The Paranormal Blog

Today I received an email from our dear friend and colleague Penster aka Penny. Attached was a photo sent to her by a former co-worker, who I have also corresponded with and can assure you is a nice and seemingly sane lady.

The photo is of a winter scene with this lady (Penster's former co-worker) and her dog standing outside of their home. The photo also contains what is obviously snow "orbs" and a mist of some sort at the upper left hand corner.

The co-worker sent the photo to Penny and added the note that this mist was clearly the image of a wolf. Penster sent it to myself and a handful of others for their opinion. She too can see a "wolf" in this photo.

I look at it and I see mist ... maybe smoke ... but nothing even closely resembling a wolf.

I have a problem with seeing optical illusions, so I would guess that if others are seeing a wolf, and I am not, then it is an optical illusion. This was very frustrating for me in the early 90's when two-dimensional optical illusions seemed to be very popular. Everyone I knew could see those images when you stared at a piece of paper with dots and I saw ... well just dots.

Disappointing for sure when I was told if I stared long enough all sorts of amazing images would pop out at me! Apparently my inability to see these images is related to the way my brain processes information from my eyes. Perhaps it's a good thing in this particular hobby.

I cannot post the "wolf" image for your consideration at this time, as the photographer has not given us permission to do so. However have a look at this one.......

This photo was sent to us a few years ago with the thought that it contains the spectral image of a girl looking out of the window pane. I don't see her, but perhaps you do?

In my opinion I think it is an excellent example of pareidolia (an optical illusion created by the reflection of foliage in the window.)
Pareidolia is defined as "The erroneous perception of a pattern or meaning in something that is actually ambiguous or random."

And I also think it applies to the "wolf" photo as well.

Be wary of any photo (and there are tons on the web!) that require you to stare hard or connect the dots to see the ghost in the window ...