Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

Geek Culture / The most amazing ghost sighting ever?

Author
Message
Pincho Paxton
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 8th Dec 2002
Location:
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 02:23
Link
This is interesting..............



http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/8268114?source=Metro
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
JSN
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 8th Nov 2003
Location: 127.0.0.1
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 02:27
Link
Spooky...!

~ J ~
Back to top
Profile PM Website
Mattman
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Jun 2003
Location: East Lansing
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 02:28
Link
umm, and is there proof it wasn't just some guy trying to pull a stunt?

I am mischeivious
RoooooOoooooKoooooKoooooRoooooOoooooKoooooKooooo!
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Ian T
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 12th Sep 2002
Location: Around
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 02:42
Link
Very, very, very X-Files...

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

A very nice %it, indeed.
Back to top
Profile PM
John H
Retired Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 14th Oct 2002
Location: Burlington, VT
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 02:44
Link
Mattman - I didnt read any Could just be some hackers,,if their system is computerized

RPGamer


Dont forget to Join the Forums!
Back to top
Profile PM
Megaton Cat
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Aug 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 03:07
Link
um...

*grabs teddy bear just in case*
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Dave J
Retired Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Feb 2003
Location: Secret Military Pub, Down Under
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 03:09
Link
lol, believe it or not we actually have a company over here that are basically a real-life version of the ghost busters. Of course, they don't have the name "Ghost Busters", but what they do is people who think they have ghosts in their house hire them to setup and monitor their home for ghosts with surveillance equipment and what-not.


"Computers are useless they can only give you answers."
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Ian T
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 12th Sep 2002
Location: Around
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 04:14 Edited at: 20th Dec 2003 04:15
Link
Makes sense to me. People buy-- or waste money, if that's your point of view-- peace of mind through phyciatric help, diviners etc every day... that's just another form of the same thing .

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

A very nice %it, indeed.
Back to top
Profile PM
TheAbomb12
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 14th Aug 2003
Location: Amist the blue skies...
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 04:50
Link
where is that spooky guy? shouldnt he be saying boo right now?

Amist the Blue Skies...
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
IanM
Retired Moderator
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Sep 2002
Location: In my moon base
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 14:24
Link
Yeah, I watched this on the news yesterday ...

"We asked everyone if they had seen anyone and they said no"
"We asked our staff if they had been in the area and they said no"

Well, I'm convinced! Thorough detective work there then

At least now, they can look forward to an increase in paying visitors over Christmas ... totally coincidental, I'm sure

For free Plug-ins, source and the DBPro Interface library for Visual C++ 6 and .NET
http://www.matrix1.demon.co.uk
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Dave J
Retired Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Feb 2003
Location: Secret Military Pub, Down Under
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 14:38
Link
Did they actually show the security camera clip?


"Computers are useless they can only give you answers."
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Megaton Cat
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Aug 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 20:35
Link
You bet.
There was also an interview with the ghost.
And they were selling limited addition t-shirts with the ghost on it along with hotdogs.
...
Oh wait, that was E3.


http://www.excaver.com/dbg
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
John H
Retired Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 14th Oct 2002
Location: Burlington, VT
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 21:08
Link
Ghost "Yea, being a ghost is pretty good. You can go thru walls and scare people and stuff. You never have to wait in line for the bathroom! Its very depressing though, whenever you wanna be friends with someone, they just shriek and run off. Just because I've been dead for a few centuries, doesnt mean that Im a weirdo does it? Society these days..."


Dont forget to Join the Forums!
Back to top
Profile PM
David T
Retired Moderator
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th Aug 2002
Location: England
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 21:17
Link
Hmm is this the fire escape one, I'll have a look...

"Nowadays more and more of our imports are coming from abroad" - George Bush

Mercenaries in Space demo @ http://www.davidtattersall.me.uk
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Megaton Cat
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Aug 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 21:20
Link
@rpggamer: lol!
(Wonder if I should ask him for his autograph?)


http://www.excaver.com/dbg
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Pricey
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 22nd Feb 2003
Location:
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 22:36
Link
i was in wigan the other day and i picked up the metro on the bus and it scared the life out of me!

Back to top
Profile PM Email
spooky
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Aug 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 21st Dec 2003 01:04
Link
Yep, it was me all along. Boo!

Living in London myself they showed the CCTV clip on the local news loadsa times and it is pretty pathetic. All you see is the fire exit doors fly open and a bloke dressed up in medieval clothes close the doors.

Boo!
Back to top
Profile PM Website
Mattman
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Jun 2003
Location: East Lansing
Posted: 21st Dec 2003 01:05
Link
wow, spooky

I am mischeivious
RoooooOoooooKoooooKoooooRoooooOoooooKoooooKooooo!
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Shadow Robert
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 22nd Sep 2002
Location: Hertfordshire, England
Posted: 21st Dec 2003 01:27
Link
lol... this isn't the first time this has cropped up, just the first time there seems to be concrete evidence.
god knows if there really is a ghost there, it's entirely possibly; depends if you believe in them or not.

