:D the staff scaring kids with ghost Stories LMAO ... its true what people sometimes say ....give them enough knowledge and time and any Military History Nerd will turn into a troll
I worked at the Bovington Tank Museum from 1986 to 1987. Despite old Ron (one of the museum's senior staff) spinning a yarn about how there were strange noises in the museum at night, when it was closed for the night, this can easily be attributed to the expansion & contraction of the sheet metal roof in the original main halls. The only tank, exhibited, that are known to have had people killed in it are the Pz.I.Bf. command tank, which was parked only 20 feet away from Tiger 131, back in the 1980's. Whilst on its final action, in North Africa, it had a 75mm. shot punch through the right side 13mm. thick superstructure, killing the commander and wounding the driver.
We used to visit Bovington a lot as kids. On one occasion Ron did his walk around and told us about Herman the German - but not about the Pz I command tank as far as I remember. I was only about 10 years old and got bored and wandered off on my own. I walked up to the Pz1 and looked through the shell hole (on the left side of the tank at a 10 year-old's eye level). And saw a face looking back. A manakin in a German uniform. Or so I thought - and still do I think. But years later I asked someone at the museum about that and they said they had never put manakins in their tanks. I don't believe in ghosts - but....
@@32shumble It was Mannie Queen: He was the museum employee in charge of scaring kids too curious away from what, being metal and all, are very rare museum artifacts to protect from any possible damage. And experience tells us that the bitter enemy of any indestructible thing are children. Later Mr. Queen was contracted as a sculptor to carve stone eagles to put on the top of the towers in the electric power lines to avoid storks making their very heavy nests on those towers. And now you can find him in his workshop making cork shark fins to scare swimmers away from the Royal Navy nuclear submarine bases.
And so, the ghostly figure wandering the museum is the spirit of the Panzer I commander, who every night comes out to try to understand why everyone thinks Tiger 131 is the haunted tank when it is actually his Panzer I. "I still can't understand, you can see right through the hole of the shell that killed me but no, it's the intact Tiger parked next to it the one they believe is haunted by a dead soldier! Is my tank not cool enough to be haunted because it's just a Panzer I?"
This whole thing is blown out of proportion, that was obviously the transmission's last groan before the 12 year old snapped the entire thing in half. "They say, however many teens go into the tank museum, that night the transmission with groan with however many there were..."
This reminds me of this Russian film about the White Tiger (белый тигр) roaming about Poland in the late days of the war to single-handedly annihilate waves of Soviet tank brigades. The Tiger in the film was described to have no company insignia, no known crew, and always painted in a white camo that the Wehrmacht never uses on any vehicle. And reports of survivors who have been attacked by the Tiger claim the Tiger comes out of ambush flanks that the Tiger 1 tank cannot possibly cross (ie. dense woods, or swamps) There is one scene where the Russian squad assigned to hunting and killing the White Tiger manages to capture a German officer, and they interrogate him about the White Tiger, and he knows nothing about the White Tiger except for the several rumors going about the Wehrmacht about it. Definitely a movie to watch (there is versions of the film on RU-vid with subtitles) if you like the ghost tiger lore
The Germans on the Russian front would white out the summer camo but leave the national insignias...the luftwaffe white painted their aircraft and german Wehrmacht and SS whited their helmets in the winter also.
At the Muckleburgh Collection in England, there's supposedly many hauntings including disembodied screams around a field ambulance and engine 'cool down' sounds coming from a T-34.
Just as a thought exercise, the engine 'cool down' noises could happen from just normal contraction due to large thermal amplitude from day to night, couldn't it?
@@mestre_geralt Possibly, though I thought it's supposed to be the sound of it cooling/running down after being used rather than the slower contraction from day to night.
Ive had encounters and when I was a kid my brothers and sisters were around and they happened in front of all of us at once.That said Im not getting into it at all.I would think that if ANY WW2 locations would have scary supernatural occurances it would be where atrocities have occured like a death camp or where the Russians were running around shooting every German left behind in a hospital.Just my opinion.
