IF YOU'VE GOT IT, HAUNT IT
Woman who scooped National Lottery Set For Life with £10,000 a month quits job to become ghost hunter with her husband
A WOMAN who scooped £10,000 a month on the National Lottery Set For Life has quit her job to become a ghost hunter with her husband.
Part-time paranormal investigator Laura Hoyle, 39, has decided to ditch her day job to pursue her spooky passion with Kirk Stevens, 37, after their big win.
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The 39-year-old is used to shocks - after realising she had landed the life-changing amount of money when she initially thought she had only won a fiver.
Laura was able to immediately jack in her job at a logistics firm, after realising the cash could allow her to concentrate on her ghost-hunting hobby full-time.
She said she could barely focus on her work when she learned of her good fortune.
The couple, from Hucknall, Notts, matched all five main numbers plus the Life Ball to win the top prize in the Set For Life draw on 1 March.
Laura recalled: "I was working from home that afternoon and stopped immediately to call Camelot. I was physically shaking as I told the lady, 'I think I've won the lottery!
"And the ridiculous part was that, as I waited for Camelot to call me back, I still had to join work meetings online.
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"I could hardly speak, let alone make any sense!"
Aeronautical engineer Kirk continues to work at Rolls Royce while juggling studying for his Master of Science degree, but still manages to find time to hunt for lost spirits with his wife.
They have been ghosthunters for a few years and even run a YouTube channel, that boasts thousands of subscribers, to share their spine-tingling experiences.
The pair went all out for their early Halloween celebrations this year and hired out one of the UK's most haunted locations to explore the wonders of the afterlife.
The eerie experience seemed to satisfy the spook-loving couple and give Kirk an opportunity for some fun, as he also works as St Johns Ambulance first responder.
He said: "We have always been busy people. This win means we are literally ‘set for life’ and we are going to fill every single second.”
"A DREAM COME TRUE"
The couple spent the night in Nottingham’s Museum of Justice - dubbed the most ghostly site in the UK by TV programme 'Most Haunted'.
Laura and Kirk roamed the former courtroom, prison, and police station with night vision cameras in a bid to catch sight of an other-worldly being.
Kirk said: "It was a dream come true. We would never have been able to enjoy an event like this before the win."
The Lotto winners were even granted special access to the Sheriff's Dungeon which is closed to the general public.
Laura and Kirk also explored the medieval dungeons, prison cells and court rooms, including the exercise yard where executions took place.
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She said: "We experienced a lot. In the Courtroom, we had more activity in just that one place than we normally have on any visit.
"We also heard footsteps above us while in the Sheriff’s Dungeon even though we were metres below the surface sandwiched by sandstone.”
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