It was whilst on the ride Hex. When I got home, I researched more into this and realised it is based on a true story, and that this tree really exists, not far from Alton Towers. I would have liked to see the tree for myself, but it would be a long and expensive journey back there.
Heres a picture we took of the doors.
The ride tells the story of the Charles Talbot, 15th Earl Of Shrewsbury. I think an Earl is classed as royalty, well I hope so. The story says that one day on a ride home back to this mansion, he passed through a forest and his carraige was stopped by an old begger woman asking for him to spare some change. He refused and told his servants to keep riding. As he rode on the old woman, yelled a curse at him, pointing at an old oak tree.
"For every branch of this tree that falls, a member of your family will die."
That night, there was a huge thunder storm and a member of the family suddenly and mysteriously died. The next day he went to look at the old oak tree and saw a branch lying on the ground. He was so shook up about the occurence, he ordered every branch to be chained to the tree.
The tree was then chained up completely, but he was so distraught about the curse he went back to the tree, collected the fallen branch and took it back to the castle, and hidden behind a bookcase, was a secret laboratory. There he conducted experiments trying to counteract the effects of the curse.
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