Poll: Newby ghost photo - ever proved a fake?

Do you think the Newby Ghost photo is real or fake?

  • Real

  • Fake

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Gerard said:
If its clearly a fake then how come its yet to be debunked for all these years? The only explanation I've seen for it is from some internet expert that seems to require conditions akin to the planets aligning and a lottery win in the same day. :confused:
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Well monks didn't wear white sheets over their faces which it looks to me this one clearly does, so imo if it was a ghostly monk you would expect there to be an actual face or something more other-worldly, this monk just looks like a Halloween costume.

If the author(s) were good artists I suppose they may have been able to do it with a paper cutout, similar to how those street optical illusions are done today where it looks like there are bollards in the road but then when the camera moves you see that they are simply drawings.
 
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King4aDay said:
How is this still being discussed? Literally anyone with a camera and neutral density filter can make an image like that. It's just a long exposure where the guy wearing the sheet moves out of shot half way through.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=l...P7Qa65YDwCQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1319&bih=1457
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The reason is because within our society/culture such nonsense is still given the time of day. Just last night I was watching a program and some women started going on about the behaviour of her husband and how it was typical of a Libra.

Did anyone raise an eyebrow and mock the women for believing in such hokum as astrology? No.

Our society panders to all types of hokum and doesn't instill a healthly skeptical mind. Hence we end up all manner of rubbish from crystal healing to Derek Acorah!

What's more likely? A supernatural entity decides to imprint itself on a photographic plate? Or it's a hoax or a simple double exposure or the like? How anyone can give the former the slightest credence before eliminating alternatives astounds me!
 
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King4aDay said:
How is this still being discussed? Literally anyone with a camera and neutral density filter can make an image like that. It's just a long exposure where the guy wearing the sheet moves out of shot half way through.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=l...P7Qa65YDwCQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1319&bih=1457
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This picture could be easily faked today.

What makes it interesting is it was released in the 60's and no tampering was ever found.

Of course it doesn't make it a ghost in the picture but still interesting. It wasn't taken by your typical Ghost hunter but by a priest who maintained he never saw anything whilst taking the picture and the figure only appeared after being developed.
 
Third Opinion said:
This picture could be easily faked today.

What makes it interesting is it was released in the 60's and no tampering was ever found.

Of course it doesn't make it a ghost in the picture but still interesting. It wasn't taken by your typical Ghost hunter but by a priest who maintained he never saw anything whilst taking the picture and the figure only appeared after being developed.
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Cameras, tripods, neutral density filters and bedsheets all existed in the 60s. It's EXACTLY the same process as you would use today.

It isn't at all interesting, it's just a photograph. It's explained. Done. Finished. Priests are allowed to have fun too you know :p
 
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Third Opinion said:
This picture could be easily faked today.

What makes it interesting is it was released in the 60's and no tampering was ever found.

Of course it doesn't make it a ghost in the picture but still interesting. It wasn't taken by your typical Ghost hunter but by a priest who maintained he never saw anything whilst taking the picture and the figure only appeared after being developed.
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You live up to your name :D But also, I agree. Ghosts may not be real, but explaining the unexplained has been science's goal from the outset. And there's nothing wrong with things like this sparking imagination! Real or not.
 
Third Opinion said:
This picture could be easily faked today.

What makes it interesting is it was released in the 60's and no tampering was ever found.

Of course it doesn't make it a ghost in the picture but still interesting. It wasn't taken by your typical Ghost hunter but by a priest who maintained he never saw anything whilst taking the picture and the figure only appeared after being developed.
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And priests have never accidentally taken a double exposure, or simply lied :rolleyes: :)
 
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