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A poltergeist is giving customers at a Birmingham salon a hair-raising experience by spooking them as they get their locks cut.

Both staff and customers at Nokes’z Hair in Church Road, Northfield, have been subject to the weird goings-on over the last four years.

They have reported seeing a ghostly face staring at them in the darkness – while a spooky image has also been captured on film.

John Conway, from West Midlands Ghost Club, was photographed seated at the salon, with a strange swirling mist near his face.

The catalogue of creepy incidents have stretched back to 2009, when Sarah Nokes first opened the salon. Other potential paranormal activities include:

* A strange mist forming in the back of the salon, spotted by a customer;

* Staff opening up in the morning to find vases and mirrors stacked up on the floor;

* A dustpan and brush being thrown across the room;

* Strange voices calling out – and hairdryers switching themselves on.

In other chilling incidents, a coin dating back to the 1700s mysteriously appeared on the salon doorstep – while a 5p coin was also once thrown at Sarah.

Hairdresser Laura Shaw, 18, saw one apparition while closing up one night.







She said: “We had just switched off the lights and were in darkness. Then it just appeared – a huge face of a man, made out of lights.

‘‘I didn’t hang around long enough to see any features in close detail. It really shook me up and I just ran.”

Fellow worker Louise Fisher, 19, added: “We were once talking about tucking into a pack of digestive biscuits in the kitchen. Next thing you know we heard a thud – and the pack of biscuits had been thrown off the shelf onto the floor.”

Owner Sarah, 36, says she had heard rumours that a family had died in a fire in the property in the early 1900s, yet says no pesky poltergeist will force her out.

She added: “I don’t feel threatened by whoever or whatever is haunting this place. I don’t get a sense that it is malevolent, just mischievous.

‘‘Customers have experienced strange things going on here but they keep coming back.”

Nick Duffy, from West Midlands Ghost Club, is now set to carry out an investigation at the hair salon.

He added: “This is a fascinating case as there have been so many incidents witnessed by lots of different people. It sounds like the behaviour of a mischievous spirit or poltergeist.”

There are plenty of ghosts in Birmingham and the rest of the region. Check out our guide to Birmingham's most haunted hotspots.