Is this the ghost of Robin Hood? UFO expert says this smoke shows sword-wielding spirit of Nottingham outlaw - even though it was taken in Devon 

  • John Mooner, of Devon, is a UFO expert and has regular encounters with aliens
  • He captured a picture with a strange smoke pattern which he believes is a ghost
  • He is sure it's the ghost of outlaw Robin Hood, though the picture was taken miles away from Sherwood Forest 

By Rebecca Taylor For Mailonline

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A UFO expert who claims to have been abducted by aliens has released pictures he believes are of the ghost of Robin Hood.

But the man who stole from the rich to give to the poor was captured not in Sherwood Forest, but in Cockington, Devon.

John Mooner shot the pictures of a caped figure wearing a hat and wielding a sword and said he was left stunned.  

The picture John Mooner took which he believes shows the ghost of Robin Hood with a sword

The picture John Mooner took which he believes shows the ghost of Robin Hood with a sword

The images appear to show a ring of smoke which forms a figure with a pointed hat and a sword.  

He said: 'I was not smoking and there was not any smoke when the photograph was taken. It really is a peculiar manifestation.

'If you look closely at the photograph you can clearly see a ghost of someone in a hat with a cape wielding a sword with a hand guard.

Mr Mooner, a UFO expert, said he can see the shape of someone in a cape and hat, wielding a sword

Mr Mooner, a UFO expert, said he can see the shape of someone in a cape and hat, wielding a sword

Robin Hood is often portrayed as wearing Lincoln green and donning a pointed hat when he steals from the rich

Robin Hood is often portrayed as wearing Lincoln green and donning a pointed hat when he steals from the rich

ROBIN HOOD AND NOTTINGHAM 

Robin Hood was a heroic character of English folklore and was associated with several places over the centuries, most notably Sherwood Forest.

The first mention of him there was made around 1420 in the Lincoln Cathedral Manuscript. 

Robin Hood's Well and the Major Oak are also linked with him and his band of merry men.

He was also linked with West Yorkshire and Barnsdale at other points. 

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'The ghost appears to be manifesting from the top of a wall right side of the the arch.

'This is incredible.'

Mr Mooner, of Newton Abbot, Devon, has taken several pictures showing other world activity over the years, and claims he was abducted for an hour in 2014.

He said he has always been fascinated by UFOlogy and has been studying the field for more than two decades. 

On his website, he says he has photographed UFOs leaving and entering the sea on the English coast and that he encounters strange phenomenon every day. 

More recently, he thinks he may have been abducted in 2016 and believes he could have had a sexual encounter with a Pleiadian woman, who said he would have to 'go back' with her if he got her pregnant. 

Mr Mooner is chief photographer for World UFO photos and a member of The British Earth and Aerial Mysteries Society.  

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