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Who is the ghostly figure behind Nikki McKay?

Is this a ghost?

A Ghostly Experience

The picture everyone is talking about. Radio Merseyside presenters enjoy an evening out in Ma Boyle's in Liverpool, but who is the ghostly figure captured behind Nikki?

Who is the ghostly figure behind Nikki McKay?

L-R:BBC Radio Merseyside presenters Nikki Mackay, Helen Jones, Roger Lyon and Maureen Walsh. But who is the ghostly figure behind Nikki?

last updated: 15/02/2008 at 17:36
created: 15/02/2008

Have Your Say

What do you think? Is this a ghost?

The BBC reserves the right to edit comments submitted.

Maureen Daly
This is my brother-in law Tony Hughes and it is him in his daughters pub without a doubt

harry johnson
i am a psychic from our great city and i believe that the picture has been overexposed.you can clearly see a hand in focus on the right shoulder of the lady with the dark glasses.i believe this belongs to the person you describe as being a 'ghost.'so i am sorry to say that i do not believe it to be one.....good haunting....harryj

Beth Hughes
This is my grandad Tony and it's comforting to know he's still around watching over his family in his daughter's pub

jenny smith
it looks like a real ghost my nan likes real ghosty things she loves tom sleming's books

BRENDA HARRISON
Yes it looks like a male Ghost -he's after her drink thats all.

Rita Jones
At first I thought the bald guy was the ghost(!)The shadows and general softness of the light suggest that no flash was used. If you look at the woman on the left with the sunglasses on, her hand and the glass she is holding appear slightly more blurred than the rest of her and the other people in her group. Both of these things indicate a long exposure time, maybe as long as 4 or 5 seconds. Plenty of time for someone in the background to step out from behind the group and step back again, leaving the slightly transparent imprint of the 'ghost'.I think it's a fake sorry.

Tom Moorhouse
I thinks is a real paranormal figure from the edwardian times. Kerri Banks on these kind of stories.....

Mick from Kirkby
Firstly i'm a believer in ghosts and apparitions but i think this is a case of somebody jumping up in the background to get in the picture. 'ZOO' and 'NUTS' have a whole page on this type of thing every issue.

Secondly and perhaps more important. Why is that lady wearing sunglasses indoors? Does she think she is Fonzy or somebody so famous that she needs a disguise?

Paddy Donnelly
Nikki's only about 5 foot tall so this guy must have been tiny :PI don't believe in ghosts, let alone ones in dodgey wigs, but i must admit you've got a cracker of a mysterious photo going right here :D

Neil
Would be nice to see a photo of the photographer. The "ghost" is at the same height as everyone and the missing eye probably has a camera over it and is a reflection .Either that or Jimmy Crankie has died and is hanging around for some ghostly high jinks.

annandtony
It looks like the spooky has an army type hat.super spooky for a monday morning.

john costello
theres a face in nikki,s glass

Sarah
I think that it is real as they and the photographer would have noticed a man going and sitting behind them while they were having their picture taken.But if it is a fake(which I really hope that it isn't),it is quite convincing!

Tom
Probably Wally Scott making a comeback

jamie
i think it is a well big ghost! it looks well scary mate!!!arghhhhhhh!! woooooooo!! spooky!!

Nathan Horton
Why doesnt Nikki just say if someone was behind her or not

kev
Billy Fury No Doubts

Alan from Bootle
Well what do you expect when you knock all that booze back if not Spirits? ;-)

PATSY LIVERSAGE
IMPRESSIVE IF IT IS A FAKE.HAVE WATCHED A LOT OF PARANORMAL STUFF AND THIS IS ALONG WITH SOME OF THE BEST. HAVE IT CHECKED OUT PROPERLY.

Bea
Certainly looks ghostly to me. Had a similar experience a few Christmas's ago with a photo my daughter took of my nephew and and eldest daughter on Mersey Road, Aigburth while they were out having a walk in the snow. The ghostly figure of what appears to be a monk appeared standing next my daughter who was taking the photgraph. Certainly not a fake as my kids don't believe in that sort of stuff. Makes interesting viewing though!!

