Can you spot the ghost in this picture? Do you believe in ghosts?

@TheHorse (207500)
Walnut Creek, California
June 6, 2018 9:23am CST
When I was fixing my lamp the other day, I noticed that the shade was starting to separate on the edge that was glued. Another project! I used my quick drying guitar super glue to fix it, and taped it with the same blue tape I used to reattach the binding on my Martin D-18 guitar. When I photographed my work, I noticed immediately that something wasn't right in the photo. The pretty light wood framing around my bathroom door, just to the left of the lamp? It does not exist! I have gone back and tried to recreate such a view, but I cannot. Are the spirits trying to tell me something? Do you believe in ghosts? Have you seen things in your photographs that "don't look right"?
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
6 Jun 18
Colin, where is the ghost? It is hiding somewhere. It is camera-shy
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun 18
Its the wood frame to the left. It does not exist!
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
20 Jun 18
@TheHorse Oh. Boy, am I slow.
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7 Jun 18
LOL I don't think the spirits are trying to tell you anything in this photo. I've looked closely and it looks to be just a shadow from the light and it could have something to do with the angle you took the photo, as well as the type of camera used to shoot the photo. And images are extremely difficult to recreate perfectly(I've taken photography classes). I suggest you provide more images, because it's pretty difficult to come to a conclusion with only one reference. C; Other than that, it only looks like a shadow.
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
Why am I floating right now? And why is my head a turnip? And who is doing that chanting?
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
@Nightcore I think I may be dreaming.
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7 Jun 18
@TheHorse Shhh, you must have been a flying turnip head with voices is your...turnip head. LOL.
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
6 Jun 18
The shades and the light often play tricks that you only notice in photos. I see no ghost here.
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@LadyDuck (460403)
• Switzerland
7 Jun 18
@TheHorse You know that I believe in ghosts, they do not harm people.
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
I'd imagine some photographic illusion occurred. But why am I floating right now and bleating like a goat?
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
6 Jun 18
Yes I do and we have one in the school house here.His name is Jacob.I see the shadow on the wall. He shuts off and on the Tv.Jacob is part of the family
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun 18
I'm glad he's helpful! Does he do any cleaning?
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• Eugene, Oregon
6 Jun 18
Maybe a trick of the light? I have heard that is you take random photos in a cemetery at night, that ghosts appear, never tried it though.
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• United States
7 Jun 18
Lol.
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
I'll have to give it a shot. When I lived up in Seattle, the hippies always said that cemeteries were a good place to find magic mushrooms.
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@Peach10 (1920)
6 Jun 18
No ghost there! Just tapes. It seems that the ghost is hiding
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
6 Jun 18
That tall light wood "framing" just to the left of the lamp does not exist!
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@Peach10 (1920)
6 Jun 18
@TheHorse huh! Now you're scaring me.
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@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
6 Jun 18
@TheHorse I didn't realize that "THAT" was what you were referring to. That is kind of odd!!
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@BarBaraPrz (45672)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
6 Jun 18
So, is there no wood framing the door at all, or are you saying it isn't that light color?
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@BarBaraPrz (45672)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
7 Jun 18
@TheHorse Well, the furnace did go on a little while ago...
@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
It does not exist at all. Are you getting chills?
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@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
7 Jun 18
Are you familiar with stone tape theory? Well here is a short, simple explanation: Assuming it's not just a trick of the light, it could be that your camera has caught a memory of something that may have been in the past
Proposed in the 1970s as a possible explanation for ghosts. The Stone Tape Theory speculates that inanimate materials can absorb energy from living beings. In other words a ‘recording’ or track is laid down during moments of high tension, such as murder. T
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• United States
7 Jun 18
@TheHorse Actually music is kind of one of his professions. He founded a record label and is a lecturer of music culture among other things. Here he is! Skip to about 5:16 in the video. The first part is just him watching something. Warning: some lady is screaming at the beginning
Proposed in the 1970s as a possible explanation for ghosts. It speculates that inanimate materials can absorb some form of energy from living beings. The hypothesis…
@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
Haven't heard of it.
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
Steve Goodman? Not the musician, I assume!
