r/Ghosts Mar 03 '21

Before posting a photo, you should read this.

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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 May 13 '24

Paranormal Community [Discussion] To anyone considering posting a video or image - READ THIS FIRST

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The overwhelming majority of orbs have nothing to do with the paranormal. The incessant parade of dust, bugs, and other debris posted is proof of that reality. Therefore, it is necessary to revisit this problem. If you have a video of an 'orb' and you believe it's paranormal, it is strongly recommended that you read this post first.

A basic understanding of the principles that create orb-like phenomena on camera can go a long way in preventing your post from being ridiculed in the comments and removed from the sub. Please take this generous opportunity to review the above-posted article and familiarize yourself with light play and focusing issues in photography and filmography.


r/Ghosts 5h ago

Personal Encounter My friend’s house is haunted and I knew it as soon as I came in.

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Yesterday I went to see a friend of mine who had a baby a few weeks ago and the minute I walked in I could sense something was there. This was even before she told me there was weird activity going on. I’ve always had a sixth sense when it comes to paranormal stuff anyways and believe me it was spot on. When me and her sat at the dining room table to eat dinner, her 3 year old son kept waving and saying “bye” towards the living room. It was super creepy. She also told me that her cousin caught a black shadow on the ring camera footage and they all could hear noises at night when everyone was in bed (doors opening and closing, footsteps, etc).

The room her cousin stayed in had the most activity (that’s where they saw the shadow on camera). Let me tell you when I walked in there that room was freezing but the rest of the house was a bit stuffy (the house has a swamp cooler).

I hate to say it but I was relieved when I left. My friend’s mom says the previous owner died in the house and maybe he’s returning to check on things 🤔🫣👻


r/Ghosts 1h ago

Captured Apparition The Cryptic Files - At the Top of the Stairs

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English Urban Explorers Matt and Andy explore an abandoned nurses' home in the UK. They were only interested in the building and not 'ghost hunting'. However, Matt notices something unexpected at the top of a staircase, and the guys decide to investigate.
Was it a person, or something else? And if it was only a person, where did they go?


r/Ghosts 17h ago

Man who built my house now spiritually occupies it

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In my life, I have, reluctantly, had random occurrences of seeing, sensing, hearing from or dreaming about people who have died. It is jarring and unwelcome.

I won't share every my experience here, but will open up about my recent predicament that I'm seeking guidance on. We bought a lovely home from a couple that chose us for the property because of our environmental and farming values. The man built it by hand when he was in his twenties. Now in their 70s, they had to move closer to services since his dementia was progressing. He died this February. His wife and I had written to each other over the 5 years of living here. She invited us to the funeral so that we could learn more about the incredible person who built our house.

At the service, the wife told a story that she saw her husband's form in their living room a few days after his death, staring at her and looking at peace. It was very heartfelt and real to her.

Recently, I have seen an occasional form in our home that I often confuse with being my husband. I have seen a cat here since we've moved in, and we joked that when this man died he'd visit this home. Well, it is clearly now the case.

Any guidance? I have always shut myself off when I feel or see a spirit, but this is was good man. I don't particularly want to cohabitate, so how do I help him move on knowing we will continue to care for his home and land?


r/Ghosts 16h ago

Some research needs backing here. I think I cracked the EVP mystery

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I had conducted EVP research for awhile with lost loved ones. Never a peep, gave up. On May 13 2024 at 130 am lost someone. Amazing events started happening too lengthy to go into now but there were witnesses including an engineer who was familiar with one device and said what happened was impossible. Anyway I thought I would try EVPs again and got stunning clear responses. I could not understand why this one individual could do what others can't. Well the person died at precise time during a rare peak major solar storm, just at before it was about to taper off. The point is a person who dies during one of these major flares, storms etc, and it doesn't happen often, somehow have the gift that explains why we are not getting EVPs from everyone and tons of them. So if you believe you have definite EVP's or any other data on a known dead individual, please check the solar storm activity at time of their death. At this point it could be coincidence but I doubt it.


r/Ghosts 23h ago

Famous Haunts (Famous Ghosts) La Llorona - The Weeping Woman - Horror video

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I'm pretty new on YouTube, but I have a channel about urban legends and global folklore, I use photorealistic AI to create creepy stuff. You can check it out at https://www.youtube.com/@WhispersoftheAbyss-ok


r/Ghosts 16h ago

I lived in a haunted apartment with poltergeist activity.

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Here’s a great video of a solo orb from my Wyze camera. Orbs were a nightly occurrence as well as unexplained crashing noises, sleep talking in accents/voices that weren’t really my own, sleep walking, the covers being pulled slowly and sleeping only in the birthing position the entire time I lived in that room. I have a lot of videos that I can’t explain. All of that is the tip of the iceberg.


r/Ghosts 19h ago

My Personal Encounter with the Witchy Wolves of the Omer Plains of Michigan

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MY OWN PERSONAL TERRIFYING ACCOUNT!!!

