It's behind you! Tourist's picture of Edinburgh Vaults gets photobombed by a 'ghost'
Emma Surgenor and her sister thought they had been alone in a pitch black vault in Edinburgh - that is until they saw the photographs.
It seems to be a photograph of a tourist posing in the Edinburgh Vaults - but a closer look reveals a ghostly figure lurking right behind her.
Emma Surgenor, 32, got a severe case of the creeps when she looked back at the image and spotted a figure standing behind her sister.
The support worker from Blackpool, Lancs, who went for the night time tour last February with her sister, said there was only one other person in the pitch black vault with them at the time.
She said: "We took loads of pictures and some of them came up pitch black and some came through.
"We went through all the photos on my digital camera that evening and lightened up the pictures that came back black.
"To our shock this figure which looks like a man appeared in one of them. We got a chill sensation and just screamed 'Oh my God.' It was a creepy moment. My sister was petrified. She was going on about how he was standing right behind her. Then she thought it was pretty cool. It's pretty scary stuff. There was no one else there."
The 'spectral figure' who photobombed Emma's picture is alarmingly standing directly behind her sister wearing what appears to be a long coat and boots.
She believes it may be a ghost known as 'The Watcher' or 'Mr Boots.'
She said: "There are a lot of stories about a man down there who wears big boots and a coat and another called 'The Watcher' with long hair and 18th century clothing.
"It's weird that my sister was standing there behind him. She was pretty creeped out at first."
The Edinburgh Vaults are a series of chambers formed in the arches of the South Bridge which were completed in 1788.
For around 30 years, the vaults were used to house tradesmen, and as storage facility for illicit material, reportedly including the bodies of people killed by serial killers Burke and Hare for medical experiments.
As the conditions in the vaults deteriorated, due to damp and poor air quality, the businesses left and the poorest of Edinburgh's citizens moved in - however by around 1820, even they are believed to have left too.
That people had lived there was only discovered in 1985 during an excavation when toys, medicine bottles, plates, and other signs of human habitation were found.
Due to frequent reports of paranormal activity and ghost sightings the Edinburgh Vaults were featured on Living TV's Most Haunted.
Scottish Investigator Ryan O'Neill took part in a Most Haunted Live show on Halloween 2006.
Another television show, Ghost Adventures, investigated the vaults and claimed to have numerous encounters with spirits there.
The Watcher or Mr. Boots has apparently been seen by hundreds of visitors and with some reports describing him as tall with no eyes, a full beard, a long coat and big thigh-high boots.
Other reports suggest he watches visitors from the corridor and can be protective of the wall in one of the smaller vaults, sometimes shouting 'get out,' when people go near it.
Emma added: "I have been down there a few times in the past and got another picture last year of a hand behind this guy. It was pretty creepy down there.
"I have been a few times and always been creeped out. This time I didn't feel creeped out. There was no chill feeling when I took it or anything like that.
"I have another picture taken two seconds before and after where my sister isn't in the doorway and from the same angle and there is nothing there.
"It was so creepy but then we were chuffed we had found something. But it was real shock that made your hair stand on end." Article > The Mirror by Jess Owen & Ruth Halkon
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Bristol's ghostbusters: Secretive group claims city is under siege by spirits.
A SECRETIVE paranormal group claims parts of Bristol are under siege by ghostly apparitions – and they have the evidence to prove it.
Bristol Second Sight Paranormal Group (BSS) has been going for a year. Members spend hours at sites taking pictures and recording sound and video.
Member Andy Smart contacted the Bristol Post wanting to share the group’s experiences visiting Halfpenny Bridge at Snuff Mills in Vassals Park in Fishponds over the past two months.
The group, which until now has kept its evidence to itself, have been to the park on seven occasions – and claim to have come under attack from spirits throwing stones, taking items from the pockets and making ghostly threats.
They sent the Bristol Post a series of photographs, sound recording and a video taken at the scene, which you can see on our website.
“I know people won’t believe it but the things going on in Snuff Mills is unbelievable – it is totally incredible,” Andy said. “When it comes to paranormal activity, you have to be there. Sceptics who comment have not been there.
The park, which Andy, describes as a “dark entity” does have a dark history.
It is famous for the Babes in the Wood murder in 1957 when five-year-old Royston Sheasby and his sister June, aged seven, were found buried in a shallow grave by the river Frome. No one was ever tried for their murder.
It is also thought to be haunted by a Duchess of Beaufort – who many believe died in a tragic horse riding accident – who it is said can be seen at midnight riding a phantom stallion.
But whatever Andy, and other group members Chris Smith, Dean Strickland, Luke Williams, Paul Kear, Susan Williams, Dan Waldron and Nicola Gourlay, all of whom are from Bristol, came across was not happy.
“The first time we went we had in fact been meaning to got to a site in Wick but some couldn’t make it so we decided to go to Vassals Park instead,” said Andy.
