Back in April, I wrote this post about an unusual image I accidentally captured back in 2018. Although not very likely, it still might possibly have been: #1. a lens flare; #2. a droplet of water; #3. or a mote of dust on or near the camera lens. Here is a detail from the photo:
In the post I humorously compared it to the "Vitons", a fictional race of beings normally invisible to humans. At the time no other possibility had occurred to me. Then today I happened to be checking out some old photos, and among them was a series of shots of my old digs in Los Angeles.
Notice anything unusual abut the middle photo? I don't know how it escaped my notice back then; it's a textbook example of the so-called "(spirit) orbs", kissing cousin of the "spirit photograph" and a supposed indicator of the presence of ghosts or paranormal activity. Here are a few of the orbs, close up (with heightened contrast).
Don't they look just like the "Viton" photograph? But then, I belatedly looked up spirit orbs specifically -- and well, you could have knocked me over with a pinky. These are identical to the orbs in my photo:
While I know absolutely nothing about the conditions under which these online images were taken, what makes my orbs unlikely to have been dust or reflections or whatever, is the fact that they are not visible in other shots taken just before and just after, even though they were taken under identical conditions and from the same part of the room. However, if you were to ask me "But then, why are they not in the other shots?", well, I couldn't tell you. Maybe the spirits are capricious, or maybe you have to be in just the right state of mind.
So am I now a believer in the paranormal definition of the "orbs"? Was my flat being haunted by ghosts?
Well...
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