Maybe selfies really are timeless? (Picture: Mercury)

Two friends were simply trying to take an innocent selfie recently when they unintentionally included a paranormal extra.

The girls claim they were photobombed by a ‘ghost’ while on a night out in Newcastle last Sunday.

After flashing their best smiles in the ‘virtually empty’ Slug and Lettuce, pals Victoria Greeves, 22, and Kayley Atkinson, 23, were horrified to see the spooky being stood behind them.

‘It is so clear, and it looks like what can only be described as a Victorian woman, laughing behind us,’ said Victoria.


She was so scared of what she saw that she deleted the photo from her phone, but not before sending it to a few friends via Snapchat.

While the two girls are regulars to the bar, both said they will think twice before visiting it again.



Seemingly neither of them reasoned that, being fairly close to Halloween, the ‘Victorian woman’ could have just been another punter in fancy dress.

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