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Subject:	Re: A ghostly photo
Date:		Wed, 25 Mar 1998 15:45:57 +0000
From:		(Joe McNally)
Newsgroups:	alt.paranormal, alt.misc.forteana, sci.skeptic

> It appears to be the face of someone taking a photo, which has been
> illuminated by flash bouncing off the screen, and is reflected in the
> screen.

Surely if this were the case, there would be a camera visible in the picture?

That said, it all smells a bit odd. There's a hell of a lot of detail on
the pic of the screen (screen.jpg); I'm unconvinced that a photograph
taken from the far corner of a room would look so distinct.

screen.jpg is cropped from quite a high res scan of the original photograph,
which explains the high level of detail.

My Managing Editor has just looked over my shoulder and suggested that the
face bears a resemblance to King Ludwig II ("the Mad") of Bavaria, who
built so many castles he started planning bankrobberies to pay for them,
and eventually formulated a plan to sell Bavaria to clear his debts...
Could there be a connection?

King Ludwig II of Bavaria, image taken from The King Ludwig II Picture Gallery

Hmmm, there is a slight resemblance, but I don't think it's him.
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Date:		Thu, 26 Mar 1998 22:41:21 -0700
From:		Jordan Ruud
Subject:	Re: A ghostly photo

It looks to me like Edgar Allan Poe.


Edgar Allan Poe, image taken from The Poe Perplex

Another dodgy look-a-like, but better than King Ludwig II.

Subject:	Re: A ghostly photo
Date:		 Sat, 28 Mar 1998 14:43:12 +0100
From:		Colin Dooley
Newsgroups:	alt.paranormal, alt.misc.forteana, sci.skeptic,
alt.paranet.paranormal, alt.fantasy, alt.paranet.forteana,
alt.paranet.metaphysics, alt.pictures.monsters, alt.tasteless


actual3 wrote:
>
> KET wrote:
> >
> > Hey!, that looks an awful lot like Riley G.
>
> Just an opinion, but to me it looks an awful
> lot like Stacy Keach as "Mike Hammer," but
> without the hat.

Riley G. is an all time classic Usenet kook, check
out his web site.

http://www.psicop.com/

Scary, huh?



Riley G, image taken from Riley G - Psychic Detective

I've just peed my pants!


A colleague, Bob Hide, thinks our ghost looks like Prince Albert, husband
of Queen Victoria.



Prince Albert, image taken from The Queen Victoria Resources

The best of the lot so far, they have the same 'tash, but Albert's jaw is
much squarer.

Date:		Thu, 18 Mar 1999 11:59:06 -0600
From:		Elizabeth Roberts
Subject:	look alike

When I looked at the photo I couldn't see that the TV was turned on.  There
were no little red lights or green lights to indicate the power was on.
Additionally, out of the clear blue sky, it immediately reminded me of John
Wilkes Booth (American actor who killed President Lincoln).  When I looked
up Booth in my dictionary, the picture really astonished me!  I am not sure
how to scan it and send it to you, so if you will e-mail me back, or if
someone will tell me how to do it, I think you will be astonished too!

John Wilkes Booth, image taken from A History of John Wilkes Booth

Booth was also suggested by Don Bessinger.

Date:		Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:49:48 -0400
From:		Rick Field
Subject:	The Televison "Ghost"

The image looks a lot like the actor Stacy Keach (spelling??) to me. Especially
how I remember him from television shows of the 1970s.

Rick Field

Date:		Sat, 12 Jun 1999 04:12:03 EDT
From:		JezebelB
Subject:	A spooky Ghostly Spectre

Hi,
I actually like the picture...real or not...I honestly can't tell if the pic
has been manipulated or not....the TV does not appear to be turned on...I do
have a comment...the pic does remind me of John Wilkes Booth.  When I
compared the two pics (Booth and the Spooky pic) there are differences... I
actually think the  face resembles Rob Morrow who portrayed Booth in a TV
movie....I couldn't find a good still of Morrow as Booth, but I think if you
could get a hold of the video you'll see the resemblance...
I'd like to know what you think...
thanks,
Florence

Rob Morrow as John Wilkes Booth, image taken from The Day Lincoln Was Shot

Date:		Mon, 16 Aug 1999 20:09:12 -0400
From:		Snafu
Subject:		About your "ghostly face"

I was looking over the images you had of "look-alikes" for your spook. I
noticed most of them were old, dead people. Almost no one tried for a
possible "What if the TV was really on?" image. ;)

This is kind of a long shot, but...
Ever watched Red Dwarf?

There is a character named Holly who is a computer. He appears in the
show as a floating head on a TV screen. If you slap some hair on him and
give him a moustache (and I KNOW there was an episode where Holly wore a
toupee) it could be your spook. ;)

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/5360/hmale1.jpg

That was the best pic I could find of Holly.

--
Sarah

"Friends don't let friends ride on MIR."

Red Dwarf's Holy.

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