Is Tiger 131 Haunted?

[@ConeOfArc]

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[@urMateGG]

So I must know, do you actively play warthunder or do you get the clips from someone else

[@svon1]

: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

[@FortuneZer0]

Well it has been wounded by the enemy, abandoned by its crew and is still a POW far away from home. At the very least the tank needs therapy.

[@International_Corn]

Don't worry the Tiger 131 is provided a free healthcar- I mean maintenance every 200 hours by its captors.

[@williamgardiner4956]

That tank has been "lovingly" looked after by its "new" owners much better than the originals!!!@@International_Corn

[@cletusmandeletusman2328]

@@International_CornIt’s even a worldwide celebrity amongst the world war 2 history community!

[@International_Corn]

@@cletusmandeletusman2328 Appearing as the nemesis of Fury's tank crew!

[@BESTISD]

Do you think 131 has a sibling rivalry with the other Bovington Big cats?

[@CZ350tuner]

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.

[@32shumble]

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....

[@jarate8076]

@@32shumble lies

[@caniconcananas7687]

@@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.

[@32shumble]

@@jarate8076 what do you mean?

[@TheSergioTurbo]

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?"

[@buckethelmetgaming4682]

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..."

[@MonkeyJedi99]

And I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!

[@vladimir-uz3dq]

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 KZbin with subtitles) if you like the ghost tiger lore

[@alleycat4463]

Great movie ! I loved it . They spared no expense to build a real replica Tiger for the film .

[@wirelessone2986]

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.

[@lablackzed]

Seen it a bloody good film.👍

[@left-wingshark2302]

What I also do know in the movie is that the White Tiger also attacks German tanks, as stated by the German officer

[@ratte6090]

Ah yes, the ghost Porsche… loved how the protag said “Even the German tanks hate it” or something along those lines. Was a wild ride!

[@CarolusR3x]

I like to imagine that all ghosts in the bovington tank museum are all sitting and sharing a purgatory-pint with eachother

[@CMDRFandragon]

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]

Actually crew was killed, read catch that tiger

[@THEVadenK]

@@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.

[@Tien-Chi]

@@rockingglock7954no

[@alextaplin7354]

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.

[@sdfarsight]

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.

[@mestre_geralt]

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?

[@sdfarsight]

@@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.

[@wirelessone2986]

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.

[@32shumble]

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....

[@onomatopoeia7505]

There's no "but" here, except for the ass you make out of yourself with this 🍑

[@krakenpots5693]

Oooooh! Creepy!!!

[@32shumble]

@@krakenpots5693 I jumped out of my skin but I think the staff member must have been lying about them never having manakins.

[@Long.live.Hellsing]

I saw the same thing when I went today I was terrified

[@admiraltiberius1989]

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]

The Lexington? The carrier in Corpus Christi?

[@admiraltiberius1989]

@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

[@Lukusprime]

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

[@admiraltiberius1989]

@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.

[@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz]

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

[@minus7621]

I want to hug the 131 so bad

[@usernz1jy1di5]

me too

[@Jesse_de_jong]

i did😅

[@G_MaxX]

me too man

[@NareshSinghOctagon]

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.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodf1802]

Yeah, didnt the whole crew escape alive? It doesnt make that much sense why it would be haunted imo

[@glamrockchica909]

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

[@d4rk5t4r2]

Get what you mean. If anything I would suspect this from the Mark I tank that they have there

[@panagiotisgr8070]

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

[@jammygamer8961]

"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

[@Tagishlicht]

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]

It used to be Bovington Tank Museum, but they changed it a year or two ago.

[@Tagishlicht]

@@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.

[@somerandofilipino6957]

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.

[@hithedragon7842]

Now I need this to be a thing. Could be pretty scary or a very fun monster movie.

[@ConeOfArc]

White tiger has a similar concept although it's set during the war

[@exceptionalanimations1508]

@@hithedragon7842 Be careful what you wish for, hollywood is gonna make the tiger gay

[@somerandofilipino6957]

@@ConeOfArc I watched it. I felt it needed more horror elements, honestly.