Luke said: “We met in the car park and walked past the old mill and along the river. We have electromagnetic frequency detectors to sense anything and five minutes up the path it went full red, which is really unusual. I stopped and got my voice recorder out.
“Another member took a shot down the pathway and there was a figure standing there. It was a ‘wow’ moment.
“We then got to Halfpenny Bridge which is known for ghosts.
“At the time we thought the first apparition was just a one-off and we wouldn’t see anything else.”
But shortly afterwards the group was under attack.
“I leant down to tie my shoelace and a stone landed nearby,” Andy said.
“Two minutes later there was another one and it hit me on the arm. Then my friend was hit square in the chest.”
Chris added: “They started coming down bigger and bigger and one hit my friend very hard on the neck, so we just decided to get out of there.”
“We returned in full force the following week and went to see if people could have physically thrown stones down at us from above,” Luke said. “Not only would it be very hard because of the trees, it would almost impossible to be accurate.
“We also established it doesn’t like crucifixes. Any we left there would disappear. We hung one up on the bridge and it just took off into the air and we never saw it again.
“We also think there is a female spirit there, because there was a nice friendly feeling about it. And spirits that are knee-high, and chatter away.”
Andy, for one, will no longer return to Snuff Mills after feeling he was singled out on the last occasion.
“I won’t go there again because last time we were there it targeted me,” he said. “It had been taking things from our pockets and dropping them on us. We then twice heard a voice saying ‘going to die’.
“A stone hit my neck like it had been dropped on me and a big torch we had secured to the wall flew off and hit me in the back. Another member got pulled over backwards onto the bridge.
“We then twice heard a voice saying ‘going to die’. Normally we would carry on because there is so much evidence there but I was terrified and I had to know when to draw the line.
“When we finished our last session there people who saw us said like we looked like we had aged a year.
“I also thought I had a spirit come home with me. My wife said she heard somebody come in with me and heard them laughing with me.
“I heard doors opening and shutting in the night so I had to have a spiritualist to come in and cleanse the apartment.
Andy and his team have produced a 90 minute DVD entitled The Snuff Mills Halfpenny Bridge Documentary.
A preview will be placed on video sharing website YouTube next week.
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Alton Towers: 'Ghostbuster' claims accident-hit theme park is 'haunted by evil spirits' Medium Christine Hamlett believes the popular attraction is 'cursed' following last month's crash and yesterday's rollercoaster breakdown.
A medium claims Alton Towers is haunted following the latest problem to hit the theme park.
Medium Christine Hamlett believes the popular attraction is 'cursed' following last month's crash and yesterday's rollercoaster breakdown.
The 58-year-old has warned says the site, in Staffordshire, is haunted by a poltergeist.
Dozens of people were stranded hanging face down in midair when the park's Air rollercoaster failed in the middle of a ride, bringing back memories of the horror crash last month.
Eighty people were stuck inside sweltering carriages for an hour after two monorail trains broke down. Two monorail trains stopped at 17:25 BST, leaving people trapped inside.
Last month, 16 people were hurt when the Smiler rollercoaster crashed into an empty carriage at the theme park.
Mirror.co.uk has also learned that two carriages collided on the Sonic Spinball ride on Tuesday.
Christine, who lives ain nearby Cannock Chase, told The Star: “I’ve looked at Alton Towers in the past and it’s definitely haunted, probably cursed too.
“There’s some clear poltergeist activity there.
“History shows us there were a lot of battles and deaths in the grounds."
The theme park was opened in the grounds of an stately home which once appeared on the TV show 'Most Haunted.'
In the episode, presenter Yvette Fielding, 46, was pelted with stones by a ghost who allegedly told them to “f*** off”, the Star reports.
Another ghostly spectre of a woman wearing a long dress is said to walk the grounds.
A spokesman for Alton Towers yesterday said it took an hour to walk 80 people off the monorail using the evacuation walkways, the park said.
"The train drivers kept guests informed via the on board PA system and refreshments were provided," an Alton Towers spokesman said.
Guests stuck on the Air ride were cleared "within standard operating procedures", according to park bosses. No injuries have been reported.
People waiting to go on the ride took to Twitter to say people had been left “stranded” on the Air rollercoaster.
The park had previously said it would introduce stricter safety procedures in the wake of the Smiler crash.
Two women, 20-year-old Vicky Balch and 17-year-old Leah Washington, underwent leg amputations following the crash on 2 June.
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Couple call in ghostbuster and vicar after claiming demonic poltergeist molests them in their sleep.
In a story reminiscent of the film Paranormal Activity, the Fry family of New Tredegar, South Wales say they have been molested by an evil poltergeist for months
A terrified family attacked in the night by a dreaded "incubus demon" have called a ghostbuster to get rid of the malevolent spirit.
In a story reminiscent of the film Paranormal Activity, the Fry family say they have been molested by an evil poltergeist for months.
