GHOSTLY goings on are creating a major paranormal disturbance for a pensioner near Great Yarmouth.

Percy Blyth, 86, a former BT engineer, has been seeing ghosts in his Bradwell home for the past four years.

The pensioner, who lives in a semi-detached bungalow with his handicapped daughter Jane, told the Evening News the apparitions were visiting him nearly every night, often two or three of them at a time.

Mr Blyth, who moved into the property when it was brand new 10 years ago, said: "We've been seeing things for a few years now and it seems like a week hasn't gone by without us seeing something. But now it's got much worse.

"My wife saw them when she was alive. She saw a lady walking up the hallway towards her.

"But I see two men and a woman at the end of my bed when I wake up in the night. The man comes towards me and then just disappears.

"Once the woman was offering me something. They never say anything but I've shouted at them to clear off. It's quite sinister."

The pensioner, whose wife died last year, has now moved out of his normal bedroom into the one next door to try to avoid the spooks, which only appear at night.

He has previously made attempts to find out why his home seems to be attracting paranormal activity and four years ago invited a priest there to say prayers in each of the rooms, but he said it had not seemed to make any difference.

Mr Blyth's daughter, Susan Goddard, said: "It's got so bad he's dreading going to bed. It is scary. If he has to get up out of bed in the night, he's terrified.

"I remember my mum saying she had seen a lady but now dad is seeing men and a lady. Just lately it's got much worse.

"We had been told there was part of a graveyard on that land but I'm not sure if that's right. Something's got to be done because it's getting so he's frightened to go to bed."

Mrs Goddard's husband Neville said: "Percy is not the sort of chap who is going to be foolish. He knows what he saw and that's that. He's very alert and articulate.

"He's not up for a laugh, this is deadly serious. We're all just keen to find out what is going on."

Gorleston-based ghostbusters Paranormal Dimensions are now planning to pay Mr Blyth a visit.

Investigator Julie Fellowes said she was confident she and her colleagues would be able to get to the root of the problem.

She said: "We use scientific equipment, including motion detectors and temperature and light sensors and environmental measurement equipment.

"We also check out the whole surrounding geographic area. We mainly establish what's going on. There is often a rational explanation.

"If Mr Blyth wants us to, we can also put him in touch with a medium."

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