A ghost hunter says he caught the spirit of Queen Elizabeth I on camera at a stately home - 600 years after she secretly stayed there.
Steve Wesson, 44, visited Strelley Hall near Nottingham during an investigation with UK Ghost Hunts in the hope of snapping a spook.
However, the paranormal event company co-founder got more than he bargained for when he unwittingly filmed what he thinks could be the Virgin Queen silently hovering in a cellar archway.
The video posted on YouTube shows a translucent figure appear for 10 seconds before vanishing into thin air.
Dad-of-one Steve has since returned to where he believes the Tudor monarch appeared and claims to have possibly caught her on camera a second time.
Steve, from Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, said: "There is nothing plausible that it could be apart from an apparition.
"There was no one around, I just can't explain it.
"I have been through so many hours of footage and never seen anything like that before - it's just amazing.
"Apparently Queen Elizabeth I slept above where this was taken as that's where the old rooms were.
"No one ever talked about it as for some reason she wasn't supposed to be there - it was all a bit hush hush - some sort of secret."
Fascinated by the footage, Steve returned to the spot last week and claims to have caught Her Majesty on camera again.
Steve said: "I stood in the archway where the figure was after taking the picture and there was nothing there. I don't know if it's Queen Elizabeth I but it would be really cool if it was."
UK Ghost Hunts lead investigator Vicky Grant said: "I think the figure looks like a female as when you look closely it's almost like a flowing dress."
Steve said: "I remember it clearly popping up, it just appeared for a few seconds and then disappeared.
"It's just amazing - for something to just appear and disappear for no reason is quite shocking.
"There are times when you still get freaked out and squeal like a girl but I usually have a bit of an explanation, however, this one still makes me shiver.
"I was excited as well as being freaked out - I was over the moon.
"You hear the stories about these sort of things but it's so hard to get them on camera.
"You can run cameras for so long and get nothing but to come across something that can't be explained is just incredible."
The team visited the hall on October 31, 2015 and returned the day after in a bid to find an explanation for the figure on screen.
Steve said: "We went back to the exact spot under the archway where the figure was seen to manifest and we tried to debunk it by trying different light settings to create shadows.
"We even tried to experiment with a real person but the figure was too whole and you could clearly see it was a person.
"We were overjoyed at our capture, something like this is extremely rare in the paranormal community and we feel very privileged that we captured this amazing piece of evidence.
"This will forever be one of our greatest captures."