[@DIREWOLFx75]

"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...

[@honorabledoggo6597]

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!

[@harrisonlewis6853]

Definitely, a tall "ghostly" tale although keeping rowdy children off the tank is warranted and is a unique way to do it.

[@elelz6409]

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.

[@pauld6967]

Good video Cone. Definitely appropriate for the upcoming Halloween.

[@404Yon]

Yes, but it is not a human soul, it is the pained machine spirit of the tank

[@kentlindal5422]

Yes. They have not heard the catechisms or applied the sacred oils lately.

[@87slashers34]

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.

[@jimtaylor294]

Don't forget the literny of percussive mantainance 😉😁👌

[@rasdread0989]

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

[@Commander_Nathan]

The ghost must be shocked on how bovington managed to restore and capture german tanks

[@wildwyatxbox]

Poor guy. I'd sit down and talk with 131 for a little, even if other people would think I'm nuts. Just needs a friend is all.

[@Vincent98987]

panzer 1 near the tiger 131 is "supposedly" haunted.

[@Vincent98987]

The commander of it was killed by a 75mm British gun to the right side of the pz 1, and the driver was wounded

[@oldesertguy9616]

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.

[@metrotek5]

Imagine the USS Arizona by that logic.

[@kentlindal5422]

I have heard even the information center can get fairly lively, but I've never been so can't say one way or another.

[@metrotek5]

@@kentlindal5422 in dark, curious way, Id like to check it out

[@blockstacker5614]

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.

[@The_Guy711]

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.

[@Lukusprime]

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

[@arub4208]

Check out RAF Cosford. The Avro Lincoln is supposed to be haunted, many stories of things reported by security men and mechanics.

[@KGmodels]

I've been to the Tank Museum 3 times,and I think there is nothing strange with it,especially due to your explanation,but who knows:)

[@shadowtrooper262]

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.

[@johndoe-so2ef]

I seem to recall something about it going to the US for testing and then being sent to the UK

[@thrawnbayern5249]

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

[@Spartan902]

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.

[@monkey-m3z]

Sorts of reminds me to the Fnaf Animatronics and the souls possesing them.

[@Pearldey]

reminds me more of the movie "The Car" and "Christine"

[@Azphreal]

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.

[@stephenduffy5406]

There were the 'The Haunted Tank 'comic books in the 1960s, but it was a US Stuart tank, with the magic ability to kill Tigers in every issue.

[@sumdumguy6449]

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

[@davidbrown5411]

I was stationed in Bovington in 1978, the tale of Herman the German was renowned.

[@GSanders-b9x]

Love how they use the story to scare kids away

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

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.

[@timhumphries6207]

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.

[@silentsoundwave9415]

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]

It's a Jagdpanther, so that's cool.

[@silentsoundwave9415]

@@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.

[@bigp3006]

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.

[@drear20486]

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.

[@Tiger0408]

I've always wanted to work at one I've been looking for a job at one in the US I understand if u don't want to say tho no pressure

[@jhonsiders6077]

Bet that the one at Ft Knox. Kinda sad they removed a lot of the tanks to Alabama where they sit out in the weather doing nothing with them .

[@drear20486]

@@jhonsiders6077 Not Fort Knox, I'll give you a hint to the location of the place: Project Diana

[@dtater1898]

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.

[@ChadStickler]

Looks like a decepticon haunted is probably an understatement of it

[@Brae2468]

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.

[@SmaxyMiguel]

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.

[@TheMalootrager]

I like the art you used for this video Cone Of Arc

[@derpaderp4492]

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!

[@anidiot2284]

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.

[@NurembergSwampWater]

Yes, sometimes Tiger 131 just drives around at night in the tank museum.

[@cheesyfromindonesia9969]

Can you do another video like this but about the haunted Avro Lancaster in Cosford Museum?

[@jimc7022]

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.

[@Just-vibin-51]

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”

[@chromiumphotography5138]

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.

[@leeruffle6542]

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

[@rolandveshengho3913]

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?

