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'I saw a cigarette levitate!' Locals' hair-raising stories of the supernatural in the Black Country

A cigarette levitating in a pub and a headless horseman are among the spooky sightings reported by Express & Star readers in the Black Country.

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Halloween is fast approaching, which means the streets will soon be lined with carved pumpkins and trick-or-treaters wearing their choice of costume in hopes of being given a chocolate or sweet.

Spooky season also gives the perfect excuse for people to share their stories of the supernatural, whether it be seeing a ghost or sensing a spirit from the 'beyond'.

Among those who claim to have had encounters with the afterlife are Express & Star readers.

People in Wall Heath, Kingswinford, were readying themselves for the spooky season over the weekend

Zara K Henry described a chilling experience she had at the Greyhound and Punchbowl pub in Bilston.

Writing to Facebook, she said: "That place is haunted. [I] saw a cigarette levitate and flip over in there, and a penny rolled out of an empty room and [spin] on the floor.