My First Ghostly Encounter

Ghost Soldiers

The first time I saw a ghost was when I was very young. I must have been about three to four years of age. We lived in an old house in the suburbs of Nottingham. My recollection of the event is rather hazy but still memorable. I remember being alone in the living room and seated on a wooden chair in a corner. Time of day was between mid to late morning. The gentle sound of footsteps averted my gaze diagonally towards the cellar door. As I listened, the footsteps grew louder into distinctive clumps as they ascended the stone steps. My reaction was one of curiosity as I waited for the door to open. Suddenly, it swung open with a crash. A regiment of soldiers marched towards me in pairs. They gazed fixedly ahead as they exited through the door behind me. Instead of being frightened; I curiously studied there quiff hair and their white ashen uniforms. A feeling of indignation filled me as I felt that I was being ignored. Then the sound of footsteps began to fade prematurely into the surrounding air. As with most of this type of phenomenon, nothing added up. The house had no significant history and nothing was ever proven. As I grew up, it was difficult not to notice that the house had a certain amount of mysticism about it. One had a feeling of being watched. The reality of the sensation came to light when one night I received a blow to the side of my face from something which was in the room. In the still night nothing stirred but I could clearly feel the stinging sensation to the right of my face !

The years passed as they always do, when I had my first U.F.O. experience. Like most lads at this adolescence age, we ventured into the Adamski and George King cults of the era. The solidity of this controversial subject made it's mark one Sunday afternoon whist we were playing a game of cricket in my back garden. It was approaching early evening and it was my friends turn to bat. We were joking and laughing when suddenly he straightened up from his batting position and gazed in the sky. An expression of bewilderment was etched on his face as he dropped the bat. Pointing above my head he beckoned us to look. At first I could see nothing. Then one by one we began to notice exactly to what he was pointing to. An object was spinning like a child's top ! It was diamond shaped and appeared to be translucent. Mouths agape we watched in stone silence. I will never forget that moment nor will I forget the sensation of being watched. Most people put scorn on such matters, saying that there is always an explanation. Certainly we could not find one ! The object continued to rotate and then suddenly it started to zig-zag very erratically. We had to dart our heads back and forth to keep track. Then suddenly in a flash.........it soared off in a straight westerly direction ! Nottingham was having it's first U.F.O. 'flap'. Unlike Roswell or Warminster, there was no publicity, just the occasional roar of an Electric Lightning jet as it would loop around a travelling U.F.O.

Defining superimposition.

Many people have demonstrated how easy it is to fake a picture by superimposition. This normally results in a interweave between both images. Ghost pictures are not like that ! In fact a true picture will have a certain amount of depth to it. Superimposition will result in 'flat' no-depth composite. However; a true ghost picture will have a three dimensional matrix as if 'wire framed'. Slowly, the image will gain solidity as the camera shutter speed allows the formation to take place. It is often said that a picture is composed of two dimensions:- length and breadth with only an impression of depth. Although this depth is only virtual, the dimension of time is traced on the picture. Here in the real world; we are aware of length ,breadth, height and an impression of time. Whilst ghost phenomena tend to cause an impression in our world, they leave their trace in the world of photography !

3D Ghost

Here is a picture taken with a Poloroid Swinger. A 3D ghost is apparent in the bottom left hand corner NEAR the television set. A clearer insert is also shown. It is a known fact that due to the speed of Poloroid film, it is not possible to photograph a television image. If you look closely at the picture below, you will notice the image is off set from the screen. A closer examination will reveal the back of the mans collar as if drawn in a wire frame. This is best viewed with a resolution of at least 32 thousand colours (colors).

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