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Thursday, May 24 2012

Ghostly face 'appeared in vacuum cleaner'

Tej Matharu woke up on Easter Sunday and noticed the image of a womens face in the dust of his vacum cleaner.

by Thom Morris
tmorris@thekmgroup.co.uk

A man was amazed to discover a woman’s face formed from dust inside his upright vacuum cleaner.

Shocked Tej Matharu from Mulberry Road, Godinton Park, Ashford, said he was in bed when he suddenly noticed the features staring back at him from his 1,900 watt Power 3 Vax.

The 53-year-old told the Kentish Express: “It’s not something I do, looking at the vacuum cleaner to find images in the dust, but it was in my bedroom and I could identify it immediately.

Ghost in vacuum cleaner"I’ve never seen anything like it in my life.

“I don’t tend to go around looking for faces in things - especially vacuum cleaners - but it’s so very clear - a fully formed 3D image."

Intriguingly the father-of-one had been to the boot fair at Orbital Park the day before and bumped into a psychic who told Mr Matharu that they could draw an image of a deceased loved-one.

The educational sales consultant, who says he can also make out the image of a baby in the dust, continued: “It was strange that the very next day the face appeared but I do not recognise it.

"You can see the shading of the face and clearly make out the eyes, lips and hair. It’s as clear as anything.”

He added: “I think what I’d like to do now is try and display it in a gallery because this is something that really engages the mind.

“I’ve got a very strong feeling that people will want to look at this because it’s quite distinctively apparent.

"I would be very interested in speaking to someone in this field to see what they have to say on this formation.”

Finding faces in inanimate objects has become big business for those who discover them.

A jelly bean bearing Kate Middleton’s face is expected to fetch £500 on internet auction site eBay.

Jesus is the most common person to feature in objects like socks, toast, a field, a biscuit, a tea towel, a Kit-Kat, a frying pan and in a jar of Marmite.

Have you ever found a face in something? Email kentishexpress@thekmgroup.co.uk or post your comments in the box below.

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  • James wrote:

    Perhaps empty it and get some vacuum spares and start again, who knows what you might see next time

    11 Jun 2011 6:02 PM

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  • FleetStreetFox wrote:

    Haha this story's brillaint.
    Do you think the woman is 'vax from the dead?'
    I have to admit I can't see any face myself - I reckon SLightlyConcerned is right and he was blatently just noshing himself off with the vacuum cleaner......

    07 May 2011 9:25 PM

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  • homer wrote:

    if you start seeing a face od woman in your vacuum cleaner which is kept in the bedroom, it is about time to go out and meet a real one :)

    07 May 2011 1:59 AM

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  • J MAHOL wrote:

    Sorry CORLEONE, did I forget to mention the cloud that resembled a dyson vacuum cleaner with a ghostly face in it?!!

    06 May 2011 9:26 PM

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  • Kelly wrote:

    Hahahaha sorry guys... i can really see the face in that hoover... the lips are so defined and the nose is too you really can see it really clearly

    06 May 2011 7:36 PM

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  • HS wrote:

    I bet it was a "die-son"

    06 May 2011 7:22 PM

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  • david beckenham wrote:

    Dont past judgement on other people or might get judge yourself

    06 May 2011 2:29 PM

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  • barny wrote:

    i see nothing!! !

    06 May 2011 1:33 PM

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  • Stupot wrote:

    Kelly - no sense of humour my dear girl!! Glad the world isn't full of people like you. Everyone else - your comments are very funny - keep up the good work!!!

    06 May 2011 10:12 AM

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  • Corleone wrote:

    "on a nice bright day with some white fluffy clouds happily floating in the pretty blue sky, I can normally spot many things like dinosaurs and fluffy sheep!!!"

    That's nice for you... hardly unique though.

    05 May 2011 11:42 PM

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  • Roger (Chatham) wrote:

    And this guy's an "educational sales consultant"...

    05 May 2011 9:56 PM

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  • J MAHOL wrote:

    P.S I have to admit that as soon as I saw the picture, I could see the mouth and chin but also, on a nice bright day with some white fluffy clouds happily floating in the pretty blue sky, I can normally spot many things like dinosaurs and fluffy sheep!!!
    I should start photographing these although they could be a little shakey.....through excitement and amazement at what nature can do. lol

    05 May 2011 5:35 PM

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  • J MAHOL wrote:

    I have to agree with Mike. You need to read a story to realise if it was worth it and when people comment having failed to actually read the whole article, someone soon comments about that!!
    It's a lose/lose situation really and the comments can be more interesting than the news on offer.

    05 May 2011 5:25 PM

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  • Mike, Ashford wrote:

    "If the story is such a load of nonsense why read about it in the first place!"

    ....errr Kelly just think about what you've just said for a moment, and then consider who is the numbskull.

    lol

    05 May 2011 5:12 PM

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  • Mr Gillsfc wrote:

    What a load of RUBBISH!!!!!

    05 May 2011 3:19 PM

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  • Frankie D. wrote:

    That's no woman, that's a tiny Hitler!

