A Paranormal Rock of Gibraltar

The Rock of Gibraltar is home to a host of different 'Ghost' stories.
Throughout the centuries locals have passed down the story of one particular event involving monks, the church and a nun.

The Convent of Gibraltar is the official residence of the 'Governor' of Gibraltar and has been since 1728.
Before it was home to the Governor, it was the Franciscan friars who built it, finishing the Convent in 1531.
The Convent is reported to be haunted by the ghost of the nun, who 'they' call 'Lady in Grey'.

The story goes that she was the daughter of an affluent Spanish family who had married against her father's wishes. When he learnt of it, he placed her in the "Convent of Santa Clara" situated in the Main Street, where under the eyes of the Mother Superior, the girl was forced to take her vows and become a nun. Her lover was not discouraged; he joined the Franciscan Order and settled in the Convent. The couple are said to have met in the confessional of the King's Chapel where they hatched plans for their escape.

On the night of their escape they made their way to the harbour where a boat was waiting for them. However, the alarm was raised and in the ensuing chase the lover fell into the water and drowned. The bride was arrested for breaking her vows and as punishment was walled up alive in one of the rooms in the Convent.

Now, my father worked most of life there in the convent.
He was a police MOD officer. I have been there many times personally to the Convent, which is now the Governors residence.
Inside there is a patio leading to a garden. There are many rooms. Each room has a security button, like a light switch, so if the Governor is in some kind of trouble, in whatever room he is in all he has to do is press the button.

The switch or button is a bell that rings in the police post inside of the Convent. I have been there and there is a panel on the wall with all the room numbers and underneath them there are lights. These lights come on when the button is pressed.

My father and his work colleagues have told me many times that during night shifts, the light from the nuns room comes on, sounding the alarm.
Every time they checked, they found nothing.
That room is also never used and always locked.
One night my father got a call from the Governor telling him to go look in the patio because he could hear something strange.

Three officers went to inspect. As they approached they could hear what seemed to be the sound of chains. They found that a wooden statue of Admiral Horatio Nelson had been moved. Nelson is holding a chain in the statue!
They picked it up and placed it back where it was supposed to be. They searched the entire residence and found no one.

When they got back to the post the light from the nuns room was flashing and the alarm ringing!
My father tells me that most of his colleagues hated the night shift, I can only guess why.
Many other men and women of authority who work inside the Convent have also been witness to various paranormal activities relating to 'The Lady in Grey'.

In 1704 the British Empire captured the Rock of Gibraltar. They dug many tunnels which were used in wartime.
Another personal story from my father again.
One such tunnel is said to be haunted by two ghosts.
The first is that of a second WW2 soldier who has been seen marching down the tunnel, then stopping and shouting as if he was changing guard.

One of my father’s trusted friends saw the ghost. He came up to the window of a police post which is inside the tunnel and ordered my father’s friend to change guard, then simply walked off and disappeared!
The second is the ghost of an English captain who has been seen walking his dog by my father and many others!

In this tunnel there is two police posts one at each end of the tunnel. It is a tunnel that goes all the way through the Rock.
At a certain time during the nightshift each officer must meet the other at the centre of the tunnel and change posts.
My father made his way up the tunnel when he saw a man walking a dog. He yelled at the man to stay where he was. My father called his colleague on the radio and explained. Suddenly the man and the dog vanished!

A close friend of the family who is in the military told us of a weird story also. He was in an army exercise on a part of the Rock called the Mediterranean steps when he saw a woman sitting on a rock looking out at sea, at the straights.
He said hello and the woman said hello. Then she asked him if he knew when a certain HMS ship was docking in Gibraltar. She said she was waiting for her husband.
He told her he was sorry he had no idea.

For some reason he couldn’t forget about the name of the ship. When he got to the base he investigated and found that the ship sunk 300 years ago.

Those are some personal stories I wished to share.

