The footage, which appears to show a shadowy figure flickering into view by the bar, was spotted by manager Tony Dooley when he checked the pub's CCTV cameras on Friday morning… and found they had mysteriously stopped recording at 6.18am.
Speaking with the Manchester Evening News, he said: "I came down and saw a glass smashed on the floor so I was instantly suspicious and went to check the CCTV and found it has stopped working.
"We checked the footage and it revealed this figure."
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"To be honest I was a bit concerned - I'm a bit of a sceptic when it comes to ghosts but you become more of a believer when you see things like that."
Watch the footage for yourself below:
The pub, which is the fourth oldest in Britain, has long been considered to be a paranormal hotspot.
A psychic evening held there in 2006 apparently found it to be haunted by at least 25 spirits, including the Seventh Earl of Derby, James Stanley, a woman who hung herself in the cellar, an eight-year-old girl and a phantom dog.
Tony added: "Occasionally you hear things and wonder if it's just the building settling down or whether it's something else."
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