THE BLUEBELL INN

ONE OF THE ODDEST HAUNTING CASES WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT OR BEEN INVOLVED IN IS THAT OF THE BLUEBELL INN’S OWN PET DUCK.

JUST OFF THE SIDE OF THE A41 HIGHROAD IN TUSHINGHAM STANDS A 16TH CENTURY BLACK AND WHITE INN, ANOTHER DISTINCTIVELY OLD AND QUAINT HOSTELRY. WHEN ARRIVING HERE YOU WILL NOTICE THE OLD HORSE MOUNTING STEPS, AND THE HANGING POST……

ON ENTRANCE INTO THE PUB, YOU WILL FIND IT BOTH SNUG AND STILL WITH ITS OLDEN DAY IMAGE. ON THE WALLS LIE NUMOROUS GLASS VIEWING CABINETS, FILLED WITH SOME STRANGE ITEMS COLLECTED FROM INSIDE THE PUBS VERY OWN WALLS, WHILST UNDERGOING RENORVATION; A MUMMIFIED RAT, OLD CLAY PIPES, AN AUTHENTIC HIGHWAYMANS HAT, BOOK PAGES, LETTERS AND MANY OTHER SMALL ITEMS, ALL WHICH CAN BE VIEWED AT LEISURE.

THE BLUEBELL ONCE HAD A PET DUCK, DOUBTLESS IT STARTED AS A CUTE FLUFFY LITTLE THING, ADORED BY ALL. BUT IT GREW INTO A RATHER MOODY LITTLE QUACK, THIS IS UNDERSTANDABLE WADDLING AROUND BEING KICKED AND SHOVED IN A CROWDED PUB, HAVING ALE SPILT ONIT, AND BEING CHOKED HALF TO DEATH ON TOBACCO SMOKE. IT STARTED TO REBEL, PECKING AT CUSTOMERS ANKLES, AND IN THE LANDLORD AGREED TO HAVE IT KILLED. BUT INSTEAD OF EATING IT, FOR SOME REASON HE DECIDED TO HAVE IT INTERRED UNDER THE LAST STEP OF THE CELLAR STAIRS.

END OF STORY…. OR IS IT???

THE DUCK WANTED REVENGE, AND QUITE REGULARLY THE STEP WOULD CME LOOSE, NO MATTER HOW WELL NAILED DOWN IT WAS, AND AT THESE TIMES THE PHANTOM DUCK WOULD RETURN TO CONTINUE ITS PECKING SPREE.

IN THE END THE LANDLORD TURNED TO THE CHURCH ( OLD ST CHADS) http://maxpages.com/upia/OLD_ST_CHADS

THE LOCAL PARSON BEGAN A SERIES OF EXORCISM LIKE SESSIONS, NOT BY HIMSELF, BUT WITH TWELVE OTHER COLLEAGUES, IN A RATHER ZEALOUS ENTHUSIASM BEST DESCRIBED AS OVERKILL FOR THE CUTE LITTLE GHOST DUCK.

UNFORTUNATELY THE DUCK DID NOT GO, BUT INSTEAD BEGAN TO SHRINK, HERE ONE OF THE PARSONS HAD A FLASH OF GENIUS, HE WAITED LONG ENOUGH TIL HE DUCK WAS SO SMALL, THEN BANG, HE SHOVED IT INTO A BOTTLE, AND SEALED IT WITH A CORK. DUE TO FOLKLORE AT THIS TIME, THE BOTTLE WAS HEREBY BRICKED INTO THE PUB WALLS, BRINGING AT LAST, PEACE TO THE BLUEBELL INN..

OR DID IT….????

SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE PUB HAD NEED FOR RENOVATION, A TIME WHEN ITS CURRENT HISTORICAL ITEMS WERE DISCOVERED. AND UNBEKNOWNST TO THE OCCUPIERS…..

THE BOTTLE WAS REMOVED…..

INEVITABLEY IT BEGAN… THE PATTER OF TINY WADDLING FEET WERE ONCE AGAIN WITNESSED AND THE PECKING RESUMED. ONLY FOR THE RELIABLE INFORMATION OF A LOCAL HISTORIAN STEPS WERE TAKEN, THE BOTTLE WAS SEALED, AND RE INTERRED INTO THE NEW WALL, AND FINALLY FOR NOW, THE DUCKS SHENANIGANS HAVE CEASED…

OR HAVE THEY??

RECENT REPORTS HAVE ALLEDGED THAT SHADOWY FIGURES HAVE BEEN WITNESSED IN THE BAR, NOT THE DUCK PERHAPS, BUT GLASSES HAVE SEEN TO MOVE AND SMASH AS IF BY AN UNSEEN FORCE.

PARANORMAL OCCURRENCES ARE STILL REPORTED FROM THE PUB, BUT NOT AS FREQUENTLY AS OTHER LOCAL VENUES.

THE PRESENT OCCUPANTS ARE QUITE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THE FOLKLORE, YOU CAN SEE THE MUSEUM LIKE CABINETS OF THE BLUEBELLS HISTORY AND ENJOY SOME FINE HOME COOKED FOOD AND REAL ALE…