Comments on: The Ghost of La Purisima

By: Kristy

Kristy — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:43:10 +0000

Brian, I tried to email you but the contact email was returning my message; so, I’ll leave one here. I was searching for ghosts of La Purisima and found this site, and what caught my attention was the picture. A man emailed me the same picture earlier this week, after I contacted his “group” and asked questions about the paranormal (as I am sort of ghost hunting as an amateur – and as a HOBBY at the mission). Anyway, he completely discredited all photos of orbs that I had sent to him, claiming they were simply dust; but then he turns around and emails THIS crappy photo to me (all mine were CLEAR and FOCUSED) – and he even told me that National Geographic claimed there wasn’t anyone else in the picture – while he argued there was. It made me wonder why I had even contacted him in the first place, except that I’ve been contacting MANY people to share my pictures from the mission and also from my home. I have a few things that can’t be explained, and even one photo that appears to have a white mist of a man’s face (in my house). I’d like to share that picture with you, but how do I submit it?

By: blossom

blossom — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:47:57 +0000

LaPurisima is not the original mission. The original was destroyed by earthquake and a fire I think. It was rebuilt in the thirties as part of FDR’s work program and was never part of the original mission system hence it was never a church. As Christie said, no one ever died there and it’s not known for being haunted. Great place to visit though if you can avoid the nuts taking horrible pictures. :)

By: Lori A.

Lori A. — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:50:39 +0000

It looks like Father Payeras. From what I have heard he was a wonderful man loved by the natives. Great capture! Skeptics who are the least amount open minded can see a small possibility. Sad to see skeptics with closed minds. :(

By: Jose the Paranormal Skeptic

Jose the Paranormal Skeptic — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:14:03 +0000

Thanks…again…and no thanks…again.

By: pzdum

pzdum — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:53:59 +0000

we’re pulling the plug on this piece of blasphemy called PHARYNGULA…

http://www.conspiracycafe.net/forum/index.php?/topic/25104-atheist-apocalypse/page__pid__117856__st__0&

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:50:17 +0000

I don’t get it. It’s impossible for me to even understand what anyone is trying to accomplish by bothering to show anyone or even discussing this photograph. This entire “issue” is completely confusing to me.

By: Max

Max — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:53:51 +0000

NOW I see the ghost ;-)

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:31:13 +0000

This is not an unusual case.
We get this kind of thing all of the time and the responses to our questions are usually just as confusing.

The question that you have “Do you really have to be a National Geographic photographer to be qualified to tell whether a person in a picture is a person or a ghost? has an odd answer from my perspective. Due to the people that are ghost hunting ant the lack of any basic skills that they have, yes a person from National Geographic is a good idea. It amazes me how little these people know about the basic use of any of the tools that they use.
You would assume that people have a general idea about how cameras work and the basic rules to follow when taking any kind of photograph.
These people are of the mindset that the camera (Digital mostly) has some kind of magic ability to “see different light spectrums and therefore see entities” (a direct quote from a ghost hunting group).
With this perspective they go into a reportedly haunted location and start taking photographs in conditions that the camera was not designed to be used in, and when they get results that they do not get in a setting to get a good photograph they jump to the conclusion that they have captured a “Ghost”.
This is not just photography that has this issue. Look at any of the equipment that these groups use and then ask any technical questions about how it works or what the tool was originally designed for.

The next time that you are talking to a “Ghost hunter” ask them what the E.M.F. meter that they are using can measure and what the numbers mean. The usual answer is that they have been told that “Anything above 6 is a ghost”.

We even have groups near us that claim to have software to detect if the image is of a ghost.

As long as there is paranormal there will be bad photography to go with it.

By: Jeffery2010

Jeffery2010 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:22:09 +0000

Nice work Greg. In your image it is easier to see the hat, and also the guys left ear. I kept looking at the photo and reading the post trying to see the “ghost”. Was it behind the two guys in the middle of the photo?

By: HappyNat

HappyNat — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:41:25 +0000

Don’t forget to bring a towel!