Potentially haunted Bushranger Hotel in Collector, NSW on the market
If you're particularly interested in owning a ghoulish property, then this listing might be up your street.
The Bushranger Hotel in Collector, 24 Church Street, is a 24 bedroom, eight bathroom, 12 car space property located off the Federal Highway and within 40 minutes of Canberra. Its price guide is "over $775,000".
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Built in the 1860s, it's being advertised as an Australian historical landmark "sensitively restored". The pub certainly has a local feel, and has had a stuffed kangaroo, as well as snakes in jars, within the premises.
However, although the listing hasn't mentioned this fact, it might also be haunted. Yes, you read that correctly.
The Paranormal Guide lists it as a potential haunted hotspot.
"The Bushranger Hotel is said to be haunted by a former publican, who continues to go about his work. Glasses on the bar are moved by unseen hands, and even found to be stacked when a staff member leaves and reenters the room. At other times glasses just shatter while they sit on the shelves," they note.
"White, whispy figures have been seen travelling through the doorways, accompanied by the step of heavy shod boots. If you are a woman and are staying in the hotel, you may be fortunate enough to have the sensation of your hair been stroked and run through with invisible fingers."
The hotel was also the subject of a documentary, and has been investigated by West Sydney Paranormal.
If that doesn't freak you out enough, it's also opposite Collector's notorious Dreamers Gate sculpture by Tony Phantastes (pictured below) built between 1993 and 1997. While it was created to celebrate his father's life, many find it at least a little bit eerie. It has been in the middle of a legal battle between the Council and the artist for some time.
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According to RPData, The Bushranger Hotel last sold in July 2011 for $550,000, having been sold prior to that in 2003 for $510,000 and in 2001 for $340,000.