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Even if you are not particularly superstitious, there are certain images or places where you might always feel a little bit haunted. In the 21st century, photo manipulation technology is reaching new heights every year, but this doesn’t mean that there aren’t images out that are the perfect vibe for Halloween.

We’ve gathered some allegedly “haunted” photos, where some netizens swear they can see ghosts. We got in touch with behavioral scientist Coltan Scrivner to learn more. So get comfortable, maybe leave the lights on as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and share your thoughts in the comments below.

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I'm A Student Nurse And One Of Our Clinical Instructor Sent This To Us During Her Night Shift At Hospital

I'm A Student Nurse And One Of Our Clinical Instructor Sent This To Us During Her Night Shift At Hospital

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    Rented A Cabin A Few Years Back For A Birthday Party. Just Looked At This Pic And Thought It Was Strange. Anyone Else See It? It Was Night Time And Pitched Black So I Had The High Beams On

    Rented A Cabin A Few Years Back For A Birthday Party. Just Looked At This Pic And Thought It Was Strange. Anyone Else See It? It Was Night Time And Pitched Black So I Had The High Beams On

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    Saturday, January 14, 2012 Granny's Ghost

    Saturday, January 14, 2012 Granny's Ghost

    Somehow this lady's husband managed to appear in this photo despite passing away seven years before.
    Denise Russell took this photo of her grandma, who lived alone at the time, on 17 August 1997.

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    Bored Panda got in touch with behavioral scientist and spooky-stuff enthusiast Coltan Scrivner to share some thoughts on “ghost” photos and why some folks love them. We wanted to know why some folks insist that these images are “real” despite the fact humans have been editing pictures ever since there were pictures.

    “If you already believe that ghosts exist, it might actually require more cognitive work to believe that someone took the time to manipulate a photo and fake one than simply believe that what you're seeing is a ghost,” he shared.

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    #4

    The Ghost Dog Of Tingewick

    The Ghost Dog Of Tingewick

    The story behind this picture dates back to 1916 when retired Scotland Yard Inspector Arthur Springer took this picture in Tingewick, Buckinghamshire, England. At the moment he captured the photograph, there was reportedly no dog in the frame at all.

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    Brown Lady

    Brown Lady

    This photo of 'The Brown Lady', is considered by many to be actual photographic evidence of ghosts. It was taken at Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England in 1936.

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    #6

    A Friend Of Mine Sent Me This Picture From His Group Of Friends In Chile

    A Friend Of Mine Sent Me This Picture From His Group Of Friends In Chile

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    So we wanted to hear his thoughts on why some people jump to paranormal conclusions when there may be mundane explanations. “The human mind is built to look for intention in actions. This bias allows social interactions to flourish with ease. However, it also means we sometimes attribute intention to actions that have more mundane explanations, which often leads to a paranormal explanation.”

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    Ex GF Sent This Photo To Her Family Chat To Announce She Reached The Hotel Safe And Chilling. Brother Replies, Who Is That In The Mirror?

    Ex GF Sent This Photo To Her Family Chat To Announce She Reached The Hotel Safe And Chilling. Brother Replies, Who Is That In The Mirror?

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    #8

    An Unexpected Guest - 1950s

    An Unexpected Guest - 1950s

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    Black Cat
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think if this was real the photo would have the two women more centred. Strange that space has been left in the photo for the ghost.

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    #9

    Looked Up My Deceased Mother's Home, And She Is In The Pic

    Looked Up My Deceased Mother's Home, And She Is In The Pic

    My mom has been dead since 2012. The other day, I looked up her old home address on Google, and she is in the picture! Google lists the pic taken 2 yrs ago.

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    UKGrandad
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    1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this is from Google Street view it's faked. I have yet to see a face that isn't blurred beyond any chance of recognition on Street view

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    If you are really committed to believing in the validity of these photos as evidence of ghosts, more power to you, but you should probably stop reading now. As spooky as these images look, the vast majority of them are altered to create this effect. We might think of photo manipulation as a very modern phenomenon, but the truth is that people have known how to composite and combine images since the Victorian era. There are edited photos out there that are older than many countries out there today.

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    #10

    Amityville Ghost - 1976

    Amityville Ghost - 1976

    This is the famous photo taken inside what is now known as the Amityville horror house. This photo supposedly shows John DeFeo's ghost peeking around a door.

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    Sian E
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Considering this photo was taken by Ed and Lorraine Warren, I would be sceptical as to its authenticity.

