my ghost picture re-visited

[iclotsofpills]

I posted this pic a few years ago on the old marihemp boards. would love to know what you guys think of it. ive checked out a few ghost pics on the net and i dont think any of them show as much detail as this one.

If you look behind me in the photo just to my right you will se a kalidescope of light and right in the centre of the light is the figure of a person. I'm the guy not wearing a kilt btw.


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[Greenport]

CIRCLE IT!

[Greenport]

o and if ur talkina bov ur head there thats to ur left man lol

[slipknotpsycho]

umm.. i see the light... but figure of aperson? no..

[Greenport]

ye i kno lol

[Greenport]

i meant to his left in the pic lol while lookin at him

[GratefulDead4ever]

I see it now since Billionfold pointed it out thats wild man too me it first looked like some shit from like lion king

[Greenport]

o lol

[GratefulDead4ever]

I see shit on both sides on the wall

[slipknotpsycho]

i've spent quite a few minutes starring at this pic and i still don't see any damn person figure...

[LIP]

I can see the light, but i cant really see the figure of a person or a face.

I really want to see a ghost -

[smoke it]

looks like a lens problem.

[surreys princess]

i think i can see it, and i believe it...especially in a church..lots of spirits hang out there....dare i say....very cool.... :)

[Fengzi]

looks like a lens problem.

That's what I was thinking. Light coming through the window hitting the lens and causing a chromatic abberation or lens flare.

This is what a ghost really looks like

[LIP]

LOL

[slipknotpsycho]

maybe it's diffrence in monitors? cuz there is NO abnormal formation anywhere on he pic (except that light in the center) on my screen.. i've looked close and i have really good eyes....

[darren05]

lolz its a bit hard to miss it now

[Skrappie]

I may be superstitious, but i think its just the fragmented light from the window effing with the camera?

[slipknotpsycho]

i still can't see shit... i'm really starting to believe i'ts a monitor thing =/ i do have a pretty old monitor.. atleast by today's standards... it's not like black and green mac old... or windows 95 old... but it's by far already been surpassed... for quite a few years now too...

[Skrappie]

My monitor is pretty old slip,

Are you sure you're looking at the right place? you can clearly see something, its just not a ghost.

[slipknotpsycho]

i'm sure, to his right... i see nothing... well out of the ordinary... i can very plainly see the light (at first i said center, but upon closer inspection it seems to be more to the left of the picture then center) but i see no figure what so ever.. the only distortion i see in any of the pic is that light, and it is just in a starburst pattern... a little clearer in the center and slowly fading out as it gets larger...

[Skrappie]

i think he means to his left?

[BoilerUp]

Honestly it looks like the cameras lens was rubbed with a liquid, and the light shining off of it created the spectral of light.

[Jaerl]

I see the person.. kinda freaky..

[slipknotpsycho]

i think he means to his left?


If you look behind me in the photo just to my right

i'm looking where he says still can't see it =/...

[crudemood]

it seems like a lens thing but i do see the figure that you'r etalking about.

[slipknotpsycho]

how about this.. someone who can see it... save it to your pc, wiht paint, outline where the person is.... and repost it.... lol.. dunno why i didn't think of htat before...

[Snake2389]

looks like ghost was just trying to get into a picture with him and that guy.
cheeeeesseee.

[slipknotpsycho]

Ghost' aren't ReaL:rastasmoke:

just out of pure curiosity... are you christian?

i only ask cuz alot of the people i meet or hear about that absolutely rebuke the thought of ghosts as a possibility are christian... which of course is kinda condradictory, since 'ghosts' are actually thought largely to be lost spirits, or spirits that can't yet ascend to heaven, because soemthing is tying them to our realm.

[Acouwaila]

i-see-it-plain-as-day

thats-pretty-crazy

[Acouwaila]

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/2697/ghostxr2.jpg

[GreenLadyOfDankDowns]

This is a picture I took last summer at my grandmother's house. It was just past twilight, full dark had just fully settled on the valley in which her home is situated. Two of my relatives are sitting on the front porch. Between the two you can see the figure of a man wearing an overcoat and a hat. The face of the apparition is visible just above the top bar of the swing. For some reason I have yet to determine the faces of my two relatives are very distorted.

[slipknotpsycho]

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/2697/ghostxr2.jpg

thanks.. i can now atleast see what yal believe is a face....

the round outline of the head would be hard to explain, but the features, could very easily be explained by the low quality resolution....

[jRik]

haha i see that shit man , its trippy!

[OniEhtRedrum781]

Ohhh God it is a ghost...

[Plastic Jesus]

I don't think so. Look at the way the light streaks over the dude's face. So if the "ghostly light aura" of the ghost really were all of a sudden visible...:wtf: How would that shine through your head in the picture. Because the said spirit is supposedly behind you.

