GHOST SOLDIERS

Back in 1953, in the city of York, a plumber named Harry Martindale reported a ghostly encounter of seeing 20 Roman legionnaires, apparently spectral, marching out from a wall at his worksite.

Martindale was working in the basement of the Treasure's House, a structure constructed near an ancient Roman fort, where he was installing piping for a heating system.

Martindale narrated hearing a thunderous sound of a trumpet, after which a spectral horse, ridden by a Roman soldier, emerged from the wall. This spectacle was followed by several other legionnaires, fully decked out in their uniforms with javelins and shields.

His account, full of peculiar details, was initially met with skepticism. One of the odder points he mentioned was that the ghostly legionnaires carried oval shields, not the traditional rectangular ones.

However, over time, it came to light that an ancient Roman road associated with the old fort ran underneath the floor of the basement.

Further, subsequent archaeological digs uncovered an unanticipated fact: the auxiliary troops from the Roman VI legion were indeed known to carry oval shields.

Such a detail was something Harry couldn't have possibly known, and yet, he did.