Some people have suggested a Blackburn man’s deceased father is trying to contact him from the dead, through his old electric shaver.
When his dad passed away, the man spent a lot of time clearing out his parents’ house. This included giving away most of their furniture and possessions to various charitable institutions. But some items were in such good condition, he decided to keep them for his own personal use. One of these was his dad’s old electric shaver, which was relatively new and still in good working order.
His own shaver had reached the end of its tether, to the point of scratching and cutting his face. So he saw no reason not use his dad’s appliance instead. At first there was nothing wrong with using this electric shaver, but after a few days strange sounds began to emanate from this machine. What started out as crackling and buzzing soon became discernible sounds.
At first the buzzing seemed to follow a pattern, like Morse Code. His dad had been in the Royal Corps of Signals while serving in the army. So this seemed uncanny. Could this series of crackling sounds be a form of ghostly communication, perhaps a message from beyond the grave?
It needed looking into. Although a sceptic, he was open minded enough to try and resolve this unusual situation. After all, there have been all sorts of reports and stories over the years of odd noises in pipework, or electrical equipment doing strange things, such as flashing and crackling.
Word soon got out regarding his ‘haunted’ shaver, leading to an appearance in the local media. It garnered a lot of interest, especially from across the Atlantic Ocean. This led to suggestions calling for the shaver to be exorcised. Not even a clairvoyant could have predicted this.
And so a seance was arranged, which took place in the studio of a local radio station. It was a sensation, gaining world-wide reaction. The radio station switchboard was jammed with callers ringing in with their theories. They proclaimed it to be a miracle, poltergeist activity and even contact from aliens.
But to the owner of this so-called haunted electric shaver, it was just a load of snap crackle and pop. He ended up selling his dad’s electric shaver for a princely sum to a rich client with deep pockets. This was after being made an offer he couldn’t refuse. Not bad for an intermittent fault, or a loose wire.