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    My Friend Took This Pic Of His Kid In Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It Appears To Show The Ghost Of A Samurai Soldier Standing Behind A Little Girl

    My Friend Took This Pic Of His Kid In Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It Appears To Show The Ghost Of A Samurai Soldier Standing Behind A Little Girl

    Nobody was around when the photo was taken. And certainly nobody was behind her. He took about five photos of her at this spot over a period of about two minutes. The photo was supposedly taken near tombs of soldiers who died in battle.

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    Ace
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well there's obviously something behind her, something quite solid and black, but it takes a hell of an imagination to extrapolate that into a Samurai warrior.

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    This Image Was Taken By Sir Victor Goddard, Of His Squadron In 1919

    This Image Was Taken By Sir Victor Goddard, Of His Squadron In 1919

    This image was taken by Sir Victor Goddard, of his squadron in 1919.
    The ghostly image behind the fourth sailor from the left, at the top, is believed to be of Freddy Jackson. Jackson died a few days before the photo was taken by walking into a moving propeller.

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    The technique is so simple, it seems like it was almost discovered by accident. If you have an analogue camera, you would simply open the shutter twice (or even more) so the film gets exposed multiple times. Have a person be in one of the “openings” and then not in the other one’s and now you have a lovely diy ghost pic!

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    The House Where Latoya Ammons Lived With Her Family. This Is A Photo Taken By The Police. A Figure Appears To Show Itself In The Window At Right That Is Believed To Be Demonic

    The House Where Latoya Ammons Lived With Her Family. This Is A Photo Taken By The Police. A Figure Appears To Show Itself In The Window At Right That Is Believed To Be Demonic

    Austin, a 36-year veteran of the Gary Police Department, said he initially thought Indianapolis resident Latoya Ammons and her family concocted an elaborate tale of possessions by demons as a way to make money. But after several visits to their home and interviews with witnesses, Austin said simply, "I am a believer".

    Furthermore, the family's story is made only more bizarre because it involves a DCS intervention, a string of psychological evaluations, a police investigation and, ultimately, a series of exorcisms.

    It's a tale, that started with flies.

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    JenniB
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just googled it and there is a Netflix movie called The Deliverence about it. Lee Daniels directed and looks like a great cast too!

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    #14

    The Watcher Of Corroboree Rock

    The Watcher Of Corroboree Rock

    In 1959 (sometimes noted as 1956) Adelaide Presbyterian minister R.S. Blance was visiting Corroboree Rock, when he took a photo of the seemingly empty scene. When the photo was developed, he found the image of a person standing amongst the scrub, surrounding the clearing.

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    #16

    Elderly Couple With A Young Female Spirit

    Elderly Couple With A Young Female Spirit

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    Ghost Sighting At The Pirate House In Savannah, Ga.

    Ghost Sighting At The Pirate House In Savannah, Ga.

    My family and I went there to eat at the Pirate House and we were told that it was haunted so after dinner we decided to walk around a little bit and take pictures just to see if anything would pop up. We didn't expect much of anything but thought it was fun either way. When I looked through my pictures of the trip I found this photo. It was taken in a hallway... A completely empty hallway. I used a Motorola Droid. This photo has been unedited other than a little bit of cropping.

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    This Typical Early 20th-Century Postcard Claims To Reveal Catherine Howard, ‘Captured’ On Film In The Horn Room At The Palace

    This Typical Early 20th-Century Postcard Claims To Reveal Catherine Howard, ‘Captured’ On Film In The Horn Room At The Palace

    This image purports to show Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII who was executed for adultery in 1542. She is said to haunt the Horn Room at Hampton Court Palace.

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    #19

    The Ghost Pilot - 1987

    The Ghost Pilot - 1987

    In 1987, Mrs Sayer was visiting air airfield in England with her friend. She thought it would fun to take a photo of her sitting in the cockpit.
    When the image was developed, there was a man sitting in the pilot's seat who hadn't been there when the photo was taken. A long lost pilot? No one is sure.

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    Alex Boyd
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are they talking about her reflection in the windshield, or is there something more subtle that I'm missing?

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    This Photograph Of The Library In Combermere Abbey Was Taken By Sybell Corbet In 1891

    This Photograph Of The Library In Combermere Abbey Was Taken By Sybell Corbet In 1891

    This image taken of the library at Combermere Abbey in Cheshire, England by Sybell Corbett clearly shows a figure sitting in the chair on the left. It's believed to be the ghost of Lord Combermere, a British cavalry commander in the 1800s.

