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Haunted Castle Spook

Haunted Castle Spook

from Aaron M. Steele
"This past Halloween we took our son to go see 'The Haunted Castle' (http://www.hauntedcastle.com/Default.htm) -- A local attraction put on by the Boy Scouts of America. The attraction itself is innocent haunting fun and overall the experience is a great time. This year however we think we were visited by an actual ghost. The Haunted Castle is actually an old church that was gutted and made into the haunted mansion, next to it is an actual cemetery. I'm not sure how old they are but my guess is at least 100 years.

"Anyway, while waiting in line we were standing next to the cemetery and I had a sudden urge to take a picture of it. Being a photographer, I knew it was too dark for our digital camera to pick anything up but for some reason I snapped a shot anyway. We went on and had a great time at the Haunted Castle.

"The next morning I was downloading the photos and I opened up my cemetery shop in Photoshop. It was very dark and you could not see anything. I decided to see if I can salvage the photo at all so I opened up my curves tool (A Photoshop tool used to evenly brighten up and enhance colors of a photo) and started playing with the settings. About to give up, I applied a bit more. Excited, I spiked the brightness to see if I can get a better look. I couldn't believe my eyes. The hairs on the back on my neck stood up. Needless to say I was glad I went ahead and snapped the shot."

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