Hi guys.
Firstly, sorry for 'going off in a huff' in the way that I did. I suppose I took offence at not being taken at face value... but then again, I am an internet stranger and I suppose human nature is to automatically distrust strangers (???).
My illness affects me in many ways, and especially when fatigued, I can act irrationally. I didn't have the energy to keep going back on points that have already been explained, and I became frustrated at people automatically crying 'fake' or for questioning my integrity... so, I'm sorry. Its one reason why I only hang out on a few places on the net these days.
Back to the image:
I am looking for all avenues to be explored with this image, and I will state for the last time that I am certain that it would have been impossible for someone to walk into the building for that frame without alerting the two people who were there, and I am absolutely certain that Tim was not the sort of person who would pull a prank. It just doesn't make sense... (why didn't he keep in contact to see the 'prank' come to fruition?)....
Anyway - I've uploaded a zip of the scanned negatives here -
http://rapidshare.com/files/219343354/G ... s.zip.html [100MB].
They are in the same sequence as they were taken, and show the building from different angles, photo's taken from inside the building (including one taken from the rough location of where the figure is standing, looking back out the arch). It also includes a few shots taken from very similar angles to the 'ghost' image.
As for the simulacrum theory, someone did a gif animation of the 'ghost' shot, and lined up a shot from the same angle from another frame (I think Frame 31?)
The image is being analysed in a few places. I haven't posted it on any sites where the automatic reaction would be 'OMG ITS A GHOST'.... The current conclusion by many (including myself) is that it neither proves nor disproves that it is a ghost, and the image will probably remain as 'unexplained'....
Thanks for the interest in this, and thanks for your theories.
And again, apologies for my hissy-fit.
-Stu
[Edit] One thing that I can't explain is the blurring/fading in the bottom left of the image. Everything else in the frame is in focus... but that just totally stands out. Any theories?