Post by Hand-E-Food on Jun 11, 2008 13:46:08 GMT
Oh Jesus Christ, I've just had the most freaky experience.
Friends of ours recently returned from their first wedding anniversary. They did a road trip from Melbourne to Port Macquarie and back. One of the places they stopped is famed as Australia's most haunted house, Monte Christo in Junee. Over the phone she told me how she felt like she was being followed everywhere in the homestead and that she'd taken photos with floating orbs in them.
I'm a believer of spirits and other supernatural phenomena. I've had several experiences that promote my belief. At the same time, I'm often skeptical of ghost stories and supposed evidence. It's mostly because I know there are a lot of overactive imaginations out there.
We browsed through the photos that she had taken. All of these photos are taken in the middle of the afternoon. The first photo was of a sitting room. There are three clearly out of place orbs in the picture. My first thought was lens flare. All three orbs were in a straight line. However, there's no light source that would cause them to sit on that line. I'm not convinced at this point and continued through the photos.
Further along, there is a photo of a shed housing a tractor and a carriage, among other tools and things you'd find in a shed. Again, you can clearly see three orbs scattered around the ceiling, and possibly another two. This time, there is no structure to where the orbs are positioned. Potential light sources are not in the right position to cause lens flare. I'm really dumb-founded now.
I can't remember, but there may have been a third photo with some orbs in it, again confusing.
My friend told me she thought she saw something in one of the front-of-the-house shots, but her husband had a look and dismissed it. I opened the first picture. She pointed at the balcony door. The balcony door is opened into the room. The door and door frame are painted white and is pitch black inside. I zoomed in on the door, but there was nothing there. You can faintly see the white door inside the room. At this point my friend walked off to organise drinks.
I opened the next picture and zoomed in on the door again. After pressing zoom two or three times, my entire body suddenly prickled with realisation. I could see, faintly yet clearly, a silhouette of a person in the doorway. I called her back and the second she looked at the screen she shrieked. Zooming in further, you can even see the eyes, nose, chin, shoulders and hair. By their face and hair, they appear to be female. I suggested she appears to be in her 20s. The apparition is standing the correct height above the ground. The only reason for skepticism is that it's a black silhouette on a black background. The person appears faintly lit from the outside light, or perhaps their own supernatural light. After playing with the colour intensity, the face and body become clearer. In the literature provided by the tour company, which I hadn't read at this point, they talk of a young woman who fell over the balcony to her death.
In the third photo of the front of the house, the doorway is empty again.
I tried their camera out in their house, attempting to replicate the orbs. No luck. My friend is going to send me the photos, so I'll upload them and let you see what I saw. Her husband, who is far more skeptical, spent a lot of time trying to work out what the silhouette could be. If he found anything, he would have said so, but he stayed silent.
At first, I was impressed and intrigued by the photos. After seeing that silhouette, I was in awe! I'm certain neither of them have doctored the photos.
And now, it's time for bed. I'm not sure if I'll be sleeping, however.
Friends of ours recently returned from their first wedding anniversary. They did a road trip from Melbourne to Port Macquarie and back. One of the places they stopped is famed as Australia's most haunted house, Monte Christo in Junee. Over the phone she told me how she felt like she was being followed everywhere in the homestead and that she'd taken photos with floating orbs in them.
I'm a believer of spirits and other supernatural phenomena. I've had several experiences that promote my belief. At the same time, I'm often skeptical of ghost stories and supposed evidence. It's mostly because I know there are a lot of overactive imaginations out there.
We browsed through the photos that she had taken. All of these photos are taken in the middle of the afternoon. The first photo was of a sitting room. There are three clearly out of place orbs in the picture. My first thought was lens flare. All three orbs were in a straight line. However, there's no light source that would cause them to sit on that line. I'm not convinced at this point and continued through the photos.
Further along, there is a photo of a shed housing a tractor and a carriage, among other tools and things you'd find in a shed. Again, you can clearly see three orbs scattered around the ceiling, and possibly another two. This time, there is no structure to where the orbs are positioned. Potential light sources are not in the right position to cause lens flare. I'm really dumb-founded now.
I can't remember, but there may have been a third photo with some orbs in it, again confusing.
My friend told me she thought she saw something in one of the front-of-the-house shots, but her husband had a look and dismissed it. I opened the first picture. She pointed at the balcony door. The balcony door is opened into the room. The door and door frame are painted white and is pitch black inside. I zoomed in on the door, but there was nothing there. You can faintly see the white door inside the room. At this point my friend walked off to organise drinks.
I opened the next picture and zoomed in on the door again. After pressing zoom two or three times, my entire body suddenly prickled with realisation. I could see, faintly yet clearly, a silhouette of a person in the doorway. I called her back and the second she looked at the screen she shrieked. Zooming in further, you can even see the eyes, nose, chin, shoulders and hair. By their face and hair, they appear to be female. I suggested she appears to be in her 20s. The apparition is standing the correct height above the ground. The only reason for skepticism is that it's a black silhouette on a black background. The person appears faintly lit from the outside light, or perhaps their own supernatural light. After playing with the colour intensity, the face and body become clearer. In the literature provided by the tour company, which I hadn't read at this point, they talk of a young woman who fell over the balcony to her death.
In the third photo of the front of the house, the doorway is empty again.
I tried their camera out in their house, attempting to replicate the orbs. No luck. My friend is going to send me the photos, so I'll upload them and let you see what I saw. Her husband, who is far more skeptical, spent a lot of time trying to work out what the silhouette could be. If he found anything, he would have said so, but he stayed silent.
At first, I was impressed and intrigued by the photos. After seeing that silhouette, I was in awe! I'm certain neither of them have doctored the photos.
And now, it's time for bed. I'm not sure if I'll be sleeping, however.