John Zappa
Nope.A digital error.No such thing as ghosts.I would stay anywhere where its supposed to have ghosts as I know they don't exist.A figment of the imagination.

mike from ellesmere port
it might be " KLINSMAN " ??????????????

scouse
the hand on nikki shoulder belongs to the lady next to her.like the fingers growing out of her head belongs to roger lyon.Personally i think it is a reflection.

Sharon
I think it is a ghost it looks like a service man as he seems to have a soldiers hat on

Alan Bennett
Who's fingers are they on top of Nikki's head and the hand on her shoulder, this is defo a fake

JOHN H.
If that's a ghost the get in the "most haunted team"with the scream queen Yvette Fielding also Scoobydoo and Shaggy to confirm the presence.As always there's always spirits in the optics!

Count André
Actually its me trying to improve my standing with Nikki

david hastie
is it harry kewell,yet to see him as a footballer?

steve beamer
its a ghost whoooo

cath maxwell
Whose hand is that on Nikki's shoulder?

laura barnes
what a load of rubbish this hasbeen docted

Stuart Thompson
Its Billy Butler

Tom Shields
I have seen a few ghost pictures

Minter
Thats no Ghost. Thats his hand on Nikki's shoulder, behind the glass!

Tom Molloy
Not a ghost but the glass collector.

rhianne
defo a ghost---x

Sian Niccolls
i think it is ghost and its got me scared now !

stewart langerhuizen
difficult to say could be trick photography looks convincing

Danielle
It's Ron "Dicko" Dixon from Brookside.

Emily
Hey.. I think its Just When Some one has jumped into the photo and turned out blured but who knows xx

jack hoff
I can make out it's eyes and ear

Harry Swinburne
It is the ghost of jazz- which has vanished from Radio Merseyside and come back to haunt you

Sophie cunningham
I think the ghost is real becaus in book's were you can see the colors throughthe ghost.

Peter Casey
There's more spirit in the glass than in the photo!

margi cawley
i think it is a shadow of nikki mackay

tony from bootle
i think it could be simon obrian trying to get his job back

Andy H
Some digital cameras have a slow shutter speed, due to this someone might have been taking a seat as the picture was taken, moving out of sight and causing a blury semi-transparent figure to be captured.To be fair, the figure apears to be in a position of somebody who is in the process of sitting down...

Stu
I think the image behind is where someone has moved. it looks to me like the photo was taken with out flash, so that the shutter is open for longer fast moving images will appear as a blur. It doesn't matter if it digital or traditional film its easy enough to receate similar effects with out any doctoring of the image.

neil m.
i know what this is and if you could look really close at the mans black eye you will see that this man is punch drunk looking at what has become a para normal experience to which the ectoplasm cant reach for if it could all would be explained in an instant.

Steve Fletcher
Definately looks like a face but why do people assume that the face of a ghost is semi transparent?I'm sitting on the fence with this one.

barbara smith
its good if its a fake.

Jill
It looks like a swirled guess the celebrity picture from a magazine. I think if someone with know-how could unswirl the picture it would be very interesting to see what it shows!!! Maybe a debate for Roger Phillips- - - -

Vicky
I think this is a set up and you have all had a bit to much to drink. CHEERS!

jimmy clarke
this is the second picture i have seen this weekend a lady who works in asda hunt cross has a better one

pete, runcorn
i had a pub in liverpool, it was not an old pub but some spooky goings on, and i dont believe in those things!

joan.brown
Is it possible that the camera was not wound on and the same film was used twice creating a double negative

Jay eddo
We all see what we want to see. Its the power of suggestion.

Bob
photoshop easy plus u just get a guy dress him up take photo trim the photo and then blur it on photoshop then trim it and add it on annother layer of that img

daouda bamba
tungsten light, camera on a tripod, slow shutter speed,everyone posed really still apart from the person at the back who ducked down during the photo being taken

margaret humphreys
I would say this looks very much like a ghost to me.

L Murphy
Listening to the radio the other day, if this is the landlady's father, can we get an old picture of him to compare the two?