Herman the German now possesses the German Sherman in Warthunder. I dubbed that tank "Herman the German Sherman" years ago when I first saw it. As for 131 being haunted, honestly, its demise is about the least haunty ive ever heard. It caught a 57mm to the turret ring and the crew chickened out and bailed on a mostly undamaged tank. Sure, it couldnt fire effectively, but no reason to abandon it.
@@rockingglock7954 ...dude, "Catch that Tiger" is not based of real accounts. Read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_131 . To quote, "...Catch that Tiger, claimed that Major Douglas Lidderdale, the REME engineering officer who oversaw the return of Tiger 131 to England, was responsible for the capture of Tiger 131 as the leader of a secret mission appointed by Winston Churchill to obtain a Tiger for Allied intelligence.[9] This account has been rejected by The Tank Museum as inaccurate because it contradicts Lidderdale's own personal letters and papers which stated he was not personally present when the Tiger was captured.[10]" Read it, and don't spread misinformation.
We used to visit Bovington a lot as kids. On one occasion Ron did his walk around and told us about Herman the German - but not about the Pz I command tank as far as I remember. I was only about 10 years old and got bored and wandered off on my own. I walked up to the Pz1 and looked through the shell hole (on the left side of the tank at a 10 year-old's eye level). And saw a face looking back. A manakin in a German uniform. Or so I thought - and still do I think. But years later I asked someone at the museum about that and they said they had never put manakins in their tanks. I don't believe in ghosts - but....
As much as I enjoy a spooky story, I have visited the Tank Museum countless times and even done a bit of work experience there when I was younger and I have never heard of this story before nor have I ever sensed anything unusual in the museum or the Tiger beyond the significance of the history of some of its exhibits. And a corpse in the tank would not have been missed when it was captured and definitely not after a day or two in such a climate.
Have a proper tech priest, Apply the sacred oils. And guide your most holy prayers, and maybe just maybe the Omnissiah will cleanse its machine spirt and the motive force will guide it.
A local forest in my town had sightings of a person in a grey uniform for decades around a swamp area of the forest especially around twillight. And about 15 years ago they found a german kettenkrafrad (a bike with tracks) submerged in the mud with the occupants remains around it. After they removed it and buried the remains no one ever saw the figure again.
Been on the Kidd, Lexington, Texas, Alabama and a few others and I'm pretty sure they are all haunted. A tank being haunted is somehow even creepier and scarier.
@DakotaofRaptors oh yes....I've been leaving it at closing before in the fall and me, others could hear the sound of 5inch guns firing. I've heard the story from others as well. Plus voices in the hall, sounds of the power plant or the mess hall Things like that
I read a little book a while ago called “Ghosts on the Battleship North Carolina” written by a night guard of the Museum/Ship. One story I remember was of him sitting in his office, watching a piece of paper lift off the desk, ball itself up, and writhe and move like someone was squeezing it in their hand. The crumpling sound annoyed him after a while so he finally said something like “Hey, cut that out.” And the paper ball immediately fell to the ground. I got the feeling from the book that the spirits weren’t malicious at all, just sad, restless souls who wanted to be left in peace, and if you didn’t disturb them they’d be happy to leave you be. I suspect they are quite happy that the ship is a museum, educating people about the horrors of war and making sure the memories of the departed crew lived on and were respected. If any of the ships are ever broken up, I certainly wouldn’t want to be any of the crew doing that job at night
@Lukusprime I read quite a few stories from when Coral Sea was being scrapped about the initial survey teams being spooked by different things deep in the ship.
