This picture is an inadvertent double-exposure of someone the photographer has no recollection of ever having seen? Or is it something more?
Taken so young – but really gone?
Two more directly contrasting ones for the challenge:
Repeated tragedies chased away her youth.
Her youthful spirit resisted all tempests.
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That story of yours gave me goose bumps, Col. I do hope that if the spirits are indeed among us, they have a happy life and don’t long to be part of the living.
Your two other stories are also full of thoughts and images. Great contributions, thank you!
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The picture seemed to beg a story, and I’m happy if you feel the very short one works!
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I’m still undecided on whether or not I believe ghost stories. Most of them do seem outrageous though
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Most are. I have come across a few with undoubted family and friend sources which have me wondering, though. And some … strange … experiences of my own.
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Hmm. I’ll blog my … non ghost story – just for you :-).
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I look forward to it!
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Scary Col!!
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It appears that it startled the lady photographer more than somewhat. I don’t wonder.
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i’m sure startled is putting it mildly 😉
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The Trick. The Light. The Gullible.
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In this case all of those don’t seem to apply, unless the bloke who did the developing somehow managed it as a joke.
Inadvertent double-exposure seems the most likely.
Or one of the ‘reality’ shifts currently forming a subject for serious scientific speculation?
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The Reality shift things are difficult to pin down.
The six letter ‘story’ was easier.
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Trick photography to make a ghost! 🙂
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That is always the first conclusion. This may be one of the many occasions where that is not the explanation. (An actual ghost is still bottom of the list of ones I would put forward, though.)
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How mysterious……
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One of these strange things where the ‘logical’ explanations seem almost as far-fetched as the simple one that it was a ghost!
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Oh my, very interesting photo and story.
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I was lucky to come across such a thought-provoking picture.
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Is this true?
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If you follow the link, you’ll see it is said to be.
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Then it is very sad
😦
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Indeed so.
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Lost. Alone. Which way to go?
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Traditional wisdom says to look for and follow the light! 🙂
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