Hair-raising!
Tyler Chorley — who owns the salon TJC & BLC Aesthetics in Manchester, England — has fled his property after seeing what he believes is a family of ghosts there, Kennedy News and Media reports.
The 32-year-old beautician received notification of a “humanoid” on his shop’s motion-activated cameras on June 28. Chorley claims he spotted the outlines of parents and their two kids among shelves in his salon.
“When I saw them I was freaked out,” Chorley told Kennedy News. “I showed people I work with, and they saw straight away. It’s as bright as day.”
He told his salon partner and co-owner, Brodie Chorley, about his sighting shortly thereafter.
They are “too scared” to return.
The “petrified” Chorley claims he learned that a mom and baby died in a fire on the property, which used to boast a terraced house.
He believes these are the spirits he saw.
“We did some research and found a picture of the people who used to live there,” he explained. “It’s exactly like the family on the camera.”
And, since he began renting the space in January, he recalls experiencing a box being “thrown across the room,” as well as a neon sign being moved when he wasn’t there.
“All I see when I close my eyes is the mom, dad, little boy and the little girl in that CCTV footage,” Chorley said.
After the incident, he decided to lease a new space 5 minutes down the road, admitting he has lost nearly $13,000 in the process.
He still has to pay rent on the old salon and remains too scared to go back inside to retrieve his used equipment.
“I’ve lost a lot of business because all my clientele is around that area,” he continued. “More than [$12,700]. It’s just too much anxiety for me. I don’t want to be there.”
“We’re not making any profit because any money we get we’re spending on rent, so I’m waking up to work and pay rent on a shop that isn’t open,” he lamented.
Now, Chorley is begging someone to come and “cleanse” the building by burning sage.
He pleaded for help in a Facebook post on Aug. 17, reportedly upon the insistence of students from his salon academy.
Chorley wrote that he is looking for someone to come and spend a “good few hours” in the shop to rid it of the spirits.
“Do we have any spirit people on my Facebook?” he asked in the post, according to Kennedy News. “Someone that can come out to my clinic and spend a good few hours there. You definitely will feel energy if you’re into this.”
When he woke up the next day, the post had conjured up hundreds of likes, shares and comments, as well as messages from ghost hunters eager to help.