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It's Mystery Water time!  The "Leicester Mercury," November 11, 1991:

A family today claimed they were being plagued by a ghost that leaves patches of water which then vanish throughout their Leicester home. 

The Boulter family say their four-bedroom council house on the Netherhall estate has been disrupted by the spirit--believed to be that of a former woman resident. 

In the past two weeks they claim the ghoulish goings-on have become so troublesome they have called in county exorcist Canon Ken Quine. 

Blessed palm crucifixes have now been hung in the home, which the family say has been haunted since they moved in two years ago. 

Pensioner Mrs Doris Boulter (70) said: “It hasn’t bothered me up to now, but now things are getting really bad. We find water everywhere--on the beds, chairs, and carpets. A couple of days ago I picked up the remote control to change the TV channel and it was dripping wet. But within minutes it was dry again.” 

She added: “Two men from the council have been out but couldn't find a leak anywhere “The strange thing is the liquid doesn’t seep through and it is silky to the touch." 

Her railway worker son Stephen (36) who lives with Doris, her husband Frank, (68) sister Janet, (30) and his son Luke, aged eight, said the family has become worried by the incidents.  

“I work a constant night shift, and when I come home the house feels colder than it is outside. I get a real shiver down my spine. It affects my mum more than anyone but my little boy is bothered by it too,” he said. 

Canon Quine, vicar of Belgrave, who has been studying psychic phenomena for 25 years, confirmed the bizarre happenings.

He has visited the home twice, and on one occasion saw an apparition of a swarthy woman with dark hair and eyes.

“It is the first time I have come across a spirit using liquid in this way. It seems it wants the family out. The substance is not water and simply disappears in minutes so cannot be analysed.” 

He added: “It is all very disturbing for the family and I will do what I can to help them.” 

Two neighbours have also seen the water appear.

I couldn’t find any follow-ups to the story, so perhaps, as so often happens in poltergeist accounts, the strange phenomena soon ended as abruptly as it began.