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strange photo.. opinions please

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  • 15-02-2011 11:23pm
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    rainyrun
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭


    I would like your opinion on this photo.. I was taking photos randomly with my IPHONE about a year ago, i was in the passenger seat of a car and I was taking the photos evening dusk time..the photos are of a bridge.I captured what looks like a man standing by the side of the road on the right hand side ( there was definitely nobody standing there when i took the photo ) where the man appears to be standing a post is

    I was so intrigued by the photo that i went back a month later to take a photo at similar time of evening/ conditions etc etc
    It could be pareidolia..but its VERY compelling.. the canal that the bridge goes over does have a very tragic history!!


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    Darius.Tr
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    It really does look like a standing man :)


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    Fuzzy Clam
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    I can see something there alright. I sense from the picture something tragic happened there. Maybe involving children?
    It was a long time ago. 50 or 60 years ago?


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    rainyrun
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭rainyrun


    I can see something there alright. I sense from the picture something tragic happened there. Maybe involving children?
    It was a long time ago. 50 or 60 years ago?

    Hi fuzzy clam

    do you know where that picture was taken?


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    Riamfada
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    It looks like a concrete pillar and its not pareidolia, its a concrete post holding up a fence.


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    rainyrun
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭rainyrun


    It looks like a concrete pillar and its not pareidolia, its a concrete post holding up a fence.

    There is a post there definitly.. I actaully have photos I took their a month later and I took a photo again in similar conditions evening time etc etc.. I will post them up in the same sequence, original photo.. and cropped "contrasted" version and there is a big difference.. in these set set of pics I can only see a post.. in the first set I put up in my original post to me it looks like the outline of a person...


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    Fuzzy Clam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,293 ✭✭✭Fuzzy Clam


    rainyrun wrote: »
    Hi fuzzy clam

    do you know where that picture was taken?

    I admit I have an idea. I don't recall the name of the area but is there a small carpark on the right just before the point where you took the picture?

    TBH, I only see a post too.

    btw, you have a lovely dog.:)


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    tallaghtmick
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    its a pillar barb wire and and the background (ive had a iphone the camera isnt the best)


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    GodlessM
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    It looks like a man if the man in question is made from wood and cracks nuts for a living.


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    rainyrun
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭rainyrun


    thanks for your comments.. that last comment made me laugh. It is strange..bui I agree the surroundings do give the post the shape of a person wearing a hat.

    Fuzzy Clam...
    I admit I have an idea. I don't recall the name of the area but is there a small carpark on the right just before the point where you took the picture?

    TBH, I only see a post too.

    btw, you have a lovely dog.

    You do know where the area is ;) I didnt really want to put any details of where the area was mainly out of respect to relatives that are still living near the area..

    As it happens I have two dogs!!:D

    are you a local to that area?
    I am, but I have since moved away.


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    Oryx
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    It doesnt look like a person to me, it looks like a fence post. With barbed wire attached. :confused:


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    kylith
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    Oryx wrote: »
    It doesnt look like a person to me, it looks like a fence post. With barbed wire attached. :confused:
    +1. It's a fence post. There's a lighter bit near the top that makes it look like a face, but it's a wooden post. I've been squinting at it for 10 minutes and I can't make it turn into a person.


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    rainyrun
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭rainyrun


    I removed the photos in case the area gets identified.. sorry about that ..

    thanks for all your comments :)


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    Fuzzy Clam
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    rainyrun wrote: »
    I removed the photos in case the area gets identified.. sorry about that ..

    thanks for all your comments :)
    A bit late!:D
    I've only been there once, as part of a pastime of mine that involves GPS. It's a bit off the beaten track so I don't think you need worry.
    I doubt if i could find the place again anyway.


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    rainyrun
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭rainyrun


    no problem.. amazing you recognised it..its definitely way off the beaten track!!
    do you go around in the google car then? :)


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    Fuzzy Clam
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    rainyrun wrote: »
    no problem.. amazing you recognised it..its definitely way off the beaten track!!
    do you go around in the google car then? :)
    No. Not the Google Car.
    Geocaching.

    http://www.geocaching.com/

    It's a bit of fun. Take a look.

    There was a cache that took me to that bridge. That cache is no longer there but there are others near there.


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    rainyrun
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭rainyrun


    wow.. just had a look at the video!! thats really cool..I never heard of Geo caching before!! that looks like great fun :) must take you all over the country!
    bet the locals dont know there is hidden treasure in their locality:D

    thanks for sharing.. might just give the geo caching a go, though my sat navis seriously out of date!! could end up stuck down a narrow bog road!! :eek:


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    Fuzzy Clam
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    It is fun.
    The Irish site is here
    http://www.geocachingireland.com/


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