A PARANORMAL investigation team has released a chilling photograph taken during a night of spirit-hunting at an historic Kendal pub.

Paranormal Keepers, a group based in Cramlington, Northumberland, booked the Ring o' Bells pub in Kirkland to conduct the investigation with the assistance of a medium and lots of high-tech equipment, according to pub manager Scott Dawson.

The pub is well-known for reported ghostly happenings with Scott appearing on ITV's This Morning in August about a video posted online showing a pint glass being moved by an invisible force in the pub. Its status as one of the only pubs in England built on hallowed ground only adds to its mystique.

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The photo shows what appears to be a ghostly face looking out from a mysterious cavity behind a wall in a small vaulted room in the cellar - a room where paranormal activity has been reported several times before.

Sara Marshall, from Paranormal Keepers, said: "The photo itself was great evidence - I've never been in a building like it, it's alive with activity, and not just from the living.

"It really was a privilege to be invited there - Tony (Leach, pub landlord), and Scott are amazing people."