In August 2023, the first article about a cursed painting of a young girl appeared in the British media. Now this story has been continued.
It all started when a Brit named Zoe Elliott-Brown spotted a mysterious painting in the Hastings Advice Representation Center art shop in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.
The painting came with a note saying it might be cursed, as a previous customer had returned it claiming it had ruined her life.
When Zoe showed her mother a photo of the painting, she seemed enchanted and urged Zoe to buy it. They hung the painting in their home, and afterward Zoe’s mother fell “under the influence of the painting” and experienced several strange events at home, while even their dog began growling at the painting. You can read more here.
Then Zoe took the painting back to the store, then retrieved it, and finally returned it. The painting was eventually sold for £1,680 to another buyer, James Kislingbury.
According to Kislingbury, his problems started when he went to pick up the painting. His car suddenly broke down on the road and during this accident he also injured his collarbone.
When he brought the painting to his historic building, a tourist attraction, the large TV in the building suddenly stopped working and the Wi-Fi disappeared.
His employees also began noticing strange flickering and a mysterious “figure in black clothing.” Therefore, Kislingbury decided to take the painting to his home, where the disturbing incidents continued.
Initially, Kislingbury’s father-in-law suddenly became ill and a previously functioning toaster in the kitchen exploded. After these events, Kislingbury immediately returned the painting to the historic building.
The statue continued its “paranormal activities.” In the period November to December, two unexpected floods occurred in the basement of this building. According to Kislingbury, nothing like this had ever happened here before, there were only very small leaks.
“We were lucky that the building is strong enough so the damage wasn’t too serious, but it was a bit unexpected. I know a cynic would say it’s just a coincidence, but given the number of events that are still happening, I really wonder if there’s more to it than meets the eye, says Kislingbury.
“After I took the painting to the new location, we stored it wrapped up in the back of our office for a while. For a few weeks no one knew it was there, but staff began reporting sightings of shadowy figures following them.
“One of the employees even said they kept hearing footsteps behind them, but when they turned around there was nothing to see. And the day he was put in place, our TV blew up and there were interruptions in the Wi-Fi.”
As a result, Kislingbury decided to call a medium, who, looking at the painting, said that the girl in the painting was most likely already dead when the artist painted it. And the artist may have been a spiritualist.
But despite the strange incidents, Mr Kislingbury has no plans to part with the ‘cursed’ painting anytime soon. He even hung it in a prominent place in the reception room.
“We are no strangers to unusual things happening in this historic building – we even have our own plague pits in the basement. We plan to keep her and hope she can find a happy home here,” he said.