St. Michaels cave is a beautiful place but once very dangerous.
It is said that a man fell down a deep cave with a dog. Firefighters went down to rescue him and never made it back either. People claim they can still hear the dog bark. This happened over 50 years ago I’m not sure exactly.

I was there not long ago showing a friend the cave. We had a little talk with a tour guide who told us underneath the St.Michaels cave is lower St.Michaels cave. Down there the rocks have formed into interesting shapes.
One is the shape of Sir Winston Churchill. There is another of, would you believe it, Snow White and all the seven dwarfs! Creepy! And also funny...

At the end of the cave there is a drop so deep, no one has reached the bottom. There are ancient legends which hold that there are tunnels beneath Gibraltar that lead all the way to North Africa. The English when they first arrived in 1704 called that drop 'The Gates to Hades'.

Thank you for reading and I hope you found it interesting and entertaining.

Very interesting Hallowe'en time reading! Thanks a lot

reply to post by Zoodie


Thanks im glad you found it interesting.

Yep Halloween soon.

i lived in gib for a few years in rosia plaza.

i had a male ghost in my flat in old military dress.

even had a weird experience in the elliot hotel

it has a weird energy.

reply to post by stellify


Yes it does have a weird energy dont it?

How long did you live in Gib for? Could you tell me more about the Ghost in your house?

sounds very interesting.

reply to post by Dr Cosma


I moved into the flat in rosia plaza and felt mildly uneasy from day one.

I lived alone. It was a bright flat, but it seemed to get pretty dark and hazy. It was a weird effect. It was like it got very dark around the ceiling.

I noticed that this seemed to happen when I was making a noise - playing loud music or the place was untidy.

Every time I opened a door I expected to see someone standing there. I saw a man a couple of times in old military dress. A red jacket is what sticks in mind. Not a fully formed apparition - fluid and difficult to see.

One night I kicked a glass over by mistake beside my chair and it smashed on the marble floor. I left it as I was watching a film and close to the end of it.

The glass began to vibrate audibly against the floor, like it was telling me to clean it up. I spoke out loud to the room that I would clean it up once the film had finished.

The vibration stopped.

I decided I was sick of feeling unwelcome in my own flat so I decided to have a word and spoke loudly around the flat.

Basically, the message was:

"I am living here. If you dont like it you can f*** off!. If I am out at work, then you have the run of the place. When I come home, you can stay in the little shower/toilet room (a little damp room with no windows that I never used for anything other than storing lilos and beach gear, etc)...if I am coming in there I will knock and warn you. I dont expect to hear from you or see you!"

And it worked. I never told anyone about it, but a couple of times friends had gone into the little shower room to use the wc and been panicked out of it really fast as they felt they had something on their backs in there.

All in all - a weird flat.

reply to post by stellify


Wow what a story. The red coat could be an old English soldier.

You know they say when Nelson died he was taken to Gibraltar and they kept him in Rosia.

Maybe you saw an apparition of a 17,00s soldier?

Niceone, thanks for sharing.

Originally posted by Dr Cosma
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Wow what a story. The red coat could be an old English soldier.

You know they say when Nelson died he was taken to Gibraltar and they kept him in Rosia.

Maybe you saw an apparition of a 17,00s soldier?

Niceone, thanks for sharing.

Yep - he came in there as it was deep enough for the ship. The flats are pretty modern and mine had a view of parsons lodge.

I met many psychics in GIbraltar. My cousin did work in the tunnels (not the nightclub) and often for fun would stage 'hauntings' across the tannoy system and watch people run on the cctv camera.

Bad man...but those places did have unexplainable things happen in there.

reply to post by stellify


I used to roam inside Parsons Lodge when it was abandoned as a kid with my friends.

Its like a museam now or something, i havent been in there for ages.

You know theres alot of paranormal activity involving military apparitions in Gib.

