St. Augustine Lighthouse False Positive
The Story
On a visit to St.
Augustine, Florida during the Summer of 2009, I was able to do an investigation
at the lighthouse made famous in two episodes of Ghost Hunters where an
apparition was filmed numerous times. During a sitting in the main house, I sat
down in a chair that supposedly belonged to an old keeper. As legend has it, if
you sit in his chair, he will appear to you and look rather angry.
The night was a disappointment. Aside from an unexplained noise that no one
caught on tape, nothing happened. Even the pictures were blurry not even
yielding those stupid spirit orbs that some people fall all over themselves
over. It wasn't until I was looking at pictures a few days later, that I almost
fell out of my chair.
Analysis
I'm not overly crazy about
putting my face on the internet at this time, so I have censored myself. What I
want to call your attention to is the shadowy figure in the bottom center of the
picture. It appears to be a skeleton-like shadow seemingly appearing out of
nowhere as though it's going to stand and look over me - scowling in disapproval
at the man sitting in his chair.
I was amazed. I had never caught a picture of a spook before to say anything
approaching this level of quality. I was so excited that I came very close to
showing my finding off on the internet that very evening. Thankfully, I stopped
myself. I knew I had to examine what I had caught to make sure there was no
other explanation.
It was a very short and heartbreaking investigation.
Conclusion
Although out of
focus, the figure was in this picture as well. What I thought was a genuine
shadow person appears to be nothing more than a mark on the wall.
Yeah, it sucks. I thought I had something special, but it only goes to prove
that you've got to check and recheck because if you put a picture out there for
the scrutiny of others, they are going to expose false positives and your
reputation is only going to take a blow for it.
I haven't gone over the recordings for EVP's yet. If I come across anything
interesting, they will be posted here.
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