The Supernatural Angel Report, an examination of paranormal occurrences associated with benign spirits, has revealed that 755 incidents have been reported to the UK police or (the rather less official-sounding) "paranormal organisations" over the past 25 years.

The research was conducted by the UK’s leading authority on the unexplained, Lionel Fanthorpe, and was commissioned to tie into the recent release of Supernatural: The Complete Season 5 on DVD.

Yorkshire is apparently the best place to find “benign entities” (harmless or non-threatening spirits). We trust that the Yorkshire Tourist Board will be using that fact in their marketing from now on.

You can find the startling figures of angelic activity below, which shows how those 755 incidents were broken down. What, we wonder, would Shirley Ghostman make of all this?

1. Benign Entities: 192

2. Friendly Entities: 127

3. Visions of Angels: 104

4. Helpful Entities: 99

5. Animal Spirits: 69

6. Fairies: 44

7. Visions of Saints: 41

8. White Witches: 32

9. Guardian Angels: 24

10. Healing Entities: 23