MELBOURNE: Victoria Police are urging Melbourne residents not to panic following multiple reports of a ‘ghost’ stalking the streets of one of the city’s inner-northern suburbs.

In a news conference this morning Chief Commissioner Michael Bush (below) said dozens of triple-O calls had been received at police headquarters between dusk on Friday and dawn today.

“All of the callers reported seeing the supposed ghost of a man estimated to be in his late 80s wandering the streets of North Carlton bordering the Melbourne General Cemetery,” Chief Commissioner Bush said.

“Luckily many of those who witnessed this event had the presence of mind to use their mobile phone cameras to capture images and audio of the so-called ghost. (main picture)

“They reported that the alleged ghost was wailing very loudly and, on occasion, using very foul language.

“They said they believed the ghost was in some way searching for a celebration, perhaps a birthday party, although none of them could be 100% certain.”

The Chief Commissioner said the speculation was based on mobile phone footage that had recorded the spectre using phrases such as “What the fuck are they doing to my party?” and “They’re destroying my party”.

He said the vision also suggested that the ghost may have had a vendetta against a particular country, but so far its identity remained unknown.

“This is based on the comment ‘Fuck one nation’ which was uttered repeatedly by the ghost,” Chief Commissioner Bush said.

“The ghost also seemed to have an inexplicable dislike of rural Australia and seemed to be urging people to attack rural communities and to then celebrate such an attack.

“Once again, this was based on one of its repeated utterances: ‘Fuck the country. Party!’

“I have asked our technical and forensic experts to examine the phone footage and audio to see if we can enhance it to provide further information about this ghostly event.”

Chief Commissioner Bush said he would be taking personal control of the investigation.

“I believe it is important that I am directly involved to help find answers very quickly to the many questions this incident has raised,” he said.

“To that end I’ll be taking several helicopter rides today to cover the 3.8 kms from police headquarters in the city to North Carlton,” he said.

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