PARANORMAL investigators claim they have captured the image of a ghost on film.
A team from Wrexham-based Spirit Quest UK were carrying out a probe at Pen Y Lan Hall, a reputedly haunted 17th century mansion in Ruabon, when they say their hi-tech film equipment picked up the image of what they believe is one of the resident spirits - a clergyman who protects the house and acts as a guardian to the family who live there.
Earlier this year Spirit Quest teamed up with TV presenter Laurence Llewellyn Bowen to investigate the many corridors, cellars, rooms and grounds of Pen Y Lan.
And they found it so fascinating they went back there again recently.
Group spokesman Howard Hughes said: “I was examining footage we took during the investigation and saw something very exciting and also extremely rare in the world of paranormal investigating - an actual ghost or full manifestation as the group like to call it.
“During our time at the hall there was five team members and four members of the public in attendance and we were all down in the cellar.
“Our medium, Carole, said she could sense the presence of a clergyman with us.
“I started filming Carole speaking and panned around the room but as the camera points towards the long corridor that separates one part of the cellar from the other, a figure can clearly be seen in black with a pale white face holding what seems to be some kind of light source such as a candle.
“As the camera stops moving the figure can be seen walking past some iron bars across the end of the corridor.
“We know its not one of us because the footage clearly shows all of us present in the room.
“It’s something to get very excited about as the footage is quite remarkable.”
Spirit Quest UK is now planning to return to Pen y Lan on February 4 next year.
The group will hold its next investigation at the Cambrian House in Llangollen on December 10.
Further details of the group can be found on its website at www.spiritquestuk.co.uk, where the ‘ghost’ pictures are also on view.