Yacht where Natalie Wood mysteriously drowned up for sale as new owner claims West Side Story actress haunts it By Mia De Graaf for MailOnline 21:22 01 Nov 2014, updated 22:39 01 Nov 2014 +7 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Click to open Pinterest Google Plus Reddit Stumble Upon Digg it LinkedIn Email Click to close 54 shares 63 comments Natalie Wood haunts The Splendour yacht where she was last seen alive Ron Nelson bought it in 1986 but claims spirit is increasingly present He said he has experienced weird falls and ghost sat on my bed West Side Story actress Wood drowned in 1981 after being aboard The owner of the yacht where Natalie Wood spent her final moments has put it on the market after claiming the actress still haunts the decks. Ron Nelson bought The Splendour in 1986, five years after the West Side Story actress mysteriously drowned off the coast of Catalina Island. But now, 28 years later, he has revealed the force of Woods spirit is too strong, forcing him to get rid of it altogether. Scroll down for video +7 Haunted? The new owner of The Splendour claims Natalie Wood still haunts the yacht 33 years after she died +7 Mystery: Wood drowned in November 1981 after being on the yacht with her husband Robert Wagner The numerous supernatural incidents include a number of weird falls, he told the National Enquirer. It’s just like my feet came out from under me and I fell, he explained. Another time a being sat on his bed: Something sat down on the bed and then left. MORE... Can Bilbo Baggins afford this pricey house? Unique hobbit house goes on the market for a whopping $1.2 Million (but its located in Maryland, not middle earth) Grandmother, 52, celebrates Halloween with her family of 200 dolls that she believes are possessed by the spirits of dead children Monaco of the Glen is up for sale: Highlands estate with a 38-bedroom home, a golf course and even a power station goes on the market for £6million And during the recent Hurricane Ana, The Splendour became suspiciously waterlogged, he said. In 2011, Nelson, a former United Airlines flight attendant, admitted to Hawaiis KITV that theres been a lot of strange things that have happened on the boat. He even had the yacht blessed by two Hawaiian kahunas - a kind of shaman - to clean teh boats spirit. The Splendour moored in a harbour in Honolulu, Hawaii +7 Incidents? Ron Nelson, who bought the boat in 1986, claims he has had a number of weird falls on board +7 Ghost: Nelson said he was lying in bed one night and a spirit came and sat on the bed then left But despite his efforts, he says, it is unbearable. He hopes a museum will buy The Splendour to preserve it. The stateroom contains many of the same tiles, the same blue bed remains in exactly the same spot and the initials WW are still etched into the captains seat. Nelson bought the boat from Robert Wagner, Woods husband. He carried out small renovations, before taking two friends on a trip to Catalina Island, where the actress died. He said it was a last goodbye to Natalie. Afterwards, they made the two week trip to Hawaii where he has spent 10 years restoring the boat. He said he was now almost ready to begin chartering voyages. +7 Hurricane: The boat became waterlogged after the recent Hurricane Ana - the last straw for spooked Nelson +7 Blessed but still haunted: Nelson got two Hawaiian shaman to cleanse the boat but it is still haunted, he says He said he tried to keep his makeover as close to the original as possible, and has kept the stateroom with the blue bed, dubbed Natalies Room, and most of the tiles. The initials WW are still etched onto the captains seat, just as they were when Wagner and Natalie owned the boat. Nelson said the 60ft boats history was one of the reasons why he bought it, and told Hawaiis KITV said: I have read pretty much every article ever written about her death. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Click to open Pinterest Google Plus Reddit Stumble Upon Digg it LinkedIn Email Click to close 54 shares 63 comments JUMP TO... Home Showbiz Femail Sport NEXT STORIES1/13 The Bleatles? No, its Shaun the Sheep and friends in the new Hollywood film the fans will flock to see Are the vile paedophile allegations against Leon Brittan a sinister MI5 smear plot? Labour MP uses Commons privilege...
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