Ghostly encounter at the Confederate Memorial Building

The Greenwood Commonwealth ^ | December 12, 2004 | Jenny Humphryes

[BigCinBigD]

After looking at the photo I do not believe it is cigarette smoke. It is either an digital artifact caused by the flash. Or a separate object caught on the picture.

[rwfromkansas]

It may be smoke, it may not be.

Since they took another pic, it seems like it may have been the real thing.

It does not have the characteristics of les flare or reflection etc. that come from digital cameras.

Whatever it took a pic of is real.

Due to the obvious cigarette in her hand, I am not as ready to jump on this being legit as I am in some cases.

I have seen lots of photos that clearly show something paranormal....this is just one I can't bite on.

It could be the smoke was gone enough to not register in the next pic.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

I've always wondered. Why aren't ghosts naked? Do clothes become ghosts, too? I gotta email Art Bell.

Oh, remember the devil's face in the smoke on 9/11/01? It was an AP photo, no tricks they swore. You did not have to stare at the photo to see the face. It sure looked real.

[Señor Zorro]

It doesn't look like ghosts to me. Save it for a night with Washington Irving.

[Right Angler]

I see a demons face in that image. Seriously.

[Irishgirl]

I had a similar experience taking a picture in a quaint old bar in Plum Island, MA a few years ago. Used a disposable camera and was photographing old murals on the wall. After the photos were developed I saw images quite similar to these in one photo (but not in the others). There were eight streaky wisps of light "flying" through the room that looked more like angel than human forms. Sent a copy to my friend who owned the bar and she said the place was definitely haunted and that a number of her employees had either seen things or quit working there because of it.

[Irishgirl]

Yikes - looking again, I see it too!

[sweetliberty]

"I once got a serious case of the willies on a tour of the Alamo, one of the rooms just spooked the hell out of me"

I don't know if "spooked" is the right word for my experience at the Alamo, but it is one of several places I have been where I had an episode of what felt like being frozen in time. My immediate surroundings sort of faded away like into the distance and for a few moments it was like I was there and feeling all the energy around me of events that had taken place there. It was more like stepping into a time warp. Gives me chills, even now, talking about it.

Two other such places were St. Simon's Island in Georgia, actually, in two locations there....the graveyard at the church and Fort Frederica. But the most intensely that I have experienced that was at Pecos Pueblo, in New Mexico, so much so, that I was drawn to return on subsequent occasions.

[WKB]

Missippy ping

[reagan_fanatic]

I've always wondered. Why aren't ghosts naked? Do clothes become ghosts, too?

Perhaps they're just being modest, not wanting to show off their ghostly genitalia and all...

[EllaMinnow]

It has happened to me twice in my life, and the first time was at Fort Frederica, when I was only 6 years old. I have a very vague memory of it now, but I dreamt about it for years afterward - not nightmares, by any means, but odd dreams of being someone else.

The second time was at Devil's Den at Gettysburg. An overwhelming smell of blood and honeysuckle blossoms...my nephew and I both smelled it, and he almost blacked out. I came close to fainting myself. My husband and my son didn't smell a thing.

[Guenevere]

#12...I see the shape of a head, or at least, ringlets and the belle gown.

The next question should be...

..What kind of wedding gown was the present day bride wearing?....which should determine if anything 'bled through'.

[todd1]

I had the same feeling at an old Spanish Fort in Florida

[todd1]

I don't thing digital images bleed through... They are files on RAM... If anything they wuold become corrupt and unrecognizable.

[eyespysomething]

interesting ping.

[Hatteras]

I would be interested to see if the previous picture in the camera was that of the bride sitting in a chair with her right leg lifted and the groom, to the right and looking up at her as he's kneeling down and removing her garter.

[SittinYonder]

We don't know who the smoker is from reading the story (at least I don't think we do). If the smoker was close to the camera (smoking blowing directly in front of the lens) and a flash was used it would have created an effect similar to this, even if the writer didn't "notice" the smoke.

I'm unconvinced.

[SittinYonder]

Those are really the sorts of pictures that only the bride and groom should see ... ;-)

[Hatteras]

"Those are really the sorts of pictures that only the bride and groom should see ... ;-)"

Mental image: Bride and groom collapsing in lustful passion on the heart-shaped bed of their honeymoon suite as the bride coos, "Honey, finally... we're alone now, Take me, TAKE ME!!!"

Groom: Uh, Sweetie Pie? Who's that guy standing over in the corner?

Bride: Oh, him? Just ignore him... here darling, I'm reeeeeady.....

Groom: But, Sweetie, he's got a camera.

Bride: Well, duhhh, he's our wedding photographer, silly. Just pretend he's not there...

On a side note, what in the heck is this girl doing calling the bride and groom on the phone after the reception to tell them about a ghost for? And why on earth would the bride and groom still have their cell phones turned on? I'm sure that call could have waited until, at least breakfast.

[Ditter]

I have made many trips to the Alamo and never felt anything that I can recall now. There were always too many people there.
I did feel that way in a religious compound from the early 1800's in Pennsylvania (can't remember the name). I felt creepy and uncomfortable while looking around but when we sat down in the large high ceiling meeting room to listen to the tour guide, I thought I was going to choke to death.

I had to get out to breathe. The tour guide said that reaction is not uncommon there. I would like to have stayed longer to hear more about the place.