Harry Rainhill
I think it looks likeTony Snell

Carrie
No, it looks like thbe figure just moved as the photo was taken.

ali
looks like ron dixon from brookside

Diane Melia
I think it is someone who is trying to get in on the photo. But I would love it to be a ghost.

gladys mitchell
it is a ghost we had the same thing happen at a childs holly communion when the ghost of the man who used to live in house years befor was in the picture just like this one

jackie shannon
Defo a presense there, ghost well I think it has to be a yes!he must have been socialable and may be he is happy joining in.

scouse on tour
Looks like a ghost to me. Hes keepin an eye on the family.

Margo B from Kirkby
oo-er it's Billy Butler as a boymuscling in on the act again'and he looks like he's been in a scrap again.I,m remaining sceptical on this one.

Margie Lamb
not clear enough to decide but just looks like a trick of light the table is very bright so could be a reflection

Neil Fearon
very very intresting, i think the photograph needs experts eyes to have a closer look at this.

john grieve
i think this is a ghost

Michael
It could be a ghost, but do you remember the film about the two little girls who photographed Faires. Their photo convinced Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that it was genuine. In fact it was a fake thet the girls had created. So, who knows?

Jack Dutton
Yes . A Mans faceStand back from computer to see more clearly

gary keane
i thank itis a ghost

Trevor
i belive in ghosts its a female my dads freind is a ghost hunter in liverpool and has seen one like this before

dave judge
Hi all, have any of you seen a photo of this man. So that you can compare how he used to look in life, and compare it to this photo ie is he verry alike in build,hair,how old does he appear in this photo compared to old photo's. But it looks quite impressive to me.

joyce clark
there is no way that is a ghost

matty
Now that is weird.I beleive in ghosts and have saw pics.Bt never like this one the shadow is so clear.

Brenda Mortimore
Very strange does look like what I imagine a ghost would look like, truly amazing, and will bring great comfort to the family, as I lost my mum, and brother 18 mths ago and wish this could happen to me.

Kevin West
I am a Spiritualist Medium of 25-years experience. In that time I have seen many pictures like this. I am also a photographer and cinematographer. Although these kinds of pictures are easy to fake, my feeling here is that it is genuine. Because we must also take into account the veracity of the people involved in the picture. This phenomena is called an 'extra' - invisible to the eye at the time because the extra appears the infrared. Cameras can see this but we cannot. Hope you said hello to him!

gemma carroll
i dont know what all the fuss is about,i expected to see a clearer pic of a ghost.that blurrey pic is no ghost

Bob Rose, Maghull
what a load of cobblers,it could be anything

Mrs M A Hughes
You could make a story out of anything

enid marl
Just looked at the photo& no way does it look a fake to me!!Its really spooky!!Glad it has given comfort to the family.

Tony Jackson
It's me. BOO...!!

Ed Parker
Possible memory card in camera not formatted after last usage,making sure all was erased

ALISON
YES, THAT HAS TO BE A GHOST!!

Tony Gallagher (Bournemouth)
I don't know who it is but have you seen the ghostly figure in the glass nikkie is holding? very spooky.Please say hello to all my family in liverpool

kaye
wow!!!! thats amazing its soooo real u can tell by the pic that there is no 1 there behind them sop it has to be her fathers presceance

danny schofield
theres no trick photography here theres something definetly going on here

Bill from Prescot.
Could it be Rafa ?He may be coming to serve you. I think he might be looking for a new job soon. Maybe later this week.

MARIA PARRY
THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN CAMERA BLUR WHEN THE SUBJECT HAS MOVED (IN THIS CASE NIKKI) THIS EVEN HAPPENS WITH DIGITAL CAMERAS

neil
no just a trick of light

walter eyres
just looked at photo scary stuff

Maureen
Yes it is and it is accually quite scary because you can see a persons face with grey hair that pub as a history of ghosts

viv,from woolton
It really looks weird,but I don't know how anyone can recognise a relative from the picture.However,Ma Boyles is supposed to be haunted.

john
It is not only in colour but transparent too. I certainly think it is a spirit.

