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super-heated plasma · Jul 14, 2016

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/14/us/spirit-leaving-body-photo-trnd/index.html

I think no, but it's good enough to get on CNN apparently. To me I think its the tree trunk somehow caught at just the right angle and out of focus. But I could be wrong...

Feel free to share any unexplainable photos or videos.

Volimar · Jul 14, 2016

It's a piece of something on or right in front of the camera.

SocksAndShoes · Jul 14, 2016

Nope.

And serious question: Why wouldn't all ghosts be naked? Your "soul" "essence" or whatever they're claiming becomes a ghost has nothing to do with your clothes. So why would a ghost have any clothes on?

Team Alucard · Jul 14, 2016

Nope, its clearly Bughuul.

We are all dead.

Enter the Dragon Punch · Jul 14, 2016

ghosts aren't real

Bread · Jul 14, 2016

CNN reported it so yeah it's a ghost

MMarston · Jul 14, 2016

Open Photoshop > brush > motion blur > pixelate

ArgyleReptile · Jul 14, 2016

SocksAndShoes said:
Nope.

And serious question: Why wouldn't all ghosts be naked?

The trauma is so great, your clothes die as well.

super-heated plasma · Jul 14, 2016

Enter the Dragon Punch said:
ghosts aren't real

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So certain are you.

Stereogatari · Jul 14, 2016

Yes. Finally, I've been waiting for solid proof.

WedgeX · Jul 14, 2016

This is on....CNN?

freenudemacusers · Jul 14, 2016

There is a lot of scientific evidence for ghosts but I don't think this is one.

Dalek · Jul 14, 2016

Reading the title of this thread I answered "no".

KarmaCow · Jul 14, 2016

SocksAndShoes said:
Nope.

And serious question: Why wouldn't all ghosts be naked? Your "soul" "essence" or whatever they're claiming becomes a ghost has nothing to do with your clothes. So why would a ghost have any clothes on?

Why would they buy ghost clothes and not wear them?

Jawbreaker · Jul 14, 2016

Swamp gas.

pgtl_10 · Jul 14, 2016

freenudemacusers said:
There is a lot of scientific evidence for ghosts but I don't think this is one.

Really?

The Silver · Jul 14, 2016

Yep, 3spooky5me

JetBlackPanda · Jul 14, 2016

Ghostbusters viral marketing?

Lord Frieza · Jul 14, 2016

Enter the Dragon Punch said:
ghosts aren't real

A Haunting is one of my favorite shows. You can't take that away from me.

SJRB · Jul 14, 2016

I ain't afraid of no ghost.

strafer · Jul 14, 2016

I have seen a ghost. They are real.

HazySaiyan · Jul 14, 2016

Ghosts aren't real so no.

freenudemacusers said:
There is a lot of scientific evidence for ghosts but I don't think this is one.

"Scientific"

JoeNut · Jul 14, 2016

freenudemacusers said:
There is a lot of scientific evidence for ghosts but I don't think this is one.

Go on....

Dr_Boris_Goltz · Jul 14, 2016

GHOSTS ARE NOT REAL.

freenudemacusers · Jul 14, 2016

pgtl_10 said:
Really?

Yeah just watch any of the ghost hunter shows. They get experts in the field and use high tech equipment to scan for apparitions.

meppi · Jul 14, 2016

Jackpot · Jul 14, 2016

If ghosts were so visible we'd see them every time someone died.

freenudemacusers said:
There is a lot of scientific evidence for ghosts but I don't think this is one.

No there isn't. If there was the scientific consensus would be that they exist. That's how science works, it uses evidence to inform conclusions.

Raptor · Jul 14, 2016

Yes is a ghost.

The Incarnation · Jul 14, 2016

Looks like some sort of super heated plasma.

Messofanego · Jul 14, 2016

2016, we got 4K cameras on phones now, and yet still have potato levels of quality for stupid paranormal photography.

thecouncil · Jul 14, 2016

*puts on glasses, gets close to screen*

"Yes, that is a ghost."

*takes glasses of, rubs bridge of nose*

"What am I doing with my life?"

Particle Physicist · Jul 14, 2016

The person didn't even die there. They died at the hospital.

Effnine · Jul 14, 2016

Close enough. I'll accept it.

meppi · Jul 14, 2016

Jackpot said:
If ghosts were so visible we'd see them every time someone died.

Perhaps ghosts aren't even dead people though, might even be an imprint of some sort.

freenudemacusers said:
Yeah just watch any of the ghost hunter shows. They get experts in the field and use high tech equipment to scan for apparitions.

I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. lol

HazySaiyan · Jul 14, 2016

Jackpot said:
If ghosts were so visible we'd see them every time someone died.

No there isn't. If there was the scientific consensus would be that they exist. That's how science works, it uses evidence to inform conclusions.

