Courthouse Employees Hunt Ghost<br> <i>New Security System Captures Haunting Images</i>

WBAL ^ | 6 Aug 04 | Associated Press

[CurlyBill]

CHESTERTOWN, Md. -- The word "ghost" is hot on the lips of Kent County Court House employees.

A new $75,000 security system installed July 1 hasn't caught any criminals, but it did capture some haunting images of what appears to be a strange light "walking" in one stairwell.

"It didn't show up to the eye, but it showed up on tape," said security officer Phillip Price.

Security personnel first saw the light while looking at a surveillance tape recorded July 29, and it appeared live for more than an hour the next day.

After noticing the light, Price walked up the stairs and didn't see a thing. But downstairs, where by then a crowd of employees had gathered to watch, the video monitor revealed the strange light proceeding ahead of Price, stopping when he stopped and starting when he started.

At one point, those watching the video feed saw Price walk through the anomaly, they said. That was about the time that Price said he felt something.

[txhurl]

For some reason I am reminded of the ghost stories surrounding the flight 77 crash of Sept. 11.

[Happygal]

I suggest Price wears a tinfoil hat when he next commits himself to videotape! :-)

[lonevoice]

Here's one for ya, Chief!

[MississippiMan]

If the video shows up, please ping me if you think about it. I'd like to load it up in my forensic video system and take a look.

MM

[doc30]

This smells like a hoax to me. Video cameras are sensitive to near IR and the human eye is not. Someone probably hid a near IR source somewhere in the stairwell and manipulated it while the camera was running. If you want to test this out, take any TV remote, point it at any video camera and press any button on the remote. You will see it flash like crazy on the TV monitor, but you won't see a thing with your unaided eyes.

[CurlyBill]

Sorry about the HTML thing..... apparently the tags don't work in the title line. Not a lack of HTML skills... more like a lack of knowledge of which fields accept the tags.

[andrew1957]

What are the Ghost Stories surrounding Flight 77 on Sept. 11? I haven't heard of them.

[scott0347]

[Darksheare]

Thankfully, that wasn't the particular design..
But still...

*shudder*

[Watery Tart]

This is NOT my fault. HONEST.

(not trying to be bitchy, just HONEST. Sheesh.)

Words to live by!

[Ditter]

ghost ping

[Bahbah]

I love ghost stores. Please add me to your ping list.

[txhurl]

They're here (on FR).... the security guards in the temporary jobshack while the crash scene was being processed told of seeing the ghosts of passengers walking around the scene, looking confused and afraid.

Spooked me.

[Darksheare]

I have a history of being fingered as the source, cause, or origin of weird occurrences.
So I have to deny it prior to it being blamed on me.
(Keyword 'darkshearesfault'...)

[Senator Pardek]

[Happygal]

Me think the gentleman doth protest too much! ;-)

[fatima]

CurlyBill,Did you do the highschool in NJ,my teen daughter has taken friends there a few times.

[Darksheare]

My dear, I've been accused of being ghost or wraith-like, but I wouldn't deny it if it were true.
(Now if only I could pick up that glass of water..)
/ joke.

[Happygal]

Hmmm...but can you see an image in a mirror?
:-)

[CurlyBill]

No... I'm not sure what school/situation you are referring to.