Jayne (neighbour)
after studying this photo very close and if spirits actually exit then this sure is Tony Hughes I should know I've lived next door to him for 21 years

Samantha Magson
Spookyy :O

rob wigan
its pete price on a spying mission.

John
I think it's Pete Price because he tries to get a picture of himself on everything.

Pauline from Liverpool
It looks like Vince Earl to me.

Faye Draper
yes i think its a ghost because its a old man an touchin the womans head and its glowing

Denise Williams
I think it looks like a ghost but my husband think it is someone walking past quickly. It looks like the fella who used to play Harry Cross in Brookside.

Keith Houghton
I always wondered what happened to Wally Scott!?

Lawrence
The area of what is apparently the eye is a black rectangular shape matching the lense of her tinted glasses..which might suggest some kind of exposure/shutter effect whereby Nikki has been captured in motion.

Bazz
Looks real and unreal at the same time. Get Derek Acorah in!

matt
loks like a kid

Nikita, From Leeds
It looks like a ghost but it might NOT be, because of all the computer's that can make pic's look like they have ghost's in them. But I would say yes.

Bert Hawley
Terry McCormick is about right. needs seriously checking,--but then again Butler does hate to be left out of things,and the head's about right

hilda fredriksen
to tell u the truth he looks exactly like my brother he never goes to liverpool but our ancestors lived there wonder if hes related?

Ruth Aspell
All i can say is that to have doubt is a good thing and to question is good. But the other side of view think on this, all things give off energy. While we are alive energy is expelled, who is to say when we die, that energy traces, like a video recording is left of our energy. That is only my opinion.

VALERIE PARKER
I think it could be Country Music Presenter the late Joe Butler from Radio City Gold coming to haunt the Radio Merseyside Presenters in the photo.Miss Valerie Parker.Liverpool.

Bernie Hancox
Billy Butler gets everywhere on a night out!!!!!!!

Olive Henry
It looks real enough but who can tell nowadays with computers.

Lisa from West Derby
are they the ghosts fingers behind Nikki's head?

Dave Cowan
It's obviously Billy Butler trying to eavesdrop on what the other presenters REALLY think of him.

nik an meg
i think the pic was very scary to look at. i think it is defo camera trics an the man has just moved quickly to get his pic took that has made the illusion of a ghost .

cassie
It looks like a photograph taken on top of a previous one. why is it in colour the figure?

HARRY EDMONDSON
I am not an expert on such ghostly matters, and not a particularly good photographer so I have to say that I have not got a clue. I think we should seek advice from Tom Slemen. If this is a digital photo it would certainly be worth investigating further.

mmoran
possibly !!good publicity for the pub bet takings have soared!!

Jim Southport
It certainly looks ghostly, but if I was Roger I would be worried about the "ray" above his head. (Beam me up Lyonsie)

Alan Gillam
The photo is a slow exposure without flash. The blur is the mans hand movement from shoulder to Nikkis head.

Joan Mcnally from Skem
very spooky....or film malfunction....who can say !

Ray
Hi,That looks like Billy Butler...

ann
Very strange, and hope we find out what it is.

Lee
Is it Wally Scott?

Carol McGivern
looks like our friendly ghost has stepped straight out of the sixties.

carol and john
I think it looks like an old man with a veil over his head. CarolJohn thinks there is a deflection of light from nikkis glasses causing a reflection.He also believes it may be her aura because her ego is that big. sorry. This discusssion will go on , and on on on on on on ......

Lisa Borley
Think it could be a ghost but could also just have been someone walking behind them.... spooky!!!

Nimrod Lancs
It looks like Ron Dixonoff Brookside

Will Redfearn
It's little Billy Maher gate crashing!!!

megnik
i think it was very spooky to look at ,but dont think its real,defo camera tricks.the man has probably moved quickly while to photo was taken to give the illusion of a ghost.

Julia Clinton
Terry McCormick had it, until he mentioned 'a paranormal apparition'. Most documention, (and I use the word loosly), of the supernatural is blurry at best! I think I can make out that guy from The One Show!

angela hughes
yes, i think this is my grandad watching over his youngest daughter alison.

