Courthouse Ghost Analyzed

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Yesterday, I posted the video of what appears to be an apparition in a North Carolina courthouse. I decided to scrutinize the video more closely to determine if the ghostly woman did indeed have a logical explanation.

I started by comparing a frame of the security footage with a frame of the news crew footage. The frames are similar, with the news crew frame being slightly to the right of the security footage. And both frames do appear to show the image of what appears to be a woman. Interestingly, I also perceived a slight difference in the angle of the apparition relative to the camera location. The apparition in the news crew frame seems to be turned clockwise slightly. I came to this conclusion by comparing the distances between the shoulder and hand in the two frames.





Looking closely at the two images, it appears that the apparition may actually be the side of some type of large rectangular object, like a filing cabinet. The light coming through the reflection in the window illuminates the side of the object, as you would expect, leaving the front and top darker... This seems to be more apparent in the darker security cam frame. Also worth noting in this frame is the slightly offset, rectangular shape that apparition takes.


With the possibility that this is simply a reflection of a cabinet or a similar object, I decided that I needed to do what i could to re-create the office, in order to find what could be causing the reflection.

Unfortunately, There were only a handful of frames with which to create a composite image:


Initially, The large printer in the center of the room stuck out to me as being the likely cause of the reflection. But based on the actual reflected image, The apparition's relative location to the reflected window, I estimate that the apparition's reflected image would have originated several more feet closer to the window (perhaps resting against the wall). Unfortunately the images are of such poor quality that I cannot with absolute certainty say that the apparition is actually a reflected image. But I am leaning closer to that conclusion based on my analysis. At some point, further and more thorough research should be conducted at this location.