A mother-of-two was left sleepless and terrified after spotting a ghostly figure in a photograph she took of her son.

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Laura Watson has suggested the spirit - which looks to be a small boy in the snap - can be seen with its hand on her own child's shoulder in a chilling photo.

As reported by the Daily Mirror newspaper, she said: ''It's very unusual and everyone is really freaked out. Me and my daughter couldn't even go to sleep last night because we were so scared.

''My husband is on night shifts and I was alone and I was like 'oh God'. I was terrified in case anything had followed us back.

''I've had people on our Facebook saying they are going to send me prayers. I didn't believe in anything like that until I saw this for myself.''