Thursday 3 May 2018


Thursday May 3rd 2018 

I found myself recently 'tagged' in a picture on social media by a friend and asked what I made of the image....?  Not having been aware of the photograph previously, it was interesting to learn that a second, similar picture - obtained by a different person, not all that far from the first - had later been taken!

The first shot (above) was taken by a fisherman - Clive Lloyd - on the River Trent, in late July 2017.  The site in question was near Branston Golf Course, at Burton On Trent, Staffordshire. 

Clive was taking some pics for an angling site when he obtained two images.... the second of which seemed to contain what appeared to be a misty figure standing on the opposite bank?  His first shot - albeit a little 'fuzzy' - contained nothing of interest, it seems.....

Comments left on a media related site pertaining to the picture suggests that the 'figure' could perhaps be little more than the effect of rain falling past the camera lens..... an interesting theory, given the fact that a smaller, slim, light-coloured 'blob' can be seen directly above the 'figure' in the picture?

However - adding further intrigue to this matter - it transpires that a local man, John Anderson, was boating with his son some months later, when they spotted a 'white figure' again on the bank of the Trent near Burton!?  While Mr. Anderson maintained that he didn't believe in ghosts, he did seem perplexed by their sighting, saying:  " I don't really know what it looked like. It did look a bit like a person but it seemed to stand out more than a person would. It seemed as though it stood out a lot more in reality. It was all very bizarre..... Whatever it was seemed to appear and disappear too quickly to be a person, so I don't really know what it could have been.  I guess there are just some things out there that cannot be explained....."

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