Eddie Mc
If i ownded the pub id bar the ghost out!!x

Alison Quirk
Unbelievable really but I know the landlady and this without a doubt is her father who I also knew.

Geoff Newnes
Feel sorry for these small glass collector's don't you...everyone's always huddled around the table, and you just can't get to the damn things!!

J.H.JOHNSON
maybe it's shergars head?

Eddie from Flint
some very good camera work done inr the studio i think,no such things as ghost

elsie woods
Its amazing you can actually see his eye.

mike blackburn from ellesmere port
i think its real . reflection off the glass,my bottom

sophie cartwright
ohhhhh spooky i do belive in ghosts

fred davies
i would like to be whispering down Nikki's esr like that. i hope i come back as a ghost but i do not think i will. it is a reflection of some sort.

George in Wallasey
In my humble opinion, that is not neccessarily correct. It is a publicity stunt for Ma'Boyles. If ghosts existed they would not be in colour.

Bennie Byrne
Looks real - we believe cos ghost lives in our house seymour road L14 !

sadie campbell
Where is the pub located? I am an ex-pat,born in Chisenhale St. off Vauxhall Rd. Memories of my chilhood, the area was teaming with ghost stories.Who knows could be legitimate.

Claire Parkinson
Its deffo a person... a ghost! I believe hes there for a reason...

david hughes
its my grandad, he past 2 years ago its his daughters, my aunties pub ! its defintly him !!!

Lucy Deane
If you could post a photo of the gentleman the image resembles,it could deepen the mystery!

Ed Byrne
Can anyone see the hand on her head!

tracy connor
scam

Sir Franklin Heaving Busoom
'tis not an apparition but simply the image of someone who has moved during the exposure.

Steve & Sue
What does Derek Acorah think? would be interestingto know his take on this photo is.

carl roberts
wot they need to do is put a picture of the landladys farther then lets see if it is him wot ever it is it looks like a ghost to me

sylvia edwards
defo ghost i have a photo of a little girl on a couch at 3am nochildren are in that flat it looks misty like ur photo

Derek Roe
As The Foreground And Background Are All In Focus Then This Has Been Taken Using A Small Aperature On The Lens, Therefore Even A Spirit Or Apparition Would Be In Focus Too...Conclusion...It Has Been Deliberately Blurred Out In Order To Fool The Viewer!!

derek owens
this pic looks the spitting image of my brother who is still with us by the way

kerrie
i think it is a ghost because of all the details on the face.

Dave
I believe that this is not a ghost but may be caused as a reflection of the flash either from the roof (look over Roger Lyon's head it is over exposed in top left)or from the Glass in Nikki's hand. Suggest that someone replicate the exact photo (including all the glasses, lighting and use the same camera) and see what happens

julie
i think this is the landladys father

christine
can we see a photo of the landlady's father to compare?

sharon de-vaal
if you look at the smaller picture his eyes look vacant,if it's not a ghost it's a good fake

Ted
Who ever it is looks to bereaching out for nikki's head,his right hand to the side of her head and you can see three fingers of his left hand at the back of her head.blow the pic up and you can see what i mean.Ted

Mick whiston
Deffo i have a pic of my nephue that was took ten yrs after my dad died but he is on the pic clearly just like this one

Sean Lawler
The dead can't harm you!

kevin mcdermoot
its Billy Butler and hes rigth. he has been better

christy
could it be a double exposure or astrong memory somewhere somehow appearing on the photo.

Phil
It begs he question: Is that Roger's hand on Nickki's head ... or the ghosts?

baz from kenny
he looks brave

Vivienne Noonan
Would be interesting to be able to compare it with photograph of landladies father.

Margaret Maloney
Not scary enough to be Billy Butler, and has too much hair. Was it taken with a digital camera? If so...very strange!

