What are Orbs?
by Dave Juliano
From the site: http://theshadowlands.net
What are these balls of transparent light we find in photos taken
in allegedly haunted places? I won't tell you I know the answer
to this question. No one has the true answer to this question
yet, but that's part of the job of researchers and investigator.
One of the leading theories concerning what orbs are and the
one that I lean towards the most is that they are not the spirit
at all. The orb is the energy being transferred from a source
(i.e. powerlines, heat energy, batteries, people, etc) to the
spirit so they can manifest. This may not even be a conscious
thing the spirit is doing, just a natural way they get their
energy. This would explain why the orbs are round balls. According
to the laws of Physics energy being transferring like that would
assume is natural shape of a sphere. This theory can also be
tied into the EMF readings we get during spirit activity.
I always approach things with a bit of skepticism, so when I
saw all these websites start showing off these photos as ghosts, I was just as weary as most of you. I just had to try it for
myself. I took a 35mm camera that I had used regularly for 6
years in all types of lighting and weather and had never gotten
an orb or other unexplainable photo before and went out with
a few seasoned field investigators on a cemetery investigation.
One of the investigators was psychic and she pointed out a few
areas we should take photos, so I did. I also had ghost footsteps
walkup behind me twice and I turned around quickly and took photos
of the empty air. When I got my photos developed, I had these
orbs and fog in those photos that I was told to take, as well
as the footstep ones. All my other photos were normal. Coincidence?
Since we do not know what orbs truly are, just that they seem
to be found mainly in areas where there is ghost activity, I
will tell you what they are not. On a normal investigation there
are about 10 people using 10 different cameras, 35mm and digital,
and many speeds and brands of film. They all get their film developed
at separate places. Let's say only half of these investigators
get some orb photos. Are these water spots or dirt on the lens?
That would mean that 5 people all had similar dirt on their lens
and all 5 did not clean their lens either. Are these orbs film
processing errors? Well the 35mm cameras all had their film developed
in different locations and used different film so that is very
unlikely. The digital cameras can't have film-processing errors.
I am aware that some people feel that the orbs on a digital camera
are an error in the digital processing of the image. When that
error does occur in digital photos, the objects tend to be square
in nature, not round and they cannot be semi-transparent, the
pixel behind would have to be corrupted also. I will not even
address the precipitation theory, no legitimate researchers takes
photos in any form of precipitation. What about dust and dirt
being stirred up? Can that be the cause of the orbs? If that
were the case, I would think that there would not be normal photos
in a sequence of photos from the same camera and location. All
of the shots in a sequence should have the dust or dirt in it.
We find that most orb photos do not appear in consecutive photos.
All photographers present should get orbs if it is dust being
stirred up as well.
These are just a few things for the skeptics to think of when
they are condemning an orb photo as a fake or fraud and some
things for investigators to consider when checking their photos
for positives.
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