Haunted rock legend Brian Johnson has revealed how he was freaked out – by the ghost of a First World War soldier.
The Thunderstruck singer was in the Territorial Army’s Parachute regiment before finding fame with AC/DC.
He was on manoeuvres during “a huge military exercise” in Germany when he saw the spirit.
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Brian, 75, said he had been placed on sentry duty by his sergeant when the scare happened. He recalled: “I lay on my belly looking at nothing and, after about 30 minutes or so, I started to drift off and then, out in the dark, I could see something.
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“What the hell was it? I t looked like a milky-white soldier with a First World War helmet on. With an outstretched hand, it felt like it was asking for water or help or… Holy s***, was this a ghost?
“I turned away and splashed some water over my face to clear my mind and eyes. I turned back again, oh s***, it was still there.” The You Shook Me All Night Long star admitted he legged it because he was so terrified.
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He said: “That’s when I ran as fast as I could, back in the direction of the squad. The sergeant said, ‘What the f*** are you doing here?’
“I told him I had just seen a ghost. He grabbed me by the armpit, and we went back to the scene of the haunting.
“There was nothing there, and probably never was, but I still had another 90 minutes by myself waiting for my new friend to come back.”
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In his new book, The Lives of Brian, the County Durham-born rocker told how he was in a group called Geordie at the time but took on the TA role for extra cash to buy music equipment.
He added: “I was singing in a band one week and the next I was in Germany with a rifle. The inside of the aircraft at night was a ghostly, smog-like colour – the colour of a really bad dream.
“It’s like being in a tube of noise. The smell of bloody hell.”
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