Meet the professional ghost hunter who investigates haunted sites others are too scared to visit.<br /><br />Beckie-Ann Galentine, 33, first got interested in the paranormal when she saw a floating blue orb while out at night with pals ten years ago.<br /><br />She worked as an undertaker - or mortician - for two years but spent her free evenings and weekends researching spooky stories and ghost hunting.<br /><br />Beckie-Ann - who claims to have seen a "handful" of ghosts or beings in real life - began sharing spooky stories on her TikTok in lockdown.<br /><br />She was soon flooded with requests to investigate haunted homes and creepy businesses and now she's a full time ghost hunter.<br /><br />She picks a story of interest or one suggested by her 685,000 TikTok followers and researches the story using historical facts and newspaper archives.<br /><br />And then verify's the clients concerns or queries regarding the spirits.<br /><br />She camps out in abandoned graveyards, forests, hospitals and hotels to verify if ghosts are there.<br /><br />Savvy Beckie-Ann also lectures on ghost hunting and earns most her money from views she gets to stories she shares on social media - which funds her travels.<br /><br />Beckie-Ann, from Starford, Pennsylvania, US, said: "It's a process and it's not as simple as other senses like sight or sound.<br /><br />"You mull it over and go 'that's what I experienced' and you try to understand it.<br /><br />"Some of my early ghost experiences were misunderstood as fear but now I undertand they were just trying to say hello.<br /><br />"It comes down to challenging your empathy and compassion. <br /><br />"I've had experiences where I just couldn't believe what had happened. It's hard to explain so I don't try to convice sceptics.<br /><br />"It doesn't happen when you're looking for it which contributes to the feeling of misunderstanding.<br /><br />"I've had experiences when I've been asleep.<br /><br />"I was dead asleep one night and I woke up to my bedroom door slamming, full force and I could smell this sour smell. <br /><br />"I had sleep paralysis and I was trying to wake up my partner and I couldn't move, I thought I was going to die. <br /><br />"As soon as it backed out of the door, I was able to wake up and it opened my roommates door who experienced the same thing. My partner told me no one came in the room last night.<br /><br />"It was terrifying."
