I'm a funeral director and I've been tapped on the shoulder by ghosts Funeral director Jacob Walsh, who is based in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, has been sharing his experiences with the paranormal at his workplace on social media A funeral director has opened up on his paranormal experiences in the workplace (stock image) (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto ) A funeral director from Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, has shared his eerie experiences with the paranormal at work. Jacob Walsh, known as the Yorkshire Funeral Director on social media, took to TikTok to discuss his encounters with the supernatural. ‌ "Ghosts - have I seen them? Have I experienced them?" he pondered in a video. "I've felt a presence - usually in the mortuary, which is completely understandable as it's where people in my care are resting." Article continues below Read more I was dead for six minutes and saw what happens when we die Jacob confessed that initially, he attributed these chilling experiences to fatigue from working late hours. However, as "more and more things have happened" he began to reconsider. "I have definitely felt people tapping me on the back," he admitted. "Or just strange things that I just can't put my finger on. ‌ "But, as I've always said - don't worry about the dead - it's the living that will hurt you." But why would a spirit tap him on the shoulder?, reports the Mirror. Jacob explained his theory: "I think it must mean it's a reassurance that I'm doing right by them and that's all that matters. ‌ "We always talk to the people in my care - we wish them 'good morning' and every night I say 'goodnight' to them." He added that even when he's "doing personal care", such as shaving deceased gentlemen, he communicates what he's doing out of respect. Jacob reflected: "So if they are watching over us, that's fine - we just don't know what's in the afterlife and I'm not here to tell you what I think there is or isn't." ‌ In a written reply, another funeral director shared: "I have heard footsteps in our mortuary early hours of the morning." Meanwhile, a colleague added: "Having worked alone in different branches of our funeral homes I have definitely heard walking upstairs when I'm on my own! Never been scared though." A bereaved individual recounted: "My dad passed last Saturday and I've come to my mum's house as she needed me and my sister. I could feel my dad's presence, this is my first experience with it. He died suddenly so it's a shock." Article continues below Another TikTok user described an eerie incident: "My mum blew a lightbulb in the funeral parlour and when the funeral director got up to change it, it came back on and she said that's strange. But l said my mum was a medium and has sent me messages." Numerous people commended Jacob for his respectful approach to his work, with one person commenting: "You are an amazing man with so much empathy. That's why they say thank you by tapping you."