An eerie figure believed to be the ghost of a woman has been caught on camera at a historic coastal graveyard.
Mandy Steel, a cleaner from Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, had travelled with her two adult children on Saturday, August 13 to Tynemouth Priory in North Tyneside, where she decided to take photos of the ruins.
But it was not until later when the 45-year-old returned home and looked at her pictures that she said she spotted a ghostly figure of a woman in old-fashioned clothing standing behind a family.
In the picture, a woman appears to be stood near the cliffside in the graveyard wearing a long coat and hat.
In the picture, a woman appears to be stood near the cliffside in the graveyard wearing a long coat and hat
It was not until later when the 45-year-old returned home and looked at her pictures that she said she spotted a ghostly figure of a woman in old-fashioned clothing (far left) standing behind a family
Ms Steel claimed she did not see the woman when she took the photos.
She also said she took the picture at around 1pm and was looking towards South Shields beach the time, where the visibility was good.
Ms Steel added: ‘It’s really odd because my daughter was also taking photos of the same place at the same time, but her phone didn’t pick anything up.
‘I checked my full lot of photos to see if anyone was dressed like that but no one was wearing a hat.
Mandy Steel, a cleaner from Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, had travelled with her two adult children on Saturday, August 13 to Tynemouth Priory in North Tyneside, where she decided to take photos of the ruins (pictured)
Ms Steel said she took the picture at around 1pm and was looking towards South Shields beach the time, where the visibility was good
‘Plus, everyone was wearing summer clothes.
‘I just don’t know who or what this was.’
Ms Steel said she had tried contacting the priory and the National Trust for information on her strange sighting, ‘but they weren’t any help’.
In February last year, Newcastle paranormal investigator Kayleigh Woods similarly claimed to have photographed a ghost at the Benedictine priory.
She also took her picture with a camera, rather than a mobile phone. And in the corner of the shot, close to the ruins, appeared to be a black shadow in the shape of a person.
Ms Woods insisted no one was in the area at the time of the picture and returned 15 minutes later to take the same image in the same spot – but she said the shadow had vanished.
source: dailymail.co.uk
