Romanian cops have closed a vandalism investigation that left local houses in ruins by concluding ghosts were to blame.

Families living in Lilieci reported windows broken, bicycles flying through the air, objects moving on tables and candles blown out when there is no wind.

When they complained they were being hounded by evil spirits to police they were laughed at.

But after officers saw the evidence with their own eyes they filed a report saying that ghosts were to blame.

Mircea Hadimbu, 68, who says his house has now been completely wrecked, said: "The windows started to break one by one. I saw two bicycles moving through the air on their own."

His sister Melentina Bocancea, 78, who lives nearby, added: "There were cups flying around the house and candles I lit were blown out as soon as I put a match to them even though there was not a breath of wind in the house."

A police spokesman said: "There were bottles and things flying around. I did not know what to dodge first. We can find nothing to suggest it was anything other than what the people claim."

A priest has been called in to perform exorcisms of houses in the town in the hope that the attacks will finally stop.

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Now that is damned strange.

Of course, I wonder why you posted this one here and not on the ghost board? Oh well, a good find never the less! Thanks for putting that one up!

Oops, I apologise.

I looked at the wrong sub-forum when I posted and thought I was posting in a News/Media section but I see it was one level further and posted into a current affairs section.

How can I go about getting this moved? Can a mod do that for me?

There we go that's it moved to the correct section.

Thankyou.

Much obliged.

Police officers go on record about a haunting. This is a great find, thanks for posting it. What do you skeptics think of this?

Gypsies. Romanian Gypsies.

I do not believe in dead spirits or ghosts as I am a materialist. I do however believe that there is activity casued by natural phenomena that some people attribute to poltergeists or "noisy ghosts". I am looking forward to the day when poltergeist phenomena can be explained as part of the natural world, albeit such activity being a rare occurance.

That's my take on this type of "haunting".

If I were to witness poltergiest activity I would hope that fear would not be my reaction but instead curiosity and I would immediately begin to take note of my surroundings and try to find a source for the phenomena.