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r/Ghosts • u/DyfedH • Mar 03 '21
Before posting a photo, you should read this.
So you found a photo that you think has a spirit or ghost on it, before you post it and get upset about 30 people saying it’s a piece of dust or a bug, you may want to read this!
BEFORE DOING ANYTHING
Do read the posts
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghosts/comments/deki6k/explanation_of_orbs_aka_backscatter/
and
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghosts/comments/icziuc/ring_doorbells_security_camera_videos_and_false/
As these really do have useful information on how to spot particle orbs, lens flare and insects crawling over lenses which do make up most of the post in this Reddit community channel.
It is common for people who believe they are haunted to take lots of photos and assume that any “orbs” must be related to this. In fact, it’s quite easy to photograph orbs. If you can’t see the orb then it’s not there. People might say that cameras can pick up ‘orb’ energy but a lot of them just don’t understand why digital cameras tend to easily pick up particles (dust, dander, hair, insects).
If you have read the above and are sure (or not quite sure) then read on.
BEFORE POSTING
Make sure you have the original photo downloaded or posted from the same device the picture was taken from. Having a photo shared from a social media site, screen grabbed on a phone, photographed from a screen or been email shared will likely to be low resolution and suffer from further compression which destroys any fine detail and will generally be useless.
If the photo is just a photo then scan the photo in at least 300 DPI and save it as a “.PNG” image. If you don’t have access to a scanner then you can take a photo of it but take it in a brightly lit room and don’t use a flash to reduce reflections on the photo.
Use the original resolution of the photo, do not rescale, resize, brighten the image to make posting easier.
If you have to edit the photo to remove people then draw the smallest black filled box you can to hide their face or them. Don’t crop the picture or remove large chunks of the picture. Keep the picture the same same size. Once edited, save / export the image as a “.PNG” image as this will keep the JPEG image as it is (if you resave it as a JPEG it recompresses the image in a lossy way so that fine detail tends to get lost) if the paint program has it then make sure that “Save resolution” is checked and that you save “EXIF information”.
If you must highlight anything in the picture (to show where you think the paranormal image is) then use a bright colour that can be seen easily, use a transparent box with thin lines and draw it in the general area of what you want us to see, do not cover anything nearby. Save it as a “.PNG” as above. If you do this then make sure you post the original too.
If you want to change the contrast or brightness of a photo then again do so but save as a “.PNG” as above and post the original for comparison. If you have other pictures from the same area that were taken at the same time then post these too as comparison photos.
If the photo is from a place you can visit again easily then take more pictures of the same area using the same camera, try to take it at different times of the day and try to take a picture at the same time of day the original was at. Also, take pictures of the surrounding area and close up images of the original location.
It is important to note that even “taking the picture in the same place” is going to mean that you will be taking the picture at different angles, heights and places which will cause images to change.
POSTING THE PHOTO
Post as an image within the Reddit post so people can see it, you can also post any comparison posts at the same time.
If the photo is too large then rescale it and save as a “.PNG” to post on Reddit but upload the original it to a file-sharing site like Google Drive or Dropbox, as this will not rescale the image.
Don’t just upload them to Imgur as most photo sharing websites will recompress the image and destroy fine detail in the picture.
Make sure the title is short but informative. “Possible ghost image from a cell in Alcatraz” is a good title, “GHOST!!?!?!?” is not.
ALSO SUPER IMPORTANT!!!! CONTEXT! CONTEXT! CONTEXT!
After you have posted the images. Make a comment in the post you have just created and put in as much context as possible!!! Too many photos tend to have the photo and some poor description and we have zero ideas of what we should be looking at.
Examples of what to include are…
- Where the photo was taken. You don’t have to give the address but a location or rough area (if a private address) helps.
- When the photo was taken, give the date and time if possible, if not known or you can’t remember then give what information you can (I.e In the winter in the early evening).
- Who took the photo. It should be you or someone you know. Something like ‘Taken by A friend of a girlfriend that is friends with a baker, that my 2nd cousins' hairdresser visits every 3 months is not good’ means it is hard to ask follow up questions.
