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(Image: PAUL SICURO)

Ghosthunters and truth-seekers have been left stunned after this creepy image of a house appears to show a mysterious figure peering out of the window.

The photo is of a former parsonage – but a closer look reveals what appears to be a child-like figure starring out of a ground floor window.

(Image: PAUL SICURO)

The homeowner, Paul Sicuro, noticed the apparition after uploading it onto a computer.

His mother was the only person in the house.

Paul said: "My son took a picture of our house with a digital camera.

"It was in the afternoon and he was not looking for ghosts.

"Upon looking at the picture on the computer, there is an image of what appears to be a child looking out of the window.

"I was the only person in the house. We were astonished by this image to say the least. We have lived in this house for about 15 years and it is a former parsonage.

"We have experienced strange activity in the house as well as the former owner."

(Image: PAUL SICURO)

Paranormal investigators were sent to the house to produce electronic voice phenomena recordings and sent the photograph to a picture laboratory.

The lab said the photo was genuine and untouched – further adding to the mystery.

Ghost expert Gordon Rutter, author of Ghosts Caught on Film 3, said: "Of all the photographs examined as part of the Hauntings: the Science of Ghosts event this was the one that provoked most discussion.

"Some labelled it the most amazing photograph they had ever seen, others claimed rather than a child the figure has a beard and moustache.

"Some suggestions were that it is a reflection, a plumber, a happy accident of a placement of objects that look human, a deliberate fake, and others even saw several spirits in the picture."