Another Ghost Photo

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This story on OddStuff states that a man has taken a picture of what is, apparently, a ghost. Here are the pictures:

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Photoshop? Cloud? Something else?
 
Given there are apps to put ghosts in iPhone pictures, I'm happy with that explanation until further notice.
 
The perspective seems right, although it looks as of the image was painted onto the window's glass.

Meh ... there are no such things as ghosts, so it must be an artist's rendition.
 
To me it looks like a reflection of clouds in the glass. Compression artifacts and old glass would account for the "face", and everything else, particularly along the left side of the image, look just like clouds.
 
Pure_Argent said:
Jeez, there seriously is an app for everything.

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There was a thread... I think it might have been the end of last year where someone was sent a photo by a mate that seemed to show a creepy little girl reflected in a window. Turned out to be one from one of those apps. On the plus side, maybe now this sort of editing is so easily done, more people will stop putting so much importance on photos.

ETA: I was googling for a page about the app and found this. Good grief.
 
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lol, the app strikes again. I can't wait till they get one that looks like bigfoot running away.
 
To me this looks like some poster or painting held behind the window.

Look at the first image, the "total" of the front. You can see that something rectangular shaped is behind that window. You can see the corner of that in the upper half of the window. Compare to the upper halves of the other windows.

Also not the shadows from the womans legs. The sun apparently comes from the upper-right of that image.

Now look at the close-up image. It seems that there is a fold in the "ghost poster". That folding mark matches the angle of the upper border of that "poster". Then notice the shadows cause by the window frame onto that poster. Notice that there are no such shadows in the other windows.

So, that looks to me like someone held a poster or similar up there. The tilt and matching folding-mark give that away, i think.

Greetings,

Chris
 
I've got an app that adds UFOs to pictures.





My first impression though is that it is reflected clouds, and pareidolia. The blue colour in the windows is definitely a sky shade. I can't think of where else that colour would have come from.
 
It's a hoax. The girl in the photo gives it away. It's supposed to be a picture of her that just happened to catch a ghost in it. After all, there was no reason to take a picture of a post office - according to the story, he didn't suspect it was haunted. Yet the girl is barely in the shot. She's way down and to the left, giving room for the ghost in the far window upstairs.

It's amazing how much of the belief in ghosts and UFOs rests on the belief that grown people are constantly snapping pictures of things that they don't expect to be interesting.
 
It really looks like a poster taped on the window. I swear I can actually see tape on one corner of it...
 
I find it odd that the top floor windows are a shade of blue, while it seems the bottom floor windows are black. It also looks very much like something (a poster/picture) has been placed between the window and the blind, which would explain the sliver of window blind on the left side.

It also seems that the old woman would be huge from that perspective, compared to the girl below.
 
Did anyone else see the poll on that page? It asks whether or not you believe in ghosts. Right now it's at 66% yes, 33% no.
 
Sledge said:
ETA: I was googling for a page about the app and found this. Good grief.
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If you thought that was bad, take a look at this and this. Apps that claim to make your iPhone/Touch an EVP-detector and EMF-detector, capable of doing "real paranormal research" :rolleyes:

ETA: Part of me just wants to spend the few bucks to test out these apps to see whether or not they do anything, much less what they claim.
 
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MattusMaximus said:
Did anyone else see the poll on that page? It asks whether or not you believe in ghosts. Right now it's at 66% yes, 33% no.
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I noticed, and the results disturbing, but I wonder about the audience too.

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Surgical tool left in stomach

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Extreme igloo with all mod cons

Man sets hugs record
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MattusMaximus said:
Did anyone else see the poll on that page? It asks whether or not you believe in ghosts. Right now it's at 66% yes, 33% no.
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Oy. Ya know, it would have been more convincing, imo, if the image placed there had been a little less distinct.
 
If anyone knows an art historian, pass this photo on to them. I could swear the person looks like something I've seen in some famous Renaissance era painting.
 
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