I see all kinds of photographic evidence out there. Spooks, UFOs, Bigfoots…Bigfeet…Sasquatches. I’ll say upfront that I’m adding this one to the Menagerie on request because it looks to me to be a textbook case of pareidolia. In effect, the brain applying a shape to random visual stimuli. Yahoo brings us these photos and the tale associated with them.
This photo was shot by one Richard Durham in the Weedon Bec Cemetery over in the UK. Taken on New Year’s Day to test his new camera, the supposed specter was only discovered after the shot was posted on Facebook and a friend pointed it out.
Of course, there’s a story that goes with it. It’s said that the cemetery is in fact haunted by a horseman, and that some feel “strange” in the area of the photo where the ghost appears.
How about that ghost?
If you’re like me, you see a quaint old graveyard…and not much else. Let’s see the details.
That… didn’t help me at all. I see trees and a couple of headstones. And that’s about it.
This, gentle visitors, is the issue with pareidolia. If you see it, you can’t unsee it. If you don’t see it, you probably never will.
Now, just because I don’t see it, that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything there. So I’m adding this to the Menagerie, even though I normally skip this kind of evidence. At the very least, it serves as an exhibit of how the human mind can see things that aren’t there. Or does it show something abnormal and possible preternatural? Maybe I just don’t have the right eyes to see?
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