# has a spirit ever been captured on camera? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 7, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-spirit-ever-been-captured-on-camera/233002 "2004-03-07T19:56:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-spirit-ever-been-captured-on-camera/233002/121 "2004-03-13T17:40:29Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > This one is complaining about the [other one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=243600) being in the _right_ forum. **Ilsa** says that the subject of ghostal existance is a closed question, and therefore can receive a factual answer; it is not open to debate. Or maybe it’s the other way around. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-spirit-ever-been-captured-on-camera/233002/122 "2004-03-13T17:57:55Z")
I’m curious… what forum should the original question have been posted in? It seems to me that it is best suited for GQ since it is indeed a question that is asking for a factual answer… Something like “Do spirits exist?” would probably be best suited for Great Debates, but a\_gherkin seemed to be looking for the best photographic evidence for spirits, which is a GQ type of thang, no? His own witnessing account is GD-territory, but it seems more like a context-provider for the question. BTW, some people need to chill… although this train wreck has been pretty amusing, in a Jerry Springer sort of way 😉 ---
**Author:** ![a\_gherkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@a\_gherkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_gherkin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-spirit-ever-been-captured-on-camera/233002/123 "2004-03-13T18:00:29Z")
[QUOTE=Musicat] This one is complaining about the other one being in the _right_ forum. [QUOTE] Sweet Jesus! A friend! Bless you, Musicat, bless you a thousand times! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![a\_gherkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@a\_gherkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_gherkin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-spirit-ever-been-captured-on-camera/233002/124 "2004-03-13T18:02:52Z")
> [@Windwalker](#): > > BTW, some people need to chill… although this train wreck has been pretty amusing, in a Jerry Springer sort of way 😉 Hehe, yeah… anyone care to add a ‘Final Thought,’ i can think of one or two… ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-spirit-ever-been-captured-on-camera/233002/125 "2004-03-13T18:05:32Z")
> [@Windwalker](#): > > BTW, some people need to chill… although this train wreck has been pretty amusing, in a Jerry Springer sort of way 😉 _BLEEP!_ you! You obviously have \*BLEEP!\*never \*BLEEP!\*_BLEEP!_ watched _BLEEP!_ The _BLEEP!_ Jerry _BLEEP!_ Springer \*BLEEP!\*\*BLEEP!\*_BLEEP!_ Show! _BLEEP!_ How the _BLEEP!_ can you _BLEEP!_ say that? _BLEEP!_ This is the Pit! You’ll never catch us saying _BLEEP!_ like that in here! ---
**Author:** ![a\_gherkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@a\_gherkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_gherkin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-spirit-ever-been-captured-on-camera/233002/126 "2004-03-13T18:26:06Z")
You kiss your mother with that mouth? ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-spirit-ever-been-captured-on-camera/233002/127 "2004-03-13T19:23:56Z")
I type with my fingers. ---
**Author:** ![a\_gherkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@a\_gherkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_gherkin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-spirit-ever-been-captured-on-camera/233002/128 "2004-03-13T19:35:06Z")
Do you _ahem_ your mother with those fingers? ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-spirit-ever-been-captured-on-camera/233002/129 "2004-03-13T19:55:54Z")
Just leave my blessed mother out of this. You do **NOT** want to go where it looks like you’re going. I firmly suggest you say “goodnight” now, little **a\_gherkin**. ---
**Author:** ![a\_gherkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@a\_gherkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_gherkin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-spirit-ever-been-captured-on-camera/233002/130 "2004-03-13T19:57:08Z")
Fair enough ‘‘so long’’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-spirit-ever-been-captured-on-camera/233002.md?page=6)