A real-life Tayside ghostbuster got a surprise when his ‘lady in white’ turned up in black and red for their wedding.
Founder of Kirriemuir Paranormal Investigators (KPI), Isaac Stewart, 54, took a break from hunting the living dead to tie the knot with his partner of 14 years, Shirley Cooper, 45, who is originally from Forfar.
The nuptials happened outside the couple’s home in the town, where Isaac regularly meets with like-minded fans of the supernatural in the family living room.
It was a double celebration for birthday girl Shirley, who drew the line at any ghost-related goings-on during her big day, and chose a red and black dress for the event.
While she tolerates club meetings in her home, the newly-wed said she won’t accept any activities that involve trying to contact the dead.
“I don’t mind it, I kind of humour it to be honest,” said the mother of three. I don’t mind people coming up and sharing their stories but I don’t go along to anything outwith the house.”
Isaac’s apparition obsession started when he was just 16 and, since going public with the KPI internet page last year, he has discovered he is not alone out there.
“I woke up one night about 1.05am when I was staying in the same room as my gran,” said the former forestry worker, who claims his house in Clova Road used to be haunted.
“I saw somebody standing in the middle of the floor. I started speaking to what I thought was my gran at the time but I looked across at her and she was still in bed.
“The spirit just stood there and she was wearing a sort of white or grey dress down to her feet.”
The hair-raising experience got Isaac hooked on the afterlife and, since reaching out to other “believers” a few months ago,his Facebook pagehas attracted over 100 members.
One of his posts reads: “Have you got spirits or ghosts in your house? Don’t be afraid, you’re not alone.
“Lots of other people are in the same situation. Let the Kirriemuir Paranormal Investigators team come and investigate.”
Isaac said: “I thought if I put something on the internet I could see if anybody was interested.
“We do a lot of going down to graveyards at night and we have been to a couple of houses where people have had spirits who were angry at them.”
KPI meet every few months for ghost-hunting trips around the area and have photographed a series of mysterious floating orbs and smoke patterns using a digital camera.
More unusual investigation equipment includes a night-vision camera and an EVP (electronic voice phenomena) reader, which Isaac uses as a spectre-detector and has dubbed the “Ghostmaster Pro.”
Past KPI probes have included a look into the haunting of a house in Edzell by crying children and sightings of a lady in white in Northmuir.