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Spooky photo claims to show GHOST of dead woman hovering over her own grave

The photographer says he was drawn to the energy of the headstone of a long-dead woman

GHOST hunters claim to have photographed a 'dead woman' hovering over her own grave while exploring a spooky 19th century graveyard at night.

Pauline Day said her team's "electric energy meters" were going haywire when the haunting pictures were taken at a graveyard in West Yorkshire.

 Haunting pictures shows mist taking the shape of an old woman clenching a fist
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 Haunting pictures shows mist taking the shape of an old woman clenching a fistCredit: Credit: Pen News/Rob Crabtree

They show a mysterious mist forming in front of the camera as it takes a shape that resembles an older woman with her arm extended.

Rob Crabtree, 69, took the snaps of the gravestone in Todmorden Unitarian Church.

Rob, from Bradford, believes the final photo shows Sarah Agnes, who died aged 50 in 1927 and is buried in the plot with her husband, James Davenport.

He said: “We went out into the graveyard – it’s a real spooky place – and I took a few photos, and that’s one of the pictures that I caught.

 Rob Crabtree, 69, took the spooky snaps
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Rob Crabtree, 69, took the spooky snapsCredit: Credit: Pen News/Rob Crabtree

“If you read the gravestone there’s a lady buried there who was 27 and there’s also a lady that was 50, and I think it was her.

“I just got a feeling that it was her and the face looked older.”

He added: “Everybody can see it straight away that it’s a lady’s face. I’ve shown it to quite a few people and they’ve all made it out straight away.”

Rob, who says the churchyard wasn’t even misty at the time, recalls feeling drawn to that particular headstone.

 The ghost hunters said their 'electric energy metres' were going off during the graveyard exploration
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The ghost hunters said their 'electric energy metres' were going off during the graveyard explorationCredit: Credit: Pen News/Rob Crabtree
 Rob spotted the mysterious mist when looking through his photos during the hunt
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Rob spotted the mysterious mist when looking through his photos during the huntCredit: Credit: Pen News/Rob Crabtree

“I was drawn to it definitely,” he said. “I took pictures of one or two other gravestones but that one I took quite a few of.

“I did get the feeling I was in touch with someone.”

Pauline Day, who organised the charitable ghost hunt, said she had sensed a spirit at the graveside.

“I was calling out to her,” she said. “l could sense that she was there because our electric energy meters were going off.”

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“Then at break time – at 1am in the morning – we all went through our cameras to see what we had got and, to our surprise, one of my guests captured this picture.

“We were all elated.”

The church itself dates back to 1865 and remained open until 1987, though it is still licensed for weddings.


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