# One of the scariest things I've ever seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208 "2006-03-13T18:45:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/1 "2006-03-13T18:45:52Z")
[is here](http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/sundarbans.asp) ( **NOT** for the faint-hearted, trust me on this) It’s on Snopes, under Inboxer Rebellion, in the Hoaxes section, with the tagline “Tourist dies while being photographed in the Sundarbans”, if the link doesn’t work. I just typed in the address at a guess because the photograph is so damn freaky. Can anybody tell me about the text on the page? What does it say? ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/2 "2006-03-13T19:04:54Z")
Kyth… Never play Project Zero, dude. The next page leads to other picture that this “Ghost” appears in, each one looking more photoshopped than the last. Completley fake, but ok, she is kinda creepy, in a white-asian-floating-spirit way. ---
**Author:** ![PBear42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PBear42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PBear42)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/3 "2006-03-13T19:07:20Z")
The point is that it’s a hoax. Trick photographs aren’t hard to do. Indeed, these days, with Photoshop, they’re extremely easy. Relax. Nobody was killed in the fabrication of this urban legend. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/4 "2006-03-13T19:09:14Z")
See [http://www.castleofspirits.com/hoaxghost.html](http://www.castleofspirits.com/hoaxghost.html) from the snopes links. Shame, in the ‘olden’ days it would take a little skill and work on double exposure photography to make such a picture, now photoshop takes the skill out of such things. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/5 "2006-03-13T19:22:32Z")
I know it’s fake (the way Snopes filed it kind of gave it away)–just wanted to know the story behind it. Thanks, guys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/6 "2006-03-13T20:30:50Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > See [http://www.castleofspirits.com/hoaxghost.html](http://www.castleofspirits.com/hoaxghost.html) from the snopes links. > > Shame, in the ‘olden’ days it would take a little skill and work on double exposure photography to make such a picture, now photoshop takes the skill out of such things. It doesn’t take the skill out of doing them well, though. The one in the OP is a particularly _bad_ example of Photoshop work. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/7 "2006-03-14T01:13:53Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > It doesn’t take the skill out of doing them well, though. The one in the OP is a particularly _bad_ example of Photoshop work. Yeah. It’s about as scary as a Wile E. Coyote cartoon, mostly because it looks about equally realistic. ---
**Author:** ![bubble\_pop\_electric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@bubble\_pop\_electric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubble_pop_electric)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/8 "2006-03-14T02:39:01Z")
Do you have any links to more realistic photoshopped asian ghost hoaxes, then? ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/9 "2006-03-14T03:50:20Z")
> [@bubble pop electric](#): > > Do you have any links to more realistic photoshopped asian ghost hoaxes, then? Dude, when _I_ photoshop an Asian ghost hoax, it looks so real you can’t ever sleep again. Adult men and women are driven _mad_ at the site of my photoshopped Asian ghost hoaxes. That’s why I swore never to show one off again. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/10 "2006-03-14T03:56:29Z")
I think it’s scarier that the thread below this one was “My man thong is wrong, yet…” ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/11 "2006-03-14T06:30:12Z")
Eh, I always thought [this one was scarier.](http://www.creativespirits.net/wiki/index.php/Image:Monk.jpg) _Sweet dreams._ ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/12 "2006-03-14T06:44:00Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Eh, I always thought [this one was scarier.](http://www.creativespirits.net/wiki/index.php/Image:Monk.jpg) Man, that 403 Error is scary as hell. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/13 "2006-03-14T07:54:44Z")
Snopes has far scarier pictures. WARNING! The following link is creepy as hell. Do not look at it if you are easily creeped out. (It’s the Brian Peppers link, for those who already have seen it.) > **[Brian Peppers](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brian-peppers/)** > > A photograph of a man named Brian Peppers, who was a registered sex offender in Ohio, was indeed real. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/14 "2006-03-14T08:03:06Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > Snopes has far scarier pictures. > > WARNING! The following link is creepy as hell. Do not look at it if you are easily creeped out. (It’s the Brian Peppers link, for those who already have seen it.) > > [http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/peppers.asp](http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/peppers.asp) Well, that’s convenient. I had just decided that I never wanted to sleep again, and after seeing that picture, I’m pretty confident I won’t. ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@matt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/15 "2006-03-14T08:13:28Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > Snopes has far scarier pictures. > > WARNING! The following link is creepy as hell. Do not look at it if you are easily creeped out. (It’s the Brian Peppers link, for those who already have seen it.) > > [http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/peppers.asp](http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/peppers.asp) That picture’s got a date with my Call of Cthulhu group… In the meantime, enjoy [these](http://www.plan59.com/scarykids.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/16 "2006-03-14T08:29:36Z")
Whoa, what a babe. She’s got some Goth Morticia thing going on. Did they get her phone number? I bet her computer has an ectoplasm screen. Instead of a chill, I got a chuckle. Thanks, **Kyla**. PS: Her favorite cereal is Ghost Toasties. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/17 "2006-03-14T09:48:23Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Man, that 403 Error is scary as hell. 😛 Link rot…the nosferatu of the modern age, I tell ya. Try [this one.](http://www.castleofspirits.com/Australianghosthunters/hoodmonk.html) ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/18 "2006-03-14T15:45:11Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > Snopes has far scarier pictures. Looks like the profile photos over at the SpongeBoards. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/19 "2006-03-14T16:36:01Z")
Sorry, **Kytheria**! Getting your name mixed up with **Kyla** ’s shows how my brain files names. Apparently it just matches the beginning and end of the name, and leaves the middle to fend for itself. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208/20 "2006-03-14T20:44:48Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > WARNING! The following link is creepy as hell. Do not look at it if you are easily creeped out. (It’s the Brian Peppers link, for those who already have seen it.) That one didn’t bother me until I scrolled down and saw it’s probably real. Jayz, nobody should be dealt a hand like that. Poor guy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-scariest-things-ive-ever-seen/348208.md?page=2)