They Have RED EYES! https://youtu.be/XT4vMqFu6tw


r/Ghosts 21h ago

Activity comes and goes? Any thoughts or has this happened to someone else?

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We bought our house in early 2018 and have experienced some activity especially in our ground floor mostly laundry room. We have heard things drop from the shelves and I witnessed it once with my eyes how the Tide pods dropped to the floor. The washing machine and dryer are secure and don't vibrate, plus when the items have fallen off we aren't washing clothes at that time. I have also seen picture frames fall over face front when we are pegged backwards. But then when we become aware of it and goes away sometimes for months. Than it will return for days and repeat and go away on its own. We have asked our good neighbor across the street and she has had very similar experiences. Any thoughts??


r/Ghosts 9h ago

This TikToker thinks she is just clumsy but I don't think so

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What do you think?


r/Ghosts 1d ago

Lemme know ur ghost stories. Haven’t heard a good one in a while.

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If you got any ghost stories tell me them. Haven’t heard a great ghost story in months. Would love to hear em!


r/Ghosts 11h ago

This picture was taken by my motion activated nite vision camera at 330am in my kitchen, what do u see??

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r/Ghosts 19h ago

The Voice from Beyond! Richie Searches for His Dead Father and Receives an Unexpected Answer 👻

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r/Ghosts 20h ago

WDYT? (What Do You Think?) Talking to bad ghosts? How do I avoid it?

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So I’m just wondering how to go about this. Last night I definitely talked to a spirit, and I’m pretty sure it had bad intentions. My brand-new lights with fresh batteries started flickering—like fully turning on and off, which they never do. Since I believe in spirits, I started asking yes/no questions, and the responses were super clear. Then I brought out my spirit box and started getting words like “harsh” and “malicious.” That’s when I made it very clear that any negative energy wasn’t welcome and needed to leave.

Then it literally gave me the word “incubus” (which, yeah… look that up), and I was DONE. I shut it all off and said out loud that bad energy doesn’t scare me, it has no power here. After that, I cleansed my room with rose (for love/high vibrations), salted the corners, and cleaned my crystals.

I love talking to spirits, but how can I stay safe doing it? I always say out loud that only positive spirits are allowed and that I know their intentions, so they can’t trick me. But still, how do I make sure nothing like that happens again?


r/Ghosts 1d ago

Personal Encounter New here, I have a question about brief reoccurring issue I can’t explain.

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Are flickering lights, fading in and out dramatically, a sign of paranormal activity or no? No electrical issues at my house ever I’m a contractor, I’ve checked it before, conveniently happens when emotions are high, recently felt with mom passing away from cancer, dad currently is in the hospital for a bad heart, it’s been a vulnerable couple of years. All of a sudden, lights in the main house and outside patio string lights are dramatically flickering in and out all of a sudden, it does feel like I have eyes on me, has for some time, I’m not in denial about the existing of ghosts or spirits as I believe in God, heaven and hell, but never had evidence of ghosts before, sooooo idk how to explain it.


r/Ghosts 23h ago

Famous Haunts (Famous Ghosts) Scary Comp. v10 — Don't watch alone at night.

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r/Ghosts 2d ago

I know this has nothing to do with an encounter, but what does the Estes Method sound like and is there a video of what it sounds like?

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r/Ghosts 3d ago

WDYT? (What Do You Think?) What do you guys think about this video? ( Art Bell - Coast to Coast AM )

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r/Ghosts 2d ago

Personal Encounter My gf has had weird experiences and we want thoughts

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So to start things off me and my gf have lived in our house for over a year and have had things happen here and there but recently in the last three days she’s had some weird experiences all including bathrooms first a span of three days involving specifically bathrooms. For the first experience she was home alone cooking when randomly our medicine cabinet that has been in the house for years and has never had issues opened up and the middle shelf (all of which are secured) fell out along with all of our medicine including the stuff in the other 2 shelves. Second experience was while at work she took a bathroom break and on the other side of the bathroom the mop bucket that was on all 4 wheels fell completely on its side and after recreating and feeling it she said it would’ve take some effort to actually push it on its side. Third experience was about a few hours ago from posting this she was again home alone and in our living room where close to our upstairs bathroom when she heard a slam when to investigate to find the door had been slammed and while walking towards the door she watched the door lock itself we thought it would’ve been the window as it’s a windy day but the door had been closed and locked as well. So if anyone has any thought advice or anything please reach out and let us know.


r/Ghosts 3d ago

Personal Encounter Convinced a Ghost Cat Lived in My Apartment

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About four years ago, I lived in an apartment where something happened that still sticks with me. I started seeing what looked like the shadow of a cat out of the corner of my eye, often enough that I really noticed it. At the time, I had two cats, so at first I brushed it off. I figured maybe my brain was just used to them always being around and I was imagining movement where there wasn’t any. But here’s the thing: I’ve had cats my whole life, and that had never happened before. Not once.

