Intriguing picture, The Burning Girl

[Dogman]

I've found this picture and the story of it intriguing since I first saw it.




This photograph was taken by local resident Tony O'Rahilly on November 19, 1995, at Wem Town Hall, Shropshire, England, burned to the ground. When O'Rahilly took the photo, neither he, nor other onlookers, saw the little girl in the doorway. The picture was taken with a 200mm lens from across the road because O'Rahilly and other onlookers were prevented by police and fire personnel from approaching the burning structure.
After the image was developed, O'Rahilly submitted it to the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena. They, in turn, sent the picture and the negative to photographic expert Dr. Vernon Harrison, former president of the Royal Photographic Society. Dr. Harrison analyzed the print and negative and reported that he was satisfied that the picture is genuine. "The negative is a straight forward piece of black and white work and shows no sign of having been tampered with," said Harrison.
A fire ravaged the town hall once before, in 1677. The historical record indicates that the 1677 fire was caused by a young girl, Jane Churm, who was careless with a candle. In later years, Churm's ghost was reputed to haunt the town hall.
Skeptics, including Dr. Hrrison, have claimed the child is nothing more than the convenient arrangement of smoke, flame, light, and shadow at the moment of exposure. But what are the odds of smoke, flame, light, and shadow randomly forming the shape of a girl in the doorway of a building allegedly haunted by a girl, at the very moment a photographer took this picture? The odds must be at least ten billion to one--as high as the odds of having captured a real ghost on film.

[Crystalship1]

Now I'm skeert and won't be able to sleep!!!!

[Ri22o]

Originally Posted by Crystalship1

Now I'm skeert and won't be able to sleep!!!!

[Scutter01]

Originally Posted by Crystalship1

Now I'm skeert and won't be able to sleep!!!!

Relax. She's already dead. Nothing to worry about.

[Integraholic]

Cool pic. Ghost Hunters is one of my favorite shows. I hate scary movies but I love to be creeped out by seeing stuff like that.

[Scutter01]

Originally Posted by Integraholic

Cool pic. Ghost Hunters is one of my favorite shows. I hate scary movies but I love to be creeped out by seeing stuff like that.

I like that show but I despise their unscientific methods. Their refusal to release their source material for peer review casts their efforts into doubt as well. I suspect virtually everything on the show is staged.

[Pami]

If you're sensitive to the paranormal, take a stroll through downtown Savannah, GA sometime. I had goosebumps on a 96F day. I've heard that Charleston, SC is the same way.

[Scutter01]

I've never had a paranormal incident, however at the home of a girl I used to date a number of unexplained things happened. For example, we left to get something to eat, leaving the radio unplugged. When we returned 30 minutes later, the radio was plugged in and turned on. There was no one home in the intervening time. You know, it's not like we saw or felt anything to make it conclusive, just a lot of weird little events like that. I never was very comfortable in the house. Maybe it was a very ineffectual poltergeist.

When Spasmo and I were in Ireland touring a ruined church, she swore that someone had tapped her on the shoulder. She turned around (thinking it was me) and asked me what I wanted. I was 30 feet away. Really creeped her out.

[Annie]

For all the fitness nuts...even ghosties gotta stay fit:

YouTube - ghost caught at gym security camera CNN...

[IndyParts]

If you look around the center, slightly to the right of the window, you can see a face shot!

Creepy! I hate shooting at ghosts. Gets annying.