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In this article we will analyze a famous photograph which was allegedly filmed Ghost.
In the network, it is known as "The Cooper Family" or "The Falling Body", and in the Russian version - "Photo of Cooper family".
Photography is one of the most creepy, old photos, since the story says that at the moment of shooting no creepy ghostly body hanging from the ceiling, nor the photographer, nor other family members have not seen, and I discovered it only when printing.
The story itself related to the picture looks something like this:
This story happened in Texas. The Cooper family moved into a new house, they wanted the family to celebrate the housewarming. My father decided to take a family photo. When he turned, all continued to relax and chat at the table, but after a photo was demonstrated, it was the dead body of a man hanging from the ceiling. When the family was at the table during the celebration no one felt anyone's presence and not seen anything like it...[1]
Sometimes in describing this story indicate that it was 1950.
When and where was actually this picture was taken is unknown, since she and the accompanying story appeared in the network are only the beginning of the 21st century. For example, the Museum of Hoaxes [2] indicates that the date of the earliest publication of photography can be considered on 14 November 2009, she was published in the category "Art" authored by a certain Sam (Sam) on the website of the American writer Thomas Ligotti (Thomas Ligotti), working in the literary genre of mystical horror. [5] we Cannot say that in this category are placed only photos, or otherwise exposed to processing. Rather, there are many horrible images of different quality.
The next publication was the article on the scary and spooky images from the past on the website GhostTheory [3]. It the source of the photograph is not specified, and the accompanying story is also missing.
In connection with the uncertainty of Dating, there are three most probable explanation for the appearance of "ghostly silhouette" in the picture: hanging from the ceiling dummy "Ghost", a fake picture in the photo editor or multiple exposure.
Let's set aside the "unnatural" elements on the source photos that were not observed in the time of the snapshot environment in the room.
In addition to the strange silhouette in the picture is a dark stain partially cover the legs of the boy. If this spot is a physical object, then it needs to be between the cloth covering the table and the boy sitting on his knees. If it had an object in the room (the back of a chair or even black plaid), he would fall under the flash of the camera. Thus, we can assume that this spot is "alien" and "Ghost."
The presence of dark spots, unable to convey any logical sense (only if the defect was not present in original photo) from the point of view of digital forgery. On this basis, the possibility of tampering with the picture in the photo editor seems to be very small .
The reaction of the people depicted in the photo, "hanging from the ceiling of the corpse" is missing (the kids would surely notice him). From this we can conclude that "something" really only showed up in the pictures, and no "dummy Ghost" was not. In addition, the version with the dummy can not explain the above-mentioned dark spot at the boy's feet on the right.
Remains multiple exposure, i.e. repeated use film when photographing. In favor of this version mismatch of the shadows from the flash and light sources in the room with the shadows formed from "Ghost", a transparent hand of the Ghost overlying the left candle. It turns out that the tape had been used at least 2 times. Once on it was depicted a family at the table. What kind of image is recorded on the same film, could give the effect of "hanging Ghost"?
One of the arguments in favor of the mystical version is unnatural and strange pose "Ghost" hanging from the ceiling. However, if you look closely, this picture the human body is not like "hanging". This is indicated by the arrangement of the folds of the clothing, the position and shape of body parts.
Turn the photo 180 degrees and highlight the silhouette of the Ghost.
Now we see the person doing the hand movements. On the motion of said blurring in the area of the brushes. This photo could be done in a moment of joy or dance (perhaps even the rehearsal of the ballet there is a similar movement occurs quite often).
Ballerina A. E. Osipenko [4]
We can assume that the photograph depicted standing with his back to us a woman in a bright dress with a small V-neck on the back, with hair gathered in a bun.
On the above data we can conclude that, most likely, the image of "a ghostly corpse" in the family portrait of the Coopers appeared accidentally as a result of multiple exposure of the film, the cause of which could be a mistake of the photographer, who shot one frame inverted on top of the other.
Found the information, published 10 January 2015 by user Mick West on the forum metabunk.org. It States that the earliest known version of the photo was published on the website somethingawful.com 2009 Thomas Ligotti. It was added in the forum thread entitled Create Paranormal Images, where the user Gerogerigegege, whose hobby is creating paranormal images, 8 Jun 2009 invited other users to join his hobby and to have fun. He urged to take their or other people's old family photos, process them, add mystical creatures and put below. He also shares his experience on how to make the photo more real; you must remove the performance of contrast, and to save the image in bad quality. Unfortunately, almost all published users of the forum image isn't open, so for sure to see the original pictures and his mystical copy failed.
However, this forum was written by Robert Cooper – one of the boys depicted on the mysterious pictures:
When my older brother sent me this link, I was confused. Two boys in the picture – we are with him. The photo was taken in 1959. I have many similar photos, but not this one. My mother was in the habit to throw away the pictures that she didn't like. In the end those that remained to her, was handed to me. It annoys me that someone got our family photo. The story is almost entirely fiction. Our name - copper (Copper), and not Cooper (Cooper). Does anyone know who did this?
The original text:
When my older brother sent me this link I was floored. We are the two boys in the picture. Well we were back in 1959. I have many picture like this one, but not this one. My mother had a habit of throwing away pictures that she didn't like. Eventually the ones she kept were passed along to me. What annoys me is that somebody got hold of a family photograph. The story is almost entirely fiction. Our last name is Copper, not Cooper. Does anybody know who did this?
Robert found an old photo which shows that in discussing the picture actually depicts him and his brother. The following is a comparison of boys with two photos.
Obviously, the photo of the Ghost has undergone considerable processing in order to produce the desired effect, and elimination of defects of the installation, but the similarity can be seen.
Undoubtedly, we should not consider the matter as completely solved, not yet found the original picture. However, the above information allows with high probability to include the image with the "Ghost corpse" to the category of "deliberate falsification".
Translated by «Yandex.Translator»
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Не сразу заметил, что в ногах у сидящей женщины с ребёнком что-то бесформенное и не похожее на обычные складки юбки. Может капли реагентов при проявке попали? Хотя труп все равно на двойную экспозицию тянет или корявый монтаж: тени не совпадают и голова в свечу утыкается. Хотя призрак же, видать ему можно! ????
Неожиданно наткнулся на статью, посвященную этой же фотографии:
https://www.metabunk.org/debunked-cooper-copper-family-ghost-photo.t5536/
Ее авторы приходят практически к тому же выводу, что предлагается здесь, вот только они продвинулись в расследовании несколько дальше: похоже, что они нашли и сайт, с публикации на котором началась эта история, и даже одного из людей, на ней изображенных. Судя по всему, эта фотография - результат не мультиэкспозиции, а цифровой ретуши.
Предлагаю дополнить нашу статью информацией из этого источника.
Artie, спасибо! Очень важная информация. Сейчас обязательно добавлю в статью.