Monday, June 14, 2010

Smoky Apparition Captured by Camera after Tales of Ghosts


Iriga, Bicol province, The Philippines. It was June, 2010. I was with guests for a wedding and staying in the groom's family house in Iriga. We were told of an incident that happened the night before we arrived. Apparently, in the dead of the night, the dogs started to bark and howl like wolves. The groom told us he liked to think it was a sign that his departed father paying him visit. His wedding was near after all and it made sense to him.

The dogs seemed quiet that night, but for fun, we began to take snapshots of the terrace. We joked that the camera may be able to capture a ghost or two. We didn't exactly expect to see anything in the photos, but the first two already gave us something to think about. The above photo shows what appears to be what paranormal experts call ectoplasm. It's taken from the door to the terrace.

For many of us, the image just shows a foggy thing in front of the camera. But in the other photographs of the terrace (below), there is no fog. Instead there were these strange orbs of light (above; left). Simply click on the image to see them in a larger format.


Note that the flare in the top photo is simply from an object that's too near the camera lens. Nevertheless, are orbs in photographs really indications of spirits or are they just light reflected off dust, water vapor, or insects in the air? Take a look at some of your photos at home taken with a digital camera and flash. Do you see some orbs in them? Whatever we catch on camera can prompt us to take more pictures and investigate even further.

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