Strange cloud shaped as a human was apprently spotted in Kitwe, Zambia (Picture: CEN)

Harry Potter Dementors are apparently real.

If you don’t believe us take a look at these pictures from Kitwe, Zambia.

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They seem to show one of the supernatural beings from JK Rowling’s books.

The dark humanoid figure is said to have been around 100 metres long, and according to Zambian media, locals were petrified when they saw it.


‘We were shocked to see images that looked like a human in the clouds for close to 30 minutes,’ an eyewitness apparently said.

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Was it a Dementor from Harry Potter (Picture: Warner Bros)

They added: ‘Some started worshipping but others ran away. It was so strange.’



The images were apparently taken over the skies of Mukuba Mall and the Dementor like figure was said to have stayed for half an hour.

But before you Harry Potter fans go booking tickets to Zambia be warned it was probably a weird cloud formation or Photoshop job.

Metro.co.uk has approached a cloud expert.

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