Apparition at First Judicial Courthouse in Santa Fe

[dizdiknurmouth]

IDK WHAT TO BELIEVE. IT HAS A SHADOW.

[randydean888]

Arachnid

[MeSeeUTube]

bug or spider....DUH !

[qthelost]

I just listened to a podcast about the whole incident. They said that the "ghost" story was actually front page news in Sante Fe and was picked up by national news services. The "phenomenon" was recreated (with permission from the courthouse) with ladybugs (although most feel it was probably a spider). The story of the debunking was later breifly mentioned in the C section of the newspaper. Apparently "debunkings" don't sell newspapers very well and aren't put on the front page.

[red0teo]

it's a funking bug

[Kenshiroit]

its just a giant spider...nothing to worry about.

[patsnsox11]

lol, it's obviously a bug. You can see the legs, get real people!

[RatDog67]

I read first also, but if it was a bug why is there pixlation distortion at a 45 degree angle away from the squad car? Was the sun shineing toward the camera? If so it could be a shadow of the "BUG" as well. Do ghosts cast shadows?

[Menounderwater]

Yeah, I'm one of those that read the article THEN saw the video. But still... the fact it's some bug looks pretty obvious (as people have said). Did anyone REALLY believe it was a ghost?

[asadanaga]

Maybe it's one of those aliens that looks like a bug!

[PaulRayIsMe]

Or maybe it was the ghost of a bug-alien! Now I'm scared again!!

[absnthfairy]

i know that they just released it and everything, but i mean, you can see the legs

[footmassage123]

LADYBUG ppl

[JayCadilak]

Ghost of a lady bug... that IS funny. Gold.

[Episcleritis]

How do we know for sure it's not a ghost of a lady bug.

[funsizemaggie]

The only reason you said that is becqause they just released an article about how is was a bug. But go ahead...think you are cool....cuz you are not.

[Pearce98]

LMBO It's a bug 4 sho

[BillyForester]

I wanna eat that ladybug crawling across the lens. - Flabber from Big Bad Beetleborgs

[butterz2005]

SPIRIT BOM B!

[rathnar]

Im a security guard and I cannot believe that people would think this is some sort of ghost. This exact thing happens everyday with my cameras. Its just some bug. And I find its a spider most of the time.

[Eyesore]

People really thought this was a fucking ghost? Hahaha.

[Valadius]

Of course it's a bug! You can clearly see its legs.

[ipeeinthebath]

go fuck yourself

[artconva]

In case some ignoramus kid didn't understand my brilliant scientific theory...: it's just a falling autumn leave moving at the capricious will of the wind -like the feather in Forest Gump...you got it ?

[artconva]

No it's the reflection of a covergent item whose particles have been magnetized by a stronger force affecting the aparent shape and vibration of the electromagnetic spectrum and them propelling the particles into such weight and velocity that a virtual form seems to be in a directional trayectory that is opposed to the first impression that the retina perceives...oh yeeeaaaa...I'm a genius !!!!

[proximo123]

for sure it is a bug you can even see some what kind of a shadow under the bug, and from what i know ghosts dont have shadows

[katerbug72]

good god people are stupid if they think a spider is a ghost. about as stupid as the people who think dust 'orbs' are ghosts.

[ooThEgg]

Its a micro face hugger, viral marketing for the AVP2 movie.

[crazycrowd818]

...your all wrong! it's a space invader from the old atari games...

[Bygjohnsn]

Its a spider illuminated by the sun walking on the window screen.

[stone412]

That was the reflection of the sun in a mirror, later given a shadow to render it as a solid floating, glowing orb! Nice work, though! And clever!

[69marius]

Someone should make all the ghost believing wackjobs out there eat their own poo for thinking this is proof of their moron beliefs

[ctchrinthry]

It looks like a spider crawling across the camera lens to me.

[newtonmouse]

The mystery is solved! Check out at Livescience website,strange news section.

[fathampton]

I don't trust the guys at live science. I think the article at livescience is a coverup. The author, "Benjamin Radford" died in 1865 and is also a ghost.

[spam90045]

I for one welcome our new spider overlords.

[1971scorpio]

It's clearly a bug.you can see the legs.

[weebubs]

im scared of spiders

[outofmysky]

Can anyone see the time clearly in lower left?...looks like each frame is 20ish seconds apart, wouldn't it be easy to place it and step out of the camera in time?

[kjbrasda]

the timestamp appears to go HH:MM:SS with the very last two numbers in hundreths of a second

[ematailor]

it looks like an alien bug. To me.

[sigys]

I see the face of the Virgin Mary.

