Hi It was to do with family history that this photo came about. It was whilst searching for family gravestones for a cousin in Australia. So it is still relevant! Mike --- On Sat, 14/11/09, William E. Gard <bill_gard@telus.net> wrote: From: William E. Gard <bill_gard@telus.net> Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] Ghosts To: eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, 14 November, 2009, 20:18 I think it is very much family related.  I'd love to see the photos.  I work, as a volunteer, in a haunted house.  I've never seen the ghosts - one is of a Chinese boy who hanged himself in the basement. Bill in Nanaimo ----- Original Message ----- From: "hobby.horse" <hobby.horse@tiscali.co.uk> To: "LIVERPOOL Mailing List" <ENG-LIVERPOOL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 10:46 AM Subject: [ENG-LIV] Ghosts > Am I the only person to think that this subject is 'off topic'. Surely > there are plenty of other sites where this kind of thing can be discussed. > To my mind this is not what this list is for. > > Please, let's get back to family history research!! > > Megan > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Admin Message - List guidelines: http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm The list admin can be contacted at Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com  ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

People see what they want to see in 'ghost' pictures in the same way some devout religious people notice sacred images in everyday objects. But funnily enough you never get Christians seeing the name of Allah in the seeds of an aubergine or a Muslim spotting the face of Jesus in a slice of pizza. I don't see how a spiritualist can 'confirm' anything of this nature, but photographers can usually explain the tricks of light and shadow involved. I suggested sending the image to Richard Wiseman because he posts such things to his blog for comments and people are able to reply with scientific explanations. Also as a psychologist he is good at explaining how we see or fail to see what is really there (see his stuff on You Tube). I've been to a few of his talks and he's a former magician so its always fun. When I was at school I 'saw a ghost' in the dormitory. So I'm quite aware how convincing these things can be. But there is always an explanation. Judy Olsen