    05 May 2011 2:04 PM

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  • Kelly wrote:

    You are all a bunch of saddos with your sad sarastic comments. If the story is such a load of nonsense why read about it in the first place! The headline obviously sparked an interest to you in the first place you bunch of numbskulls! I think the story is really interesting!

    05 May 2011 12:14 PM

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  • Kay wrote:

    I need someone to point it out as all I can see is a vacuum cleaner full of dust!!!

    05 May 2011 9:55 AM

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  • Cobra wrote:

    Newsworthy or not, this occurance has been brought to my attention and objectively I can admit that the image does look like a face. Especially lips and chin like features. It just so happened that the dust aligned itself into a position whereby an recognisable humanoid image was formed. Appreciate the fact that this occurance is shared with the local community!

    04 May 2011 11:51 PM

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  • Phil Upspace wrote:

    My brain crawled out my ear and threw itself into the waste bin just after a minute or so of reading this. Do I get a prize?

    04 May 2011 11:36 PM

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  • Nicola wrote:

    its a Dirty story

    04 May 2011 9:51 PM

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  • Kay wrote:

    Actually, I do have a picture of me holding an amusingly shaped potato, it looked just like a fish!!!!

    Sorry what's that, no-one's interested??

    04 May 2011 7:58 PM

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  • Kay wrote:

    This story SUCKS....

    04 May 2011 7:56 PM

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  • Someperson wrote:

    That's almost as good as when I started cutting up a pineapple and saw the perfect image of Bob Carolgees and Spit the Dog!!

    ps.Do they have a lot of dirt or just simply empty it once in a blue moon??

    04 May 2011 6:20 PM

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  • Mark C wrote:

    Once, in a Cafe I was eating some toast when I shouted 'look, I can see an image of Jesus in my margerine!'

    A Hindu, who was sitting on the next table said, 'I can't believe it's not Buddha'

    04 May 2011 6:01 PM

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  • Tresa Green wrote:

    I think manufacturers are making vacuum cleaners far too powerful these days, It took my husband and I 4 days to extract my mother-in-law from inside the dust chamber when she was sucked up the pipe....she did look funny looking out through the plastic drum with all that dust around her. She has not been round here since...sulking I bet.

    04 May 2011 1:38 PM

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  • Mick wrote:

    Mmmm It looks like to me to be Dusty Springfield pop singer from the 60/70s

    04 May 2011 1:24 PM

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  • Graham Igglesden wrote:

    You don't want to know what I saw in my toilet this morning...

    04 May 2011 1:16 PM

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  • shell wrote:

    Well i cant see anything lol i think Tej is just trying to get his 5 mins of fame good luck

    04 May 2011 12:54 PM

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  • John wrote:

    Looks like a nut. oh sorry, the one inside the cleaner. no -idea.

    04 May 2011 10:53 AM

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  • Jeff wrote:

    I think it must be what is known as a 'slow news day'.

    04 May 2011 10:30 AM

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  • Elmer wrote:

    It's Mother Terasa Phone the Pope next time and leave the papers to report the news!

    04 May 2011 10:06 AM

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  • Slightly Concerned wrote:

    Has no one noticed the fact that the hoover was in his bedroom???

    Is this not the most worrying part of the story??

    Clearly in there for purposes other than vacuuming and the formation of a face has just added to the reality of the experience.....

    Here we have the potential for a fantasy creating Genius...

    04 May 2011 10:04 AM

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  • Dan Blood wrote:

    How does he know it's a woman's face? was it nagging him to empty the vacuum cleaner by any chance?

    If you can see faces in it, it's time to empty it!

    04 May 2011 10:02 AM

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  • Finbar Saunders wrote:

    Someone should tell KM their site has been taken over by Viz!!!!!

    04 May 2011 9:48 AM

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  • mark wrote:

    An alternative wording for this story might be...

    Our journalists are currently busy trying to find tenuous links between Kent and Osama Bin Laden. Normal service will be resumed shortly.

    04 May 2011 9:45 AM

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  • lassy wrote:

    Are you really that desperate for "news" items?
    ..... pathetic cant believe I wasted a minute of my life reading this tripe and i want that minute back!!

    04 May 2011 9:39 AM

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  • colin, rainham wrote:

    Is he on drugs or something? What face?

    04 May 2011 9:37 AM

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  • Oh God!! wrote:

    IO saw the perfect image of a face in a household object today, should I ring the local paper? the object? oh yes, it was a mirror!!!!!

    04 May 2011 9:12 AM

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  • mike, ashford wrote:

    "You can see the shading of the face and clearly make out the eyes, lips and hair. It’s as clear as anything.”


    ....so clear apparently that they haven't included a picture of it in the story.

    04 May 2011 9:09 AM

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  • Maverick wrote:

    Wow....cracking story!

    I saw the face of a goat in my bowl of cereal this morning....can i get on your website too?

    04 May 2011 8:58 AM

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  • Tasha wrote:

    Oh for goodness sakes!!!!! Get a life.

    04 May 2011 8:56 AM

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  • Looser!!! wrote:

    The times were so interested they told him to go to his local paper!!

    04 May 2011 8:55 AM

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