I heard a terrifying story by a night guard at one of the Norfolk shipyards, the whole place was a freaking mess, infested with bad vibes and spirits, shit like a bizarre writhing ball of seagulls following him down the quay, and whenever he’d stop and stare directly at it it’d form into individual seagulls and one would land on a dock post right next to him, he was in the heads and all the doors slammed shut at once, someone who’d fallen or been pushed off of one of the overhead beams of the warehouse trying to push others and crashing the glass in the head office that covered it alone under the roof, way more and worse, but it’s completely one of the creepiest stories I’d ever heard. Although it may not sound so fantastic, it was the entire vibe of the place he setup. He quit and I can see why. Same with Alcatraz and some other prisons, they’ve got some extremely bad energy. It’s rather comforting and reassuringly nice to hear that The Greatest Generation doesn’t fill our museum piece retired Naval Battleships with demonic parasites, but rather, as in death seem to remain as ngvgvl if errhyyÿthey were in life, basically decent, appearing as in life many were selfless and loved our Country. And although I’m sure there may well be some spirits from our past with less savory past lives and more malicious intent… I’ve heard some similar stuff about ghosts from our Civil War Battlefields not harming or trying to terrorize folks, like whatever’s in that shipyard apparently does., Cheers, Y’all
131 might not be haunted,and ghosts existing is a questionable thing entirely. That said,why on Earth is 131 the ONLY suspected haunted tank in a TANK MUSEUM. Perhaps a video worth making would be deciding which museum piece armoured vehicle would have the most vengeful of ghosts connected to it due to its' own personal history.
I never saw any visible signs of blood nor the lingering smell of blood on the tank but I’m starting to suspect the Fury is being haunted by the ghost of Brad Pitt’s character in the movie
The Maus in Kubinka is definetly a very mutilated ghost. It's built out of the two halves from the only two of its kind, the inside is gutted, it can't move, it's a POW. It checks all the boxes
"Perhaps a video worth making would be deciding which museum piece armoured vehicle would have the most vengeful of ghosts connected to it due to its' own personal history." I don't believe in ghosts but i'd love to see this
The night at the museum with a lot of vehicles driving around on itself would actually sound cool instead of scary, in fact they made like three movies out of it
Imagine a horror movie about this. A ghost tank just showing up out of the fog terrorizing the postwar European countryside. A monster borne of war and fascist hate, fueled by the blood of innocents.
"Imagine a horror movie about this." Such HAS been made. I've seen one and i know there were a couple of other, because the guy i saw the movie at had them as a "mini-collection". A Soviet, US and German tank respectively in the moivies IIRC. The movie i saw was with the Soviet tank, owner said it was by far the best of the 3 movies. But it's like 35+ years since now, so i can't even remember what actually happened during the movie...
After the sinking there were many sailors who survived the initial explosion trapped inside sealed compartments. Tapping could be heard coming from the hull as they hoped to be rescued, but they could not be freed and gradually stopped as they ran out of breathable air.
With Bovington, I have heard it as it is supposed to be; the Tank Museum Bovington. I only mention this as Indy Neidell went there and as he called the Bovington Tank Museum, the museum director frowned and then Indy Neidell quickly corrected it to the Tank Museum Bovington and he received a nice smile and nod.
@@sdfarsight as long as they don't make it a habit of changing their name over and over again, I think all will be well. Just they are quite particular about the name of the museum.
I live in a desert and I have had to deal with dead bodies in the heat. No way would they have left that in there and no way would anyone not know a body was within.
I think that we need to remember that these vehicles were these men’s wartime homes, the lived, fought and died inside tigers, panthers, Shermans, t-34, etc. it’s kinda like how some people think the United States Air Force Museum is haunted by the souls of former pilots.
Years ago i went out with a girl whose father had been based at Bovington and he told her that they had security guards in the museum and one morning they found the guard curled up in a ball and his hair had turned white. He claimed that he heard German voices yelling from inside Tiger 131 while on his night rounds.
Im not sure if you've ever heard of the old comic series, the haunted tank. But its about a Stewart taking on impossible odd, with the help of CSA Gen Jeb Stuart. Pretty cool series!
