Out-of-Camera Experience

One of the things I really like about my recent membership in ATS is that I have the opportunity to ask about some of the weird stuff one encounters in life. This one comes from my wife. She is a well-balanced, down to earth type and wouldn't make this one up...

Some years ago, she was using a polaroid instant camera...her camera, new pack of 'film'. She took a picture of her daughters in an indoor setting (no mirrors in sight).

When the picture 'developed' before her eyes, it was a different picture...the people and setting were entirely foreign to her. The key elements, then, are: new film; her camera; image developed in front of her; no resemblance to picture taken.

I talked to a photographer about this, and he says that there is no way that it could have played out in this manner. Personally, I figure the only 'mechanical' explanation would take it back to the manufacturing process, and someone creating a stunt. Still...the photo 'developed' in her hand...it was not a developed one that emerged from the camera. The shot she did take never turned up.

Comments? Similar stories?

No comments, just if it is possible for you to upload the picture?

Wish I could say yes, but she is not sure if she still has it, and our 'stuff' is still suffering from the almalgamation of two households...which is to say a lot of what we brought to our fairly recent (couple of years) union is still in boxes.

[edit on 6-4-2007 by JohnnyCanuck]

this sounds like a case of thought photography or phykick photography in either case its uncommon but not unheard of.

Hadn't thought about that, but apparently the parties in the picture were strangers to my wife...mind you, it might have been somebody else that did it.