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
7 Jun 18
I believe in ghosts and I believe in the existence of the supernatural. I have had my own experience which was confirmed by the people around me as well as I wasn't alone during that time.
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
7 Jun 18
@TheHorse Used to live in a rental and me and my family just arrived in the house after grocery shopping and we brought our house maid with us. Upon arriving I went directly to the toilet but I heard our maid's name from the inside saying she's in there. But when I went to the kitchen to unpack our grocery, she was right there. So I asked if she was in the toilet and she said no. I asked the rest of the women in the house and they said they weren't there. My mother and sister-in-law also heard the voice coming from the toilet and we just all laughed it off. Second time was when we moved into our new house. It was a townhouse actually and we were the first four people who moved in and the house on our right side was empty. One evening my husband suddenly entered the room and asked if I was humming a tune and I said no because I was busy talking to a friend on the phone. He said he heard me from the other room. Then at midnight while I was mylotting, I suddenly heard a woman humming a lullaby. I stopped typing and listened intently. It was coming from the wall attached to the next door neighbour's unit. So I pressed my ears next to that wall and clearly it was someone humming a lullaby. That unit was empty. I tried to wake my husband up telling him I now heard what he heard earlier and I closed my laptop and went to bed directly .
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
What happened?
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@FourWalls (62730)
• United States
6 Jun 18
It looks like an eyeball peeking out from the right of the sweater.....
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
I noticed that. But its actually a coat hanger.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
6 Jun 18
I cannot say if the picture has anything in it because I dont have another to compare it to, but I do believe and that is why I have a house that is not rented and I keep repairing, my old home place is very haunted. I would move back but I am always sad when I am there because my dad lived next door and he is not there anymore.
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
Those are "ghosts" of a different kind.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jun 18
@TheHorse Yes, I know.
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@NoorNoor (2131)
• India
6 Jun 18
Spirits Can't come to this world.Don't worry. I believe in satan which is a evil one.I don't believe in ghosts and I never saw it in my life!!
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
I think Satan was invented by humans.
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@NoorNoor (2131)
• India
7 Jun 18
@TheHorse but I don't think
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• New Baltimore, Michigan
6 Jun 18
I believe in ghosts, I talk to ghosts, and I see the ghost in your photo. Side note: What the heck happened to that lamp?! I'd like to hear the story behind it. Like how it got injured in the first place.
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
The plastic that holds the bulb in exploded. Then I noticed that the shade was coming apart. It's called: buying lamps from Target for $29.
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• New Baltimore, Michigan
8 Jun 18
@TheHorse Got it. I melted a desk lamp once from Target. It's called: Not paying too much attention to the warning label saying not to use anything above 40 watts.
@august18 (3907)
• Tunisia
6 Jun 18
I once heard and saw my neighbour playing in our yard. But then I called his mom and he was home. I went back and he's no longer there. I also hear voices once in a while.
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
What kind of voices?
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Jun 18
@august18 I could deal with that.
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@august18 (3907)
• Tunisia
7 Jun 18
@TheHorse Someone singing and laughing.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
6 Jun 18
Isn't the lamp covera the edge of the wood?!?
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
I'm floating around my house right now. And whose eyeball is that?
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@Freelanzer (10744)
• Canada
6 Jun 18
Would be nice to see another photo to show us what it should look like.
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
Eh, that would require effort.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
7 Jun 18
Thats the wall, the light just puts a different lighting on it and the other side is shadowed.
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
I will look again and try to see that.
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@Shiva49 (26245)
• Singapore
7 Jun 18
I don't but I don't want to have a rude shock either! siva
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun 18
I always assume ghosts are nice.
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
6 Jun 18
I never know exactly how to answer this question. Because I believe I have had experiences with ghosts or spirits. How old is your building.
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
I'd guess it's from the 1970s.
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
7 Jun 18
@TheHorse then there's probably a chance something or someone is hanging around. Do you know anything about the history of the area.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
6 Jun 18
No. I can't see it, it seems the ghost is hiding hehe!!!
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@TheHorse (207500)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jun 18
It's that mysterious binding, or whatever it would be called. I can't explain it.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
7 Jun 18
@TheHorse hehehe!!! I understand
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