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The ghost of Elvis is in the building — and in the beach towel!

A British couple got “all shook up” when the rock ’n’ roll legend’s face appeared in a damp towel on the anniversary of The King’s death earlier this month.

“We’d hung the towel up to dry after we’d been sunbathing and were [sitting] on the balcony when I said, ‘There’s a face in that towel,’” Dawn Dandy, 55, of  Leicestershire, told The Mirror.

“It was quite exciting and funny.”


  An English couple says the face of Elvis appeared in a towel while they were on vacation in Greece. Dawn Dandy / SWNS An English couple says the face of Elvis appeared in a towel while they were on vacation in Greece. Dawn Dandy / SWNS

  Dawn and Nigel Dandy — longtime Elvis fans — called the incident “quite exciting and funny.” Dawn Dandy / SWNS Dawn and Nigel Dandy — longtime Elvis fans — called the incident “quite exciting and funny.” Dawn Dandy / SWNS

Dandy and her husband, Nigel, spotted the spooky sight while vacationing Skiathos, Greece on Aug. 16 — exactly 46 years to the day of Elvis’s fatal heart attack, she said.

The “Hound Dog” singer’s iconic silhouette emerged faintly in the towel’s wet spots, gobsmacking the longtime fans, she said.

“Elvis is one of my all-time favorites. I grew up listening to him and have always been a big fan,” said Dandy, who works as a cook. 


  Elvis died on Aug. 16, 1977, 46 years before his face appeared on a damp towel. Bettmann Archive Elvis died on Aug. 16, 1977, 46 years before his face appeared on a damp towel. Bettmann Archive

“My husband and I are both fans of Elvis and we both immediately said it looked like him.”

Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977 at his home in Memphis, Tennessee at age 42.

The timing of The King’s eerie other-worldly cameo “made it quite special really,’” Dandy said.

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