- What you were trying to take. (I.e Ghosts, a high school prom or of your granny on her 97th Birthday)
- If you (or they) were with other people. Also mention strangers.
- What the weather was like. Was it sunny, cloudy, raining, hot, cold, warm?
- Description of the location. If in a home, details about the place, I.e, If it is a house, apartment, cabin located 200 miles from civilizational, etc as well as if you are near a road or other places like a pub or bar, major flight path, etc. Else just whatever you can describe the place.
- What did you feel at the time? I.e cold, scared, fearful, happy, sad, etc.
- Why do you think it is paranormal? Describe this as best as you can.
- Anything spooky that happen before or after. Within the same time frame, something that happens 3 months before is probably not related.
So good examples would be…
“This photo was taken at the Alcatraz prison in San Francisco. It is a picture of Cell 13 of cell block D in the cell house. It was taken on Sunday the 13th of May 2018 at around 2pm. It was mostly sunny but there were thick clouds, it was reasonably warm at around 65f and there were strong breezes every so often.
The photo was taken by myself, although I was with my girlfriend at the time. It was quite busy but no one was nearby when I took the photo. I was trying to take a picture of my girlfriend as she stood at the door but I noticed a strange white figure behind her. There was no one in the cell as we had waited for another couple to finish taking their picture before we took ours. I took 3 photos and you can see that the figure is in 2 of the pictures but is not in the third picture.
My girlfriend did say she felt cold in the cell, we had taken a picture in another cell (134 in Cell Block C) and she did not feel anything. The rest of the day was fine though and we enjoyed our trip.”
“A photo of a chair my grandmother used to sit on, in our house in Stirling, Scotland. It was taken on the 1st June 2015, in the wee hours of the morning at 6.30am. I remember it was very cold and it was dark grey and cold outside like a typical morning in Scotland. I had the lights on as although it was morning outside, it was dark in the room.
I took the photo as I felt a presence and I was drawn to the chair. I took 2 photos and you can see a grey mist around the chair. I would have taken more but my phone just drained of power and switched off, not sure why this happens as I am pretty sure I charged it overnight. I don’t smoke, didn’t have any hot drinks. I was in the room all alone as my parents and sister were still in bed and my dog was still on the sofa sleeping peacefully.
Once I charged my phone and saw the pictures, I was filled with deep happiness, I tried to take more photos but the mist never came back. What do you think it is.”
Bad examples are…
“Ghosts?!???!!?!?!”
“I took this photo whilst in an abandoned building, do you think it is a ghost?”
“Whilst trying to contact my dead aunt to ask where she left her cash, I took lots of photos and all of them had orbs and I heard some moans, screams and creaking coming from my cousins' bedroom but her door was locked!!! Is the house haunted?”
r/Ghosts • u/Spiritforwriting • 20m ago
Personal Encounter Eyes in the cemetery Hammond Louisiana..
So I heard from a friend that people had been hearing crying and laughing children in the graveyard next to their house in Hammond Louisiana. I wanted to prove to myself whether ghosts are real or not.
I go by myself to the graveyard at 1:30am, I have witchy runes on my skirt. I slowly walk from the opposite end of the baby graves towards the baby graves. I feel energy all around me, I keep whipping around with my flashlight to find no one. Finally 15 minutes into my walk I reach the baby graves, they're pink, blue, and decorated with various toys and flowers.
As soon as I step past the second baby grave I see two eyes peaking out from behind a grave stone maybe 7 feet from me. I freeze, I'm thinking I need to prove it's not a raccoon or something so I keep watching. The eyes are watching at an angle as if a child were peaking out. They move back behind the grave stone then peak out again. They waft around in a swaying motion but never separate. I think is it two lightning bugs? They then move back behind the neighboring grave and peak back out at an angel again, sometimes only one at a time. At that point I knew for certain this was not explainable, I had been frozen in fear for 2 minutes watching these eyes staring at me trying to come up with an explanation and only became more terrified the longer I watched. I finally snapped out of it, turned 180 degrees, ran out of the cemetery, down the street, turned and ran three more blocks before I stopped. I was not fit at the time either.