[dra999]

It's a spider walking across the lens of the camera, anyone can see that.

[portera25]

Not a spider!

[TheWaIrus]

I was going to say what Ibcyber said. The "shadow" is a reflection in the compound lens. What I can't figure out is why it's so bright. It should be darker, since there's no light coming from inside the camera, and sunlight would create a brighter background.

[y2kjonrichards]

Some bugs are quite translucent, so maybe this is why it is light.

[MojoJuana]

take that hankie away from the lens and have another look, shall we?

[lenaw70]

The itsy bitsy spider when in front of the camera...down came the youtube to make it in to something else! LOL

[Nate1D]

yeah its a spider...

[questionablekristina]

Thay's one big ass bug.

[lbcyber]

The shadow people are seeing isn't projected on the ground, it's on one of the compound lenses of the camera (You didn't actually think modern cameras used single lenses, did you?)

It's a bug. Most likely, a small aphid.

I think it's sad just how far people are willing to suspend the use of their brains to believe in hogwash like the existence of ghosts. There's a logical explanation for everything. Some people just refuse to find it.

[ueberRegenbogen]

The trees do move—just not very much. (It is helpful to view the clip at about quadruple speed.)

The object is obviously near-field, as the trees do not occlude it; it is nowhere near the ground.

It does look like a bug on the window (NOT the lens); and the angle and distance of the dark spot are consistent with an inner-pane shadow of an outer-pane object. (They do need to take their surveillance cam more seriously, and, at the very least, keep that stinkin' window reasonably clean!)

[Stormwysper]

If it's a bug, how do you explain the shadow?

[DLeon21]

i believe that there could be apparitions, but that is clearly a bug or spider. Osea duh! lol

[0m12]

Why is there NO movement at all everywhere except where that shape is moving? No matter how still the background the zoomed-in pixels should be shifting with some sort of breeze etc., an image is never that still.

[neuroticapictures]

Oh shit that's the scariest spider I've ever seen.

It's crazy that something like this makes national

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[msgwriting]

Ha ha! you can even see the little legs of the bug walking on the camera's lens.

[pbrain8]

That's the vengeful ghost of a chigger or a clover mite that was squashed on the walkway.

[kmatt333]

Hahaha....best comment yet.

[andrewkafoury]

New Mexico is full of ghosts. Awfully bloody history. I lived there for four years...it COULD be a ghost. But...

[thecowboyking]

I agree with most of the others, it's just a bug on the lens of the camera

[nanciesweb]

Why is it that the paranormal videos are always grainy?

For $30 they can get a better quality webcam and you would be able to tell what it was.

So, where is our tax money going these days. Certainly not into security cameras.

[dnlzmmr]

It's one of those very small bright red and semi-translucent insects you sometimes see outside on concrete. The light is passing through it, causing it to glow as it walks across the lens.

[TheWaIrus]

Read the article from the Santa Fe news web site:

freenewmexican[dot]com/news/63­22[dot]html

"Pacheco and others who regularly look at the video said they've seen bugs on the lens before, and they don't look like Friday's image."

[TheWaIrus]

It could be a spider "ballooning," floating in the air on a thread. But the "shadow" is in the wrong direction. The transparent distortion under it could be JPEG compression.

Does anyone else see the image shift to the right just before the thing comes into view?

[funkyspacemonkey]

oh come on are you telling me that the poster didnt know its a spider?im sure they just wanted to see what idiot would actually fall for it.

[webslingingirl]

That is definitely an insect of some sort. Sorry folks, no ghostly phenomena here.

[mapdark]

... Oh god .. it's just a goddamned bug on the lense!

[realnicoli]

spider, tick, flea.

[dunkel73]

i had seen these when i was growing up in pennsylvania, they are real,and they come in many colours, and sizes.

[takomas]

we have them here too in canada theyre called bugs and insects

[CagaMijo]

its a spiderrrrrrrr

[krista8111]

i agree with fbmarz, a bug on the camera. it moves around but never seems to change depths

[DiscoGabe]

Doesn't look convincing. I don't think it's a ghost, either.

[xbillybobx]

It's a balloon.

[fearoffema]

Cool though

[newseditor72]

While I do believe in ghosts, I don't think this is it. You're right Trikmeister, it is casting its own shadow. Probably a bug.

[fbmarz]

It's a june bug that is illuminated by the sun, walking on the camera's protective plexi-glass housing.

[transpec]

Its a spider.

[cjk247]

to me it looked like a spider walking across the screen

[trikmeister]

Weird. It actually casts a shadow, too.