TV Ghosts
& Other Theories
Written
by:
David T. Raynor
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Email:
NoFoKingWei@aol.com
The phosphor dust that
coats the inside of the screens is charged by
streams of electrons and holds the image long enough
for our eyes to process and interpret the image.
Perhaps, the phosphor
also captures spectral energies and due to the
phosphors properties converts that energy into a
visual image as well.
I've noticed an
abundance of images that are captured on screens or
behind / through / around glass. (windows mostly)
In some way, perhaps the glass with a coating of
dust reacts like a screen.. The particles are
charged by this spectral energy and is able to
convert it into a visual image or hold the image
long enough for our eyes to process it.
Extrapolating this to
cameras, both digital and film, the same process
might be taking place. I know that some early
cameras (and some modern large format cameras) used
ground glass lenses. And given the properties of the
ground glass, it would react in a similar fashion.
As far as images which
show up on film but were no where to be seen by the
naked eye, lest we forget that the physical process
of film is much like the phosphor coating on TV /
monitor screens. IE: The image is held by the
chemicals on film or by the phosphor screen in a
digital camera.
Without a doubt, the
most DISTURBING images I have seen are of the "dark
ones". The shadow people, or whatever they're
called.. Mostly because the average ghosts are
translucent or seem somewhat harmless compared to
the shadow people which appear solid and more
"real".
Also, given the nature
of film, lenses, and the overall process, the dark
ones would have to have some kind of physical
presence or influence over the environment to be
able to show up on film like they do.
Beings of all kinds are
interested in things going on around them, be they
alive or dead. I've also had a thought for a while
now that if there ARE people we cant see who walk
among us, why wouldn't they sit on chairs or relax
on sofas.. I've been in some places where I've
thought to myself, "Its so comfortable or beautiful
here, I could just be content sitting here
forever." -- Of course, that makes me wonder
whenever I'm in such a place, if there are indeed
people I can't see lounging around.
There's also the "echo
of the past" thing to consider as well. Images or
vibrations of past events replaying in present day.
Like the reports of ghosts fighting battles on the
fields of Gettysburg or indeed the old man in long
johns that many people have reported along I-75 in
Florida. (I could be wrong on the interstate number,
but I'm pretty sure that was it. Might have been
275)
In case you haven't
heard about the latter, I myself have seen him
twice and nearly wrecked my truck. Driving along
late at night I SWORE I saw an old man in long johns
come out of the woods on the side of the road and
fall in front of my truck. I slammed on the brakes
and careened to a stop facing the wrong way. There
was no impact and when I slowly drove back to where
my skid marks started there wasn't anyone there.
I drove to a rest stop
and went in for coffee. The waitress noticed I
looked pretty pale and asked what was wrong. I
related the story and much to my surprise she nodded
and said "yeah, your not the first one to see him."
To which two truck drivers said they've seen him
too. (on various nights, but mostly on the same
stretch of road.)
On another trip I came
up to what looked like an accident scene with cars
and trucks parked on the side of the road and a
second later passed the old man who was now walking
down the center of the road. Still in those
translucent long johns.
No one seems to know who
he is or why he walks that stretch of road, but I
wonder how many accidents he's caused over the
decades.
One local legend says
that when I-75 was built, they paved over forgotten
or abandoned towns along the way including
cemeteries. One story was that the remains of civil
war soldiers buried where they had fallen were paved
over and weren't too happy about it. I don't know.
Some of the most
interesting ghost pictures I've seen thus far are
the ones where the ghosts are in color rather than
being just a vapor or translucent white.. The
"swamp" and "ghost at the monitor" pictures come to
mind. You can see the flesh tone of the man's skin
and the blue of his overall's. The dark hair and
blue eyes of the girl peeking at the monitor...
Shutter speeds come to
mind too. Ghosts RARELY show up on time exposures
and not all cameras have the same exact shutter
speed. Which leads me to believe that certain
models, or certain cameras themselves have the right
shutter speed. Two identical cameras manufactured
at the same plant will themselves be off from each
other. If only by a handful of microseconds.
Thus, if you have a
camera that has captured ghost images, it is
important to hold on to THAT particular camera and
to never alter it in any way. Just in case my
theory is correct and its keyed into that "time
frame" or vibration where its able to capture
ghosts.
I myself have never
owned a camera that has caught any ghost or odd
images. But I have had film developed that came back
with nearly every anomaly that can happen. Static
discharge, X-ray damage, heat damage, expired
chemicals, etc.
When it comes to orb
photography, I've noticed there is a "vector" factor
common in most. A triangulation of lens position, a
glass or reflective object, and the appearance of
the orb. (albeit there are two kinds of orbs. I'm
referring to the ones that sort of resemble
snowflakes or distorted water droplets.)
Think of the lens as the
bottom point of a V. Take the position of the orb,
and then make an imaginary vector line out to
something in the area which could have reflected
light back at the lens. Usually you'll find
SOMETHING in the area which while not a direct
reflection, could be the culprit causing the orb.
The size or intensity (density?) of the orb very
well might relate to the vectored distance or
position of object causing the reflection.
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