Mum Tracey, 46, even says she is beaten up in the night by the phantom - leaving her covered with bruises in the morning.
In desperation her husband Keiron, 32, forked out £100 to a specialist to "cleanse" the house and has brought a vicar in to bless their cursed abode. The phantom, which has also been menacing the couple's three children, was summoned by a using a Ouija board in the house, they say.
That friend is no longer on speaking terms with the family.
Dad-of-three Keiron took a pic of the ghost in his sons' bedroom which he says shows a small child in a white gown with a blue face and a tail.
Keiron said: "We are being molested by demons.
"My wife goes to bed fine, doesn't feel anything in the night but when she wakes up she's in agony.
"I wake up the next day and said: 'I didn't do that. I would never beat my wife'.
The ghost has been terrorising the family at their three-bed terraced house in New Tredegar, South Wales, since Halloween last year.
Their cats have been left too frightened to go upstairs after the first floor was invaded by three ghosts including a dreaded incubus demon.
Keiron called a paranormal expert after the phantom told his children: "I'm going to slit your parents' throats".
His wife Tracy , who is a full-time carer, said: "It's getting worse and worse and there's nothing we can do.
"I wake up every morning in agony because of the demon.
"My husband rubs cream into my bruised back every day but the pain doesn't go away.
"We were told by the paranormal investigator that we have an incubus demon - the worst type of demon you can get.
"He told us we have three demons in total, the other two helped the main demon pin me down.
"It has affected our marriage because we have been rowing and fighting all the time about the demon.
It has been feeding off all the negative energy."
The family, who moved into their Housing Association property in July 2013, called in an investigator to tackle the spook.
Ghostbuster Robert Amour, 43, who charges £100 for a three-hour house "clearance", arrived at the house with a bible and crucifix.
He banned the petrified family from going upstairs after he shouted to them that he could "feel the evilness in the room."
After 20 minutes the psychic returned to the frightened family - claiming he had slain two small demons.
Mr Amour reportedly struggled with the third demon - who is still terrorising the helpless Fry family.
Church of Wales Vicar Johnathan Widdess has also visited the Frys to help them tackle the ghost.
He said: "He invited us there and we spoke about what was going on. We said a prayer to try and help him."
Stepson Nicholas Bush, 23, used the ouija board which summoned the ghoul - and is no longer on speaking terms with the Frys.
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Armed police storm cafe in search of thief - which turns out to be 'ghost'
Officers armed with Tasers were called by the concerned owner after he spotted a shadowy suspect moving around on his CCTV cameras.
Police officers stormed a cafe armed with Tasers after the owner spotted a burglar on CCTV.
But when the officers arrived at the premises it turned out the shadowy 'suspect' was a something a bit spookier.
Michael Bristow, 50, dialled 999 after he noticed a sinister dark figure sneaking around his coffee shop on his live camera feed.
Four officers armed with Tasers rushed to Larders Coffee House in Louth, Lincolnshire, at 10.30pm on June 24, but there was no burglar and no sign of a break-in.
After examining the eerie CCTV footage again, Mr Bristow is convinced his coffee shop must be haunted.
Mr Bristow, who has three grown-up children and one grandson, said: "The CCTV infrared sensors detected movement so something strange is going on.
"I've looked at it several times on a larger screen and there are dark figures in the room and strange movements.
"It appears to show an average height figure wearing a T-shirt walking out of shot and a ripple appears on the camera.
"When police arrived they found no burglar and no sign of a forced entry. Nothing was stolen and nothing was disturbed, the police told me it must have been a ghost.
"Some of the girls who work here have noticed strange goings-on before.
"The local ghost walk does come past the coffee shop and stop outside. I think customers don't want to come in after that.
"It is a very old building, one of the oldest in the town. It is a converted warehouse and still has some of its old features like the old winch inside."
Waitress Ceejay Liles, 21, has noticed numerous ghostly goings-on at the cafe in the two years she has worked there.
She said: "One of our regular customers took part in a ghost walk in town and the guy from the ghost walk stopped out here as well.
"I think Michael used to just think there was always another explanation for these things, but now I think he believes it - even if he might not admit it."
And Sarah Clapson, 29, has worked at the cafe for two years.
She said: "There was a time when Ceejay was upstairs sorting an afternoon tea out and I was busy downstairs, but then I saw a light on my radio - me and my colleagues heard a little girl's voice.
"I thought it must have been Ceejay so I radioed back to see what she wanted, but she said she'd never radioed me - it creeped us out.
"A few years ago, Michael's son was staying here one night and saw a little girl on the landing.
"I often sense things, especially upstairs or on the landing where the kitchen is."
A spokeswoman for Lincolnshire Police said: "The owner of the coffee shop reported seeing a blur on the CCTV.
"The place was extensively checked and there was no sign of a break-in or suspicious activity, so it has been classed as a false alarm.
"Looks like a ghost after all."
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