A grief-stricken LaToya Jackson has claimed that she continues to be in contact with Michael – even from beyond the grave.

The King of Pop's sister told the Mirror: "When I go to his house I say, 'Hello, Michael. How are you? If you're here, please, please let me know'. And the lights start blinking. I can feel him.

"I can smell his Tom Ford cologne and I've felt him brush past me. It's the most wonderful feeling and the biggest smile comes over my face.

"I tell him I love him so much and ask him to show me he's here again. The lights blink again.

"I know he's there, answering me and knowing he's watching me is a huge comfort. I never believed that people could speak, hear and communicate in that sense. But I've witnessed it several times now and I want to investigate it further.

"I am certainly open-minded to speaking to a medium."

Tellingly, she added: "No other members of the family have experienced it. Just me."

And with all this communication, you'd think Jacko might rely on LaToya to keep him updated on the family news. But no, apparently that task falls to his pet macaw.

LaToya insists that she has witnessed the bird chatting to Michael at the family's Encino home.

"Michael had a macaw and he was saying, 'Everything's OK, Michael. Everyone's fine, don't worry. The kids? How are the kids doing? Well, see how the kids are playing. They're playing and they're having fun'."

Crikey, that's some vocabulary for a bird.

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