Creepy things caught in photos

There are lots of real photographs. Just no photographs of real ghosts. None that have been convincingly shown to be such, at any rate.
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Seeing you have yet to debunk or show evidence for fakery in even just one ghost photo, that pretty much means they are authentic captures of ghosts just as they appear to be,

No. Why would a tornado skeptic, who is presumably aware that there are tons of photos of things that believers claim are real tornados, be persuaded by yet another similar photo of a similar-looking thing? Why should 100 photographs of tornados be any more persuasive than 3 photographs of tornados, or one?
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Because it's feasible that one or even three photos of a tornado could be fake. But hundreds of them taken by many different people in different locations over the years who have absolutely no reason to lie? Yeah.. that would be pretty persuasive. Just at it is with ghost photos.

If I showed you 100 photographs of unicorns, would that be sufficient to convince you that unicorns are real?
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Along with hundreds of eyewitness accounts of unicorns from all over the world down thru the centuries? Yes.. that would convince me they are real though highly elusive for some reason. Just like ghosts are.

No. It merely confirms that it is possible to produce a photograph of something that looks like a tornado (or a ghost). Like in the film Twister, which produced film footage of what looks like a tornado.
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Knowing what we do about the science of photography, hundreds of photos of the same thing is strong evidence for the existence of that thing. That there are movies with special effects simulating those things does not suggest the non-existence of those things in the least.

Not to everyone.
Certainly, you're aware, at some level, that films can be faked and that photos can be faked. But you give a free pass to all shonky youtube videos and photographs that purport to show ghosts. Why is that?
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Yes to everyone. Everyone knows those aren't real tornadoes in those films. But that in no way means that all photos of tornadoes are faked too. Just as faked photos of ghosts doesn't mean all photos of ghosts are faked.

No phenomenon is proven to exist by photos, other than the phenomenon of photography.
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Really? So how did you learn about the existence of tornadoes? Or nebulae? Or the northern lights? Or erupting volcanos? Or barracudas? Or roughly 99 % of all the things you know to exist that you have never witnessed firsthand?

No. Photos can be faked. Eyewitness can tell lies and make mistakes. Neither of those things is sufficient to prove the existence of tornados.
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And yet that's how most of us have learned about the existence of things outside of our experience our whole lives since we were kids. Why should we now suddenly make an exception for ghosts? Because you don't want to believe in them? Not a good enough reason.

It turned out that you couldn't understand the concept of a hill in a forest, or something like that.
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How does a speculative hill in a forest made up by skeptics debunk the images of apparitions appearing there caught on camera? Oh wait. You're not really serious because you have no evidence the video was debunked at all. Got it!
 
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This is just a normal photo of some friends out having a good time. Or is it? Look closely and you will see a clear face in the dark area in the lower left, The person taking the photo didn't notice it till later when looking at the pics. And there were no extra people present when the photo was taken, so it's not someone crouching between the girls. Embrace the chaos!

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It’s definitely creepy, but with AI and editing software advancements, I think these types of creepy “effects” are getting easier to pull off and seem realistic.
 
We don't have to disprove every picture, the burden of proof is on the claimant. So far, zip sh*t nada there. Some folks will scream about that, mostly the ones who couldn't prove they're actually alive, leave alone prove something miraculous.
 
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That's what happens when you have solid evidence for a phenomenon but no scientific theory defining its features. Take dark matter. What is that? Is it made of particles? Why doesn't it interact with light or regular matter? Where did it come from? Does it emit energy? Can it exist in phases like solid, liquid and gas? Are there dark matter planets? Stars? Lifeforms?

See...such is the case for any mysterious phenomenon. Our ignorance of its details in no way means the phenomenon doesn't exist. It just means we haven't learned enough about it yet to define it clearly.
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Actually current DM theory limits itself to a couple main specific hypotheses, that dark matter is some subatomic particle, like a weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) or axions, or that it is composed of primordial black holes. Further weakening your analogy is that there is actual evidence, like specific observable gravitational effects that call for its existence. This evidence is considerably stronger than the photographic artifacts and anecdotes that ghost theorists have accumulated.
 
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And there were no extra people present when the photo was taken, so it's not someone crouching between the girls. Embrace the chaos!
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Unless you were there when the photo was taken, you can't be sure of anything. Those folks could have easily created the photo just to screw with you who would believe it.
 
Unless you were there when the photo was taken, you can't be sure of anything. Those folks could have easily created the photo just to screw with you who would believe it
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Lying sneaky hikers. Always playing selfie ghost pranks on anonymous internet users like me. I should've known!
 
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Lying sneaky hikers. Always playing selfie ghost pranks on anonymous internet users like me. I should've known!
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Let me get this straight, you actually don't believe there are people who take pictures or videos as hoaxes? Or, is it that you don't believe people lie?
 
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Let me get this straight, you actually don't believe there are people who take pictures or videos as hoaxes? Or, is it that you don't believe people lie?
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Very rarely have I ever been pranked by complete strangers. Does it happen to you often? Why do you think it keeps happening? :)
 
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And, you know that how exactly? Unless, they have admitted to pranking you, which they probably won't, then you have no idea.
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I'm sensing deep epistemological problems with this one. Somewhere in his upbringing and ensuing life experiences, the propensity of human beings for pranking, tall tales, hoaxes and all manner of mischief seems to have never made itself known to him. So now forumites here with a normal malarkey immune system strike him as rigid kneejerk skeptics bent on sucking all the wonder out of the universe.
 
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Somehow in my long 65 years on this planet I have been spared this allegedly rampant phenomenon of being pranked all the time by complete strangers. Gee...I feel left out now. Am I not worthy of all their conspiratorial plots and subterfuge? Whatever did I do to deserve all this spiteful indifference? Oh well.. I will survive....somehow. lol
 
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