Readers Respond: What's your opinion of the Picton ghost photo?

Responses: 20

By Stephen Wagner, About.com Guide

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I provided my analysis of this widely seen photo. What do you think of it? What Do You Think?

Maybe that was your lucky day, that photo you took maybe it's real, who knows? but i can tell you nothing but the truth, that thing is following you all the while already, seen you've took the pix, just becarefull, don't know what is the next, he or she is going to do with you, just pray hard, hopefully everything is find, thank you.
—Guest James

I swear I saw a child in a cemetery once, just walking around it makes me sad. I believe the picture is real.
—Guest cindy rogoz

Ok, this photo has been analyzed by a number of professionals. Do you really think The Daily Telegraph wouldn't do their research before printing the story? You guys wonder why nobody brings forward their evidence: it's because people knock them down and say they're fake!
—Guest annoyed

I am her daughter, Kaitlyn. We were on a ghost tour at this time and she took this photo of two kids, Blanche and David. There were no kids in the graveyard, and if you look very closely you can see she has no arm. And just to let you know, she does not have twins; she has me (my name is Kaitlyn, I am 10), Abby (she is 2), and Sarah (she is 6 months). So I know it is not a fake. Believe what you think because it is real.
—Guest kaitlyn

when i see this pic I see at four ghosts. The pic has a circle around one suspected ghost and it appears to have a vertebrae type of ling body, to the left of it is a large casper type ghost and then two more on the right side of headstone or whatever it is.
—Guest rachael

I do not beleive seeing this picture that it is Paranormal. Although I was not there and do not know who was present, the children just seem natural nothing really seems out of place to me.
—Guest COGS Tech manager

It could be anything.The pic was to small to tell.Could have been part of another gravestone behind it.Not a good pic.
—Guest steve

I really think she didn't see them cause she was too busy trying to catch a ghost!
—Guest LMC

First of all, the cut off part in the first photo up for examination is a darker headstone and i thought that was easy to see. Theres no doubt about that. You can see the whole shape and curve of the headstone, Second, those children are not the same. They have different hairstyles and all. You can see that from the original photo..As for the other anomaly seen behind the larger headstone, hard to tell as its too far away and could easily be part of another larger headstone. Picton is well known to be haunted. I am investigator of about 6 yrs and have frequented the tunnel that is mentioned at the end of the editorial on this photo http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,1,26619773-952,00.html My team have seen that white apparition in that tunnel floating in the air and believe me, it was not our eyes playing tricks. It has been seen by a few people
—Guest Tracey

Is it summer in Australia? The clothing could indicate if it is appropriate for the time of the year. The clothing of the child(ren) looks like modern day. The hair of the child superimposed looks a little different(wind blown). Also, I see a head on the left top of the tombstone, not necessarily behind it.
—Guest jpsy2003

Nobody wants to see a real, live, no doubt about it, supernatural event more than I do, but I have to agree with the other writers here. In my opinion, it is a fake. Bummer. I am so disappointed. Worst part is, some real supernatural events could be overlooked because of trickery like this. Why do these fakers do it?
—felinegoddess406

I have seen a couple of video (as i'm sure many have) of what is believed to be a spirit, and the movement is very very fast, what if this woman took the picture while this ONE spirit was moving very quickly, she could in essence get 2 shots of the same spirit. But, we could go on and on, until the original photo is analyzed it is all just a guessing game.
—Guest van

I suspect that Renee English just took the photo and maybe, a friend pull a gag on Renee when that friend downloaded the photos from the camera? My brothers once drew petroglyphs on some rocks, I was collecting for school a long time ago...
—Guest Angie M.

These are two children walking through the cemetary.the photographer is mistaken about her assumption children were elswhere. Head of parent is hsown in last photo.
—Guest Gary

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