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'Haunted' station hires 'supernatural' officer

By Ben Hooper
Leamington Spa railway station. (Picapica)
Leamington Spa railway station. (Picapica)

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LEAMINGTON SPA, England, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- A British train station plagued by reports of hauntings has hired a "supernatural liaison officer" to deal with complaints of nuisance apparitions.

Chiltern Railways announced Nick Rees, 58, has been hired to serve as the "supernatural liaison officer" for the Leamington Spa, England, station, which was built in the 1800s and has been the subject of numerous ghost encounter reports from passengers and staff.

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"I get on with people and I can make anyone smile. I suppose that's why I can go about my duties as a supernatural liaison officer. I respect them and they respect me," Rees said.

"One of the haunted areas is a disused basement on platform three which has a partially blocked off staircase that seemingly leads to nowhere," he said. "The other area is the upstairs office building where staff regularly see and hear things including doors slamming and electrical equipment turning on and off."

Stephen Herbert, a security officer working the night shift at Leamington Spa, said ghosts are a fact of life at the station.

"Leamington Spa station is one of the most haunted places I have been to and I've been to many," he said. "I often see and hear ghosts on both platforms but from what I have seen they are nice ghosts and have good energy."

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