Ghost hunters spooked by figure in Highgate Cemetery

Two ghost hunters were spooked when they ran into a spirit in Highgate Cemetery without their specialist equipment.

North London Paranormal Investigators Micky Gocool, 46, and Louise Roche, 23, were giving their newly recruited medium a tour of their patch when they encountered a tall, dark, eerie figure.

Mr Gocool, who spoke to the Haringey Independent in April after bumping into George Michael in Highgate during an investigation, said: “That is the first time in my life that I felt frightened – it was just meant to be a tour for our new medium.

“I was really shocked because I didn’t know what to do – I felt like I was a member of the public again because I really didn’t know what to do.”

The team, who claim they saw the ghost just after 10pm on Wednesday, June 20, arrived in Highgate without specialist equipment used to track and record spirits.

Mr Gocoolsaid the team at first thought the vision was a vampire rumoured to frequent Highgate Cemetery, but he believes it is more likely to be the spirit of an undertaker.

He added: “I really did not expect that, but it is really not a sinister presence. He is a normal every day average Joe Public but because he is so tall he actually looks like a vampire.”

The ghost, which vanished after a split second, was also a shock for new medium Gemma Louise Pugh who only started with the team six weeks ago.

Mr Gocool, from Lordship Lane in Wood Green, describes himself as an investigator rather than a psychic, because the team gather supernatural evidence before allowing people to make up their own minds.

The team carries out investigations on houses and public spaces in and around north London looking for evidence of supernatural activity.