Ghostly 'Brocken spectre' appears in the clouds over Yorkshire

Walker spots super-rare phenomenon during a stroll across the fog-bound Cleveland Way

Heavenly: This apparition is caused by a rare trick of the light

A British walker has spotted a rare phenomenon called a "Brocken spectre" in the skies over Yorkshire.

Mirror reader Ian Lowry was taking a Sunday stroll across the The Cleveland Way, when he suddenly spotted a ghostly figure in the sky, which he captured on camera.

He wasn't hallucinating and this wasn't a visitation from the other side, but the effects of a natural occurrence first recorded in Germany.

A Brocken spectre occurs when an observer's shadow is cast onto the upper surface of a cloud, often appearing inside a rainbow-like halo caused by light shining through water droplets.

Ian said: "From where we were walking, you can usually see for miles, but the sky was covered in all directions by fog.

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