On Thursday, January 22, 2004 the Post told the story of a 'haunted house' in Clydebank...

SPOOKY sightings in a Radnor Park house have forced a terrified tenant to move out — because he was too scared to sleep in his home.

The petrified man said ghastly going-ons at his Second Avenue home have convinced him an evil spirit is haunting the place.

And the council tenant is so afraid he had the house blessed for the second time last week — in a bid to get rid of the spirit once and for all.

The shocked resident — who did not want to be named — told the Post: “I have been a sceptic all my life but the things that have been going on in my house over the past few weeks have led me to believe otherwise.

“My lights go on and off by themselves, and the cords pull by themselves even when there is no-one touching them. I had a putrid smell in my house the other day, and there was no explanation where it was coming from. And the other night when I was asleep, my partner and I were woken up by something freezing cold holding my hand. There are so many unexplainable things happening and they’ve left me absolutely terrified.”

The horrified man had his home blessed last week. Now he plans to set up a video camera in the hope he can catch some evidence of his unwelcome visitor.

He added: “A priest has been here before to bless the home and he did say he could feel a presence. I heard reports of a fatal fire in the building a number of years ago, so I don’t know if that has anything to do with it but whatever it is, it’s frightening.”

Ghosts like the Second Avenue spirit are not uncommon — with hundreds of reported sightings throughout Britain each year.

Clydebank is no stranger to them.

Studio Three in the Radio Clyde Buildings is home to a ‘scratcher’ ghost, so named because it scratched the arms of one guest.

And apparitions were often sighted on the first Queen Mary, famously launched at the John Browns shipyard.

Travellers claimed to have witnessed spectres floating throughout the ship, and some said they even sat with the spooks at the breakfast table.