Ghost hunters have urged a woman to leave her 'haunted' house after 'demonic scratches' appeared during an exorcism.
Desperate tenant Lauren Roth, 30, has lived in her Middlesbrough home since November - and claims her family have been terrorised by a ghost ever since.
She called in ghost experts Lee and Linzi Steer on Saturday July 30 after claiming an enraged spirit would turn lights on and off in her home.
The Daily Star reported the spirit would even scratch her and her little girl - forcing them to flee the house and de-camp into a caravan on her driveway.
Lauren called the ghost-hunting duo in a desperate bid to give the ghost a red card.
The mum claims 'the final straw' came when she was revisiting last month and felt fingers 'down her throat'.
That night, she was forced to flee her home and instead lived in a caravan in the front garden.
Lauren said: "There's been a few events since then where I got bruised. One time I was sat doing some work and this was the final straw.
"I had assignments to do and had to study for nine hours. It was like someone stuck their finger down my throat and I started coughing.
"On the Sunday night when we came out the house at 2am, someone opened the bedroom door. I could hear the handle go down and the door opened.
"The lights were going off, I felt someone standing at the end of the bed.
"When I was away in Spain in April, the doors were slamming during the night. [My husband] was a non-believer, a proper lad's lad, and it's absolutely terrified him.
"We've stayed with my mam since the experience."
Paranormal investigator Lee, who runs Project Reveal - Ghosts of Britain, visited the house on Monday August 1 to confront the supernatural guest - but didn't come away unharmed.
The 36-year-old claims the 'strange' encounter left him with scratches on his arm and 'eerie' footage showing the ghost's presence.
Images show a creepy figure in the window, an unexplained shadow on the stairs and even a dead bird rotting on the driveway of the property.
After the uneasy encounter, Lee and Linzi instructed Lauren to 'hand her keys over' and 'leave and never return' - something she did straight away.
Lee, from Rotherham, said: "Lauren reported extreme poltergeist activity where she's being attacked and their light fittings turn on and off on command.
"She'd had people in blessing the house or trying to remove the spirit but nothing seemed to have worked.
"It only worsened the situation to the point she contacted us, she asked if we could go that day.
"She was desperate and really frightened. She was in tears and it was all getting too much for her.
"It got to breaking point where she would not step foot in that house again. She actually moved out of the house and lived in a caravan in the garden for a while.
"She handed in the keys at the estate agent on Tuesday. We're very proud of her, it's not an easy thing.
"She's had a really hard time and I feel so sorry for the girl. It's a very private, personal thing, hopefully now she can move on.
"Her husband was very sceptical but he had something happen with the doors banging when he was in on his own. It's just very strange."
After the spooky encounter, the couple left the property.
The aesthetician hopes to make a fresh start with her husband and two young children.
