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Palace video captures spooky image

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LONDON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Security officials at London's Hampton Court palace have released a videotape of a ghostly figure opening and closing doors, The Sun reported Friday.

The 16th century palace in southwest London was once the home of King Henry VIII. It is well known for alleged supernatural activity, but nothing suspicious has been caught on tape there before, the newspaper said.

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Security guards had been repeatedly alerted to an open fire door in an exhibition area of the palace. After securing the door each time, they returned to their office to review the footage to see who had opened it.

On the first occasion the footage showed the doors flying wide open, but no evidence of why they had. On the second, the guards were stunned when a ghostly figure in period dress suddenly appeared on the screen and closed the doors.

The palace has seen many dramatic royal events from the death of Henry's third wife, Jane Seymour, to the condemnation and house arrest of his fifth, Catherine Howard, for adultery.

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