Lance Corporal Andrew “Scary Eddy” Edwards, MPGS, is “the Army’s spookiest soldier” according to the August edition of Soldier magazine. A journalist from Soldier had joined L/Cpl Edwards with a group, ‘Mostghosts’, which is described as a company of clairvoyants, for a ghost hunt at the Royal Standard Pub at Gwinear, Cornwall. The pub is reputedly haunted by a spirit called Clare, as well as by footsteps and other noises. A former sailor who joined the Army three years ago, L/Cpl Edwards got involved with the spiritual circle. Psychic gifts have apparently been with him since he was two years old and he claims the protection of a “Red Indian” spirit guide with the somewhat unusual Native American name “Toni”.

Despite their spiritual leanings, the group sports what are becoming the routine equipment of an infrared camcorder, an electromagnetic field detector, motion detectors and laser thermometer.