Apparition

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Good, because that would be really freaking creepy if that were real...almost gave me a heart attack! XD

Mon 10-03-2005

Honestly motts, some of us old ladies have bad hearts. Like me.................scared the shit out of me, until i read the comment, lol.

anna

Mon 10-03-2005

Mr Motts, could you explain what it is? It really does look like a ghost, but if you think about it, it just looks like sunlight coming into the hallway.

Ryan

Mon 10-03-2005

It's just a fellow explorer walking in front of my camera with the shutter open for a long time... I think it came out kinda neat with the billowing curtain.

Motts

Tue 10-04-2005

Yeah that did turn out really cool - it almost looks like two people walking toward you - if I look close enough I can make out some facial features...and the "figure" on the left almost looks like its carrying a candle...and they both look as if they're floating...really neat! Come to think of it, though, the guy on the left looks like he's holding a bottle of beer...Radical Ed? LOL

oops, sorry.

I had to look hard for a minute to see the "ghost"- it was fun until i read the comment,hehe

Mollie

Tue 10-04-2005

Heh don't worry Jeremy, that's not you...

Motts

Tue 10-04-2005

This shot will be in my top 10 for damn sure! Even though they are not real spooks, it certainly looks like it, and the billowing curtain really adds to the spookiness!

BritChick

Fri 10-07-2005

OMG!!! A ghost, I got scared for a sec but then i read the lower words. LOLZ.

KellyG

Sun 10-09-2005

Thats pretty cool!I've been involved in ghost hunting long enough to know double exposures and other such things that most people would mistake for ghosts and I knew it wasn't real but heh way to scare the people here!:)

Orchid Lunar

Tue 10-11-2005

Love the way this was shot Motts!

Jude

Wed 10-12-2005

thank you for the heart attack that picture loaded and my heart stopped....................great shot

sande

Thu 10-13-2005

Hey Mr. Mott's, honestly now, have you ever been a place where you are taking photo's and literitly felt like you just shouldn't be there. No I don't mean security wise. Just that feeling like, you just should be there and the hair stands up on the back of your neck. And if so which places were they if you have the time or care to share. Just curious. Thanks again for your amazing stuff! You rock!

gelliebean

Wed 10-19-2005

I got the same 2 second heart attack, too...Cool shot, Motts....I, too, have often wondered what Gelliebean asked. Have you ever "felt" anything odd in these buildings....like you were being watched, or heard anything....odd...just curious...

Nope.

i have seen many ghost in my life i have been in the most haunted house in the world !!! Your photo is pritty good?

erica

Fri 02-10-2006

I about crappedmyself when I first saw the picture, nicely done!!!

rtotten

Tue 02-14-2006

thats halla caray but it kinda looks fake .

Diego

Sun 02-26-2006

When I look to this photo the first thing that come my mind was Â«what an excellent pictureÂ»!
That's great! Creepy!! I love that one...

blood_guilty

Sat 03-25-2006

if ya know eny cool ghost websites writ back to mariana.

mariana

Wed 04-19-2006

is there real ghosts in the hospital

tamara

Fri 04-28-2006

wow thats freaking scaryy haha aree they real ?

amanda ; *

Fri 04-28-2006

OMG! Lyke.. Look! There's a ghost in the picture! SCARY!

Wrong...

Sorry to burst your bubble, but it's just the dust being reflected by the sunlight.

Space Cake

Fri 04-28-2006

I WISH IT WAS REAL! IT WOULD OF BIN COOL. BUT I STILL BELIVEN GHOST. THEY ROAM THIS WORLD. ON GHOST HUNTERS THEY GOT PRUFE. MY
FRIENDS HAVE WITNESSED GHOST. MY FRIEND GOT MARKED BY A GHOST. SHE GOT RED HAND MARKS ON HER. AND MY OTHER FRIENDS SISTER GOT CHOKED BY A GHOST. THESE STORYS WERE TRUE AND KNOW BODY WAS WITH THEM. MY BROTHER HAS WITNESS A LITTLE GIRL LAUGHING AND KNOW BODY WAS WITH HIM AT MY DADS! AND HE SEEN A GIRL WALKING ACROSS THE HALLWAY!

