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Readers Respond: What is your opinion of the Mirror Ghoul picture?

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From the article: Mirror Ghoul
Johanna's daughter took this photo of herself in a mirror. Much to her shock, she noticed what looks like a face up in the corner of the picture. Johanna says there have been other paranormal phenomena in her home. What is your opinion of the picture? Tell us what you think

i can see the face in the pic

They are around us and only a few people can see them. I have seen a lot myself, taken photos- mirror-glass- the moon- and even the grave yard. I realy do see people and other stuff. People don't believe even if you show them- some can see-other dont
—Guest Annelien

Sorry, no demons...

The fact that the person is pointing a camera directly at a mirror and photographing the flash pretty much eliminates the likelihood of anything supernatural here. If you point your flash at a mirror (or window pane or any other highly reflective glass surface), you're likely to get all sorts of 'mysterious' anomalies, and the slightest smudge on your lens will become an 'inexplicable' form. I don't wish to rain on anyone's parade, but I think this is simply a flawed photo due to the flash.
—Guest Ray

I see It

I do see it. I don't know how the people responding to this can't see it, it's right above her shoulder and appears to be looking at the camera.... creepy.
—Guest AR

Don't see it

I don't see anything either, sorry. Just looks smudgy, maybe looked more like it in person? I've seen things too, but it's written off as my bipolar. Me, I'm not so sure.
—makeworldgoaway

I See Nothing Nothing

Sorry my friend i see nothing at all ghoulest about that picture but you did get your 15 min.
—daltonmoore

Mirror Ghoul Picture

No, I'm sorry, but I don't see anything in this picture!
—LaughingEyez

Ghoul?

Calling this smudge a ghoul is a bit of a stretch. It doesn't even vaguely look like a face.They say their house is full of spirits and that's the best they can come up with?
—riprandall

Nope

Doesn't look like anything to me except a bit of light and shadow. I suppose if you squint and really want to, you'd see something, but if that’s the case then clap your hands if you believe in fairies.
—Guest dmboyett

Pareadolia

I agree with Dennis, but there is nothing paranormal about this image. This is a classic example of the perceptional phenomena known as pareadolia, which is a basic point in Gestalt psychology, and it helps us to recognize objects and faces by mentally connecting the dots even if some information is missing, lacking or sub-par.
—Guest Anthony Milhorn, TAPS Family, TN.

Enigmatic Images

I am not meaning to be disrespectful, but a person can see seemingly enigmatic images in nearly anything they want to. So often spirits exist in the mind of those who believe in them and they are willing to see them in anything even slightly unusual. In this photograph I am sorry to say I see nothing of a very dramatic quality or that makes it outstanding for online publication.
—Guest dennis Morrison

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