Graveyard haunting
Ghost story in Claremont
There is a story of two friends who were brave enough to walk through a cemetery in Claremont on the night before Halloween. One of them took some photographs. On looking at the pictures, they noticed that the images showed orbs ( those in the know, would tell you these are expressions of energy showing a supernatural presence). On looking closer the friends noticed a figure of a man with a long beard all dressed in red in one of the pictures. Research showed that Sir John Molteno, the first prime minister of the Cape Colony was buried in the Cemetery. Sir John who joined a Boer commando to fight in the Cape Frontier War was well known for his long white beard. Contemporary paintings show the Boer soldiers fought wearing red attire.