Mysterious Occurrences at Grade 10 Retreat

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A grade 10 class retreat in a supposedly "spooky" area of the Philippines led to discussions about strange photographic occurrences captured on camera. Some participants expressed skepticism, suggesting the images could be explained by common photographic artifacts like dust or reflections, while others argued that the clarity of faces in the images could not be dismissed so easily. The conversation highlighted the human tendency to see patterns, particularly faces, in random visuals, yet some insisted that the phenomena were genuine and not mere hoaxes. A few users shared personal experiences with orbs and spirits, claiming to have witnessed unexplainable activities. Ultimately, the debate centered on the authenticity of the images versus the possibility of photographic tricks or natural explanations.
  • #31
russ_watters said:
You came in here for help and I provided what I believe you need, including a way for you to test/exercise of your photo-interpretation skills. I'm not interested in your gamesmanship. Frankly, the effort you had to go to to find a "face" in a dust spot is so extreme it makes me have some doubt as to if you're really serious or are just joking.
russ, i am sorry for my little outburst, i was angry at that psychologist bit, as i said, i don't go looking for for these type of things that go bump in the night, i am a hard working family man with plenty to keep my brain active, i was looking for real possitive answers, this all started 2 months ago, so as most folk do, you look in google and see what answers you can find, while reading i came across orbs, which cought my attention, as i had many in the photos, now i thought faces in orbs they are mad, but as an open minded person, i gave it a bash, and you seen the results, i have some experts coming round to my house tomorrow, so hopfuly i can get some peace of mind if they can discover what is causing all this, thanks for your help
 
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  • #32
joe-g said:
...i have some experts coming round to my house tomorrow...
What kind of experts? Licensed house inspectors I hope.

I hope it's not paranormal experts. They will simply tell you what you want to hear and feed your worries.
 
  • #33
DaveC426913 said:
What kind of experts? Licensed house inspectors I hope.

I hope it's not paranormal experts. They will simply tell you what you want to hear and feed your worries.

I agree.

And although russ's post may have sounded slightly rude it was very detailed and to the point. I don't think any other poster at these forums would have taken that amount of time for you joe and I think you should honestly take what he has typed up in.

I know I did after I read it, I never knew half the stuff that he had put into that post (the detailed parts I knew the general idea) and I'm thankful that he put that up but it seems to be falling upon deaf ears in his intended audience. Your asking HIM to prove to you that HIS photo's are genuine?

I mean I don't think that russ would consider himself a professional photographer or astrophotographer but I've seen his work and he his definitely at the upper end of the amatures. I've taken photography classes myself and I had never learned half the things that he's able to do.

Not only that but you also have Dave, who I'm not sure of his experience in the professional world but I certainly know he also knows a lot more than you or I, telling you the exact same story.

So here you have two honest men taking the time to explain to you possible explanations for your artifact who are certainly more experienced in the matter than yourself. Yet you're going to take what you learned about 'orbs' from google as truth? When you were googling I assume you were specifically looking up paranormal explanations because I don't believe you would be looking for honest scientific explanations and come across orbs.

I truly hope that you are not having 'paranormal' experts come to your house. I mean I could get them to come over to my house too and they would probably tell me that I have the worst case of paranormal activity they have ever seen. Probably scare the hell out of my family and we probably WOULD start experiencing paranormal activity after hearing that.

So in short I believe you should put your 'god given' critical thinking skills to use and take in what the photography experts have to say and take what the other experts have to say with a grain of salt.
 
  • #34
The amateur psychology comments have been deleted. Please stay on topic.
 
  • #35
An expert in things that people have made up to verify things that have, basically, no basis. Like ghosts create "cold spots", really, says who? I could go on and on, but I'm sure that everyone looking in here has already read the old stories that created the myths.

Don't get me wrong, I love watching the TAPS guys. I can't stand the Irish weirdo on their "International" version though, he's just too fake for the original premise of the show which is to use logic to find a realistic explanation for what goes bump in the night.

I hope that the people that come over help to give you some assurance joe and don't end up frightening you more. I've had an unexplained experience myself, but Zooby assures me it was a partial seizure. :smile:
 
  • #36
Russ, did you notice that the brightest "orb" in the upper right in your first picture shows either "38Y" or "387"?

A lot of your orbs also have smiley faces.
 
  • #37
hi. yes they where paranormal experts, these guys where true professionals, they set up all their equipment, and sat downstairs with us, all i can say is the book of physics will have to be rewriten after this has been exposed, and yes it was my son, validated only by questions that he could only answer, not one or 2 evps, but hundreds in real time conversation, this all happen with 12 witnesses, once they have compiled the videos of my sons spirit and evps together it will be released, but as i said before my family want no publicity, or profit from it, if any of you where in my house, trust me, you would leave with a diffrent view,
 
  • #38
Just leave it you guys.
 
  • #39
joe-g said:
hi. yes they where paranormal experts, these guys where true professionals, they set up all their equipment, and sat downstairs with us, all i can say is the book of physics will have to be rewriten after this has been exposed, and yes it was my son, validated only by questions that he could only answer, not one or 2 evps, but hundreds in real time conversation, this all happen with 12 witnesses, once they have compiled the videos of my sons spirit and evps together it will be released, but as i said before my family want no publicity, or profit from it, if any of you where in my house, trust me, you would leave with a diffrent view,

So where do you live? If it's anywhere near Toronto, Ontario I will gladly go over to your house.
 
  • #40
hi zomgwtf, i live in dundee scotland, when all the files from the case are release, i will let you all see them, regards joe
 
  • #41
for all you disbelievers i too have lots of orb photos including some with faces,and those of you that think it is dust spots may be able to explain how i can take several pics in quick succession and only one of them in the middle has orbs, there was was no one in the room as shots were taken through an archway into the next room,no fans on and no external doors open ,if this were dust i doubt it could rise and then settle in less than10 seconds between pictures.
 
  • #42
Dust in the air caught in the flash. Dust moves you know. Now if the same dust orbs appeared in exactly the same place in all of your pictures, now *that* would be extraordinary.

This thread has been dead for over a year. Closed.
 

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