Science Museum

The Science Museum’s collection of groundbreaking inventions and technological marvels appears to have retained the spirits of some of its most dedicated innovators. Security staff working night shifts have reported witnessing the shadowy figures of men in Victorian and Edwardian dress examining the historic engines and early computing machines as if inspecting their own work. These phantom inventors seem particularly drawn to the Engineering Hall and the galleries containing early industrial machinery.

The most frequently reported phenomenon involves the sound of machinery operating after hours, despite all exhibits being powered down for the night. Guards investigating these mechanical sounds have described hearing the distinct rhythm of steam engines, the clicking of gears, and even the hum of early electrical equipment - yet upon arrival, they find everything silent and still. Some witnesses report seeing spectral hands manipulating controls and adjusting instruments on display, vanishing the moment they’re directly observed.

In the museum’s archive and storage areas, staff members have experienced their own unsettling encounters. Research librarians and collection managers describe feeling an invisible presence observing their work, accompanied by the smell of coal smoke and machine oil that has no contemporary source. Several employees report that certain exhibits seem to move slightly overnight, as if still being tinkered with by unseen hands. The prevailing theory among believers is that the brilliant minds who created these revolutionary machines remain bound to their inventions, unable to abandon the work that defined their lives.