WATCH: 'Ghost' opens haunted cottage window

A ghost hunter claims he has proof his cottage is haunted with footage of the moment a 'ghost' opened his bedroom window.

Andrew Ward was so convinced that his 400-year-old cottage in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, in the UK, was haunted that he set up a camera to capture any paranormal activity last week.

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The 62-year-old wholesaler believes the video confirms his belief that the property is haunted after more than 30 years of rumours and speculation by previous occupants and even a death there.

Eerie footage shows the latch on the window lift up sharply on its own, swing round and drop back down, before moments later the heavy-framed window opens.

"It's definitely a ghost – it's really spooky. I knew there was a ghost here and I was determined to prove it,” Andrew said.

"The two nights before it happened there was just nothing there but I was sure that one night I was just going to be lucky.

After seeing the footage, friends asked Andrew how he could still be sleeping in the house and one even told him he should put a crucifix up on his wall.

The cottage has developed a reputation in the village after years of reports of things going 'bump in the night'.

"We live next to an old church in this part of Melbourn – it's a very well known cottage and the whole area has quite a spooky presence about it.

"We've had the property since the 1980s and we've had some tenants saying it's so spooky they can't live there,” he said.

While the video appears to show the window being unlatched by itself with no one nearby, Andrew is adamant that the only explanation is that it was a ghost but has vowed to keep investigating.

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