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A single orb in the center of the photo, at the person's knee level Main article: Spirit photography § "Orbs" Some ghost hunters have claimed that orb shaped visual artifacts appearing in photographs are spirits of the dead.
In more modern times, cameras with built in flashes produced what some believed to be ectoplasm, or "orbs". [4] Most ghost photos fall into one of two categories. They are either hazy, indistinct shapes that look human or orbs that are usually white and round. Both can easily be purposefully or accidentally created. [13] [14]
Although some ghost hunters believe orbs are of supernatural origin, skeptic Brian Dunning says that they are usually particles of dust that are reflected by light when a picture is taken, sometimes it may be bugs or water droplets. He contends that "there are no plausible hypotheses that describe the mechanism by which a person who dies will ...
For many people, the word “ghost” conjures up one of two images: A menacing apparition that terrorizes unsuspecting homeowners, or a cute trick-or-treater covered in a white bed sheet.
Multiple paranormal investigators are taking a crack at the Taylor-Butler House in Middletown, where ghostly sounds and energies are under review. Tinkling bells and strange orbs fascinate ghost ...
Sometimes these creatures are associated with the occult or with esotericism, or linked with supernatural or paranormal phenomena. Others dismiss these explanations in favor of skepticism, cultural tracking, or the psychosocial hypothesis such as in cases of mass hysteria.
Diagram by the French esotericist Paul Sédir to explain clairvoyance [1]. Clairvoyance (/ k l ɛər ˈ v ɔɪ. ə n s /; from French clair 'clear' and voyance 'vision') is the claimed ability to acquire information that would be considered impossible to get through scientifically proven sensations, thus classified as extrasensory perception, or "sixth sense".
A Klerksdorp sphere. It is 3 to 4 centimetres (1.2 to 1.6 in) in maximum diameter and 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) in thickness. Klerksdorp spheres are small objects, often spherical to disc-shaped, that have been collected by miners and rockhounds from 3-billion-year-old pyrophyllite deposits mined by Wonderstone Ltd., near Ottosdal, South Africa.