Paranormal investigation dog nicknamed ‘Spooky Doo’ sniffing out ghosts in Manchester

His name may be Bond, but he is certainly not a dog version of the international spy.

However, the five-year-old greyhound has an unusual job — he is a ghost detector and uses his amplified senses to sniff out any sinister activity.

He even has his own personal harness, with ‘Spooky Doo’ embroidered on it, a tongue-in-cheek reference to his cartoon counterpart Scooby Doo.

His owners Brian Sterling-Vete and partner Helen Wuorio run a Manchester-based paranormal investigation agency called Paranormal Rescue in their spare time.

In a post on her website, Helen described the couple as ‘approaching the subject from an open-minded objective scientific position’.

She said: “We share a hobby-cum-new professional obsession that tries to solve old mysteries and scientifically tries to solve riddles that seem to have a paranormal twist.”

The couple adopted Bond from a greyhound rescue center, and his new life as a four-legged paranormal investigator began, taking him to many allegedly haunted places in the Greater Manchester area and even further afield.

A video sent by BBC news shows exactly what happens during one of these investigations, of a former police station in Bolton, which Brian believes is haunted after Bond seemed to react after one of their previous visits.

The former police station is now a dormitory, but staff have often reported a sense of dread as they approached the basement that used to house prisoners.

In the video, Brian Bond describes as a “very good sensory equipment” on their ghost hunting missions.

“Far better than the electronic equipment in many ways because he automatically senses things and notifies us.”

Bond and Brian explored the basement of the old police station in Bolton (Photo: BBC)

Bond and Brian go from room to room checking the old cells, some of which are dimly lit and cramped, before stopping outside a particular cell.

“Bond was chasing something only he could see around the building, pulling my wife behind him on the tip and eventually settling in this cell.” Added Brian.

Bond had previously reacted to the cell, and it turned out to have a tragic story behind it – two prisoners allegedly took their own lives there, 100 years before.

This time, Bond seems reluctant to re-enter the cell, which Brain attributes to his previous reaction.

Greg Paton, one of the staff at the college, said, “I can only say that dogs know many things people do not know, and I believe in him.”

Whether you are a skeptic or a believer, there is one thing that is certain: Bond takes his new job very seriously.

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