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The Cumberland Spaceman
Hi everybody!
I'm still curious about the 'Cumberland Spaceman' picture. I first saw it in a copy of a book called 'Photographs of the Unknown,' which was co-authored by Robert Rickard. On page 96 there is the famous image taken by Jim Templeton, from Carlisle, Cumbria of his five year old daughter "on the remote banks of the Solway Firth in May 1966."
It has occurred to me that the figure is being viewed from behind. I got this idea from the way the 'right' arm appears to bend in relation to the body with the elbow towards the viewer, and how the head sits on the shoulders. And is that not a shoulder blade that is visible on the 'front' and not a pectoral muscle?
Has this suggestion been made before? Has anybody returned to that place with a similarly sized child and attempted to recreate it? The "spaceman" certainly does appear to be suspended in mid-air at an unusual angle. For all I know the mystery was solved long ago.
A Yahoo search with four sites.
Also, on the opposite page there is: "Giichi Shiota, a professional photographer of Kawanoe City, Japan, was prompted by a hunch to wait late at night with his camera, on a deserted plot in the city. Suddenly he saw what looked like a "spaceman" who appeared to break into independent images enveloped in strangely coloured "electrical discharges.""
There's three spectacular pictures of one then two white, orange and yellow figures. Considering that the book was published in 1980 and I haven't seen or heard any mention of these pictures since, should I presume that they are bogus? I'm certainly not sure what to make of the phrase, "prompted by a hunch."
Any replies would be greatly appreciated.
-Justin.
Hi everybody!
I'm still curious about the 'Cumberland Spaceman' picture. I first saw it in a copy of a book called 'Photographs of the Unknown,' which was co-authored by Robert Rickard. On page 96 there is the famous image taken by Jim Templeton, from Carlisle, Cumbria of his five year old daughter "on the remote banks of the Solway Firth in May 1966."
It has occurred to me that the figure is being viewed from behind. I got this idea from the way the 'right' arm appears to bend in relation to the body with the elbow towards the viewer, and how the head sits on the shoulders. And is that not a shoulder blade that is visible on the 'front' and not a pectoral muscle?
Has this suggestion been made before? Has anybody returned to that place with a similarly sized child and attempted to recreate it? The "spaceman" certainly does appear to be suspended in mid-air at an unusual angle. For all I know the mystery was solved long ago.
A Yahoo search with four sites.
Also, on the opposite page there is: "Giichi Shiota, a professional photographer of Kawanoe City, Japan, was prompted by a hunch to wait late at night with his camera, on a deserted plot in the city. Suddenly he saw what looked like a "spaceman" who appeared to break into independent images enveloped in strangely coloured "electrical discharges.""
There's three spectacular pictures of one then two white, orange and yellow figures. Considering that the book was published in 1980 and I haven't seen or heard any mention of these pictures since, should I presume that they are bogus? I'm certainly not sure what to make of the phrase, "prompted by a hunch."
Any replies would be greatly appreciated.
-Justin.