durham said the family could not be persuaded to stay in the house, and that through paying half the psychic ghosthunter’s 120 pound ($235) fee they were saving money as otherwise they would have had to pay for emergency housing.
The Fallon family told reporters they heard banging from the loft, saw items fly across rooms and had doors slammed in their faces. They called police, who found nothing. Then they called in psychic Suzanne Hadwin and asked the council to help pay.
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Comment by Mike Harmon — February 12, 2008 @ 9:26 pm
I’ve got fairies at the end of my garden, the council won’t help me get rid of them. They just leave packets of condoms for them.
Comment by Gandalf The Imaginary — February 13, 2008 @ 6:42 am
the local Catholic parish priest would most likely have blessed the house for free.
Comment by Kevin — February 13, 2008 @ 9:27 am