Speaking of vampires...

In the UK, we have a programme on satellite TV called 'Most Haunted'. I admit to taking it a little less than seriously--it is television after all--but they do produce the occasional interesting result.

The programme has run through seven series and a number of live events, and has not produced absolute proof of the existence of ghosts. This is not a criticism. I don't have proof either. Nor does anyone else. Most investigations produce nothing at all (no, orbs don't count unless you can see them without a digital camera).

At the moment they are running a live event in Transylvania, at the castle once lived in by Vlad Dracul, the Impaler and inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula.

If you have Sky TV in the UK, it's channel 112 (I think). If you have another UK cable or satellite TV provider, Living TV might be elsewhere.

Otherwise, there's a website with live webcams. The show runs 9pm to midnight GMT, but I think the cameras are on all the time.

Last night they did pick up an interesting thing, but not with all the techno-wizardry they took with them. Their security men were checking the place, and, since they'd never been to Transylvania before, one of them took a snippet of film with his mobile phone.

Two women were in the courtyard where he was filming. As they left, a shadow appeared to rise from the floor near them and follow them out.

My first thought--and no doubt yours--was that it was a shadow of the women. Yet it was clearly one shadow, and there were two women. The shadow took long strides. If it was a shadow of both women, superimposed, then unless they marched perfectly in step, the legs would have been blurred. They weren't.

It's a very interesting piece of film and I hope to see more of it. I expect someone will capture it and put it on YouTube soon. There might be a logical explanation, but I don't see one at the moment.

Just goes to show - you can spend a fortune on equipment, than have your best evidence captured on a mobile phone camera by someone who isn't part of the team.

Ghosthunting involves a huge element of luck. The amount you spend on equipment is irrelevant. You still have to point it in the right direction. Unfortunately, there are no signposts to tell us which direction to film.