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| Glen Davis in the Capertee Valley |
In 1990, the band had spent the day filming this video in the remote ghost town of Glen Davis in New South Wales.
From 1939 to 1952 the National Oil Proprietary Limited extracted oil in the area. The facility was not the safest. Long work hours led to fatigue and faulty equipment that was salvaged caused many workmen’s deaths.
From 1939 to 1952 the National Oil Proprietary Limited extracted oil in the area. The facility was not the safest. Long work hours led to fatigue and faulty equipment that was salvaged caused many workmen’s deaths.
The day of the shoot the weather was rainy and bleak but members of the band, crew and the cameraman who filmed the video all stated that the atmosphere at this location had an otherworldly or eerie feel to it.
Despite the fact this ghost town was deserted except for them what the music video shows is a ghostly figure leaning against a concrete pillar.
It appears to be faceless. It wears a dark overcoat and a hat and at one point on the video it seems as if its head is detached from the rest of its body.
After this strange sight was discovered the band and crew meticulously accounted for the whereabouts of everyone while this scene was shot. After viewing the video–no one could identify this mysterious figure.
None of them saw this figure during the shoot.
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| Still shot with closeup. |
The town’s historian, who lived there as a child, thinks this ghost may be a miner who was killed. His body was washed downstream to the spot where the figure appears on the film.
Another possibility is this figure is the spirit of a priest who committed suicide near the deserted machine shop where the video was filmed. Could the dark clothes seen on the figure be the dark robes of a priest?
The following video tells this story. The local historian is highlighted as well as an interview with the cameraman who shot the video. There are clear shots of the ghostly figure.
The following video tells this story. The local historian is highlighted as well as an interview with the cameraman who shot the video. There are clear shots of the ghostly figure.
