{"id":287774,"date":"2020-02-06T07:29:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T14:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1120101"},"modified":"2020-02-06T07:29:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T14:29:33","slug":"ewan-mcgregors-ghostly-experience-will-totally-freak-you-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/ewan-mcgregors-ghostly-experience-will-totally-freak-you-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Ewan McGregor&#8217;s Ghostly Experience Will Totally Freak You Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/202016\/rs_600x600-200206062110-600-mcgregor-emd-020620.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"42.941205533597\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"26.653162055336\">\n<p>Love a good ghost story? Well, wait until you hear <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/ewan_mcgregor\">Ewan McGregor<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s.<\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old actor appeared on Wednesday&#8217;s episode of <em>Late Night With Seth Meyers<\/em> and recalled a paranormal encounter he had decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>It happened on his 20th birthday. The <em>Moulin Rouge!<\/em> star was&nbsp;attending a drama school in London and was staying in student housing while his classmates were away for Easter and Passover.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, he decided to watch <em>Blue Velvet<\/em> and then take a bath.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was suddenly struck with this pain on my back,&#8221; he recalled. &#8220;I ripped off my robe, and there was a big black burn mark on the back of my robe.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>McGregor thought he&#8217;d perhaps caught fire on something or that there had been a spark when he removed the tape from the VCR. However, he didn&#8217;t find anything.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I looked at the robe again and now I see the whole back of the robe was singed dark brown and then this black burn mark on my shoulder blade,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So, I freaked out. I got out of there and went to spend my birthday with my Uncle Dennis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"78.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"47\">\n<p>When he came back, he discovered that one of his fellow students, a neighbor downstairs, had returned. So, he told him what happened.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His face went ashen,&#8221; McGregor recalled.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor was then told about a man who used to occupy the neighbor&#8217;s apartment. Apparently, the man was &#8220;an old, reclusive guy&#8221; who &#8220;never went out.&#8221; The man&#8217;s brother would reportedly bring him hot meals two to three times a week. However, there was one weekend when the brother&nbsp;got sick and didn&#8217;t come.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The gentleman was boiling kettle in his kitchen, and he was so hungry that he fainted,&#8221; McGregor said. &#8220;The kettle set fire to his kitchen and he was burned on his back, dragged out of the house and he died of his burns to his back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At first, McGregor thought his neighbor was just trying to scare him. To prove his point, the neighbor called the landlady, who confirmed the story.<\/p>\n<p>She said, &#8216;But he was a very nice man. I&#8217;m sure he wouldn&#8217;t wish you any harm,'&#8221; McGregor said.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the <em>Star Wars<\/em> celeb was totally freaked out. So, he decided to leave his room and spend the night in his neighbor&#8217;s apartment instead. When he walked in, he joked that the place was &#8220;as dusty as when the old man used to live here.&#8221; That&#8217;s when the &#8220;ceiling came down like in a wave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was this scream, like &#8216;Aaaahhhhh,&#8217; which I realized was me,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"59.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"9\">\n<p>During the rest of his stay in the student house, McGregor would have unexplainable experiences, like the phone mysteriously ringing or the door squeaking open on its own.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I never saw him, but it was just odd,&#8221; he said<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"32\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4\">\n<p>Watch the video to hear him tell the whole story.<\/p>\n<p>(E! and NBC are both part of NBCUniversal).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1120101\/ewan-mcgregor-s-ghostly-experience-will-totally-freak-you-out?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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