Ian Poulter: My Hilton Head Rental House is Haunted

Professional golfer Ian Poulter has a reputation for goofing around on Twitter.  Like so many other athletes and celebrities, he seems to enjoy getting a rise out of his fans and followers with unusual and quirky tweets.  Lately, his tweets have taken a more serious tone.  Yours probably would too if the house you were staying in was haunted.

Yahoo! Sports’ Devil Ball called our attention to Poulter’s Twitter page on Sunday, where he was rambling about the Hilton Head home he rented being haunted by a ghost.

“Check this out, we have a ghost in our house this week & I’m not joking we have had some very strange goings on every night,” Poulter initially tweeted.

“We have a dead bolted door in the house & every morning that door is unlocked & slightly open,” he continued. “It’s happened 7 times already. No joke for real, very bizarre the door is pretty solid with a dead & number of times it’s been unlocked & open. Calling home owner now.”

He then went on to tweet at a few fellow golfers asking for their help. We get it — you either aren’t joking or are very determined to convince people you aren’t.  We would be lying if we said this wasn’t one of the most entertaining narratives we have heard from a pro golfer.  The question is do you believe him? This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of haunted house stories from sports people. Is Casper really haunting this Hilton Head home and torturing its residents one slightly cracked door at a time?  For the love of God, I hope not.