LONDON – If life imitates artwork, a vandal could also be haunted by The Ghost of Christmas But to Come for smashing a tombstone that marked the fictional grave of Ebenezer Scrooge within the English countryside.
Police in Shrewsbury are investigating how the grave marker, in place for 40 years after getting used as a film prop in “A Christmas Carol,” was destroyed.
The 1984 movie, considered one of dozens of variations of the Charles Dickens’ basic, starred George C. Scott because the cold-hearted curmudgeon. After going to sleep on Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of previous, current and future and proven the error of his methods to change into a kinder, extra beneficiant individual.
The long run ghost exhibits Scrooge what is going to change into of his life if he does not change. He’s ultimately led to a cemetery the place the ghost brushes snow from a headstone that reveals his title. Scrooge, distraught by all he is seen, vows to show his life round.
After filming, the stone was stored in place on the grounds of St. Chad’s Church the place it had change into a vacationer attraction — notably at Christmas.
West Mercia Police mentioned the stone was vandalized someday between Thursday and Sunday. Pictures confirmed it damaged into a number of items.
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