Published: Thursday, 9th October, 2008 11:08am

Rosyth family see ghost in Kelty woods

by Graham Gibson

A ROSYTH man is in a state of shock after stumbling across what he believes is the ghost of an old miner while out walking with his family in Blairadam Forest, Kelty.

John Wilson (32), a joiner, of Daniel Place, had the spooky experience while visiting the forest with his wife and three children when they stopped near an abandoned mine to take family photographs.

Mr Wilson said, 'I put the pictures on the computer but never looked at them for a year.

"It was only when I went to sort them out a week ago that I noticed something odd.

"I went to crop the pictures to get rid of the rubbish and I noticed something odd in the tree line behind the kids.'

John is adamant that there was no-one else present at the time though does recall his dog was greatly agitated at nothing in particular, which at the time the family put down to an unseen rabbit in the bushes.

He reckons the photos appear to reveal the presence of a long-deceased miner and, although not a big believer in the afterlife, what John saw in the photograph has certainly made him think twice.

'I think it looks like on old miner wearing a flat cap and an old coat.

"I"m not a big believer in ghosts but I was going through my head trying to explain it and it"s all I think it could be.'

John is familiar with the area, having played there as a child and remembers vividly searching for the entrance to the mines which closed in the early 20th century.

'I used to stay in Kelty and spent a lot of time in those woods," he said.

"I know that"s near where the old Blairenbathie mines used to be.

"I used to go looking for the entrance shaft when I was a kid and I"m sure kids do the same these days.'

John is under strict instructions from his wife, Karen, to keep the photograph hidden from his three children, Holly (11), Derryn (5) and Kyle (3).

'My wife told me not to show it to the kids as it might scare them.

"They are still quite young to be dealing with such things.'

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