by A German tourist taking scenic shots at Beachy Head was astonished to see one showing a ghostly figure. Gerhard Schrimpf, 49, said the image resembles a cowled monk lurking just below the cliff top.
Chillingly, the photograph – which shows a huge shadow resembling a monk-like figure – has echoes of the legendary black monk ghost said to lure walkers to their deaths. But Gerhard, who had been visiting the town with his girlfriend on a sunny day in December, thinks it was a friendly spirit. Having only spotted the figure when looking through his photos while back at his home in Kempen, he said, “I was shocked. Then I heard the story of the black monk. “Maybe in medieval times somebody pushed him off the edge.”The story goes that a malevolent monk stalks the cliff, urging people to follow him over the edge. Some say he might have been a monk from the Benedictine priory at Willingdon, thrown over Beachy Head in a vengeful murder during the reformation.
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Chillingly, the photograph – which shows a huge shadow resembling a monk-like figure – has echoes of the legendary black monk ghost said to lure walkers to their deaths. But Gerhard, who had been visiting the town with his girlfriend on a sunny day in December, thinks it was a friendly spirit. Having only spotted the figure when looking through his photos while back at his home in Kempen, he said, “I was shocked. Then I heard the story of the black monk. “Maybe in medieval times somebody pushed him off the edge.”The story goes that a malevolent monk stalks the cliff, urging people to follow him over the edge. Some say he might have been a monk from the Benedictine priory at Willingdon, thrown over Beachy Head in a vengeful murder during the reformation.
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