The Chilling Truth About the Hogwarts Express Train

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00:00Most people know it as the Hogwarts Express, the magical train that whisks students off to learn

00:04the art of wizardry. But what you might not know is that the real train used in the Harry Potter

00:09films might be haunted. Today on The Odd Index, we look at the creepy claims about this magical

00:16train. Its name is GWR-5972 Olton Hall, a steam locomotive built in 1937 in England.

00:24It ran for decades before retiring and being chosen to play one of the most iconic trains

00:28in movie history. But long before it ever appeared on screen, railway workers whispered about

00:34strange things happening around it. At several depots where it was stored, including Karnferth

00:39and Didcot Railway Center, staff reported hearing footsteps in locked train sheds, tools going

00:44missing, only to turn up in places no one had access to. And on foggy nights, they claimed

00:50to see a man in an old conductor's uniform, silently watching from the shadows, then disappearing.

00:55One night watchman even reported hearing the train whistle on its own, despite the engine

01:01being completely shut down. And during filming of the Harry Potter movies, a crew member claimed

01:06they saw a child's face in the window of a sealed carriage, but when they rushed over

01:10to check, the car was completely empty.

01:13And the train's history?

01:15Some believe the train absorbed spiritual energy from the past. The Olton Hall belongs to a family

01:20of steam engines used in wartime, sometimes to transport troops, some of whom never made

01:25it home. There's a theory that some objects can retain echoes of human emotion, like grief,

01:30fear, or even death. Today, the real Hogwarts Express sits in Warner Bros. studio for tours,

01:36on display for millions of fans. But visitors sometimes report feeling watched, or catching strange

01:42shapes in photos taken near the engine. Maybe it's just old machinery and overactive imaginations.

01:48Or maybe. The train that carried wizards to Hogwarts for years was magical all along, just not in

01:55the way we thought. Like and subscribe for more, and comment with your favorite weird fact about

02:01the Harry Potter movies or books.

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