London, July 21: In a bizarre development, several England
cricketers have requested a change of rooms, saying their five-star
London hotel is haunted.
According to "Daily Mail" on Sunday (July 20), the players' wives and
girlfriends have refused to stay at the famous Langham Hotel during
London Test matches this summer after complaints of mysterious goings-on
at night.
"During the Sri Lanka Test I had to move rooms," Stuart Broad was quoted
as saying by the British daily.
"It was so hot in the room I just couldn't sleep. All of a sudden the
taps in the bathroom came on for no reason.
I turned the lights on and
the taps turned themselves off. Then when I turned the lights off again
the taps came on. It was very weird.
"It really freaked me out. I ended up asking to move rooms. Bealey
(Broad's girlfriend) was pretty spooked, too, and I know Moeen Ali's
other half won't stay there because she's so frightened of the ghosts,"
the fast bowler added.
"I've slept okay during the current Test (against India) but the Sri
Lanka Test (last month) was not great," added Broad. "One night I woke
up in the middle of the night, around 1.30 a.m. and I was convinced
there was a presence in the room. It was the weirdest feeling.
"Ben Stokes has had some problems sleeping as well. He's on the third
floor, which is where a lot of the issues are. I'm telling you,
something weird is going on," said the Englishman.
Reportedly, Room 333 is believed to be the most haunted with the
hotel's own website stating: "In 1973 a BBC radio announcer James
Alexander-Gordon awoke suddenly in the night to see a fluorescent ball
which slowly took on the shape of a man wearing Victorian evening wear.
The announcer asked the ghost what it wanted and it began to float
towards him, with its legs cut off some two feet below the ground, arms
outstretched, eyes staring emptily. At this point the announcer got up
and fled."
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