I don't know if any of your subscribers have seen White Tiger. A Russian WW2 movie where it's believed that this 100 ton Tiger Tank that keeps appearing on the flanks and destroying everything is manned by ghosts. It is something that both sides believed was out there doing it's own thing. It makes for a interesting twist for a Tank movie. Worth seeing if you haven't.
there is no german ghosts there. But in some hears (i hope very far from now) a small ghost will roam the museum, telling random facts about tanks with lighthearted jokes and when you ask for is name he will giggle and tell you, he is David Fletcher from the tank museums you tube channel and the breaks of the valentine tended to overheat in early production
I am already very skeptical about the tale about the corpse in the tank. If it was transfered all the way to Britain, there would have been some accounts of a rotten smell coming from within the tank itself.
The AAF Tank Museum in Danville, set to be closed in only a few short days at time of writing, has (or had, they’ve been selling off pieces of the collection but I don’t know the specifics) a Hellcat that they said may have been haunted. They didn’t mention it or publicize it to drum up interest or anything, it was just anecdotes from talking to the Museum staff. One story I remember involved someone doing restoration on it overnight and hearing something. I forget if it was a loud bang or a voice or both, but that wasn’t the only story, just the one I barely can remember
1:51 it looks so ominous and scary Imagine being soldier at war and all you see before you die is a tiger aimed straight at you it's just 2 boxes on tracks but why is it terrifying
I volunteer at a tank museum in the US (I don't feel comfortable saying where), we use ghost stories for two things here: 1. Profit, people pay surprising amounts to go on ghost tours through here. I will say, if there is any place I could see being haunted it probably would be this place, there are parts of the former army base that are in pretty poor condition, and people did die here due to training accidents. Some people do actually swear up and down that they've seen apparitions, 'orbs', or whatever else can easily be attributed to pareidolia 2. Literally just to mess with people, we attribute random things to the 'ghost' that inhabits the base. Tool falls over? Ghost. Light turns off? Ghost. Door closes on its own? Ghost. Best part is when we bring in other paranormal figures to add to it, friend of mine completely straight faced told a visitor that we have bigfoot in the woods right next to us.
Hard to say, i was touring a building with 2 people one night, the guard said as we passed a old stair way that it was said to be haunted, at which point a loud thump emitted from the darkness. Its an old state building, locked up at night and patrolled by 2 guards, one at the front desk at all times, the other with us. Settling bldg? Big rat? Stow away? Ghost? I don't know, but it was fun.
Well, considering an Avro Lincoln bomber is apparently haunted by a former pilot of it, I do not see it as impossible that 131 could be haunted. If not that, then the theory that vehicles have souls too.
As a child in Bovington in the 1950's my father used to tell us the story of the haunted Tiger tank. My father was second in command at 18 command workshops which was responsible for a good many of the restorations. People would not stay in the museum after dark.
Reminds me of the goofy horror book "Panzer Spirit" where a German tank goes rogue in a museum due to the ghost of its commander who was into the occult or something like that.
@@paintnamer6403 Oh yeah, that's right! It always threw me because at one point I think it describes its "turret turning ominously" which is kinda odd for that kind of tank destroyer. Though to be fair, coming alive and killing people by itself due to sorcery was probably also not in the original design.
My 2c certainly feels like a haunted blood bath when there are 10 dead meaty bois inside and 2 remain, who continue to operate the tank, under such ahh conditions.
If the tank could talk: “please shut up I’m trying to sleep!” (More ghostly screaming) “SHUT UP!” The other time: “hey man, what’s up?” “Nothing much, just being a ghost and all that” “wanna play uno?” “Sure”
Whether it’s haunted or not I would still love to see the tank in person. I love WWII tanks, and being that it’s the final running Tiger that was built during the war, not a remodel is awesome.
Anythings possible, there is a village in Scotland not far from where I live where soldiers of ww1 brought back an enemy German artillery gun after the war that sits in the village as a trophy and has been known to roll away once or twice on its own and there's stories of the locals seeing and hearing some strange activity there, apparitions and voices. Possibly an imprint in history of deeply traumatic time. Since I'm not local to that village I wish I knew the whole story.
