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Ghost in burning building?

Ghost in the Burning Building

In Shropshire, many years ago, Wem Town Hall was engulfed by flames. The towns people came to watch the drama unfold as the old building perished to the ground. Tony O’Rahilly who resides not far from the tragedy took some photographs of the incident. In one of the photos there seems to be a little ghost like figure of a girl.

Mr. O’Rahilly, the other residents and the fire fighters do not remember the little girl being present at the scene.

Yet another picture to add to the, “real or fake” series.

Another mystery never to be solved? Or something easily explainable? I Look forward to hearing your views on this one.

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  1. Vaibhav Diwaker

    On August 18, 2009 at 4:48 am


    Never heard about this incident…..photo is nice and when seen in the context of your headline, really looks like a ghost…

  2. Andrew Davies

    On August 18, 2009 at 11:51 am


    I was looking at the left portion of the photo, looking for something hazy, or thta could be the shadow of a man or something. When I saw the little girl I literaly was shocked. I did not see her until my third scan of the picture, somehow I was so intent on looking for something that could be a person I missed the one staring right at me.

  3. PR Mace

    On August 18, 2009 at 12:35 pm


    What a strange shot. The young girl seems not to see the fire. It seems to be a paranormal event.

  4. Bailey Thompson

    On August 18, 2009 at 12:59 pm


    It really does look like a ghost, and she doesn’t seem to notice what’s going on. It’s as if she’s been there for years, and when the building is at it’s end, she steps out to take a last look, because she’s at her end too.
    Ghosts have always amazed me – especially those that seem to be protecting buildings, maybe that’s her purpose.

    Then again, maybe it is just a camera trick, who knows. How many years ago was this taken? Was it that long ago that colour photographs were non-existant?

  5. JiggyJay

    On August 18, 2009 at 1:38 pm


    erm I found a few dates but they where all different. All I gathered was it was some time before colour cameras. This picture is also believed not to be edited/faked in anyway.

  6. Gon pincha

    On August 18, 2009 at 3:37 pm


    very interesting, but can be a rasonal explication for this ?

  7. JiggyJay

    On August 18, 2009 at 4:28 pm


    well the only explaination I’ve considered as “Plausible” beyond the relm of faking the photograph on purpose was.. Human minds are ‘programmed’ to reconise faces in the strangest of places so maybe this is just a product of human perception. An example of this is when you look up to the clouds and see a clown face. This explaination suits my other post better than this.. you should all check it out its about faces appearing in the sea after two people died aboard a cargo ship:

    http://socyberty.com/paranormal/ghost-a-wave-good-bye/

  8. Payge

    On August 18, 2009 at 5:50 pm


    I have always been fascinated by things like this..haunted houses and the like.I wonder when this was taken and the history of our ghostly specter….great pic….would be great to write a story around.

  9. Lisa Clayton Williams

    On August 18, 2009 at 9:00 pm


    Interesting! Love the story behind this picture.

  10. Anne McNew

    On August 18, 2009 at 9:45 pm


    I like watching hunted films… what you have presented is very great.
    thanks for sharing

  11. JiggyJay

    On August 19, 2009 at 6:54 am


    Thanks for you comment Anne. I’ll have more ghostly articles coming soon! its cool taking a swim in the sea of the unknown

  12. kitakaya789

    On August 19, 2009 at 6:56 am


    OMG how freaky PLEASE look at my 1 i did about my missing cat

  13. Joe Dorish

    On August 19, 2009 at 12:02 pm


    Eerie picture!

  14. Lilly0000

    On August 19, 2009 at 3:44 pm


    OOOOOOHHH! I do like ghost stories especially with pictures of the ghosts right in them.

  15. Redburn

    On August 19, 2009 at 6:25 pm


    Amazing! Keep On Publishing! – Redburn

    Have you seen my article on Teresa ghost?

    The Real Ghost of Teresa Fidaldo

  16. Amanda N Miller

    On August 24, 2009 at 11:15 am


    This is fascinating. She doesn’t seem to know what’s going on. Thanks for sharing.

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