Brockengespenst - The Brocken ghost

Hi all,

Maybe not the right section, but I think this pic almost looks like a real ghost pic.

It is the picture of a Brocken ghost.



No, this isn't matrixing/pareidolia!

Zakopane, Poland, 7. Oktober 2010

This is the photo of a so-called "Brocken ghost", taken in the Polish part of the Tatra mountains. On this occasion, it shows a rare optical phenomenon, where an observer can see his own shade on a nebulous cloud beneath himself. Besides, the head is often wrapped in coloured light. A lot of moutaineers believe in the superstitious ledgend that people, who see a "Brocken ghost" will die in the mountains.

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/momentaufnahmen-bilder-des-tages-1.1006704-11

Not a real paranormal pic, but certainly a remarkable one... and it's not photoshopped.
Thanks to Kathi from TPF Berlin for digging it out

Thats a very remarkable picture , it looks excellent i suposse allot of people have mistaken it for a ghost of some sort .

It looks a bit like an indonsian shadow puppet

that is really cool

This picture is really great. These snapshots are really very rare

You are right there Kathi , i think that this picture is quite unique and you could probably not take the same picture again if you tried .

Great pic Arwen,

That's only the second time I've seen a photo of a brocken spectre. If you didn't know what that was and you saw it on a lonely moor or mountain
it's quite understandable that you'd think it was something supernatural and I'm sure in the past - I'm thinking Big Grey Man of Ben McDhui - it has
been responsible for many stories of mountain spectres.

Occam's Monkey

Absolutely, Occam.

Maybe some of the sightings of Bigfoot and the Yeti are related with this sort of shadow, too. Now, I am not into this sort of myths, but I think I recall a few reports of sightings of a huge shadow in the fog/mist, It would sound plausible, don't you think?

arwen wrote:

Absolutely, Occam.

Maybe some of the sightings of Bigfoot and the Yeti are related with this sort of shadow, too. Now, I am not into this sort of myths, but I think I recall a few reports of sightings of a huge shadow in the fog/mist, It would sound plausible, don't you think?

Yeti perhaps but Bigfoot..I'm not so sure. All stories/sightings are exactly that - stories. We choose to believe, doubt or disbelieve them based on a range of factors - most of them drawn from a rich cultural and social heritage. Please call me Phil or Monkey

Occam's Monkey