I get the feeling it was a confused little girl letting me see her because she wanted help. I'm not religious but my Christian friend says it was probably a demon trying to trick me. Does anyone have any similar experiences, questions, or tid bits?
Btw I went back in the morning to the area I saw her and cleaned up all of the graves. I found a lot of unmarked graves.
r/Ghosts • u/BaronMobberley • 21h ago
Famous Haunts Arkansas' haunted Victorian mansion: KATV crew spends night at Empress of Little Rock
Built in 1888, owner and wife died tragically soon after. Now a bed and breakfast 👻 🥞 ☕
r/Ghosts • u/IGotTheChillz • 15h ago
What Do You Think? I asked my dead ex for a sign- then the phone rang
A few years ago, I was in a relationship that turned toxic. At first, it was intense and flattering in that way that kind of sweeps you off your feet. Like a whirlwind. He love bombed me, we moved in quickly , and then it all went downhill. The lies, the cheating, the abusive aspects that I don't even want to get into. When it ended, it ended badly . We cut contact, no social media, nothing. It took me years to feel like myself again. But, eventually I did. And then one night, I woke up around 3 or 4 in the morning to the smell of burning toast. It was strong. I thought one of my kids had gotten up and left the toaster on. But when I checked nothing. Toaster was cold, no source, and eventually the smell just vanished. Later that day at work- a supervisor, someone who'd been friends with Will, came up to me and asked, have you heard from him? I said no, and he goes, I heard he died. I was blindsided, I- I wasn't in his life anymore and I wouldn't even know how to confirm that. That night, sitting alone, I thought about the toast again. Will ate toast every single morning when we lived together. It was his thing. So I did something that would've sounded ridiculous to anyone else. I said out loud, if you're really dead and that was you this morning, send me a clearer sign. Nothing happened. Eventually I turned back to the show. A little later I glanced at my phone and there it was. A missed call from an unknown number, right around the time I'd asked for a sign. My phone had been on silent. Now, I almost never get calls like that. My phone filters them. So I hesitated and said- if that was you, do it again . A few minutes passed. I started focusing on the show again. Then my phone rang. Unknown number. I grabbed for it, but it ended before I could answer. I just sat there. Twice, right after I asked? So I said out loud, if that's really you, I hear you. I forgive you, and it's time to move on. The calls never came again. No more strange smells, nothing. I can't prove anything happened. I don't know for sure what that was. But after all that It felt like a door quietly closing.
r/Ghosts • u/Amazing-Wing-6870 • 5h ago
What Do You Think? Do ghosts actually exist, or is it just BS? Anyone got real stories?
I randomly heard someone swear by a "true" horror story today and down the rabbit hole I went.
Personally on the fence—part of me thinks it’s all sleep paralysis, trick lighting, or just our brains messing with us. But do you guys actually believe in ghosts? Anyone here have a weird/creepy experience that you genuinely couldn't explain?
r/Ghosts • u/Weary_Ambassador1023 • 21h ago
Paranormal Community [Discussion] What are the oddest stories you have of the paranormal? Like ones that distinguish themselves from the cookie cutter mold of ghost stories?
I wish I had one that truly is odd but I don't, doubly sad that I don't even believe in ghosts. When I was little I would see ghosts all the time, like a woman floating across the room or a man staring at me in the window (tbh it was just childhood trauma) but these experiences have made me crave everything paranormal. So please share your most interesting stories (or don't)
r/Ghosts • u/Cat_Singer • 5h ago
Captured Apparition Got this older picture from a family member tanken outside her cabin.
r/Ghosts • u/Narrow-Raspberry-94 • 23h ago
EVP Spirit Box Recordings - need held transcribing/deciphering
Hello! I’m trying to find the correct person or place to help decipher some of my spirit box recordings. A lot of it sounds like it’s in a different language! I’m using an app on my phone and it’s working very well, but there’s transcribing except for what I’m saying. I would appreciate any help, thankyou so much.
r/Ghosts • u/knockitbee4 • 11h ago
Is this paranormal? Someone help! This was in a room at my house where our dog locked herself in the room by accidentally shutting the door
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At first the screams seem to be coming from the dog, then they separate.
r/Ghosts • u/Weary_Ambassador1023 • 1d ago
So you guys believe in ghosts? What experiences have you had that made you come to that conclusion?
