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For sale on-line, two captured ghosts, trapped in bottles of holy water that made them sleepy

Seeded on Fri Mar 5, 2010 2:44 PM EST
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Avie Woodbury claimed she was so tired of being haunted that she called in an exorcist to rid her house of two ghosts.

The exorcist trapped the spirits in bottles of holy water - which Ms Woodbury has now put up for sale on internet auction site TradeMe.

'The holy water dulls the spirits' energy, sort of puts them to sleep' she said.

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Carloz

The auction has drawn plenty of interest - not the least from sceptics.

'What do you reckon would happen if I were to pour these into a shot glass and drink them?' one user wrote.

Another wanted to know if the little girl does anything 'constructive, like put the dishes away?'

Others drew the inevitable comparisons to the hit 80s movie Ghostbusters, warning Ms Woodbury not to 'cross the streams' if she were to capture any more ghosts.

A final user quipped that he, also, was the proud owner of two spirits in bottles - adding that their names were Jim Beam and Johnnie Walker.

But, with two days of the sale still left to go and the price tag swiftly approaching £1,000, it seems it will be Ms Woodbury who has the last laugh.

How mean!

  • 3 votes
Reply#1 - Fri Mar 5, 2010 2:45 PM EST
Par4TheCourse

Along that line.. I have bottled air from Hawaii.. and another with wind from the Grand Canyon..Also a very tiny microbe that can be picked up by an Electron Microscope in another bottle... Ebay here I come...

  • 6 votes
#1.1 - Fri Mar 5, 2010 2:55 PM EST
MegnMacLean

Apparently there's a lady on Etsy who does stuff like this too. She'll sell bottles of "faeries" and magic wands and rings that have a charm on them so you'll lose weight and such. Based on the descriptions she writes, I think she actually believes what she's saying. Her stuff gets posted on regretsy.com from time to time, and it is ALWAYS ridiculous.

  • 5 votes
#1.2 - Fri Mar 5, 2010 2:55 PM EST
Carloz

I've got some dirt that's ancient that I'd like to get rid of. Maybe I could find a buyer on-line.

  • 3 votes
#1.3 - Fri Mar 5, 2010 3:19 PM EST
POCHICK

Better hold on to that dirt . . . real estate prices are going to skyrocket again! LOL

  • 3 votes
#1.4 - Fri Mar 5, 2010 4:14 PM EST
Carloz

Better hold on to that dirt . . . real estate prices are going to skyrocket again! LOL

Good idea!! :-)

  • 1 vote
#1.5 - Fri Mar 5, 2010 4:21 PM EST
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cuzzenbud

Sounds like someone is coo coo for cocoa puffs!

  • 4 votes
Reply#2 - Fri Mar 5, 2010 3:01 PM EST
Al 616

Okay. Would any of y'all open the bottles out of sheer curiosity...to see if something would happen?

  • 2 votes
Reply#3 - Fri Mar 5, 2010 9:38 PM EST
Carloz

Well, maybe... :-)

  • 2 votes
#3.1 - Sat Mar 6, 2010 9:16 AM EST
MrFrost

Nope....

  • 1 vote
#3.2 - Sat Mar 6, 2010 3:25 PM EST
Prilj

That would sort of be like opening a "collector's edition" action figure. Once it's out of the box, it's worthless. (Monetarily speaking, of course.) :)

  • 2 votes
#3.3 - Sat Mar 6, 2010 5:27 PM EST
MrFrost

Well, so much for selling my 1974 strech armstong...

  • 1 vote
#3.4 - Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:40 PM EST
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Kareem in my Coffee

Carloz, you slay me. Thanks so much for this hilarious little tale.

  • 1 vote
Reply#4 - Sun Mar 7, 2010 7:57 AM EST
Carloz

:-D

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#4.1 - Sun Mar 7, 2010 5:16 PM EST
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