An estate agent will swap selling houses to live in a cave after winning a £50,000 job as a witch at a tourist attraction.
Carla Calamity, whose real name is Carole Bohanan, won the hearts of the judges by throwing sweet snakes into the audience at her audition for the job of the Wookey Witch.
More than 300 witches, hags, wizards and warlocks queued for hours from 6am on Tuesday for the chance to audition for the headline role at Wookey Hole Caves, near Wells, in Somerset.
Auditionees for the role included the traditional green wicked witch of the west, hags dressed in rags and a transsexual.
Piercing shrieks and cackles could be heard throughout the site as witches practised their routines.
Miss Calamity, a 40-year-old single estate agent from Shepton Mallet, Somerset, beat the competition by singing a little ditty about the legend of the Wookey Witch, who was turned to stone by Father Bernard who had been appointed by the Abbott of Glastonbury to rid villagers of her curse.
Miss Calamity will teach visitors about witchcraft and magic after its previous employee, Jane Brenner, retired.
The unique job offer comes with a salary of £50,000 pro rata based on work during school holidays and at weekends.
Dressed in a glamorous black and white outfit with sparkling shoes and a traditional pointy hat, Miss Calamity was officially handed her contract and broomstick in a special ceremony with former witch, and judge, Ms Brenner.
"I feel like I'm on top of the world, I can't wait to start the job and move into my caves," she said.