BREANNA

Sun 05-14-2006

Okay, Lynne, ain't gonna spoil your FUN on this one.

But dayum -- love dem curtains lak in my fiyal room.

Janice

Sun 05-14-2006

Not being intelligent these days must be a new fad.

Mmmmyup. I got prufe, dude.

Miss Space Cake

Mon 05-15-2006

this looks like my mother- no seriously..

eeka

Tue 05-16-2006

I just... just can't get over *how bad* that person's comment was. know body? bin? he seen? PRUFE? ... Dear god...

Space Cake

Fri 05-19-2006

Space Cake -- I was going to comment AGAIN about this, but I'm still waiting for Lynne's wisdom.

Janice

Fri 05-19-2006

I'm fresh out of wisdom - brains too. But I admit that seeing "a girl walking across the hallway" would CERTAINLY put the fear of God in me. =8-o

Lynne

Fri 05-19-2006

Wow is this a photo trick? ive seen a real ghost kinda.

Lain

Sun 05-21-2006

Lain- It's just the dust being reflected by the sunlight (I believe I stated that in a previous comment).

Space Cake

Mon 05-22-2006

I was gonna say if they said it was real I can easily make an appariton

Unknown

Thu 05-25-2006

It may not be real, but it's enough for me....Session 9 revisited!!!

crissy

Sat 05-27-2006

Now I know how they take those ghost shots! This still is a really neat picture.

Nancy

Wed 05-31-2006

Everyone has the right to make a comment,intelligent or not.It is not easy for some people so well done for having a go.

Jason

Thu 06-01-2006

Seriously, I wasn't making fun. I had my share of wierd experiences, believe me!

Nancy

Wed 06-14-2006

OMG !!!

waaaaah i thought it was real at first !! ^^

MidNight

Thu 07-20-2006

Holy Shiznips that's freaky! I've seen many, MANY ghosts in my life, and one actually saved my life. It was an occurrance that involved 2 ghosts. I was in my kitchen and I had a knife on my counter and it flew at me. Luckily, my great grandma (Who died when I was 5) threw open the fridge door and the knife didn't hit me. I am sooo greatful for her and bless her soul. By then both spirits were gone and it never happened again.

Ian Stewart

Fri 09-08-2006

ghosts are really kool

kat

Fri 09-22-2006

we did not see a thing and it suckesd

jorge

Mon 12-04-2006

i took photography, its fake. just a long exposure.

shona

Sat 01-06-2007

how many people died in this hospital

eroen

Wed 01-17-2007

that is really cool and my mates actually believed it (although they are quite gullable) LOL!

imi

Tue 02-27-2007

Cool trick photography !

Signed: An American Soldier in Germany.

Joseph

Sun 03-04-2007

REALLY TEY ARE LOOK LIKE A GHOST A REALLY SCARED TO SEEM THEM IN THE PHOTO

SANJAY

Sat 03-10-2007

i will like to see more of ghost pictuer ,can anybody help me with that this my mail address benak4love@yahoo.com

jarjar

Fri 03-16-2007

i think it was a real ghost because when you look at it closer a face appears

jason

Tue 04-24-2007

magaling parang totoo

lawrence mott

Tue 04-24-2007

There likely IS a face, as it was stated that the long exposure rendered a real person semi-invisible.

STL girl

Sat 01-23-2010

Motts... Just reading the questions people keep asking about you 'seeing or hearing anything odd'...

Do you believe in the supernatural?

Tiny

Mon 03-22-2010

I don't disbelieve it; I just haven't found any supporting evidence personally yet.

Motts

Mon 03-22-2010

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Date Shot:	May 2005	Image ID#:	3042
Date Posted:	Mon, October 3rd 2005	Camera:	Canon 300D Rebel

Location Name:	Riverside State Hospital
Current Status:	Abandoned
Built:	1868	Closed:	2003
Opened:	1871	Demolished / Renovated:	n/a
Location Age:	144 years	Abandonment:	9 years

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