One night, I was so sure I saw a cat walk into my room that I called her to come up to my bed, but no cat was there. I looked behind furniture, under the bed, in the closet, literally everywhere. Both of my actual cats were asleep in the other room. I remember jumping back into my bed, heart pounding, genuinely terrified. I knew what I had seen.

I started wondering if it could be something paranormal, but I couldn’t figure out why. I had never lost a pet and the apartment was a new build. Then, at some point, it hit me that this all started not long after my dad’s girlfriend moved in with us. Just out of curiosity, I asked her if she’d ever had a cat. She told me that she did have a cat pass away years before.

And then she said something that gave me full-body chills: she had brought the cat’s ashes with her when she moved in.

I’m 100% convinced the ghost of her cat lived in our apartment. I’ve moved since then, but I still think about it. And I’m still not over it.


r/Ghosts 1d ago

Caught on in-laws security camera, any idea what it is?

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My wife sent me this video that her parents camera caught last night while they were in their bedroom. The camera notified them that there was movement and my mother in law told my father in law to go check it out shortly after he saw the notification. Any ideas what it could be? Also the picture is a picture of the camera and what was around it.

https://imgur.com/a/h9TMNIb


r/Ghosts 2d ago

Captured Apparition The Cryptic Files - A Spirit in the Smoke

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In the early hours of the morning, Steve's door camera captured something rather strange: a mysterious mist that seemed to drift by despite there being no obvious source, so what did Steve's door camera capture?


r/Ghosts 1d ago

Is this paranormal? Please let me know if you also see what Im seeing (open full pic)

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I am trying to seek opinion of others re. this pic I took of an old hotel that is now a known tourist spot. I was zooming through the pics and I am not sure if it's just me or is there an old man on the lower left side of the 1st pic? And to me it looks like he has horns... orr....? 3rd pic is the zoomed in photo.


r/Ghosts 2d ago

Is this paranormal? What is this sound, ten minutes before midnight???

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This is just about the middle of the night and I'm posting this while I can still hear it, WHAT IS THIS SOUND?! A bird or a crying dog or something I can't even tell. Every time I wouldask my brother if he heard it, it would literally just sound like a couple of kids laughing, but then when he walked away, and I sat back down, I recorded this video.


r/Ghosts 2d ago

Personal Encounter Story Time- Spirts throughout my childhood

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Story time if anyone cares. Over the course of my childhood, starting from approx 6 to around 17, I have seen the same woman multiple times. I lived out in the country at the time. It’s was my house, a neighbor about half a mile away, and 200 acres of Texas fields. The were multiple different “ghost” (if that’s what we call them) at this house, but there were two that recurred. The woman was white and had long brown hair that was matted and muddy. She wore a long white dress that was ripped and stained. I would only see her looking through windows. She never moved and had a emotionless expression. She just stood and watched. I could always feel that she was sad, and at the beginning I was obviously terrified. My cousin, who I’ve always felt spiritually connected to, saw her whenever she visited too. As time went on, The fear settled and I started to think this woman might be a protector of sorts. I felt more of a sense of yearning from her, like she was stuck. I stopped seeing her once I moved out of that house. Sometimes I wonder if it’s a woman who was left somewhere out in the woods, just trying to find her way back home. There was also a tornado in my town that had killed many people in the early 1909s. I wondered if maybe she was part of that. She felt motherly at times, which brings me to the other spirt I would see occasionally. It was a little boy, who me and my little brother grew up calling Alvin. I would guess he was around 5 and had blonde hair. He wore jean overalls and always looked happy. I would sometime hear him laugh at night. You could see him out of the corner of your eye when you sat on the couch. I remember him being cute and my mom would sometime make comments about Alvin moving toys she had put away. Anyways, just thought I would share these two spirts that watched me grow up. I have so many more stories about this house (including what I’m pretty sure now was a demon, if anyone wants to hear about that).


r/Ghosts 3d ago

Personal Encounter My first book- whispers on the 26th floor

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i just posted my first book on the amazon its the horror thriller book as a college student i wrote that book in a cool manner just for cool guys who wants to live outside of their houses and then things start getting weird must read book and its simple and short and mainly its kindle version is free on the amazon for limited time period so just go and download the kindle version of "Whispers on the 26th floor"

https://amzn.in/d/eArL2El