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    The White Figure In This Photo Is Believed To Be Some Sort Of Angel, Overlooking Rose Benvenuto, Who Was Involved In The Car Crash

    The White Figure In This Photo Is Believed To Be Some Sort Of Angel, Overlooking Rose Benvenuto, Who Was Involved In The Car Crash

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    DC
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... yeah, and all those savings by ghosts, whyever it is so, appear to have only tweaked the severity of injuries a little bit, while just hitting the brakes a second earlier than a distracted driver (or so) would have prevented it altogether. Those ghosts always seem to arrive too late to prevent stuff, but only to limit the results into non-lethality. That doesn't sound too credible - they arrive, of all places on earth, at the right one, almost at the right time, but miss by a few seconds. They make the bullet penetrate the pope slighty aside his heart, but don't manipulate it to not hit him at all? Why that? Cos fake.

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    #23

    Worstead Church, 1975

    Worstead Church, 1975

    Another church, another ghostly visitor. This ghost has been reported as being seen before in this location too.

    Peter Berthelot took this picture of his wife, Diane, sitting on a pew at the Worstead Church in Norfolk, England in 1975. When they had the film developed, they noticed a ghost sitting on the pew behind Diane.

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    UKGrandad
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But nobody noticed the giant face next to the window at the top-left corner of the photo?

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    A Ghostly Pooch

    A Ghostly Pooch

    This photo shows a tale of two four-legged friends. The dog on the left had a much larger pal (pictured on the right). When the little one died, he was later photographed seemingly appearing with his friend from beyond the spirit world.

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    A Ghost Petting A Deer On The Side Of A Road / Original Photos + Filters

    A Ghost Petting A Deer On The Side Of A Road / Original Photos + Filters

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    #26

    Toys 'R' Us - 1978

    Toys 'R' Us - 1978

    The Toys 'R' Us store in Sunnyvale, California is allegedly haunted by the ghost of Johnny Johnson, and this image shows a silhouette leaning up against the shelves.

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    William Barrett Spirit Photograph

    William Barrett Spirit Photograph

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    A Photo Taken In 2009 On My Fathers Nokia. Wasn’t Until Years Later That He Upgraded To An iPhone And Found This While Sorting Pics (Brightness Up)

    A Photo Taken In 2009 On My Fathers Nokia. Wasn’t Until Years Later That He Upgraded To An iPhone And Found This While Sorting Pics (Brightness Up)

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    This Image From 2015 Was Captured On An iPhone And Seemingly Shows A Ghostly Apparition

    This Image From 2015 Was Captured On An iPhone And Seemingly Shows A Ghostly Apparition

    This figure could be that of the ghost of dame Sybil Penn, a lowly servant of the Tudors who has haunted Hampton court palace since 1829

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    Mariele Scherzinger
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    1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She was a lowly servant with a dame title? And how tall exactly was she? (Did she have Marfan syndrom?) And did she do all her hard work with her hair hanging to her knees? Hmmmm...

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    Polaroid Picture Of A Fried, Face Seems To Be Peaking Out Behind Her. Everybody Was Behind The Cameraman

    Polaroid Picture Of A Fried, Face Seems To Be Peaking Out Behind Her. Everybody Was Behind The Cameraman

    Nobody was behind her, the only people in the house were crowded around the camera person.The only editing here is the face blur. The area behind her is in another pic. The coat on the door hanger is behind the girls shoulder in the polaroid, it doesn't make sense for the angle. You can tell by the square detailing on the doors to gauge the height of each thing. We can't explain this.

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    HTakeover
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just looks like someone who started to come out from around the corner and pulled a "ope".

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    #31

    A Picture One Of My Friends Took A Few Years Ago During A Get Together. A Person That Looks Like A Soldier Holding A Musket Can Be Seen In The Background

    A Picture One Of My Friends Took A Few Years Ago During A Get Together. A Person That Looks Like A Soldier Holding A Musket Can Be Seen In The Background

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    Spirit Photograph Of William Thomas Stead With Piet Botha

    Spirit Photograph Of William Thomas Stead With Piet Botha

    Richard Boursnell, a spirit medium and photographer, captured this photo of spiritualist William Thomas Stead and a purported phantom who was identified as Piet Botha, a Boer commandant killed in the South African War.