[GHoSToKeR]

Ghosts don't exist. GHoSTs do. :D

[iclotsofpills]

right on fuckin nice one, im glad most of you guys can see it. the really freaky thing is that that light effect is present on another picture of mine taken at a different time on a different camera. i'll try to find it to post up. the camera that took this pic was a disposable one i had just bought. i cant edit the pic for some reason, but what your looking for is behind me to MY right(im in the left of the pic) the ghosts waist is in line with my shoulder.


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[Nochowderforyou]

I think this picture may be the term known as Power of Suggestion. Like with the backwards messages on records.

But, the auro of light could be something as well. It doesn't look to be a reflection from the sun in the picture, so who knows.

Neat picture though, but just not clear enough.

[jokeyjokejoke]

I see him. There's a damn man. I can even see his belt.

This is legit right?

I mean the lights natural. But the man could of been cut, placed and faded with Ulead Gif Animator 5 or a similar app.

Not saying the pic or yourself are fraudulant(sp). Just that it's almost TOO good.

[iclotsofpills]

I see him. There's a damn man. I can even see his belt.

This is legit right?

I mean the lights natural. But the man could of been cut, placed and faded with Ulead Gif Animator 5 or a similar app.

Not saying the pic or yourself are fraudulant(sp). Just that it's almost TOO good.

nah it's a genuine photo taken on a disposble camera. ive shown it to a couple of mates who are photographers and they think that it's pretty unlikely for all the nessesary conditions to be present that might cause that effect, even if you tried to set it up deliberatly it would be near to impossible.im not sure one way or the other, but i definitly didnt interferre with it, either at the time i took it or later-on using a p.c.


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[GHoSToKeR]

It's nothing more than the power of suggestion. It just happens that the patterns on the window and the style of the wall, mixed in with some strange lighting and poor quality photograph, suggests the vague shape of a person. Once you see that shape, your brain makes the rest up and you can't see anything else.

[Uncle E]

Funny stuff. Pictures like these are more proof that ghosts don't exist.
A little more practice taking pictures with your camera and you should know where to stand (lighting etc.) to avoid bad quality picture.My favorite fakes are the ones with the orbs in it. You know the ones where they shake something dusty then take a snap shot....insta ghost.Well I am off to look for mother mary's image in my chips or my pancakes that stuff makes money on e bay, oh wait there she is...she's in my beer....bottoms up.

[kingjustin]

Maybe it's jesus.

[ILikeSurfing]

Dude, i think its just that its stained glass behind you.

[LittLeWinG]

Dont know if anyones said this

But that light is called an apparation (or something...)

and i think it's meant to be the energy of a spirit

I was really interested in this kind of thing a year ago and did a bit of reading

[d00d557]

its....JESUS!

[Pipe Dreams]

Wow, at first I was confused and thought that light blemish on the screen was the ghost.. But damned if I dont see something or someone standing back there when I looked a second time.

[LittLeWinG]

All i see is the light.... i cant see a figure or a face.... im really dissapointed i can't see it lol

[rebgirl420]

Yeah....I dont see it. I see light but thats it. But I don't believe in ghosts. Because to believe in them I suppose you'd have to believe in a after life.

[BUZz UK]

If a ghost wouldn't show up to our eyes, why would it show up on film?

If you think about the way a camera takes photos, it doesn't really make much sense does it?

[GHoSToKeR]

If a ghost wouldn't show up to our eyes, why would it show up on film?

If you think about the way a camera takes photos, it doesn't really make much sense does it?

God/Ja/Jehovah/Allah/Buddah/Extra-terrestrial/Ghost/Spirit/Apparition/Elvis [delete as applicable] works in mysterious ways, my friend.

[Oneironaut]

Umm, a ghost? Are you serious? Let's consider the two possibilities as to what this could be:

1) A common lens flare, something every photographer is familiar with.
2) A disembodied representation of the memories and experiences and personality of a dead human being, which somehow transferred itself into a tiny orb floating by your head. An orb which has the strange property unknown to any other object in that it emits light visible to cameras but not to human eyes.

Seriously, how do people believe such weird things? You wouldn't believe how many images there are with lens flares on the Internet that people swear are ghosts. Let me teach you a little something about your camera: sometimes there will be smudges of light on your pictures that do not represent actual objects in front of the camera. There is no way to avoid lens flares in all your pictures; every photographer knows that lenses in certain lighting conditions will reflect light in this annoying way. There's nothing supernatural about it at all.

Plus, ghosts do not exist. Your memories and personality and all that stuff are complex arrangements of neurons firing around in your brain. Once you're dead, that's it, game over. Although I can see the appeal of pretending otherwise, there is no evidence at all that anything in nature will preserve the contents of your brain somehow after you die.

I'm actually glad that ghosts don't exist. Sometimes I like to jack off or take a shit and I don't want to think that my dead grandfather is looking down on me all the time.

