'GHOST' of couple walking their DOG appears in park photo

A dog walker was left stunned after the 'ghost' of a couple and their pooch appeared in a photograph.

Sue Radigan, 49, took the spooky snap while walking her dog, Mia, in a park near her home in Wythall, Birmingham.

German Shepherd Mia started staring into the distance and barking as Sue took her for a walk at dusk last week so she decided to take a picture.

When she got home she spotted the image of an elderly couple and their Airdale Terrier in the photograph next to Mia - even though she had been alone in the park.

Sue said: "I had been out walking Mia with my camera, hoping to get some nice pictures of her in the autumn leaves."We hadn't been out for very long when it started to get dark, so I took a detour through our local park so that Mia could have a good run off the lead before home time.

"She is normally a very quiet dog, but she suddenly turned and just stared into the middle of the park, and started barking.

"There was no-one else there, so I said to her 'What is it girl?', but she just kept barking at nothing.

"I'm not sure why I did it, but I just pulled out the camera and took a picture.

"Mia stopped barking just as quickly as she had started, and I forgot about it until I looked through my camera later.

"The photograph looked as though there were two lights in it, so I showed it to my friend Gary, who is good with cameras, and he showed me how to lighten it on my computer."We could see the three figures straight away. I was absolutely flabbergasted.

"I have no idea who these people are, but they were not in the park when I took the photo.

"It gave me goosebumps - it is really spooky."

Pal Gary Staples said: "I couldn't believe it when I saw Sue's photo. I just turned up the brightness a bit and there they were, clear as day.

"It's a bit creepy."