Ghost hunters searching for an evil ghoul in an Italian restaurant capture the spirit on camera and are shocked to see it looks just like Friday the 13th's Jason

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Ghost hunters believe they have captured the spirit of an evil ghoul on camera - and he looked just like Jason from Friday the 13th

Ghost hunters believe they have captured the spirit of an evil ghoul on camera - and he looked just like Jason from Friday the 13th.

The East Drive Paranormal team were called to investigate a restaurant after staff filmed a glass mysteriously flying off the bar and reported other strange events.

Jason Lindsay, 20, a medium, believes the restless spirit of an evil former prisoner hung for his sins in a nearby police station now haunts the building.

But even he was shocked when a thermal imaging camera picked up the clear image of a man stood in an empty room in New York Italian Kitchen in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

When the paranormal investigators later inspected the pictures they discovered the face is the double of murderous hockey mask-wearing horror villain Jason Voorhees.

Bouncer and car garage worker Mr Lindsay, from Pontefract, West Yorkshire, said: 'We got a call from the owners of the restaurant - they sent us CCTV in which you see a glass be lifted up and throw itself at the bar. They said the staff were frightened, they kept hearing and seeing strange things.

'As soon as we got inside things started happening pretty quickly. We sensed the presence of a man in his fifties. He seemed pretty annoyed - the restaurant had only recently opened and there had been decorating going on which we think had disturbed his place, and he was not happy about it.

'Everyone felt unwelcome, like we needed to leave, and this is the same feeling members of staff there have reported. The atmosphere had everyone on edge.

The paranormal investigators only noticed the likeness to Jason Voorhees (pictured in the film) when they looked at photographs later on

The team visited the New York Italian Kitchen (pictured) in Wakefield after the staff reported strange goings on

Pictured is the figure stood next to a member of the team, picked up by the thermal imaging camera during the visit

'We used a thermal imaging camera to take pictures and caught the image of a face behind the door - it looked just like there was a person stood there.

'We think it was definitely the same spirit we could feel, the photo is so clear. There was definitely no one else in the kitchen at all when the image was taken, we were all sat round the table.

'We were all shocked. When I looked back at the photos, I realised it actually does look like Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th.

'It definitely looks like a man in a mask and the character in the film is very similar to the spirit that was there. He wasn't welcoming and he made us feel uneasy.'

East Drive Paranormal, who formed to investigate 30 East Drive in Pontefract, the site of one of Europe's most notorious and powerful alleged hauntings, visited the restaurant in November.

The restaurant filmed a strange CCTV footage which apparently shows a glass being thrown from the bar by an invisible hand while staff members Josh Frith and Caitlin Baxby chat nearby

The establishment had sent them strange CCTV footage which apparently shows a glass being thrown from the bar by an invisible hand while staff members Josh Frith and Caitlin Baxby chat nearby.

Mr Lindsay said soon after arriving at the restaurant many of the investigators began feeling sick and suffering from pressure headaches, something they have felt before when unwelcoming spirits are present.

They sensed the presence of a man in his fifties they believe was a former criminal who was hung at an old police station or courthouse close to the building.

They also witnessed other unexplained activity such as a fork mysteriously falling onto the floor, heard strange tapping noises and picked up recordings of murmuring, humming and chanting.

The group even made contact with the spirit of a female child ghost they believe haunts the building after a small figure was picked up on infrared monitors stood next to medium Carol Fieldhouse.

Jason Lindsay, a medium, explained how some members of the team started feeling sick and suffered from headaches when the hostile spirit arrived

He claimed that the character seen on the thermal imaging camera looked just like Jason, the character from Friday the 13th, the infamous horror movie

Jason, who has been a medium for the last six years, said: 'Within minutes of arriving team members started getting tension headaches, which is something we have felt before when negative spirits are present, and two people began feeling sick.

'Many years ago there used to be an old police station and court house just up the road where criminals were kept and hung - we think that is what happened to this man.

'Underneath Wakefield there are tunnels which led between the police station, prison and court house - one of them is directly under the restaurant - so we think his body must be buried close by.

'After a few hours we managed to make contact with the male spirit and we told him it was not his premises and that he needed to leave the staff members alone.

'Later in the night as Carol was talking she felt the presence of a young girl close to her, a child or a teenager. This was picked up by the infrared movement monitors, you can see someone standing next to her.

'The whole thing was quite scary for us. But Carol and I work together and we would never do anything alone in case something went wrong.'

Mr Lindsay, left, with Carol Fieldhouse, who also felt the presence of a young girl spirit, and Yvette Fielding, members of the East Drive Paranormal team

In the CCTV clip filmed in New York Italian Kitchen in November, a glass tumbler can be seen mysteriously toppling off a black tray on the bar.

And owner Josh Frith, 23, said the restaurant's bizarre paranormal activity has continued since the East Drive Paranormal team's visit.

Mr Frith said: 'It is all a bit spooky, we don't have an explanation for what has been happening.

'It has freaked out some of the staff - the girls won't be in the building on their own - but some customers come to us because they have heard about the paranormal activity.

'The glass which was caught moving on CCTV is the most extreme thing we've ever had happen, the worst one.

'But recently a jar of peppercorns were thrown off a high shelf and landed upside down in the kitchen, but none of the peppercorns came out of the jar.. It was like someone had grabbed it and placed it upside down.'