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Local Radio Station's Chilling Picture Stirs Debate

Started by PPI Brian, August 04, 2009, 02:13:11 PM

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PPI Brian

A television news video tells the tale of a photograph of a toddler that appears to have one too many sets of eyes in the picture. Was a phantom trying to horn in on the child's Kodak moment?

http://www.abc6.com/news/52219432.html
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."--Carl Sagan

PPI Tracy


PPI Tim

Cool picture. Without further info I would say that someone very real is behind the kid.
It is no ghost.
Sounds interesting...Go on.

PPI Jason

This is really interesting to me.

First off, I didn't see any signs that would indicate this girl is lying. As a matter of fact, I noticed several things that specifically indicate she is being very honest in her description of how she came about with the photo. I would be very surprised if there was any fraud on her part in the creation of the photo. Every part of her comments seems genuine.

Second, unlike some of the other fraudulent photos we've seen, this photo is actually a photo I can imagine as a legitimate photo. It isn't a photo of what would otherwise be an empty hallway or an empty patio, in short, it isn't a photo of an area that no one would ever intentionally take a picture of. This is a picture of a little girl, clearly centered on the little girl, and except for the upper left corner it looks like any of a million other similar photos taken of a small child.

I agree that it isn't enough to say it's a ghost. I would love to see another photo taken from the same angle in the same room to see if it might reveal if it is just matrixing. But I personally think that if this isn't matrixing, and with a little more research, than this photo could have the potential to be considered more paranormal than many of the other photos we've seen.
Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.
-Jack Handey