Man Snaps Ghostly Image In Woods
by Graham Gibson
A man is in a state of shock after stumbling across what he believes is the ghost of an old miner.
John Wilson of Daniel Place had the spooky experience while visiting a forest in Scotland with his wife and three children when they stopped near an abandoned mine to take family photographs.
Mr Wilson said, “I put the pictures on the computer but never looked at them for a year. It was only when I went to sort them out a week ago that I noticed something odd. I went to crop the pictures to get rid of the rubbish and I noticed something odd in the tree line behind the kids.”
John is adamant that there was no one else present at the time though does recall his dog was greatly agitated at nothing in particular, which at the time the family put down to an unseen rabbit in the bushes.
Image: Wilson says this could be an image of a long-deceased miner
He reckons the photos appear to reveal the presence of a long-deceased miner and, although not a big believer in the afterlife, what John saw in the photograph has certainly made him think twice.
“I think it looks like on old miner wearing a flat cap and an old coat. I’m not a big believer in ghosts but I was going through my head trying to explain it and it’s all I think it could be.”
John is familiar with the area, having played there as a child and remembers vividly searching for the entrance to the mines which closed in the early 20th century.
“I used to stay in Kelty and spent a lot of time in those woods,” he said.
“I know that’s near where the old Blairenbathie mines used to be. I used to go looking for the entrance shaft when I was a kid and I’m sure kids do the same these days.”
John is under strict instructions from his wife, Karen, to keep the photograph hidden from his three children.
“My wife told me not to show it to the kids as it might scare them. They are still quite young to be dealing with such things.”
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LoN3R on Friday, October 03, 2008This image of the phenomenon isn’t really clear, although I do see something rather suspicious. If you look close to the top left corner, you would spot two black orbs - one bigger than the other - possibly defining the eyes of the figure. The body of the figure extends farther down.
