“‘Now it would appear that they are entirely wrong—that it is with the clock and not Kleogh this apparition is connected—a fact that is not at all surprising when we come to consider its origin and the vast antiquity of its frame.
“‘But let us examine it more carefully to-morrow.’
“We did so, and discovered that the frontal pillars on either side of the face of the clock consisted of two highly polished femur-bones which, although blackened through countless ages of immersion in the bog, and abnormally long (as is inevitably the case with Paleolithic man), were very unmistakably human.
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“I returned the clock anonymously to Kelly’s.”[2]
NO. — PARK STREET, BATH
THE HORRIBLE COUGHING ON
THE STAIRS
Technical form of apparition: Phantasm of the dead
Cause of haunting: Murder
Source of authenticity: Reliable hearsay evidence