Ghost Photos debunked

Often described as a shaft or wand darting across a photo. One good way to get a glowing vortex is to accidentally take a photo with your camera strap hanging over the lens. Because the object is so close the lens does not focus on it and it can be hard to identify. This has happened to many people including myself .These 2 pics were taken with a piece of string. Though it still retains some string-like qualities it also begins to look like a vortex. I plan on continuing to experiment so better pictures may be coming.

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There are many resources online claiming to have real photos of the supernatural. This is an attempt to find natural occurrences that might create or resemble a supposed ghostly picture. Of course this is not to say that no ghost photos are real, but a good dose of skepticism never hurts. You can click on some of the photos for a larger version.

Mists

Though this photo was taken outside a supposedly haunted location, making it all the more believable, it is not a ghost. It was a cold night and one member of the LIOddities staff decided to test the mist theory by exhaling while taking the picture. This is the result.

Upon showing this photo to one person they reported seeing a skull with horns in the image. This is similar to the Rorschach test. A mist can look like almost anything. Below this photo is another one with the head and horns supposedly outlined. Again this was just accidental and this photo is 100% fake. Take care to be objective when analyzing photos.

To the right are some more breath-caused mist photos. These were completely staged but yet look similar to some photos seen on the web. Note the different colors present in the mist. This is just light reacting differently due to distance and the misty breath.

Orbs are probably the most commonly reported ghost picture so I am going to spend a little more time here. You can click on the pictures to see a larger version. These orbs were completely staged. Perhaps someday we will be able to classify the origins of orb photos with accuracy just by looking at the patterns. I encourage you to make your own fake orb photos and analyze them.

These were taken with a digital camera looking into the rain. Note the blue tinge around the edges.

This was some dust spread about but with the flash at half power. Compared to the others, you get more orbs with a brighter flash.

In the next series of photos we used and old broom to fling dust all over. You can actually see the number of orbs increase and then decrease as the dust settled. Any one of these orbs looks very similar if not identical to other ghost photos. Again you may click on the photo for a larger view.

Getting started

Settling down

Starting up

Full force