[@rcrawford42]

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.

[@nineonine9082]

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.

[@Thunderbolt22A10]

I definitely like this, but would like a longer form version (if content is available)

[@Tswa567]

Missed opportunity for a cursed by design episode!

[@schizoidboy]

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.

[@bf0019]

That tiger need headpats and a hug. Man is definitely traumatized.

[@935inc]

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

[@vidkune4463]

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.

[@HarveyAndToddTheWraith]

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? 😂😂

[@godofhate4167]

Tiger 131 did not have any bodily remains when it arrived at Bovington. The Tiger crew bailed and took its wounded after abandoning it.

[@aston-leehornby7394]

Ive been to the museum and it is absolutely fantastic, im gonna go back for tiger day next year 😅

[@johnanon6938]

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.

[@tacfoley4443]

Here in UK on OUR club range we STILL say 'Hermann the German' for Fig 11 targets - that's what they look like.

[@slavking992]

Cone, please do a breakdown of the tank from Metal Slug. There are some serious arguements surrounding that thing😂

[@kennyala2459]

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

[@iDEATH]

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.

[@minarchist1776]

IIRC the movie "White Tiger" was pretty much about that sort of thing.

[@iDEATH]

@@minarchist1776 Oh yeah? Cool, I'll have to look that up. Thanks for the tip!

[@souppiyas6987]

I'd interested in these war tales and stories but I hope it would have more information or details think and discuss.

[@andrewbranch4075]

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

[@MartinCollier-wd9cz]

I actually read this letter when I was a lad,in the daily mirror and it's always stuck with me.

[@BlobBoi]

This would explain the ghost shells that hit me in warthunder

[@DaYemenball]

1:03 How did you make the turret not turn and stay pointed sight the bull?

[@thatonefurry0167]

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"

[@jonmcgee6987]

This tank get's ammo-wracked as soon as an enemy see's it in Blitz.

[@GentlemanWithHat]

Looks like something for the SCP Foundation to solve

[@TheMalootrager]

This would make an excellent movie idea, movie title “The Hunt for The Haunted Tiger”

[@trickshot1529]

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

[@homefront1999]

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.

[@jimtaylor294]

One can only imagine the chats the various Tank's machine spirit's have with each other when the humans aren't looking 😉 .

[@comentedonakeyboard]

Of course it is haunted, but the Ghosts a way to awed by all the cool stuff in the Museum to have Time to scare mere mortals👻

[@ratte6090]

So, what you’re saying is that the tanks tend to get a bit quirky at night?

[@jhonsiders6077]

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 .

[@AntiSerpent]

That would be cool to hear from a ghost of his tales.

[@ARROW-nd8ui]

Can you do a fake tank Friday on the polish mediums and heavys. I’m curious if there real prototypes

[@trackstreads7988]

Imagine a tank being haunted and the ghosts just get pissed

[@jacoballred]

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.

[@SW-800]

Thats a cool story for halloween vibe.

[@lukeskywalker7566]

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

[@aymonfoxc1442]

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.

[@koizumiizumi5426]

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

[@travisgravelle7687]

Assuming your original premise, the place is full of tanks from various wars and other conflicts. In some cases, knocked out tanks were evaluated. If reasonable, repaired and put back into service. Even if personnel had died within. Thus any number of their inventory could be haunted. Specific examples would need in depth research to verify any claims. As I understand it Bovington does so a throughly as records permit.

[@Speedycar100]

When I saw 131 it looked at me back

[@krugh1246]

Do a video about the National Museum of the United States Air Force,in Dayton,Ohio , lots of ghost stories in that place

[@stevetheduck1425]

DC comic's 'The Haunted Tank' brought to life by A.I.

[@aldisozols2522]

That's exactly what Rommel's ghost wants you to believe.

[@robertroud327]

Reminds me of a comic i read as a kid..The Haunted Tank. Of course that was a Stuart.

[@stevenbreach2561]

Well known to ex Tankies and Cav is the legend of "Herman the German" who haunts Bovvy tank museum