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# "Ghost of Michael Jackson" Appears at Fan Event

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by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


May 16, 2014 12:00 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


May 16, 2014 12:00 PM UTC

Despite having passed away in 2009, Michael Jackson has been making a lot of appearances lately.

Not only did the King of Pop appear in a new music video with Justin Timberlake, but some fans also think he popped by a “Michael Jackson Live” tribute show in Bromley, England last week.

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Reece Saava, a 14-year-old fan of the singer, snapped a photo of a Michael Jackson lookalike as he signed autographs. A few days later the young fan got a big surprise when he studied the photos more closely. He told [News Shopper:](http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/11210156.UPDATE%5F%5FBoy%5Fwho%5Ftook%5Fphoto%5Fof%5Fghost%5Fof%5FMichael%5FJackson%5Fspeaks%5Fout/)

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In the picture, what appears to be a ghostly image of Jackson’s face — apparently wearing sunglasses in the afterlife— floats over the impersonator’s head. If the word of a 14-year old isn’t enough for you, his mother swears it’s real. “The image is so clear. I was there and I can adamantly say that there were no mirrors, no trickery, nothing like that at all,” she told [News Shopper](http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/11210156.UPDATE%5F%5FBoy%5Fwho%5Ftook%5Fphoto%5Fof%5Fghost%5Fof%5FMichael%5FJackson%5Fspeaks%5Fout/).


Fans of the King of Pop are getting used to this sort of thing, though. A Google search reveals that not only was MJ spotted on [Larry King Live](http://gawker.com/5308963/cnn-solves-the-mystery-of-michael-jacksons-ghost) back in 2009 (that turned out to be just the shadow of a CNN crew member), but [he also showed up](http://www.examiner.com/article/michael-jackson-s-ghost-appears-again-at-memorial-service-video) at his own memorial service, was seen [at his Las Vegas tribute show](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/cirque-du-soleil-michael-jacksons-2019365), and even haunted the trial of [Dr. Conrad Murray](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/michael-jackson-ghost-court-dr-murray-innocent-article-1.1373550).

It should come as no surprise that he would pierce the veil separating life and death to help promote his new album, _XSCAPE_, which is [streaming on Spotify in full](https://play.spotify.com/album/7pomP86PUhoJpY3fsC0WDQ).

\[Via [Daily Mail](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2629264/Is-ghost-Michael-Jackson-Teenage-fan-snaps-photo-Jacko-impersonator-amazed-apparition-real-thing-appear-hover-head.html)\]

**MORE**: [LISTEN: Michael Jackson Track ‘Chicago’ Released](http://time.com/89066/listen-michael-jackson-track-chicago-released/)

**MORE**: [Justin Timberlake Pays Tribute to Michael Jackson in “Love Never Felt So Good” Video: Watch](http://time.com/99169/michael-jackson-justin-timberlake-love-never-felt-so-good-video/)

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