Most mothers would be distraught if their daughter said, 'I see dead people' - but Gillian Wearing was delighted.
For the last four years daughter Charlotte, 16, says she has seen the apparition of a man dressed in Victorian attire in her family home on Genn Lane, Ward Green.
He has never appeared to mum and lover of the supernatural Gillian, 58, or dad Guy, 60, but Charlotte accidentally captured the dapper spirit, which the family have affectionately named 'Jack', in a photo on her iPad tablet computer.
It appears to show a shadowy man, standing near a bush in the family's back garden, wearing a top hat and cape.
Gillian said it came as a big shock to the family.
She said Charlotte was trying to take a photo of a wood pigeon. "But, when she came down the stairs, her face was white and she was tapping the iPad because she'd got Jack," said Gillian.
Charlotte said she has also seen a woman in a blue frock and shawl holding a baby in her parents' room last year and Gillian thinks this may have something to do with Jack.
Gillian said: "I feel so sorry for him because I think he's looking for his wife and child. I think he should just move on but I'd love to know who he was and why he's here."
Despite her mother's enthusiasm, however, Charlotte says she would prefer not to have her 'gift'. "I don't like it," she said. "I just don't like it."
© 2013 Barnsley Chronicle Ltd
Would you likes paranormal team to come investigate? Or maybe your daughter would like to come to an event? There's nothing to be scared of lol
Can't see any photo though lol
Unfortunately this is not real! I have the exact same application for my iPhone which can add this exact man wearing the top hat and coat. The application is called ghost capture and you can download it now from App store on any apple product. Sorry to spoil the fun :(
That's the worst photo I've ever seen
Everybody whos got Apple store go and download Ghost Capture free Edition.
Here you will see how easy this was to fake!
Its the same Guy ive got on my iphone.
I hope the Girls got a red face shes wanting attention!!!!
****** ridiculous !
What a joke! Everyone knows it can't be 'Jack', but it is.. 'Ward Green Willy', who was last seen fishing in the reservoir one stormy day, and was never seen again... And now, when the full moon shines he returns to walk the gardens of Ward Green in his Victorian fishing attire, frightening folks with ipads, who have nothing else better to do.... Wooooooooo!!
It's from an app called Ghost Capture. Here's a screenshot at MacWorld showing that exact ghost top right.
http://images.macworld.com/appguide/images/349/479/650/ss1.jpg
Charlotte Wearing just wanted some attention, and she got it. Sad, really.
To all out there who think this is a "joke" Hand on heart, this picture was captured in the garden and it is not an APP. The apparition has been seen in the house as well as the garden. Charlotte is not an attention seeker and anyone who wants to see the picture on the i pad are more than welcome