No no, you've got it all wrong, what real scientists do is make up a conclusion then bend over backwards to try and find any scant piece of evidence they can to support their wild claims. Obviously.

thecouncil · Jul 14, 2016

Particle Physicist said:
The person didn't even die there. They died at the hospital.

But where did they lose their spirit? Seems like it was right here.

RoyaleDuke · Jul 14, 2016

Looks like smoke to me and that is coming from someone who believes in ghosts, demons, etc.

Jackpot · Jul 14, 2016

freenudemacusers said:
Yeah just watch any of the ghost hunter shows. They get experts in the field and use high tech equipment to scan for apparitions.

Assuming you're joking but I once saw an ep of Ghost Hunters International. They had a professional "ghost provoker" who would walk through the house throwing insults at the ghost. The rest of the show consisted of them going "did you just hear that?" and then they'd play back audio of nothing but normal background traffic driving by and rush into the next room.

freenudemacusers · Jul 14, 2016

Jackpot said:
If ghosts were so visible we'd see them every time someone died.

No there isn't. If there was the scientific consensus would be that they exist. That's how science works, it uses evidence to inform conclusions.

Science consensus changes all the time, unless you still think the earth is flat, or that gravity waves don't exist, of course.

SocksAndShoes · Jul 14, 2016

ArgyleReptile said:
The trauma is so great, your clothes die as well.

KarmaCow said:
Why would they buy ghost clothes and not wear them?

Legit LOL'ed.

super-heated plasma · Jul 14, 2016

The Incarnation said:
Looks like some sort of super heated plasma.

I knew it!

RangerBAD · Jul 14, 2016

That's a plant blowing in the wind outside of the camera's focus. I don't even know what I'm supposed to see, really. Oh, I see it now. It's like an exposed tree trunk or something.

Jackpot · Jul 14, 2016

freenudemacusers said:
Science consensus changes all the time, unless you still think the earth is flat, or that gravity waves don't exist, of course.

There's so much wrong with this statement I don't even know where to begin correcting you.

Let's start with your so-called evidence. You claim there's lots of it, ergo the scientific conclusion would be that ghosts exist. The only evidence against ghosts is the total absence of anything to suggest such a concept, just as there is against fairyfolk, meaning solid evidence would overturn it all instantly. The scientific conclusion is there are no ghosts because there is no evidence, end of.

Rygar 8 Bit · Jul 14, 2016

clearly a weather balloon you can tell by the sharp knees *fedora tip*

BlackGhost · Jul 14, 2016

Bread said:
CNN reported it so yeah it's a ghost

Can confirm. That's my boy Marty

Krejlooc · Jul 14, 2016

Yeah it is

CHC · Jul 14, 2016

SocksAndShoes said:
Nope.

And serious question: Why wouldn't all ghosts be naked? Your "soul" "essence" or whatever they're claiming becomes a ghost has nothing to do with your clothes. So why would a ghost have any clothes on?

Maybe the ghost identifies with its own personal style so much that it becomes part of its soul essence?

NeonZ · Jul 14, 2016

SocksAndShoes said:
Nope.

And serious question: Why wouldn't all ghosts be naked? Your "soul" "essence" or whatever they're claiming becomes a ghost has nothing to do with your clothes. So why would a ghost have any clothes on?

Usually the stories that attempt to explain that go with self image.

Besides, there's no reason for the "soul" or essence to have a humanoid form at all if there isn't some kind of self-image mechanic going on. Unless when you lose a limb or even hair part of the soul goes with it too.

freenudemacusers · Jul 14, 2016

Jackpot said:
There's so much wrong with this statement I don't even know where to begin correcting you.

Let's start with your so-called evidence. You claim there's lots of it, ergo the scientific conclusion would be that ghosts exist. The only evidence against ghosts is the total absence of anything to suggest such a concept, just as there is against fairyfolk, meaning solid evidence would overturn it all instantly. The scientific conclusion is there are no ghosts because there is no evidence, end of.

? People say there is evidence for dark matter but we can't see it, or even understand complex astrophysics, but we trust the experts who do.

RoyaleDuke · Jul 14, 2016

Jackpot said:
There's so much wrong with this statement I don't even know where to begin correcting you.

Let's start with your so-called evidence. You claim there's lots of it, ergo the scientific conclusion would be that ghosts exist. The only evidence against ghosts is the total absence of anything to suggest such a concept, just as there is against fairyfolk, meaning solid evidence would overturn it all instantly. The scientific conclusion is there are no ghosts because there is no evidence, end of.

That's not how science works though, the way Freenudemacusers said is how science works.

Eventually, if given enough time and technology and scientific method, many things can be disproved or basic understandings of things can change, or be proved.

I think personal opinion is coloring your view.

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