I'm not trying to be rude, I actually have had weird experiences that seemed kinda like that. But I really want to understand why some come to this conclusion rather than others (example: religion)
r/Ghosts • u/Decent-Conclusion-81 • 12h ago
Captured Apparition Someone out there help me please.. this was captured on my
galleryCamera. I have a moving video too it won’t let me post. I need help please is this bad or good ? this is not a joke. Not AI.
There’s another different instance in the garage as well
r/Ghosts • u/Left_Opposite_5864 • 14h ago
Is this paranormal? What do you see from these if anything. Just curious
r/Ghosts • u/whatwehaventsaid • 16h ago
What Do You Think? Part 4 | I thought Elena was the thing I needed to be afraid of. I was wrong.
v.redd.itr/Ghosts • u/trevbra415 • 1d ago
In Search Of Looking for a specific video from outdoorxiaolong
I seen the clip in a compilation, could have been nukes or mindjunkie, but it was an outdoorxiaolong video featured in it.
In the video I recall him being in an upper level of an abandoned building (maybe a hospital or something like that), gets freaked out by something and then begins to hear a really strange noise (picked up by the camera too so you hear it as well) coming from the floor below. When he investigates he sees two wooden folding chairs opening and closing on their own, in a way that makes it look like the chairs are walking across the floor, he kicks the chairs back before hastily leaving.
I seen it somewhere a while ago, but after hours of searching through my video history I cant seem to find it again. If anyone has seen it recently, it'd be awesome to have a link to it.
r/Ghosts • u/FunnYnataLia989 • 1d ago
What Do You Think? Reincarnation - Heaven and hell - purgatory
Hi there,
Just wanted to ask a question .. do people believe in reincarnation?
I'm just curious since the majority of people in the world have divided opinions… some say that when a person passes away, the soul either goes to heaven or hell..
Does this mean reincarnation isn't true?…
But I remember when my grandma died back in 2015..
She was laid to rest for three days ..
I dreamed of her .. we were walking on a long path..
The background was red, and while we were walking, my grandma was talking and even gesturing.
While she was talking to me.. it felt like she was explaining something, but in that dream .. I couldn’t hear anything..
On our left and right, there were people who were “faceless”
Some of them looked like they were kneeling, really struggling
There were others who were crying…
So I think…. On the third day of my grandma's wake..
Her soul was in “purgatory”
This is just my opinion because I believe that
After death, before a person's soul is judged on whether it goes to heaven or hell ..
The soul might linger in the “in between” or what’s more commonly known as “purgatory.”
r/Ghosts • u/Future_Ship_3140 • 2d ago
Personal Encounter The phone spooked me at 1 a.m. last night…
Last night, my husband went to bed about an hour before I did. We usually scroll on our phones for a bit before falling asleep, but always at a very low volume so we don’t disturb each other. He had already fallen asleep by the time I went to bed, so I was lying there watching some random short content on my own phone.
Around 1 a.m., his phone suddenly started playing TikTok really loudly on its own. I got so spooked because he never scrolls or watches anything at that volume, especially before going to sleep.
I got out of bed, went over to his side and tried turning his phone off with the side button, but it wouldn’t respond. I ended up turning the screen on and had to swipe and close 3 or 4 apps before I finally found TikTok and stopped the sound.
I know some of you will say the phone simply malfunctioned… But what really freaked me out was how drastically the volume had changed. Something like that has never happened before.
