reply to post by OldThinker
Okay, at the risk of being sued, I just included the :20 (or so) seconds of the video that actually matter:
I am afraid I have to take the skeptics approach on this, as an avid fan of the paranormal I will explain why I feel this way about this particular
video.
An observation I'd like to bring up about the coat/jacket/sweater/hoodie that he is allegedly wearing and that has already been suggested to have
seemingly being thrown into the tree by the kid:
First, note the date, December 31 2008, winter time yes?
Second, Savannah, GA @ 4:53 PM December 31 2008 (closest I could get to the time on the camera) Mean Temperature 58 °F with a WNW wind @ 8.1 mph.
Relatively cool I'd say but not as cool as when the day started, 7:53 AM 48.0 °F with a SW wind @ 6.9 mph. This weather could typically call for a
few more layers than normal depending on the individual's tolerance to said temperatures.
Now, the fact that the temperature had risen 10 degrees from when the day started might account for why the kid was still wearing what appears to be a
coat/sweater/hoodie/jacket, BUT, when you first see this kid running, it appears as though he could in fact be holding one of the aforementioned
garments in his right hand as well as wearing an additional coat/sweater/hoodie/jacket that everyone is seeing in the video whilst running to catch up
to the lady (presumably his Mother).
However, if there is nothing in his hands and that is his arms I see flailing and not an additional garment that he's toting then he would have had
to un-don that garment pretty fast from the last shot we see him with it on in order to throw it into the tree.
Merely speculation of course, as I wasn't there and only have this grainy video to go off of, none the less, the available probabilities lead me more
towards the direction of a kid that is just being a kid whose Mother is in a hurry to get to where ever she's going. You can almost see the
frustration in her body language when she turns towards him. "Timmy, quit messing around and let's go" ...more or less.