What about the Elliot hotel, what happend? Ive never stayed there before, ive been inside and at the top where the swimming pool is (i used to gate crash the swimming pool lolol and have a free swim till the security chased me out, as a kid) but thats it.

reply to post by Dr Cosma


I was staying there - no drink or drugs or anything had been partaken...
Was watching Gib TV and listening to Melon Diesel's contracorriente



Turned the television off and could see the en-suite bathroom via the mirror at the foot of the bed...

It was like every surface in there was sparking with tiny lights....

There were no light sources that could have done that. It was like phosphorescence in the water, but through the air.

I had many strange experiences in gib.

reply to post by stellify


Weird eh?

Next time im there ill hunt for a few more stories, see if anythings happend.

Hehe i know those guys, Melon Diesel.

reply to post by Dr Cosma


Yep - I knew Dylan's dad when I was over there.

Please update with any further stories you hear on the Elliot, etc.

reply to post by stellify


Yes i will definitely.

When i was young also in the 'Jungle Tunnels' i saw a red 'Orb'.

But nothing happend it just followed me and my cousin. We ran cos we got paranoid.

Ive heard other people say that they saw a red orb also, in the tunnels.

What about the mystery of the 'Egyptian Mummy' which suddenly just appeared from no where, floating in Gibraltar waters.

They have it in the museam, ive seen it.

I might do a little research on that one actually.

Also the famous 'Mary Celeste' the ship that appeared in Gib with all the crew missing, no one on board!

The Gibraltar Triangle! lolol but its alot of things for such a small place.

reply to post by Dr Cosma


I woke up in my flat - was pregnant - looked to the door which was open and saw a grey lozenge shape floating at the door handle level.

It went from grey to pink to red and I could see a bone structure begin to form...a spine, etc...like a fetus.

Then it disappeared...just faded.

I miscarried very soon after that.

I used to go and see Clive Edwards for readings...is he still there? College Lane? Do you know?

reply to post by stellify


Oh im sorry to hear that.

I dont know who he is as ive lived away for a while. Well been goin and leaving.

I dont have words for what happend to you but i admire you for sharing it.

Have you gone for more kids? If you mind me asking.

Sorry if its an unnapropriate question.

reply to post by Dr Cosma


I dont mind sharing that one at all - there's nothing I could have done about it and it happened ten years ago, so there's no pain left about it. I am very cool about it.

I just found it interesting that I had an experience like that in that very flat.

Nope - no kids. None before, none after. No intention of changing that!

reply to post by stellify


I cant remember what was there before Rosia Plaza got built. I lived in Rosia Dale for a while but i cant remember.

It would be good to know.

reply to post by Dr Cosma


Ive learnt two things by reading your story.

1 Gibralta rock is haunted as hell.
2 The security arangments should i decide to pay the Governor a visit.

Seriously that was a great story. I had a picture in my head as i read each spooky account and it sent chills down my spine. I would love to go there and do an investigation. Get some cameras in the nuns room and some voice recorders.

Never thought about doing that yourself. That would make an excellent thread.

Thanks for sharing

reply to post by KrypticCriminal


Hey thanks for reading.

They wont allow you to film in there, and if you jump the wall you'll get shot. lol. There is army and police.

My father is retired now so bummer!

But, ill try something, maybe ill do a thread on getting shot! No but i would love to place a camera in there.

Whats so messed up about this is that they still got the nun walled in. Creepy. I wouldve thought they wouldve laid her to rest hundreds of years ago.

reply to post by Dr Cosma


Well i certainly dont want to get shot, or the nun wont be the only one that haunts that place.

Yeah, i thought they might have moved her bones or something. Layed her to rest properly. Maybe the spooky incidents would stop. Maybe thats all she wants. Its certainly a very sad story and i think thats the least they could do. Maybe they just dont want to start smashing walls down.

It would probably be considered a security risk to allow camera's in there but i cant see any harm with Audio. You might still get some great EVP's. The soldiers marching down the tunnels, or calling out to change the guard. That would be cool, if not a bit freaky.