'It's a ghost': Town terrified by eerie image of 'girl playing the day she died'

An eerie image of a young girl playing in the woods has left a small village in Washington County completely terrified.

Taken by a field camera in late March, the image has sparked debate of paranormal activity with locals insisting a spirit is now haunting the small town.

“I think it’s a ghost, it’s definitely a spirit,” one local told ABC US.

While field cameras aren’t known for taking high quality images, the image has some suggesting it is of a young girl playing the day that she died.

“We like to look at the actual footage from the actual camera it came from,” Tania Woodward, president of the Greenwich Paranormal Research Team said.

Ms Woodward is now planning on visiting the farm to investigate the matter further.