Nottingham Post

Screenshot that team says shows face of a ‘spirit’

GHOST HUNTERS SENT PHOTO FROM THEIR LIVESTREAM

- By CAROLINE BARRY newsdesk@nottingham­post.com

A NOTTINGHAM-BASED ghost hunting team has shared a photo of a “spirit” they say appeared on one of their recent livestream events at Annesley Hall church ground.

The team was sent a screenshot of the ghost after a fan spotted what they described as a spirit.

The scary snap appears to show the face of a man.

John Sixthsense (John Harris) is organiser of the research team which visits some of Nottingham’s most haunted locations.

John has worked in the paranormal industry for 22 years as a profession­al physic medium.

The ghost hunting team consists of around 17 people, including 10 investigat­ors and admin staff. The When Spirit Meets Science team livestream­s its experience­s on social media, in particular on Facebook.

The team visited the mid-13th century Annesley Hall in Kirkby-in-ashfield which is undergoing repairs. It was originally the home of the Annesley family before passing to the Chaworth family in the 15th century.

The hall suffered fires in 1997 and 2015 which, coupled with years of neglect, has led to its current state of disrepair.

John said: “You can clearly see a spirit trying to communicat­e with us as his face and eyes were visible.

We ask our viewers to send in screenshot­s if they see anything and this was very clear.

“It was a full apparition of a spirit called Nick. Our medium could see it but didn’t realise that everyone else could too. We had a lot of equipment activity at the same time.”

The team said they had captured a second spirit at the hall in previous visits and believe it was Charles Chaworth-musters, whose family owned the hall for around 500 years. Charles died after getting malaria in Africa.

“Nick is someone who we don’t know much about but we have a lot of evidence when it comes to Charles. Sometimes, people can bring spirits with them when they visit these venues. We can investigat­e more but I think he travelled with me. I was serving out in Afghanista­n in 2012 and I used to experiment with spirits while I was there,” John said.

He added: “He has been spotted in other locations so I think I brought him back with me.

“We had equipment going crazy, things were knocked over and we had team members feeling absolutely scared to death. They felt petrified.”

The team has travelled all over the world.

“You get used to it when you do it every day. Something that would scare someone who doesn’t do this, we would class a minor thing. It’s rare that we get scared ourselves but that was really bad.”

It’s rare that we get scared ourselves but that was really bad

John Sixthsense (John Harris)

 ?? WHERE SPIRIT MEETS SCIENCE ?? The Where Spirit Meets Science group say this is a photo of the spirit
WHERE SPIRIT MEETS SCIENCE The Where Spirit Meets Science group say this is a photo of the spirit
 ?? TIM WIDDOWSON ?? Annesley Hall
TIM WIDDOWSON Annesley Hall

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