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For some time, folks have been sending us images taken in the region where something strange has caught their eye. We've decided to post a handful so everyone has a chance to decide whether each is a ghostly presence or perhaps just a trick of the mind. Have fun! If you want to send us your photographs, please be assured we will not scrutinize them online and instead, we want viewers to decide on their own if the picture looks "real" or not.  (you will notice that we only scrutinize our own once in a while!)


 
These two pictures were taken at Horsehead Grotto at Conkle's Hollow by Keith and Margarette - Toledo, Ohio

"We visited the Horsehead Grotto and diagonal cave earlier in the day before the investigation. We took three pictures. Mysteriously they all came out blurred. They were in the middle of a roll so that in itself seemed strange. I did not see anything unusual in the one for diagonal cave. However, the two at Horsehead grotto were "interesting". I am sending these two. When Margarette took the picture of me, I was acting like I was holding the rock up. We had mused at several locations about how the rocks looked suspended and or ready to fall. If you look at this picture everything is out of focus except...if from the left you look just pass the halfway point(to the right)  and from the bottom you look just past the halfway point (up) you will notice the word " mary" very clear, it almost appears it is surrounded by a heart shape. This is extremely strange in that nothing is in focus except that. I am very very curious as to whether this word is actually on the rock at the site. . ."

This picture was taken at Old Man's Cave-Upper Falls

 

"During our recent visit to the Upper Falls of Old Man's Cave Gorge, one of our pictures seemed to show a face and partial body in the falls. . ."

Cindi & Matt

 

This picture was taken with an infrared camera at Lake Alma State Park where the old amusement park once stood. If you look to the right of the picture, it appears as if a figure is standing in the trees. Upon closer scrutiny of the picture, we believe the figure is really leaves. This picture was taken at Lake Alma State Park where the old amusement park once stood. If you look to the right of the picture, it appears as if a figure is standing in the trees. We believe this figure, too, was nothing more than leaves.
This picture was taken with an infrared camera at Lake Alma State Park where the old amusement park once stood. Look to the right of the arrow. It appears there is a "clear" form walking away.  I would not have even considered this photo as anything more than light playing on the camera lens if someone hadn't told me they had been startled by a form that looked just like this - This picture was taken with an infrared camera at Lake Alma State Park where the old amusement park once stood. Look to the right of the arrow. I could easily see the form of a woman with hands in her lap that looks as if she is sitting down watching with a bored expression.

 

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Just a note: I went back a year later in early October 2007 to get some more shots. Strangely. . . or maybe not so strangely, the old lady was there again. I was taking pictures from a different angle and. . .this time, I think she noticed me! You don't have to look closely to see her leaning slightly to the left. It looks like she has a friend this time next to her!

 

Ghostly figure taken at Moonville Tunnel by Nicholas Viltrakis. Click for larger view.

This photo was taken at Lake Alma looking out over the lake from where the amusement park once stood. It appears to be a boat in the water with people on it? You decide . .  .

 

 

 

The original photo as submitted by Michelle Schrader. Here is herr story:  "

I was camping at Lake Hope and I fully intended on visiting the Moonville Tunnel while I was there. I had previously visited the tunnel before this particular visit. I went with two other friends in the middle of the day last fall, at the beginning of October. We took a bunch of pictures, I was using my digital camera. I did not notice that there was a "figure" in the picture until I downloaded it on to my computer when I got home. Upon magnifying the shadow, it appears to be a manly looking figure. It gave me complete chills. I have shared the picture with lots of people, and we are all baffled. There is no reasonable explanation for the figure. It does go along with the legend of the tunnel, though. Apparently, based on the story that I have heard, there was a brakeman that was killed in the tunnel, and if you look at the figure, it appears that his leg is missing from the photo, you can see right through his leg. Creepy, huh? "

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Please note: Always check with park staff to see when and where you can hunt for these ghosts. Because of the danger of many areas like the cliffs at Hocking Hills after dark, the trails close at dusk.

 

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