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Anybody ever hear of "ghost picture" scams done at the Gettysburg Battlefield park? My father took a picture on one of the night tours that shows a number of odd illuminated human-like figures. Do they clown around with the tourists? Thanks.
 
JimmyBuddy said:
Anybody ever hear of "ghost picture" scams done at the Gettysburg Battlefield park? My father took a picture on one of the night tours that shows a number of odd illuminated human-like figures. Do they clown around with the tourists? Thanks.
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any example pictures? i am sure people here could make some educated guesses on the methods that produced the results
 
Taking flash photography through a tinted bus window at night will produce interesting artifacts in your photos. It can also be quite annoying.
 
I don't know what this is a picture of. I have contacted the people who manage the various tours of Gettysburg and they assure me that practical jokes aren't part of the routine at a national memorial battfield park. I will gladly provide originals for examination.

Thank you for your help,

John Carlucci

drjcarlucci@verizon.net
 
Ha JimmyBuddy. That same exact thing happend to my folks!!! They went on a ghost tour at dusk at Gettysburg, and yes they have a photo showing something in the background.. most likely a person dressed up in civil war garb. I lightened it up on a graphics program I work with, to the point it looks light out. To me i'm pretty sure its a person.
Now obviously to the woo's its a ghost. But now that I hear that has happend to another person under similar circumstances... I'm betting we have a little conspiracy going.... Ghost tours are a big industry in Gettysburg ya know... hmmmm. makes one think. I bet ya they hire some guy to walk around at night in the background to possibly spark some interest.
 
Meffy said:
It's true(tm). Thanks to 1) one of my professors in the late 1960s and 2) some friends with odd senses of humor and a few bucks to burn in the 1980s, I'm 1) a pastor and 2) a bishop in the same church. Pretty good considering I'm a non-observant Jew and the founder of Bentoism. Go figure.

<inquiring_mind> Does a brandy snifter qualify as a spirit orb? </inquiring_mind>
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Me, too! But I didn't spring for the honorary degree. I'm just a Pastor of the Church of Starthinker.
 
J.B.D.;

Thanks for the reply. I have a solid education in science and am a cautious, rational person. We all occasionally come across things that seem bizarre or unexplainable at first glance. The reasonable thing to do is work through the likely possibilities, eliminating each in turn until you come up with either a definite, provable explanation or at least a probability that may or may not be subject to ultimate provability.

That's why I've come to this forum, to seek intelligent input from like-minded individuals. I'd like to submit this photo for your examination, then get your input. Once you see it you will realize it's not lens dust, raindrops, or a guy in a Civil War costume. I don't believe in ghosts, but I don't know what it is and simply want to find out.

JC
 
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One good secret I"ve found out from chasing spooks. Ciggarrette smoke usually turns up on film as blue in color. Its not always the case but if you see blue tinted smoke in a pic its a good bet you're dealing with cigarrettes not ghosts. There are more credible looking pictures of full figures the problem of course is unless you took the picture its pretty much hopeless to try proving whether its the result of a ghost or a few hours with photoshop. I think most ghost hunters are well meaning people(the idiot Oester seems well meaning) that are just unresolvably clueless of the real world phenomenon that can cause pictures. I remember one woman who showed me a picture of an almost perfect eliptical shape that was blue tinged and to large to be dust. It took me about a second to notice the open(no shade) light fixture on the ceilling in the pic that was causing the reflection(reflections like that tend to be blue and start getting indistinct towards the edges its a bit hard to describe if you haven't seen it before). Another fun one is the various geometric shapes that are caused by camera problems. Tragicly people have such a desperate need to believe many will never admit these natural phenomenon cause there pictures.
 
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