If there's something strange in your neighbourhood, or you hear things go bump in the night, who should you call?
No, not the Ghostbusters .
Lee Callaghan, 45, set us his own business to help people who are scared in their own homes.
But unlike companies that charge to help, or even invite paying customers along to ‘ ghost hunt ’, the Teessider is doing this out of goodwill.
Tees Valley Paranormal Investigations will carry out investigations to hopefully put people at ease - by either giving them a simple explanation for the suspected paranormal activity or producing evidence.
“There’s lots of people out there doing this kind of thing at big stately homes and charging people to go on a ghost hunt,” Lee told the Gazette Live .
“But for me, this is about helping people.
“For example one woman got in touch with me because she is too scared to be in her house because she believes there is something there.
“She can hear things such as voices and footsteps.
“Another person who has got in touch isn’t frightened by whatever he has seen, he just wanted to know if there was something or whether we could put a name to it.”
“It's obviously a subject that interests me and I do believe there’s something,” added Lee.
“But because I’m a gas engineer, I know a lot about how houses are built and can resolve a lot of it by saying it’s just the house itself.
“Of course it would be great for me if something was to show up. But I would be very wary before I put anything out as evidence.”
Lee, who has bought several pieces of kit in order to carry out these investigations, can also relate to the feeling of being scared at home.
“I have had a couple of experiences myself,” he said.
“One was when I was living on Abingdon Road in Middlesbrough - I was tormented there.
“Pictures could get shattered off the walls, doors would open, and I would have the feeling things were walking into me.
“So I know how scary it can be. This is why I have set up Tees Valley Paranormal Investigations.
“Originally I was going to do it as a business idea, but in the end I thought the people who need it the most might not be able to come to me that way.
“Of course if it started taking off and taking up a lot of my time I might have to consider it, but for now it is about helping people.
“A person’s home is where they should feel most safe, so I just want to help change that.”
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