An East Oxford man made a spooky discovery when his energy saving efforts caused a 'ghostly' telly mystery.
When a conventional 60-watt lightbulb blew, eco-conscious Justin Walden replaced it with a new energy-saving model from Tesco.
The Curry's employee, who lives in a shared house in Hurst Street, has them elsewhere in his house and was certain it was a safe and cost-effective measure.
That was until late last Friday when Mr Walden was watching television in his bedroom.
Mr Walden, 33, said: "It was quite late at night so I had my volume on quite a low level.
"All of a sudden, the volume turned itself right up to maximum. I was worried it was going to wake my housemates up so I grabbed the control to try and turn it down but I couldn't.
"In the end, I had to unplug the set. It was really, really spooky."
When the same thing happened early the next morning, he decided to contact a family friend who had worked with electronics for over 40 years.
He said: "I couldn't believe it when the first question he asked me was 'have you recently replaced a lightbulb with an energy-saving one?' "Apparently it's a known problem that the lightbulbs can interfere with the settings on a television.
"It was so strange though, like having a ghost."
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