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Alison
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Ok I am going to start this thread off with a photograph of our own taken by Anna.  In the lightened areas you can see what looks like the figure of a man slumped in the tunnel towards the end.  This figure was not visible to the photographer when the photo was taken.

Now this is open for discussion as to what it/he could be.  Yes, it is up on the website too, so don't go and cheat!!! lol

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Would like to comment, as it is a very intriguing pic, which I am already very familiar with... so I will refrain:) 
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Yes this photo really fascinated me .So would also love others view
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these are the things that come to mind:

1. our brains are hard wired to look for patterns in abstract shapes. and one of those patterns hardwired into our brain is the human face and shape. it is a conscious and subconscious template that we seek to imprint its mark on- in this case, light and dark shapes.

2. the photo is fake and someone is handy with a multimedia application

3. it's a piece of furniture or some other inanimate object (maybe bush is moonlighting after his presidency)

4. the shutter speed was open for a long duration and something moved in front of the lens and 'smudged' into a human looking figure.

5. the photo is real and there is a spirit sitting down or  residual energy in the form of a human body.

6. It was me. I was tired and sat down.


so, what is it alison, and do i win a lolly if it is correct?


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Alison
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lol Spaceghost!!!

I think we will all be relieved that it wasn't ex-President Bush moonlighting.. oh and the tunnel isn't the best place to sit in... believe me I have done it myself.  Do you get a lolly for giving so many answers and hedging your bets????  Oh ok.. since you got two correct I may just have to.

Apologies for never completing this post.  It is actually a combination of answers and the full analysis can be found in this simplified article I did a while back.

http://www.paranormalfieldinvestigators.com/Pareidolia.htm

What I was trying to show is how easy it is with photography to misinterpret something that is natural and how our brains will do the rest.  This is why I like to put up these photos as teasers from time to time as I feel they are as important to the field as something less easily explained.


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i think it is remarkable how our brains are hard wired to see human faces and bodies in abstract shapes. this explains why some people see a corn chip and other people see the face of god in said corn chip. either way, I would 90% cut of the chip or the sales.

one theory is because babies are drawn more to faces than any other stimuli. it must be an evolutionary safety guard. human faces, for many equal food, shelter and safety.

just going over the see what the link states...

hah! i get two points 1. for the inanimate object  2. that our brains are hard wired to seek out patterns that make sense in the world: in this case a person.

that is a great write up alison and easily explains the term
pareidolia perfectly.

although i was surprised to see it had only been coined in 94 by stephen goldstein, i thought the term was coined in the 70s..

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Thanks for that :)

Regarding Goldstein, when I was originally researching information on it, his was the only name that kept coming up with the 1994 date as being the first date the term was used. From what I was led to believe other terms were used before this e.g. Apophenia which was apparently termed by Klaus Conrad in 1958.  The good thing is I am always willing to stand corrected if I have made a mistake.  With your studies you would probably know better then me lol.


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oh, please don't get caught up in the game of 'this person has studied that, so they know more than me."  you have had 20 years of practical experience in the field, your knowledge base would be far greater than mine, and therefore i bow down before thee.

also, you do not have to had time studying in any particular subject to become first rate in a particular field (well, maybe neurosurgery). have you heard of a lass named Suzy Smith? She wrote over 30 books in the field of parapsychology?

a quick bio reads thus:

"Suzy Smith has been vitally interested in ESP, parapsychology and psychic research since the 1950's. In her many popular books she as shared her enthusiasm with investigating and  communicating with the spiritual worlds BOTH AS A MEDIUM  AND A RESEARCHER. A former resident of Tucson, Arizona,  Smith used to oversee the Survival Research Foundation which  she established in 1971 to procure scientific evidence for  the survival of consciousness beyond physical death."
(cited:http://www.victorzammit.com/hall/index.html)

I think her background was in journalism, which goes to show that the most important quality in this field is a mind that can question and persisitence.

a cynical, agnostic newspaperperson, Susy Smith fought against a belief
in the possibility of spirit communication all during the time she was
studying and researching the subject. Now, after publicaion of all her
books—which include Life Is Forever, ESP and Hypnosis, How to Develop Your ESP, and Confessional of a Psychic, in which she tells of her own gradual psychical development—she admits to having become convinced of the survival of the human soul on the basis of evidence alone.


she also believed that she was in contact with a spirit called (if i recall properly) james, who wrote a book through her via automatic writing called "the book of james". apparently james had been dead for 60 odd years.

i think i read in 'the after life experiments' that she was coming through as a spirit that was assisting researchers in life after death studies/contacts. through my readings, i have read that people, inparticular those in this field of this research, choose to be part of groups that help people in the physical world collate information to advance the knowledge we have of what happens to us when we pass.

certainly what i have researched in regards to NDEs, we do not sit on clouds and strum harps for eternity. the fundamental principles of learning and advancing spiritually through the cultivation of knowledge continues after physical death. that we are all given 'jobs' to undertake to help in spiritually advancing our souls.

and i have heard quite a number of times that the people we meet are destined to cross our paths in a continual role cycle of teacher and learner. that the people in your team are not there by coincidence and that somewhere on your path of advancing your knowledge, these are the souls that have agreed to come together to work towards the common goal of afterlife research.

which, according to many books i have read, i am meant to bother you guys at this precise moment in time.

mwa.
ha.
haaaaaaaaaaaa.

ps: i do not know what is happening with the editing.the writing looks like it is lined up alright prior to posting.







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just checking: but is there a finite number of times one can edit their post?
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Quote From : spaceghost December 8, 2009, 6:41 am
just checking: but is there a finite number of times one can edit their post?

Hi there, I was not aware of such an issue but there very well could be.  If you wish, advise me via PM of any changes and of the post details, and I am sure I can make them with Admin privileges.
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hey b

i don't know if it is just this computer, but after the 2nd edit, whenever i go to change something, the edit applications freezes up.

i just wanted to know because i tend to edit after i post (bad habit).

you know when you read back and you think "that does not read well" and "i think they only spell it that way in russia..." and you want to edit to make your keyboard sound less drunk.




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captain awesome?
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Quote From : spaceghost December 8, 2009, 7:47 am
hey b

i don't know if it is just this computer, but after the 2nd edit, whenever i go to change something, the edit applications freezes up.

i just wanted to know because i tend to edit after i post (bad habit).

you know when you read back and you think "that does not read well" and "i think they only spell it that way in russia..." and you want to edit to make your keyboard sound less drunk.
Oh ok, let me know if it continues to be an issue and we'll find a work around.  Does it continue to do so even after a reboot?
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Quote From : spaceghost December 8, 2009, 7:48 am
captain awesome?

The one and only!

(2nd edit going strong)

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Alison
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oh,
please don't get caught up in the game of 'this person has studied
that, so they know more than me."  you have had 20 years of practical
experience in the field, your knowledge base would be far greater than
mine, and therefore i bow down before thee.


Hey, I am not accustomed to having people bow down before me....  I could get quite used to it though  :P  lol.  Team pay attention...... ????!!!!!!!

I do know what 20 years of experience in the field has truly given me and that is more grey hairs and extra wrinkles. After that we seem only to be left with ever changing theories.

I also see you have met our very own Captain Awesome! lol


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