While probably not true, this whole story would be an awesome Easter egg for something like Battlefield 2042. Your a Soldier fighting some random battle in either The UK or Africa, well into the future to see this old damaged rusted Tiger 1 join the fight with its crew being a kin to zombies. This would be awesome to see either as a NPC fighting or as a playable unit.
When tiger 131 was deployed overseas and when the tank was captured by the allies maybe the crew did ran away from the tank but this could be a possibility that they have died somewhere else in the last known spot that they ever been was the tank could be the crew German crew that lost a life somewhere else could be inside that tank and wondering why the tanks not moving
Almost as if a tank museum needs to create a story so people would come in and pay for tickets. Disappointed in you for even contemplating this fantasy story, specially for someone who is incredibly level headed in his videos. I do love the new cartoon imagery, love it.
I loved this video. Although not common, superstition and paranormal accounts are semi-common in military history. I’d love to hear more when it pertains to tanks or the battles they’re in!
Topical video for the end of October, however if the only source is from the Daily Mirror ... Might make a different episode of the Ghost files with Ryan and Shane spending a night in the museum surrounded by tanks.
I thought the crew bailed 131 after her turret ring was jammed. There were no dead bodies in it. Winston Chrurchill took a photo while standing on the captured tank. There was no dead body in it at the time.
The truth about ghost stories and history is sometimes the ghost stories don't often match the history. If I heard this one story correctly there is a screaming skull somewhere in England that is supposed to be the skull of a slave who wasn't returned to his homeland, and now it screams, however, someone claimed that skull is not of a man from Africa, but the prehistoric skull of a woman. In some ways it's typical when it comes to stories about tanks including the Tiger. I discount the stories of Germans waving to the Allied tankers whose shots didn't penetrate their armor. I'm sure the experienced German tankers would immediately realize their tank is being hit and it might get hit again so they would go into panic mode to see where the shot came from. It just sounds good but doesn't necessarily match with the history or reality.
Man ! I dont believe this particular story but when it comes to ghost tanks , ... Imagine if currently in the Ukraine war , people see ww2 tank shadows rolling mext to the fields they died 80 yesrs back
If Tiger 131 isn't haunted there's a chance that at least one tank in Bovington could be haunted, if it's a vehicle they have restored from Battlefield recovery condition
This is an extraordinarily underexplored area of paranormal phenomena. Not many actually know that tanks are operated in a similar manner to battleships and the small to moderate of number of crew members spent a lot of time, almost living, inside their respective vehicles.
really wouldnt surprise me if a handful of the tanks in the meusum where infact haunted to some degree, having the horrors of war imprinted on the tanks
Bovey has a few ghosts. Approx forty years ago BBC radio 4 featured a program about a haunted Lancaster bomber in a museum. Old style tape recorders recorded through a few nights. Although little was physically heard 2hen the audio tapes were played back there was a mass of intercom chatter and audio artefacts recorded inside the aircraft. Residual haunting?
Or a poorly wired microphone picking up radio transmissions. I've had that happen -- out video taping with a mic on the camera and I picked up a local radio station. Not even a particularly powerful one.
I mean. You guys know how this thing was captured. The tank commander who was controlling this metal beast was very prideful as well as his crew members. They were determined to fight the British that day When they had to abandon 131 they did it so bitterly and in a haste they forgot to set the explosive charges to keep it from being captured. If there is a ghost in the machine This tank has every reason to be furious
I *love* ghost stories, so this was fun for me because it's the first I've heard about it, but I don't actually believe in ghosts. I do think a haunted tank of the rampage, amped up and protected by supernatural powers, would be a pretty fun b-movie, though.
