Homeowner catches window opening by itself..

[Magical Realist]

"Andrew Ward was so convinced that his 400-year-old cottage in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, was haunted that he set up his camera to capture any paranormal activity last week.

And the 62-year-old wholesaler believes the video confirms his belief that the property is haunted after more than 30 years of rumours and speculation by previous occupants and even a death there.

Eerie footage shows the latch on the window lift up sharply on its own, swing round and drop back down, before moments later the heavy-framed window opens on its own – with no one going anywhere near it.

Andrew said: “It's definitely a ghost – it's really spooky. I knew there was a ghost here and I was determined to prove it."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnfksX4BbUI

[Magical Realist]

It always amuses me how the seemingly little and most insignificant incidents can totally overturn one's worldview. Like the boasting giant Goliath slain by David's one smooth stone. It's that annoying black swan again. People with rigid belief systems are always in danger from the unexplainable.

[Syne]

Why can't any of these people film in high enough quality that there aren't obvious video artifacts?
And why can't they show the whole window and multiple angles... if it does occur regularly?
Flimsy evidence.

BTW, that's a window stay, not an actual latch... although it seems it's being used as one, since the actual latch is missing.

[Magical Realist]

Nothing unclear about it. And nothing a different angle would explain. It's clear and unmistakeable evidence for the paranormal.

[Syne]

No, it's not.

[Zinjanthropos]

Why can't any of these people film in high enough quality that there aren't obvious video artifacts?
And why can't they show the whole window and multiple angles... if it does occur regularly?
Flimsy evidence.

BTW, that's a window stay, not an actual latch... although it seems it's being used as one, since the actual latch is missing.

This window is missing some hardware. I think it’s a casement window and unless I’m blind, the crank arm operator is not visible. I guess it could be on the other side of window but it is obvious the arm mechanism is broken and by looks of it one piece is being used to hold window closed by jamming it under. These arms on underside of window are under a lot of tension and can slip out and move about on their own if the tension is eased. I have two of these windows on my house. On one the arms get stuck underneath and the window won’t close unless I manually grab the arm and force it to close. Oh, and they break on occasion.

What’s with the spooky music? How stupid must one be to believe this is a ghost?

[Syne]

This window is missing some hardware. I think it’s a casement window and unless I’m blind, the crank arm operator is not visible. I guess it could be on the other side of window but it is obvious the arm mechanism is broken and by looks of it one piece is being used to hold window closed by jamming it under. These arms on underside of window are under a lot of tension and can slip out and move about on their own if the tension is eased. I have two of these windows on my house. On one the arms get stuck underneath and the window won’t close unless I manually grab the arm and force it to close. Oh, and they break on occasion.

What’s with the spooky music? How stupid must one be to believe this is a ghost?

It is missing some hardware (the latch and the stay from the other side), but it's not a casement, although stays work similarly (just without a crank):

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It was new to me too. Obviously not meant to be used instead of a proper latch.

I found the original video from this guy on YouTube, and the spooky music was even in that one. Obviously trying to sell the spooky.

[Magical Realist]

can slip out and move about on their own if the tension is eased

I suggest if you see these arms "moving about on their own" like we see in this video as well as the window opening on its own that you consult some ghost hunters pronto.

[Zinjanthropos]

can slip out and move about on their own if the tension is eased

I suggest if you see these arms "moving about on their own" like we see in this video as well as the window opening on its own that you consult some ghost hunters pronto.

You know what’s harder to believe than a ghost? It’s a ghost, presumably the spirit of someone who passed on to the afterlife only to return to the real world to repeatedly open a closed window, I assume for as long as the window sits in its frame. Not much to look forward to.

Aren’t you worried that you could return as Roseanne Barr’s toilet seat?

[Magical Realist]

You know what’s harder to believe than a ghost? It’s a ghost, presumably the spirit of someone who passed on to the afterlife only to return to the real world to repeatedly open a closed window, I assume for as long as the window sits in its frame.

And yet that's what they like to do. Again and again. Slamming doors, making lights flicker, talking in empty rooms, touching people at night, banging on walls. It's just the nature of the beast. And when we learn more about them we'll figure out why. That's how science works. Piecemeal gathering of data over time and then forming the best theories that fit the facts.