On Saturday night (15th October), me and my friend, Jenna Lock, decided to have a bit of a girly night out.

We were in Nexus and stayed till close. Being young, we thought that it was too early to go home. We decided to go for a walk. Stupid idea, I suppose, as it was around 3am on Sunday!

We walked through Marble Arch tunnel on Leeman Road. It was lit up enough, so we didn't see a problem.

We decided to make a funny video walking through there so we could look back on our night out.

There was nobody else down there. It was very quiet. When we got to the taxi rank at the train station, we decided to look at the video for a giggle.

We played it back and Jenna noticed that a man was in the video. I thought it was an actual man at first. When I looked at it, she wasn't joking! He appears in the video 3 times!

The first time is not very obvious at all. The second time is very clear and he is looking at me as I walk past. Jenna then turns the camera round to face her and he is peering over her shoulder. This is something neither of us can explain.

I thought it might be my phone playing up, but its very coincidental for this object to appear 3 times! The second appearance also is far too clear to say it's anything else.

I cried when I saw it! I had to sleep with the light on because I was so scared.

Site Editor's note

We investigated the apparition for Tarah and Jenna. Mark Graham of the Original Ghost Walk of York told us there were tales of ghosts in the area.

"There were supposedly duels fought there during times of war," he said. "One of the things that is said is that the veil betwen life and death is a thin one, and is sometimes captured in the blink of an eye or the lens of a camera."

What do you think of the girls' ghoulish experience? Has anything similar happened to you? Do you know anything about the area's history, or its reputation for ghosts? If you have pictures or stories for My York News, be they spooky or just about your fun night out, email your words to stories@myyorknews.com and your digi pics to photos@myyorknews.com. Sens mobile phone pictures and text messages to our My York News line on 07814 510 241.

Your comments:

I have seen the footage that Tarah has on her phone(I don't know Tarah, I was sent it) and I am amazed... forget about the images of faces that you could say are lights (and there are a lot of them and some are following her for a while too)cos the image of the man close up and reaching out cannot be dismissed as lights and I challenge anyone to inspect it.. i have paused it and watched it frame by frame too and I cannot explain it any other way than to say it's a ghost ( by the way, I am 37 years old and not easily fooled!)

Anne, York

Updated: 11:13 Saturday, October 22, 2005