Choc shop's ghostly mischief
By Mick Jensen - Strange goings on in an Ashburton chocolate shop have had the owners perplexed - until now. Items falling off shelves, chocolate-making utensils ending up in the chocolate machine, an information stand somehow making its ways from the counter to the middle of the shop floor and disappearing black bags all have a logical explanation, according to former local psychic Lee Roberts.

BullRush Chocolates and its neighbours, the Two Dollar shop and Bruce Printing, have a ghost patrolling their shops, she says.
The news was broken to BullRush owners Bex Carr and Nadine Porter last week after they invited the Karming Light medium to the shop to offer some explanation for a number of unexplained incidents.
Firm ghost non-believer Porter and the less sceptical Carr were amazed when the psychic came up with the name and description of their ghost.
“Lee told us it was man called Edward Arthur Willis, an ex-British RAF pilot. She said Edward was a friendly, but mischievous ghost, who was keeping an eye on things in all three shops,” said Nadine.
The day before Lee arrived to confirm Edward's presence, the BullRush's chocolate machine did something it's not supposed to do -  it allowed bitter chocolate to stick to its wheel.
The result was a large, thick chocolate wheel, an impressive sight, but something that has never happened before.
“Our bitter chocolate is made at a controlled temperature of 32 degrees and although it leaves a small film of chocolate on the wheel, it never ever sticks,” said Mrs Porter.
Psychic Lee put the “prank” down to Edward's playful nature.
Another interesting snippet revealed to the BullRush owners was that Edward is an almond fan.
Not a startling revelation, but one made more relevant by the fact that Nadine was about to discuss an almond truffle issue with Becs.
“I thought the truffles could do with a bit more almond taste in them and when Lee, without any prior knowledge, asked me if any of out products had lost flavour in any way and then mentioned the almond thing, I was flabbergasted. Lee suggested that Edward may have been sucking the flavour out of the odd item,” said Nadine, who is fast becoming less of a ghost sceptic.
The business owners planned to leave a bowl of almonds out from now on, they said.
Nadine and Bex plan to do more research on Edward Arthur Willis and they are keen to hear from any Courier readers who may know of any information about him, or the history of the three buildings that he may, or may not be frequenting.

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Bex Carr and Nadine Porter check out the large bitter chocolate wheel that formed on the high-tech chocolate machine.
 
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