Mystery as ‘child ghost’ caught on video after cops respond to reports of ‘seven-year-old girl running alone’

The broadcaster added: "Whether you believe in - or not - many people find the topic to be interesting and entertaining."

On Facebook, people have uploaded mysterious images of something that "appears to be all white and moving very quickly", WKYC adds.

The broadcaster has looked at the eery footage, and quizzed bosses from the Mentor Police Department.

Intriguingly, cops were even called out by spooked residents to check for the so-called apparition.

A worried householder phoned to say they'd seen a girl, who appeared to be seven years old, running northbound.

An officer responding to the call drove out to Wyatt's Greenhouse, and reported back to HQ that he had also seen something.

His report states: "I was surprised by what I saw, the person appeared to be a small child, running rather erect and too quickly for a child."

But when the cop got out of his car to investigate further, and try to reach the 'girl', she had apparently disappeared without a trace.

The officer checked around the building, as he assumed he would find the child crying or scared - but he failed to find any sign of her, the report adds.

The force confirmed to WKYC that multiple other departments also searched the area, to no avail.

Although the cop who initially responded to the call checked his dashcam video, there was no girl to be seen on it, despite his reported sighting of the 'child'.

It's since been lodged as an "investigative encounter".

A drone team also probed the area, along with a K9 sniffer dog patrol.

People have flocked to comment on the mysterious vision, with some saying they 'believe' it was a ghost, as they have also had an 'encounter'.

Monica Quez said: "I had them in my childhood home. Our babysitter at the time refused to come back, lol."

Coast To Coast reports: "The perplexing incident would appear to bolster the belief of some residents that there is a ghost child roaming the streets of the city.

"However, other people in Mentor are not as convinced, insisting that the apparition is merely the case of mistaken identity or perhaps the work of a prankster."

Mentor Ohio Paranormal Research Society told its Facebook group: "We had a bunch of people ask us what we thought about the new video that has been released of a possible ghost in our city being spotted on a doorbell camera.

"Based from our experience, we believe that this is actually a person running, and the camera is out of focus.

"You also have to consider lighting and shadow effects going on.

"We [are] not saying that it couldn't be, we are just saying... we need to study the actual footage itself."