Mystery Ghost Photo?

Australia’s Today Tonight programme featured a ghost mystery tonight. Never one to miss a trick, they are well aware that pieces on psychics, ghosts and the supernatural are catnip to sofa-bound viewers these days.

Here’s a summary of the story as presented on the Today Tonight website.

19-year-old Adam Harris and 15 others were on a “paranormal investigation” of the historic Barwon Park Mansion located 90 minutes west of Melbourne. It was built in the mid-1800s for the Austin family and, given it is one of the oldest houses in Australia, is considered to be haunted.

Adam takes up the tale as he entered the barn at the back of the property.

I was taking photos because I felt a presence coming towards me, as in dark figures. So I got my camera out and took three to five photos up there and my camera went dead, just turned off, I couldn’t turn it back on.

When the group left the barn Adam’s camera turned back on and he “discovered” a ghostly image on his hard drive.

Here’s the image…

Today Tonight have taken the camera to their “experts” and all they can say for sure is the “photo” was taken 2 hours before the others on the camera (which were snapped both before and after the barn incident, the girl appearing in the middle of the images).

Now Today Tonight are wondering “who is this girl, does anyone recognise her?”

Or perhaps we could be asking “Does anyone recognise the painting this is a portion of?” Any ideas?

Photo Update: Here’s a copy of the full sized image from the website of Australian Ghost Adventures, an group of “paranormal enthusiasts with a diverse back ground in paranormal research and investigation”. It seems AGA sell tickets to their tours which include “the experience of meeting real Ghost Investigators and a Psychic Medium”.

I wonder how long it took them to persuade Today Tonight that their ghost picture story was worth pushing on national television? I’m sure tickets are selling like hot cakes now…

Oddly modern-looking outfit and eyebrow shape for a ghost? And, if this was taken in a pitch black barn, where are the light sources which illuminate the tip of her nose and the buckle-like thing on her top?

Click the image to get a close up…

Mystery Solved: As hinted at by eagle-eyed (but somewhat anonymous reader) None 5 days ago, it turns out the mystery ghost is indeed Megan Ann Walker. Here’s a picture of Megan before she became a member of  the legions of the undead.

Mystery ghost girl revealed

Megan, told ninemsn, the website of Nine News…

It’s me, but I have no idea about anything else. I had nothing to do with anything and I ain’t getting anyone into any trouble for anything

She also admitted she was at Barwon Park during the ghost tour when the photo was discovered.

I came out and said the photo looked like me when they put it on the laptop but no one was listening. I just stood back and laughed and didn’t think anything of it until now.

Sounds like Megan feels she got busted and is quickly trying to cover her tracks. Could that be why Adam Harris is no longer listed as one of her Facebook friends? Could it be they were frightened of what the press reaction would be?

To be honest guys, I wouldn’t worry too much. While Nine may try and get a bit of mileage out of Today Tonight’s embarrassment, Channel 7 is more likely to ignore the “revelation”. Ghosts sell more advertising than pretend ghosts after all…

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