13 Eerily Convincing Paranormal Photos And Videos

Cracked.com posted a pretty cool pictofact today (a series of memes created by readers) of spooky pictures and video of some decently spooky camera activity. I'm usually a skeptic on these things but many of these I have trouble explaining. For instance, the poor lady who has the sheets ripped off her while she is sleeping (after you see the door to the room move as if someone is entering).

13 Eerily Convincing Paranormal Photos And Videos

Whether a skeptic or a believer these are fun to look at. As a skeptic myself, I'd like to hear possible explanations for these (a few have been debunked in Cracks' comments section already).

The Freddie Jackson picture has always been one of my favorites, so I'm glad it made the list. It's a very curious thing. I always wondered if it was a film error/double exposure.

Here was a skeptic article discussing it:
www.skeptic.com...

He was able to confirm that Freddie Jackson did exist and he was killed - but there seems to be some discrepancy in the stories of if he was killed instantly on the tarmac vs. dying in a hospital. I'm not sure how much these details matter - maybe a lot, maybe not at all.

Some of the other pictures I think have been debunked (like the large "snake" and the school poltergeist) but several of them were new to me - like the hospital one.

Thanks for sharing this...

a reply to: VegHead

The dragon was also debunked in the comments section.

a reply to: Krazysh0t

Perhaps you could pick one out.. instead of linking to a collection of clickbate videos..
Anyway.. I would say a nice mix of fake, staged and misinterpreted events.
I all have been explained before, the only new one.. was the cgi dragon..

a reply to: Spacespider

Why should I do that? The article was all of them. I thought I'd share the collection. It's not like I can link to any of them individually anyways. Furthermore I never said they were real. In fact I asked for help debunking them.

originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Spacespider

Why should I do that? The article was all of them. I thought I'd share the collection. It's not like I can link to any of them individually anyways. Furthermore I never said they were real. In fact I asked for help debunking them.

Well at least you're posting stuff that is a better fit for ATS than all the political stuff that's flooding this forum. I Commend you for that.
Thanks for this post. Interesting stuff indeed.

a reply to: Tophat21

Hell yeah. It's almost Halloween. We should all take a break from the political bickering for some spooky fun.

with the hook island sea monster, i swear i've seen an uncropped photo with a kid nonchalantly standing beside it, definitely not in a panic... and it also shows how shallow that water actually is. i can't seem to find it online, but i'll look through my books later and see if i can find it

at any rate, i'm pretty sure that one's a hoax, a constructed puppet for a laugh...

a reply to: Krazysh0t


The one with the swing # 13 was on a show and they proved it was natural. I cant remember what show it was, but I remember that very well.


#7 is fake, you can see the UFO clearly and right before it "breaks apart" there is a slight pause, like it was edited.


#6 the picture of the soldier, I bet that is real. I have seen that photo many times and I bet its real.





The rest, ??

Surprised the Hampton court video is not there.. That is one of the best I have seen..
As for the rest of it.. Most of those are fakes..

I like number 13, something eerie about swings swinging by themselves...

i am more a fan of top5 videos, that guy finds some very obscure paranormal videos, that are hard to find

originally posted by: humanoidlord
i am more a fan of top5 videos, that guy finds some very obscure paranormal videos, that are hard to find

I agree with you, listverse also does some great creepy and bizarre lists.
Videos are so easily faked nowadays, so the older the pictures/footage the more I'm inclined to believe.

# 13 was debunked on Fact or Faked. They went there and ran some tests, and determined the shape of that one seat was just right to catch any light breeze and constantly swing

It should be important to note that no matter how many fakes and hoaxes there are out there in digital manipulation land, there are indeed real cases, and it does happen. I was pulled out of bed at age 14 or 15 at 3AM and I couldn't see anyone in there, but off the bed I went and I dig my nails into the bedding to hold myself in place, but the force was strong enough to pull me and all the bedding right off the bed. I laughed when I got up and asked if it could do that again because it was fun, and got a feeling of disgust, that whatever did it was disappointed I wasn't terrified. I was actually shaken by it all but pretended to act like it was funny.

The best proof these things can be real is personal experience, or someone you trust telling you about a personal experience.

of these the only ones that could be something are the hook island moster (though it could have been an hoax as loren coleman once said) and the freddy jackson picture
everthing else is a big no