Is this a ghost?

[super-heated plasma]

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]

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

 

[SocksAndShoes]

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]

Nope, its clearly Bughuul.

We are all dead.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

ghosts aren't real

 

[Bread]

CNN reported it so yeah it's a ghost

 

[MMarston]

Open Photoshop > brush > motion blur > pixelate

 

[ArgyleReptile]

Nope.

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

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

 

[super-heated plasma]

ghosts aren't real

So certain are you.

 

[Stereogatari]

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

 

[WedgeX]

This is on....CNN?

 

[freenudemacusers]

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

 

[Dalek]

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

 

[KarmaCow]

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]

Swamp gas.

 

[pgtl_10]

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

Really?

 

[The Silver]

Yep, 3spooky5me

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Ghostbusters viral marketing?

 

[Lord Frieza]

ghosts aren't real

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

 

[SJRB]

I ain't afraid of no ghost.

 

[strafer]

I have seen a ghost. They are real.

 

[HazySaiyan]

Ghosts aren't real so no.

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

"Scientific"

 

[JoeNut]

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

Go on....

 

[Dr_Boris_Goltz]

GHOSTS ARE NOT REAL.

 

[freenudemacusers]

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]

 

[Jackpot]

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

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]

Yes is a ghost.

 

[The Incarnation]

Looks like some sort of super heated plasma.

 

[Messofanego]

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

 

[thecouncil]

*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]

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

 

[Effnine]

Close enough. I'll accept it.

 

[meppi]

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.

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[Jackpot]

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]

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]

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

Why would they buy ghost clothes and not wear them?

Legit LOL'ed.

 

[super-heated plasma]

Looks like some sort of super heated plasma.

I knew it!

 

[RangerBAD]

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]

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]

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

 

[BlackGhost]

CNN reported it so yeah it's a ghost

Can confirm. That's my boy Marty

 

[Krejlooc]

Yeah it is

 

[CHC]

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]

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]

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]

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.