LONDON — If life imitates artwork, a vandal within the English countryside could also be haunted by The Ghost of Christmas But to Come.
Police within the city of Shrewsbury are investigating how a tombstone that marked the fictional grave of Ebenezer Scrooge was destroyed. The film prop used within the 1984 adaption of “A Christmas Carol” was saved in place and have become a vacationer attraction.
City Clerk Helen Ball mentioned the city is discussing what must be achieved to repair or exchange the stone that’s “vastly fashionable” with residents and guests. This time of yr, organized excursions of places used within the film go to the grounds of St. Chad’s Church to see the marker.
“There’s not a lot to see aside from damaged bits of the headstone,” Ball informed The Related Press. “You’ll be able to’t see that it says Ebenezer Scrooge in the intervening time as a result of it’s so broken. It’s vastly disrespectful.”
The movie, considered one of dozens of diversifications of the Charles Dickens’ basic, starred George C. Scott because the cold-hearted curmudgeon. After going to sleep on Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of previous, current and future and proven the error of his methods to develop into a kinder, extra beneficiant individual.
The long run ghost exhibits Scrooge what is going to develop into of his life if he doesn’t change. He’s finally led to a cemetery the place the ghost brushes snow from a headstone that reveals his identify. Scrooge, distraught by all he’s seen, vows to show his life round.
West Mercia Police mentioned the stone was vandalized someday between Thursday and Sunday. Images confirmed it damaged into a number of items.
If the vandal is caught, Ball mentioned she wouldn’t thoughts seeing poetic justice served.
“If the ghosts of previous, current and future want to go to (the vandals) in the midst of the evening and drop them and break them in items, I believe that might be an ideal punishment,” she mentioned.