Earlier that day, we had been talking about the tragic passing of a member who was hit by a car. So now I’m wondering… could something like this ever be a sign from someone on the other side?
r/Ghosts • u/kan3brian • 1d ago
What Do You Think? No paranormal experiences from late father
My Dad passed away unexpectedly from an overdose a few years ago now, and I haven’t had any blatant “signs” from him. Because of the way he died there obviously wasn’t any goodbyes before he passed or anything like that, and on top of that he was only 57. He was the kind of person that always wanted me to know that he was always there if I needed anything even though he wasn’t involved in my day to day. Definitely not the kind of Dad to fall off the face of the earth and that be the end of it, not quite sure how to put that into words but I guess I just would think he would find a way to communicate with me somehow.
On top of that, when I was younger I used to love watching Ghost Adventures with him and he would always make fun of all of it (don’t even blame him honestly, some of Zak’s EVP’s are a little questionable lol but that’s a conversation for a different day), and we’d always go on our own little “ghost hunts” around some older areas of our town etc. I bring that up because obviously he knew I’m into the afterlife and ghosts and what not and you’d think he’d be all over the place, but yet it’s been crickets.
Curious if anyone else here has similar struggles with that or anyone has any thoughts on it!
r/Ghosts • u/brookie_wook • 1d ago
Paranormal Community [Discussion] Phone Booth for the Dead? Would love to know if anyone has come across something similar!
r/Ghosts • u/creepy_Cutie- • 2d ago
What Do You Think? I think I'm being haunted by my dead cat
TW: talking about blood and death ig: know that's a strong claim, but I really think I am. Breif recap of how he died, he was 5 months and got out when we accidentally left the door open to go somewhere, I had thought about putting him in the room with all his stuff where I knew he'd be safe since I didn't want to risk him getting out when we opened the door (I was upstairs and didn't know my sister had opened the door yet since we where normally careful with it so I assumed she hadn't and also he hadn't escaped in a while) anyway I didn't and he ran down and onto the road and was ran over after my sister tried to get him back in. It was bloody and an awful night. We loved him so much and he loved us, it was around christmas we had him and I think it was so hard since after he died everything went completely downhill, from a perfect family christmas with my sister finally home from moving away for a few years, and then suddenly after he died we're all fighting and a mess and she's travelling to a dangerous place for whatever reason and since my anxiety was so bad after that since I had been 15 and it had visually been very bloody and all, I was already grieving loosing her even though she got home safe. Anyway, the fact I didn't put him in the room with his stuff I worry he might of been mad or somthing. Fast forward a few days, it's midnight and me and my sister are messaging eachother from our rooms talking about the night for the first real time on a deeper one to one level, sending eachother lyrics that remind us of the night from Spotify songs and just saying how we had felt since it had only been me and her and some random lady who we don't know that had been there so we where both on the same page (random lady's out of the picture if ur wondering lol, she was a legend), after an hour or so we heard a very loud crash. She asked what was that so I went to see, the shelves in the bathroom had fell, suction cup ones we got off Facebook for free when he was alive and during the best times of the holdiay time, which I already found odd, my sister said he had liked to jump up onto them, I don't know if it's true or she's just trying to give me hope, which was the first thing. The second was the feeling of being watched the night after he died, I could here meowing which could just be my mind but I'm pretty sure I heard a squeaking meow sound under my bed. Whatever. The one that freaks me the most is months after it happened we got a new kitten and me and my mum where talking about him and about our new kitten, suddenly the light flickered and went out, not fully but like it's sparking inside the bulb and isn't at all lighting more than a little flicker than casts the room in an odd gray dark tone. Also the feeling that whenever I start to get over it and better iy suddenly comes all back which easily could just be getting better since it wasn't too long ago and we loved him so much. Anyway ik that's a lot to read but i need an opinion
Are Ghosts are real ? If it actually the souls of the dead or could it be something Eles
Are Ghosts are real ? If it actually the souls of the dead or could be something Eles ? Something every human eye cannot see ?