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Is This Proof The Grim Reaper Is Real? Sceptic Captures Spooky Graveyard Pic

A sceptic who set out to prove ghosts don’t exist came away a believer after capturing what looks like the Grim Reaper on camera.

Dean Johnson was more Scully than Mulder when he went out on a mission to Northamptonshire’s haunted Weedon Bec cemetery to put an end to the urban legends once and for all.

However, even he was left unable to explain the mysterious misty swirl that resembled the hooded figure of Death that he captured on his camera.

The 48-year-old from Daventry, Northants, said: “I was never expecting to see anything - I’d taken loads of random pictures around the whole cemetery, and then this came out.

"It was cold but not misty - I could see my breath, but nothing like what I caught in the picture.

Death: The Grim Reaper is known for his black hooded cloak and scythe (Rex)

"A lot of people think it looks like the Grim Reaper, but I think it looks like a misty monk with his right arm behind his back - especially with the cloak and hood.

"This is one of the clearest pictures I’ve taken in my life where I can’t explain what the cause is - often you can say someone’s breathing into the frame or it’s different shades of light playing tricks, but this is something else.”

Delivery driver Dean’s fascination with ghosts started after his brother was killed in a road accident and despite his desire to believe, his three decades of research have made him sceptical.

And even with the sight of the Grim Reaper on his own photos, he’s still not convinced.

He added: "It was really spooky - but I still don’t believe in ghosts!..

“Over the years I’ve been to hundreds of haunted places, and 95 per cent of the time you can explain away odd things in pictures - it’s all about the power of suggestion.”

Top pic: Dean Johnson/Caters