Neill Hargreaves
Sorry to be a miserable spoil sport but this is in no way a ghost. I have a degree in graphic design and therefore messed about manipulating images alot. Zoom in and look above the alleged ghosts head. There is a definate line difference in the pixels across the coat sleeve, which is a crude attempt at cut and paste. The see through effect is by using the copy tool(set to a low opacity.Sorry guys, try harder if you want to fake stuff. Shame though coz I love ghost stuff.

Paul Donnelly
If this is a fake then it is easily done, i am 15 and could do this on my computer in less than five minutes.

vic
what a load of rubbish

RON EUSTACE
I THINK IT IS BILLY BUTLER TRYING TO GET IN ON THE ACT

Matt Wrexham
prob just a glass collector

THE GHOSTBUSTER
IT'S SNELLY AFTER A FREE DRINK!

Bill Lowe
This is Tony Snell

michael duffy
i think it is a ghost it is quite freaky it look like its from the past look at the hair and coller it looks like its from the 80's or 70's because the hair is pointing up and so is the coller

margaret kavanagh
I think its just a reflection off some think the camara has cought. i don't think it is a ghost.

Cliff Hughes
Not at all spooky, its just someone who wanted to join in the celebration

Liz Howarth
Looks like Billy Butler

Sue, from Norris Green.
Where Most Haunted failed,Radio Merseyside succeeded, lol. I do believe in ghosts, as I have seen a ghostly white van on the M62, it just disappeared right in front of us, my friend was with me, and I just said did you see, what I saw, and now we don't? She answered yes, not a word was muttered, until we reached Liverpool. This just confirmed my belief in ghosts.

matty
it could be lord lucan but i think its some kid playing peek a boo

SHEILA SALEH
I thinkn it's somebody getting into the spirit of things!

alan burgess
a load of rubbish that is not a ghost the camera must be playing tricks

dave buchanan
has her fathers 'aura'entered her being to live on?

pauline downey
it's Billy Butler he felt peeved they went out with out him.

L.Mac
the hair line, looks like the devil whose fingers are on nikki,s head ?

Mike Samms
Is he wearing a cap or is that a beatle wig ?

Dave L
I emailed Linda Mac about this but a more viable explanation could be that someone has tried to get in the picture unbeknown to the presenters and moved slightly when the picture was taken (when they have seen the button pressed), a digital camera could have enhanced a ghostly effect as on some digital cameras the flash fires and the picture is taken only after 1/2 a second after the button is pressed. I would not rule out manipulation or a seperate image superimpossed etc, but I think my first explanation is more accurate.

Roy Kenyon of Greasby
It looks like a little too much spirit to me

PATRICK AND PAMEAL MC COLE
IS IT LARRY THE HORSE/ROGERHAS SNEAKED HIM IN FROM THEBEACH.

Hazel Miller
It looks very convincing...I heard on the radio that the picture was shown to the manageress of Ma Boyle's and she said that the phantom was her father...it would be interesting to see a photo of her dad.

a k prescot
did he get a round in ?

Lillian & Beth
Actually it could be Billy Butler!!!! but seriously it is spooky and freaky, but who knows eh?

J.Cochrane
Bears a strange likeness to Snelly. Does his wife know he sneeked out LOL !

brian evans
im sure it is. so clear,its also quite scary looking,yes its the first baldy ghost ive ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!

chelsea 'n' carole
this might just be some kind of distortion on the film or it might be Rumplestilskin

Paul O brien
To me it looks like a double exposure when photo was taken

Shirley Valentine
I thought someone said the manageress recognised it as being her dad

judd
it's a polterguest lookin' to get into the spirit of the party phantasising about the 3 good looking women

christine byrne
could it be one of your presenters had one to many?

pearl begley
definatly a ghost

lizzy
i think it looks billy butler getting out of buying a round

michael
it looks like ron dixon from brookside

natalie
this is a picture that a 10year old has jumped onto last min. load of rubbish!!!!!!!

natalie
No this is a picture that some body has got in on fast!!!!!in a small pub.

Christopher Devaney
Wow, thats quite a good pic of a ghost, wow im quite scared lol. Guy looks a bit young.

Brian Holland (Bootle)
It looks like there is spirits of all kinds aplenty knocking about.

