A strange ghost file in Trash which can not be erased? Any help?

A strange doc in Trash -named  ¨ð?, ïÖó.l—s
- resides in the trash bin
-is alias
-size zero Kb
-can not be moved opened or deleted
-no created or modified dates on display
in info   window tells me  that it's file with unknown access.
It doesn't cause any visible harm I just want to find out how this file appeared and how to get rid of it.
-when did search for invisible files
found it in Bootcamp>.Trashes>  501 which is a folder, empty.
(The Bootcamp partition is empty, I created it when purchased the laptop just in case I install Windows someday. When I open it there is just empty Desktop folder ,size  zero Kb)
Here it gets weird with this 501 folder - on the finder window  is displayed  that  it is  created on 27 April 2025 at 7.33pm.
Now is the year 2011,  so how a folder can be created in the year 2025???
It gets even funnier with the dates - when  I go right click>Get Info, on display I see that this folder is created Sat, 20 August 1983 10:12 AM (!!!!!!
and modified on 27 April 2025 at 7.33pm.
Tried to move it to Trash  -  the “Preparing to move to trash” animated bar appears, keeps moving forever but no result at all.
Any help with deleting this ghost file (without reinstalling whole system)?
My Mac has OSX 10.6.8
Thanks for any help,everyone!
Samantha

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