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    An Image Of Moses A. Dow, Editor Of Waverley Magazine, With The Spirit Of Mabel Warren

    An Image Of Moses A. Dow, Editor Of Waverley Magazine, With The Spirit Of Mabel Warren

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    A "Spirit Photograph" Taken By The Crewe Circle, And The Known Paranormal Hoaxer William Hope

    A "Spirit Photograph" Taken By The Crewe Circle, And The Known Paranormal Hoaxer William Hope

    Taken in 1922, this picture purportedly a spirit emerging in front of a group at the annual meeting of the "Society for the Study of Supernormal Pictures". Picture in the center is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, his wife is to the left.

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    #35

    Picture Of My Then Boyfriend Holding Our Daughter On Thanksgiving, 2007. The TV Was Definitely Off. This Picture Scares Me. I Hated Living In This House. I Always Felt Uncomfortable There

    Picture Of My Then Boyfriend Holding Our Daughter On Thanksgiving, 2007. The TV Was Definitely Off. This Picture Scares Me. I Hated Living In This House. I Always Felt Uncomfortable There

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    Recently Deceased Father Appears In The Photo

    Recently Deceased Father Appears In The Photo

    This photo was taken by my friend who decided to take the photo because her dog kept looking at this part of the room. Her Father recently passed away. She recognizes her father because of this specific shirt. Photo was taken at night with all windows having curtains closed.

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    R.A. Haley
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    1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks more like an accidental shot of a real person. Otherwise the couch would be straight.

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    Coventry Spectre

    Coventry Spectre

    At first glance, you'd think there's nothing wrong with this photo. But look again, and you'll see a tall, dark figure wearing what could be a monk's frock, with a hood, in the top left.
    This is a photo of the Coventry Freeman society showing everyone at the event, including the mysterious figure, bowing their heads. Nobody at the event was seen wearing that style of clothing.

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    Man With A Spirit Face Appearing

    Man With A Spirit Face Appearing

    Although we now know that these photographs were made using double exposure, during the years 1910-1920 people were very interested in things from beyond. Thus many photographers emerged who were supposed to be able to capture spirits and sold their images to curious people claiming that they were real ghosts.

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    After Hearing Taps And Noises From My Kitchen I Take A Photo And See This

    After Hearing Taps And Noises From My Kitchen I Take A Photo And See This

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    A Ghost Has Been Caught On Camera Inside Warrington Market Near A Make Up Stall

    A Ghost Has Been Caught On Camera Inside Warrington Market Near A Make Up Stall

    The unexplained spooky figure was spotted on CCTV wandering between the shops at night and customers are puzzled over whether the images are real.

    Market manager Steve Pickering was surprised by the pictures and said: "Customers have recently reported seeing many Pokemon Go characters, so at first I thought it might be one of those.

    "However, this seems to be something different.

    "The market attracts a wide range of interesting people, and we welcome everyone even if they do happen to be a few hundred years old!"

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    Ghost On Google Street View

    Ghost On Google Street View

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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't believe this is a ghost. These kind of photos occur when the subject is moving during the shot.

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    Mrs. French With A Child "Ghost"

    Mrs. French With A Child "Ghost"

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    The Pink Lady

    The Pink Lady

    Paranormal investigators explore a haunted house, take photos from outside and notice after development that a ghostly lady was standing in the window.

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    #45

    I’m Shook

    I’m Shook

    Recently I’ve been hearing bangs and creaks in the night and I’ve been putting it down to the floorboards expanding with heat, however after I took this image whilst replying to snaps

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    #46

    This Shadowy Ghost Someone Caught On Google Looking At Chernobyl

    This Shadowy Ghost Someone Caught On Google Looking At Chernobyl

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    Ghost On Beach

    Ghost On Beach

    My son took this photo of me at the rock and spindle on the coast east of St Andrews. Right in the center of the image is a person standing in the water in Wellingtons facing to the right and wearing an anorak with the hood up. It was a chilly day. We were definitely alone at the time, and it really spooked us when we looked through the pictures once home and saw this.

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    The Old Scalan Seminary In The Braes Of Glenlivet. Top Left Hand Window Reflection

    The Old Scalan Seminary In The Braes Of Glenlivet. Top Left Hand Window Reflection

    We were just going in as it is open as a museum and there was not a soul in there. I never saw this till on my laptop screen. I reckon it's a reflection but it looks very much like the ghost of a monk.

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