I was thinking the same thing: How would they missed a corpse? Btw: Am I the only one who heard "Only fans" instead of "Conely Fans" at the end of the video? 😂😂
It’s true, my old man that was based there told me of a story about hearing things from the tank and also how his oppo that was on sentry duty heard a noise and approached the Tiger to see a figure on the turret, turn round and half his head was missing. The soldier went wibble after that
Reminds me a stlry i wrote when i was in 5th grade bout a tiger tank and how its souless lifeless humanless machine built to kill and as its engine roars and track squeaks the ground shakes as the ghost tank rolls by and now this video has made me want to finish that stlry
Obviously, the tank being haunted is the logical explanation for strange sounds at night... [Please detect the sarcasm people!] Still, regardless of reality, this is a fun subject to consider. 'Haunted' tanks are always cool.
I mean people can believe what they want. However, none of the crew died in the tank at the time it was under attack. So the idea that a ghost that died has a special connection to the tank is almost impossible in a sense, Regardless of how ghosts work in different peoples and religions eyes.
To be fair i dont really believe in ghosts and all that but i work onboard the USS Roosevelt (engineering) and in our bigger space near the middle of the ship i would occasionally see a black figure moving and as the watch stander i always investigate but never find anyone the ship is over 20 years old and there have been a few uh going to the afterlife on your own terms so when a new guy says he saw something while on watch i always say "Main 2 is haunted, you'll get used too it"
I was walking the peritrack of an old abandoned ww2 airfield with a bit of history. I heard people talking but there was no one there. It wasn't scary but it gave me something to think about. The whole place was interesting. Tranwell in Morpeth Northumberland. Don't know if it's still there
Back in 50s/60s a series of humanoid paper targets showing an ambiguous charging soldier (nato figure 11, 12, 12c) which had the nickname herman the german at least until late 1980s when Canadian military started shushing people for saying that, it was almost taboo by mid-1990s at least around a handful of certain NCOs and officers, wasn't a problem at the legions in 90s since a number of the vets remembered the nickname and usually called the targets sizing as full, medium, small.
Great ghost story, i bought some gewehr 1888 parts and threw together an 88/05, and an 88/35, both turked, from century, and ebay parts. I had a few old turk 8mm Mauser rounds on a nearby shelf. Inbthe middle of the night, my girl and i were awakened to tapping that got louder and finally a thud. We turned on the lights, and found an 8mm.mauser round on the floor. It had somehow started rocking til it fell next to the rifle cases containing the guns! This was Halloween about 4 years ago. Spooky. One can only imagine the history those rifles and ammo had seen in their days of useage. Obviously, someone, or something had come back for old times sake.
Think of how cool a setting it would be. Where instead of Ghost for some reason inhabiting some random house because some chick got treated poorly or something dumb. It was about Battlefields and vehicles being haunted. It's known around the world Ghosts exist. And modern troops are equipped with things to mess with Ghost interference. I like to imagine how tanks would be sealed to protect the crew from Radiation, but in this regard it being ghost energy. Could be a fun game. But with the fact that Ghost can attack by throwing objects. I imagine tanks would be these behemoths of the sky. Long gone are the days of fast moving vehicles. Instead replaced by giant sturdy structures. While places like North America would see little ghost activity. Places like Europe and Asia would be all over the place.
This is the first time I ever have heard of a body in it ! It from the time captured to the time it arrived in the UK was like 4 months later . I doubt that story .
What comes around? Goes around and around. Is an old Saying. Most military equipment is eventually scrapped. But old Tiger Tanks are lucky to even be around.
When my father served with the ksli in the 1950's he was at Bovingdon with his Co as he was his driver they said they saw something late at night that was a bit bizarre as it was near a outside tank wreck he said it was there one minute and just disappeared he was not a man who believed in this type of thing but he could not explain it also when he was in Germany he also said the barracks they were in were voices heard in them speaking German he said they were almost like whispers very faint but he said that they were also very clear he had heard them on a regular basis while on patrol around the camp cheers
Maybe Herr Tiger can be rehabilitated in Germany and find his destiny in Ukraine or finally get his pension. Which is not only overdue but highly unlikely because there is no pension in Germany anymore.