[BUZz UK]

Case closed, lol.

[LIP]

Umm, a ghost? Are you serious? Let's consider the two possibilities as to what this could be:

1) A common lens flare, something every photographer is familiar with.
2) A disembodied representation of the memories and experiences and personality of a dead human being, which somehow transferred itself into a tiny orb floating by your head. An orb which has the strange property unknown to any other object in that it emits light visible to cameras but not to human eyes.

Seriously, how do people believe such weird things? You wouldn't believe how many images there are with lens flares on the Internet that people swear are ghosts. Let me teach you a little something about your camera: sometimes there will be smudges of light on your pictures that do not represent actual objects in front of the camera. There is no way to avoid lens flares in all your pictures; every photographer knows that lenses in certain lighting conditions will reflect light in this annoying way. There's nothing supernatural about it at all.

Plus, ghosts do not exist. Your memories and personality and all that stuff are complex arrangements of neurons firing around in your brain. Once you're dead, that's it, game over. Although I can see the appeal of pretending otherwise, there is no evidence at all that anything in nature will preserve the contents of your brain somehow after you die.

I'm actually glad that ghosts don't exist. Sometimes I like to jack off or take a shit and I don't want to think that my dead grandfather is looking down on me all the time.


How can you be sure? Have you ever died? Yes, theres no evidence saying there is ghosts, but theres also none proving they dont exsist.

The way you wrote that made it appear as fact, but it's not. It's your opinon.

I'm not decided on the matter - and wont be untill i see one in real life or untill i die.

[exhashsmoker]

case closed! lol

[Oneironaut]

How can you be sure? Have you ever died? Yes, theres no evidence saying there is ghosts, but theres also none proving they dont exsist.
Of course I can't be absolutely sure that the afterlife, the Tooth Fairy, and leprechauns aren't real. But they are so unlikely that there's really no reason to take them seriously. The Tooth Fairy doesn't exist, leprechauns don't exist, and the afterlife doesn't exist.

There is a mountain of evidence supporting the idea that everything about your consciousness and experience is encoded in the neurons of your brain, which are doing nothing but following the laws of physics. If anyone wants to propose that there is possibly such thing as an afterlife, they're going to have to show that there is some possible mechanism that preserves the information encoded in those neurons, and they're going to have to show how it works. The idea that your consciousness could float around in some non-physical form after the destruction of your brain is, with the amount of evidence we have (none), exactly as plausible as the idea that your digestion will float around in some non-physical form after your intestines die, or the idea that your computer files will float around in some non-physical form after you destroy the computer.

If it weren't for the emotional comfort of pretending you can live forever, nobody would take such nonsense seriously.

The way you wrote that made it appear as fact, but it's not. It's your opinon.

I'm not decided on the matter - and wont be untill i see one in real life or untill i die.
I am decided on the matter. Not 100%, but to the same certainty that I believe leprechauns and unicorns and fairies don't exist. If I did see absolute undeniable proof of a ghost, leprechaun, unicorn or fairy, and I could be sure I wasn't hallucinating, I'd have to change my mind, but it would be quite a surprise because these mystical beings are almost certainly not real.

[Skrappie]

On a serious note though folks, is anyone here not superstitious yet still believe in ghost?

By superstitious i mean religious and generally believes plausible situations?

[BabyFacedAbortion]

On a serious note though folks, is anyone here not superstitious yet still believe in ghost?

By superstitious i mean religious and generally believes plausible situations?

Me :)

[Oneironaut]

On a serious note though folks, is anyone here not superstitious yet still believe in ghost?

By superstitious i mean religious and generally believes plausible situations?
I don't get what you mean by "religious and generally believes plausible situations", but I don't think it's possible to believe in ghosts and not be superstitious. Ghosts are a superstition, as far as I am concerned.

Definition of superstition - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/superstition)
Main Entry: su·per·sti·tion
Pronunciation: "sü-p&r-'sti-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English supersticion, from Anglo-French, from Latin superstition-, superstitio, from superstit-, superstes standing over (as witness or survivor), from super- + stare to stand -- more at STAND
1 a : a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation b : an irrational abject attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God resulting from superstition
2 : a notion maintained despite evidence to the contrary

[Skrappie]

It was a high post.


It is supposed to be state that i was including religions in superstition, and i was only asking people who generally believe in plausible situations.

lame attempt at humor maybe, but i trying to colorfully state what your and p@wnish reply does so frankly; one can not be a person of logic and believe in ghosts.

they just a silly, emotionally comforting idea, like Santa for grown people, (those jokes again).
thanks for bringing that error to my attention though, I'll make sure to pay more attention to how i form my thoughts in the future.

[Metaphor]

WOW thats some entity right there... lol

but seriously, do i see a Menorah and a Christmas Tree????