36 Creepy Photos That Even Complete Skeptics Can’t Explain

Are ghosts real? Probably not, but probably. We don't want a haunting. The last time that happened around here Scripps took over. The plethora of ghost-hunting shows on cable primarily make use of improperly employed or malfunctioning equipment for the sake of leaning into spooky storytelling. And when kids use a Ouija board, someone is either moving the planchette intentionally, or the group is merely succumbing to the ideomotor effect.

But while we may understand these things intellectually, photos and videos like the ones below can still manage to get under our skin anyway. Is that ghostly figure moving in the background just an artifact from a previous recording? That UFO sighting just a wayward balloon?

Almost certainly. But then again, what if they’re not?