I think the more immediate questions for this mystery isn't so much, "is there a ghost?" but more along the lines of finding out what the ghost is doing.

play devils advocate, when you can determin who the ghost is and why they'd be constantly breaking open the twin doors of what is now the fire escape and slamming them behind him; with some quite 17th century clothes on... then you can start to prove or disprove his actions.

i mean if you eleminate the possibly of plausibility you eleminate the ghostie.
guess this is like nessy though, quite frankly i'd love for it just to stay an urban myth rather than some detective spoiling it all. dunno about you but i like mystery and believing that there could be a little more to life than what we can physically see and feel.
(annoyingly i also happen to be a strongly logical guy who wants to know if its true or not with hard facts ... hehee, totally contradictory personality traits)


Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine!
900mhz|256mb|FX5200Ti 52.16|Dx9|WXP-Pro
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Dave J
Retired Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Feb 2003
Location: Secret Military Pub, Down Under
Posted: 21st Dec 2003 01:32
Link
Quote: "Living in London myself they showed the CCTV clip on the local news loadsa times and it is pretty pathetic. All you see is the fire exit doors fly open and a bloke dressed up in medieval clothes close the doors."


Oh, so he didn't actually appear out of thin-air so to speak? That's what the article made it sound like and that's one of the main reaons I thought it might have been real. o_O


"Computers are useless they can only give you answers."
Back to top
Profile PM Email
spooky
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Aug 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 21st Dec 2003 01:43
Link
I'm trying to find a site that has the move clip on so you can see for yourself but the main news channels don't have the clip for some reason.

Boo!
Back to top
Profile PM Website
Fallout
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 1st Sep 2002
Location: Basingstoke, England
Posted: 21st Dec 2003 04:18
Link
I believe in ghosts. I believe they can be tied into physical laws of this universe. And they scare me sh*tless!

Even as someone who doesnt believe in god or have any faith, I still believe we have a soul. Where does that go when we die? How many people have been ridiculed in the past for saying things like "I can fly" or "the world is round" etc etc. and then they're later proved right. I think one day we'll prove ghosts exist.

.. AND IT SCARES ME SH*TLESS!

Grandma!! You didn't see me doing what I thought you saw me doing, did you??????

Insiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide!
Back to top
Profile PM
Megaton Cat
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Aug 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posted: 21st Dec 2003 14:55
Link
what were you doing?


http://www.excaver.com/dbg
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
David T
Retired Moderator
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th Aug 2002
Location: England
Posted: 21st Dec 2003 15:28
Link
I saw the clip on BBC news and it was literally one frame door closed, next open. It ran at about 1fps!

Still looked odd. The palace is well known for having ghosts.

"Nowadays more and more of our imports are coming from abroad" - George Bush

Mercenaries in Space demo @ http://www.davidtattersall.me.uk
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Chris K
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 7th Oct 2003
Location: Lake Hylia
Posted: 21st Dec 2003 21:39
Link
Raven :
Quote: "god knows if there really is a ghost there, it's entirely possibly; depends if you believe in them or not"


Every so often you think he's going to stop making a fool of himself.... but, no. It continues.

Back to top
Profile PM
Pincho Paxton
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 8th Dec 2002
Location:
Posted: 22nd Dec 2003 00:04
Link
@Chris...Lol I chuckled when I read Ravens comment before you Quoted it.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Pricey
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 22nd Feb 2003
Location:
Posted: 23rd Dec 2003 17:17
Link
why must everyone skit raven, he is ok!

Back to top
Profile PM Email
David T
Retired Moderator
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th Aug 2002
Location: England
Posted: 23rd Dec 2003 18:50
Link
Quote: "Chris, leave him alone... you almost sound....obssessed "


indeed

Quote: "why must everyone skit raven, he is ok!"


I wonder too...

"Nowadays more and more of our imports are coming from abroad" - George Bush

Mercenaries in Space demo @ http://www.davidtattersall.me.uk
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Mattman
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Jun 2003
Location: East Lansing
Posted: 23rd Dec 2003 20:20 Edited at: 23rd Dec 2003 20:21
Link
Because we have nothing else to do

I am mischeivious
RoooooOoooooKoooooKoooooRoooooOoooooKoooooKooooo!
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Pricey
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 22nd Feb 2003
Location:
Posted: 23rd Dec 2003 20:30
Link
we can talk rubbish and... and.... and... skit raven!

Back to top
Profile PM Email
David T
Retired Moderator
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th Aug 2002
Location: England
Posted: 23rd Dec 2003 20:42
Link
Quote: "Because we have nothing else to do"


That is obvious

"Nowadays more and more of our imports are coming from abroad" - George Bush

Mercenaries in Space demo @ http://www.davidtattersall.me.uk
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
heartbone
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Nov 2002
Location:
Posted: 24th Dec 2003 06:19 Edited at: 24th Dec 2003 06:20
Link
video(click "no logical explanation")

The more you see, the more you know.
The more you know, the more you see.
Back to top
Profile PM Website
Pricey
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 22nd Feb 2003
Location:
Posted: 25th Dec 2003 18:59
Link
page cannot be found

Back to top
Profile PM Email
Arrow
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 1st Jan 2003
Location: United States
Posted: 25th Dec 2003 19:37 Edited at: 25th Dec 2003 19:48
Link
Considering the quality of the video is could be a wookie for all we know.


I've lost 25lb playing Dance Dance Revolution, no really!
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Pincho Paxton
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 8th Dec 2002
Location:
Posted: 25th Dec 2003 19:38
Link
The video looks faked! The picture goes dark when the person appears, and it seems to be edited with a triangle cut out from a different time from the same camera. The darkness I think is caused by some of the film being made at night, and added later to the day version.

Pincho.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2024-09-21 01:33:11
Your offset time is: 2024-09-21 01:33:11