# Another ghost video: real or fake? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 21, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958 "2009-09-21T16:27:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/21 "2009-09-21T22:25:26Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Well, I got dial-up, and am still waiting on the vid, but its fake. There are no ghosts, no Santa Clause or Easter Bunny. > > Sorry to have to tell you that. Actually I finally got it to load. I reluctantly have to say that I’m convinced. This one looks legit. I’ll wait until a few major universities and the JREF get a hold of it to make final judgment, but I think this is something big. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/22 "2009-09-21T23:05:52Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Well, I got dial-up, and am still waiting on the vid, but its fake. There are no ghosts, no Santa Clause or Easter Bunny. > > Sorry to have to tell you that. It appears to be very real. I would bet you $1000 that there are no fancy CGI effects in that video and I dare you to prove otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/23 "2009-09-21T23:27:59Z")
I think we better call Captain Disillusion for this one! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/24 "2009-09-21T23:40:05Z")
I’m another believer. If that ghost isn’t the real thing, I’ll eat _his_ shorts. Absolutely terrifying. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/25 "2009-09-21T23:48:45Z")
Before I watched the video, I would have said “no, ghosts don’t exist.” Now, though …not so sure. It looked pretty real. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/26 "2009-09-22T00:30:47Z")
Amazingly clear video. I got a sense of confusion, maybe even pain. I cried a little. (of laughter) ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/27 "2009-09-22T00:41:57Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Well, I got dial-up, and am still waiting on the vid, but its fake. There are no ghosts, no Santa Clause or Easter Bunny. That’s what I used to believe until now. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/28 "2009-09-22T00:45:35Z")
Holy shit. That’s it. I’m going back to church. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/29 "2009-09-22T02:54:22Z")
That’s not a ghost. It’s an echo from the past, not a lost soul. Not very far in the past, though. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/30 "2009-09-22T03:07:49Z")
I came in to post without even reading the thread…just based on the title alone. Something made me watch the video, though. So…While I can’t unequivocally state that there is a ghost in the vid, I can’t say there isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/31 "2009-09-22T03:21:01Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > I’m another believer. If that ghost isn’t the real thing, I’ll eat _his_ shorts. Absolutely terrifying. It goes without saying that eating his shorts would be terrifying. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/32 "2009-09-22T04:56:23Z")
A while ago, I saw a video like this. But in that one, you could totally see the fishing line. There’s no string in this one at all- I looked! Ghosts are real, man. Like, totally. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/33 "2009-09-22T06:40:30Z")
The music convinced me. With that kind of eerie music, it has to be real. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/34 "2009-09-22T08:23:42Z")
All I saw was a drunk KKK member stumbling home and landing in the nursery instead of his bedroom. Now if he had said, “Boo!”, well then it would have obviously been a ghost. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/35 "2009-09-22T12:55:22Z")
You know what amazes me about this video? How corporeal the ghost seems to be. It’s like I could reach right out and touch it. ---
**Author:** ![Pedro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@Pedro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pedro)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/36 "2009-09-22T13:19:20Z")
It’s spooky alright but don’t be fooled. I can’t explain it but I’m sure it’s just some fancy video editing work. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958/37 "2009-09-22T13:35:40Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Great. I’m not going to get any sleep tonight now. > > Because some dude stole my sheet. This post? Full of awesome it is. I’ve always said I’d believe in ghosts when one walks up to me in broad daylight, says, “Hello, I’m a ghost!” and then smacks me in the head with his ectoplasm before disappearing with an unearthly groan . This feisty little spirit looks like he might be able to accomplish that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ghost-video-real-or-fake/510958.md?page=1)