 I didn't take this photo. Ghostly orb behind Borja. |  And I didn't take this. |  This wasn't my shot either. |  Perfect photo - taken by a ghost? |
This is a PS.
Masses of magical marvels have manifested this month. But instead of writing them up in this blog, I've pondered...
Should I blog about a really strange happening?
I've decided yes. What the heck. This blog is supposed to expose weird and wonderful daily delights...
My previous blog described ghostly sounds, sights and feelings in a 1,200 year old Spanish church. The sights seemed validated by photographs.
The really strange happening though was, I didn't take some of the photos! Something else did!
During the West v Russia Cold War, I was a photographer, working in West Germany on USA army and air-force bases. So I know how to handle a camera - not near the lens or the shutter release button.
But...
As I carried the camera in one hand, by my side, suddenly the flash went. By itself. I looked at my hand. It was nowhere near the shutter release button!
"Borja," I said, "I didn't take that!"
"I know," he replied. "I saw where your hand was." As we inspected the camera, without warning it took another photo, and another.
"Is it a cheap camera from China?" Borja joked.
"It's new this year," I replied. "It's never taken photos by itself before. Anyway, as a photographer, I'd never take strangely angled photos like this." All at once, in an instant, my arm felt moved, and the flash went off again.
"I saw that," Borja said. "Your hand was nowhere near the button. The ghost must want us to take photos!" We checked the digital photo. This time it was a perfectly angled photo of the ancient church alter.
"I just said I'd never take strangely angled photos," I said to Borja.
"So the spirit took a perfect shot!" he replied. "I didn't believe in ghosts before, but I do now. It's an honour to experience the meeting of two worlds."
Some blogs will be too weird for mystical beginners to believe. All I can say is, there are more things in Heaven and on Earth than we can ever know.
Except perhaps this. If you get the chance after death to ask whether this blog was true, you might be surprised at the answer.
It is.
Masses of magical marvels have manifested this month. But instead of writing them up in this blog, I've pondered...
Should I blog about a really strange happening?
I've decided yes. What the heck. This blog is supposed to expose weird and wonderful daily delights...
My previous blog described ghostly sounds, sights and feelings in a 1,200 year old Spanish church. The sights seemed validated by photographs.
The really strange happening though was, I didn't take some of the photos! Something else did!
During the West v Russia Cold War, I was a photographer, working in West Germany on USA army and air-force bases. So I know how to handle a camera - not near the lens or the shutter release button.
But...
As I carried the camera in one hand, by my side, suddenly the flash went. By itself. I looked at my hand. It was nowhere near the shutter release button!
"Borja," I said, "I didn't take that!"
"I know," he replied. "I saw where your hand was." As we inspected the camera, without warning it took another photo, and another.
"Is it a cheap camera from China?" Borja joked.
"It's new this year," I replied. "It's never taken photos by itself before. Anyway, as a photographer, I'd never take strangely angled photos like this." All at once, in an instant, my arm felt moved, and the flash went off again.
"I saw that," Borja said. "Your hand was nowhere near the button. The ghost must want us to take photos!" We checked the digital photo. This time it was a perfectly angled photo of the ancient church alter.
"I just said I'd never take strangely angled photos," I said to Borja.
"So the spirit took a perfect shot!" he replied. "I didn't believe in ghosts before, but I do now. It's an honour to experience the meeting of two worlds."
Some blogs will be too weird for mystical beginners to believe. All I can say is, there are more things in Heaven and on Earth than we can ever know.
Except perhaps this. If you get the chance after death to ask whether this blog was true, you might be surprised at the answer.
It is.
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