Posted on 02/12/2008 7:55:17 PM PST by camerakid400
LONDON (Reuters) - British officials paid a psychic to exorcise a suspected poltergeist from state housing after the distressed occupants said they would rather become homeless than stay, a council 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 ($234) 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.
"This is the first time we have had to take such a measure," a council spokeswoman said. "However, the tenants were extremely distressed at the time and we therefore believed it was the most appropriate course of action."
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Peeves?
There are times when I just love the Brits. This is one of them.
LSD still popular there?
Next they’ll demand that the state pays for a house cleaner to clean up the ghost mess every week...
i get rid of ghosts for only $100 bucks if you act now! (big savings for you)
Who ya gonna call?
I bet that Billy Mays has a product ideal for removing stubborn ghosts from public housing.
And now, you can have it too, for the low low price of just $19.95!
Does he have one to remove mother-in -laws? Mine has been visiting for 5 months now, and she’s a democrat. Every time she says Obama I say affirmative action. Vote Alan Keyes!
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