Austrian Hotel Ghost

by Ammar Habjouqa
(Ottowa, Canada)

While spending a couple of nights in a historical hotel in Austria (Schloss Hernsetin
http://www.schloss-hernstein.at/) I had a paranormal encounter.

I felt the presence of a spirit and heard unusual noises and “something” dropped into the water very close to where I was standing. Later that day (29 September 2009) I inquired at the reception if they had some ghosts in the building and was told that some staff had encountered what they believed to be the spirit of a female named Bianca who was heart broken that the person who had promised her marriage never came for her.

Three of us wanted to check out the place where the staff encounters took place. Most of the rooms on that floor did not give us the feeling that there was any presence other than the three of us until we entered this one room that just “felt” right.

We were very respectful and explained in English and broken German why were were there. We asked that if Bianca or anyone else present wanted to be in the photograph that they should come to where our flash was firing. Several shot were taken of this open door leading to the room painted in green behind it (with both rooms in total darkness and the only light being from the flash). I was holding the camera and looking at the LCD and noticed nothing on the image. Suddenly we all heard noise of movement coming from behind us, to our left and then directly in front of us where I had been taking the picture. I took the next shot and noticed immediately on the screen this amazing orb directly in front of us. I took two more shots and noticed nothing unusual on them. On careful examination, it was only this single shot after we heard the noise that included this amazing orb. Having felt that we exhausted our welcome, I thanked whoever was there for allowing us to take the photographs and left quietly.

What I find amazing is that the angle of the shots had not changed and yet only the one that I took after hearing the noise shows the orb. If you are interested, I will send you the other shots for comparison.

I would appreciate your kind expert advice on whether this is really an unexplained orb, what it could be if it really is an orb; and, if it turns out to be some physical thing such as reflection or a dust particle, your kind learned opinion on what it is.

I also wonder if you had heard from anyone else about a similar experience in this same hotel.

(Thanks for sending in this photo Ammar. No, I haven't heard of anything else at this hotel, but I'll investigate. We have a page on Haunted Hotels of the world, so it might be eligible! ~Siobhan)