STEPHEN HOGG
I THINK IT IS TRUE

Catherine Geogheghan-Breen
I think it is a great picture and think that Tom Slemen ought to investigate

Jon of Liverpool
It's Billy Butler in drag, which explains the dark eye-shadow. He was diving into the shot while the camera shutter was open, hence the blur image. He loves being photographed.

Jeffrey Lancaster
for someone with an open mind its very impressive for those with closed minds out there get youselves educated there are plenty of library books on the subject in the non-fiction section.

Hannah
it isn't a ghost because it is just the photo effects

Dave Asbridge
Seriously though it does look a little in need of a ghost person to visit the room and see if they pick up a sense of a presence or a past occurrence. There are plenty of people in the city able to do this type of thing i cant myself but i know people who can do this kind of thing.

ray morgan
you can see he is wearing a open neck shirt!

Lauren Smith
Well, I have seen many pictures of gohsts appearing behind people but never anything like this as the features are pretty clear however, the outline of this gohst seems to be smudged,therefore it looks like it was moving at the time. I do believe this is a gohst, even more if the person taking the photo claimed that there was no one standing there.

norman
No.Another guest at Ma Boyle's bending down from a sitting position behind the group near the coats, straightens up while the exposure was made so is slightly out of focus.

Paul Taylor
NO, because i belive it is either over-exposure or camera shake.

Stacie Howard
No ghost x

Dave Asbridge the St Georges Hall Antique Fair bl
Thats Billy Butler moving in on the girls drinks ( have you noticed the glasses are all empty on the table.) hes got his eye on Niki's now. hee hee

paul forshaw
hi really think this should be looked at more closely by experts, im sure t slemen would have an opinion too.

J. Spratt
nothing like a ghost to get the punters in

Tim Fletcher
Somebody should tell him they don't serve spirits.

Jimmy from Saville
isnt that rooney. He might of nipped in for a pint

Frankie Boy
Looks like one of the crankies.!

Dominic
The ghost look's angry!

Pamela Powney
Definitely looks like, though l've never seen a ghost.You can see clearly the hair, face,jacket and shirtlf it was my photo with a deceased member of my family in the bckground l would be 100% positivePam

Joanne
I don't think it is a ghost.I've been shown something similar on a friends mobile phone recently and I think a similar story featured in the Daily Mirror early in the New Year.It's a scam!!!!!

John Thomas
could also be lord lucan

Lizzie Pilkington
I dont know because i dont belive in ghosts but i am real scared know incase in is a ghost.

sidney buttocks
cheap attempt to promote station and website

dorothy dempsey
yes its a a ghostthis pub Ma Boyle's has a history of ghosts

Mike from Wavertree
Looks a bit like Jimmy Saville

shelagh connor
I THINK IT LOOKS VERY REALAND SPOOKY

tommy from vauxhall
looks like he has just come in from the carpark with a blackeye like that

Darren Anders
There is another face in her glass! Interesting photo but no real proof.

PATRICIA.COUSINS
If you look closley you can see the mans features.And the landlady would know her own father

ray pont
without question its got to be Elvis

Terry McCormick
Is this a digital photograph or conventional film? If it is film then there could be many explanations for the mysterious figure. If it is digital, then unless the BBC have manipulated the image then I suggest it is definitely a paranormal apparition!!!!

claire r
it gave me goosebumps looking at this. doesnt look faked tho.

Tom
Pub li city stunt

Peter McCoubrey
this could possibly be some sort of reflection off the glass,but it is definitely not proof that ghosts exist as some are claiming

graham forshaw
Not really spooky, all good pubs serve spirits. But seriously, it is very interesting and I think further investigation should take place. I would also be interested to hear what Tom Slemmen has to say about it.

peter mccoubrey
how can the landlady say this looks like her father when no distinguishing features can be clearly picked out

mason of buckley
it is most certainly an anomaly of a kind, i believe it to be spectral...

Neil Martin
It not a ghost, but Billy Butler. Suppose that they both scare people!

ray jones
quite spooky. very hard to explain.definately needs expert ananlysis.

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