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And the thing below it? A flashlight, I suppose, as the OP says. I can't understand why the digital camera (projector?) would be so obviously included in a hoaxed picture though...so...I have no idea what it is!
I don't feel bad because that is what i see. The crouched figure seems to lack hair, ears and clothing. This doesn't fall in line with a ghost in my mind but instead is more akin to a demon. Pareidolia might be one answer, but it isn't always THE answer. The religious history and folklore surrounding demons is simply too wide spread across to many cultures for everything to be chalked up to imagination. If you can agree that the theory of multiple dimensions/realities is a possibility then it falls within the realm of possibility that ones of the dimensions would be what we call, for lack of a better term, hell.
To paraphrase Freud, sometimes a demon is just a demon.
LOL Occam's razor is all well and good but you have to include the vast majority of people all over the world who actually believe in these things as well. In the end which is the simplest explanation?
That billions of people believe in demons because they are real and have been referenced throughout history by every major culture, or everyone is just playing "make believe" with their faith?
One observation I have made throughout the years is that water helps paranormal events occur. I have only noticed a few others making the same observation, but I am convinced that there is something to it. I am not saying you have to have water present for a haunt or occurrence, but what I am saying is that it can help and in some cases be one of the main contributors. I have investigated hundreds upon hundreds of homes where I believe that water played a key role in the haunt process. I have found consistent evidence with each home by type of haunt compared to the type of water body and direction of water flow. Homes that have rivers and streams running nearby the property from one side to the other tend to have more objects being moved and thrown, doors opening/closing, noises and may experience occasional apparitions. Homes that have rivers or streams that run diagonally toward the house and then bend away from the house tend to be the most active...
ArchaicDesigns
I'm going to try and steer this thread back on track a little bit, does anyone else have a similar type of photo involving a ghostly figure or apparition near water? I wonder if others have experienced this type of phenomena.
I wish I had more interesting apparitions to share. We took many photos that day and went through them with a fine tooth comb, and that was the only photo with a ghostly figure of any kind. Which makes me curious about the water, as an earlier poster mentioned, many people believe water to act as a gateway of sorts.
I plan on returning one day with some friends, and this time I will be prepared.
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autopat51
this thread started out to be very interesting..
but like most threads of this kind nothing can be discussed
because they always digress into back and forth discussions
of how this was faked...i wish we could just talk about the original OP
...for once...
Hecate666
This is too good to be true. It is eerie and creepy and all, but the 'ghost' is just too perfect; and in life, if something is this good it should make headlines. This would be the most awesome ghost picture I have ever seen [seriously], if it was real. This should be sent to Universities with all the evidence of the original, this should be made public and sent to researchers all over the world.
But alas, it is posted on ATS only.
The answers of OP also worry me. Too many 'lols' and condescending remarks instead of offering the original files and genuine astonishment.
I am sorry [and I really am]. This is a hoax.edit on 22-9-2013 by Hecate666 because: (no reason given)
Nyiah
Now, I'm not a Photoshop expert (I use Photoscape, and don't even know how to use all it's functions) But. That's The Joker, people.
I cropped, resized, and tried to line the faces up in a gif. The face characteristics match even through the tweaking, although the body, no. Odds are, a 'shop head-swapping job, and he damn near fooled us with it presented as a real ghost image.
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ArchaicDesigns
reply to post by Nyiah
I'm still waiting for this "'shopper with good skills" to come on by and debunk our photo...but that's not going to happen, because it's the real deal.
I'm open to theories and hypothesis about reflections and light anomalies