북아일랜드 귀신 때문에 교통이 마비되어

영국 북아일랜드 타이론 카운티 교외(County Tyrone)에서 3주전부터 일몰 후 늙은 여자 귀신이 거리를 배회하는 것이 목격되고 있다

There was a queue of up to 60 cars looking for the ghost

어두워지는 저녁 4시 30분경부터 새벽 1시경 까지 흰 롱 드레스를 입고 긴 흰 망토를 두르고 나타나는 귀신을 보려고 멀러모일 도로(Mullaghmoyle Road)에는 각지에서 몰려든 유령 사냥군들 차량들이 매일 60여대씩 몰려들어 일대가 북새통이 되고 있다.

목격자들에 따르면 슬픈 표정의 흰 드레스 부인은 지나가는 차 앞에 갑자기 나타나 운전자를 놀라게 하고 길가에서 지나가는 자동차를 얻어 타는 일을 하기도 한다고 증언했다.

Traffic jam after 'ghost sighting' By Johnny Caldwell BBC News Page last updated at 13:12 GMT, Monday, 5 January 2009 This time of year is traditionally associated with high spirits as revellers welcome in another year. However, a spirit of a different kind has been causing a bit of a commotion outside Coalisland in County Tyrone. Supposed sightings of a ghost have led to crowds of people descending on the Brackaville area over the holidays. "It looks an old woman with a white dress and a long white cape down her back," said 17-year-old Ryan Bell who claims to have seen the ghost at least six times. "Along Flush Hill there are three telegraph polls and she appears to come out of the hedge at the second poll, run across the road and stop at the same spot every time. Ryan's father Raymond runs a pub a short distance from the ghost has supposedly been seen by him and others. "I wasn't scared when I saw her, I just got the creeps," said the teenager who didn't believe in ghosts before his experience. "She would have been in hers 80s or 90s, she also looked very sad and as if she was lost." Sinn Féin Councillor Desmond Donnelly said would-be ghostbusters had been flocking to the area. "At one point, there was a line of up to 60 cars on the Mullaghmoyle Road with people trying to spot it," said Sinn Féin Councillor Desmond Donnelly. "It wasn't just one night, it was going on for a week or so over the holidays. I wouldn't be one for ghosts, but you know how this type of thing spreads. "If you ask me, it's more likely to be a reflection of the moon on the river that flows through the area. Although the talk is that what was seen was in the shape of a person." Pat Hughes, speaking at the Central Bar in Coalisland, said the sighting had got people in the town talking. "Everybody's been talking about it in the bar and it has also caught the imagination of young people," he said. "It has got to the stage where it's a bit like a drive-in movie." 'Paranormal' As with these sorts of things, rumours about what was or was not seen quickly spread. It was claimed the apparition was a woman who had lived locally. Warren Coates of the Northern Ireland Paranormal Research Association (NIPRA) said he was aware of "previous paranormal activity" in the area. "It related to a phantom female hitchhiker, but if anybody down there would like us to investigate this latest sighting, we'd only be too happy to help," he said.