Source: ‘Ghost of last man hanged in Cornwall’ captured on video by ghost hunter – can you see it? – Cornwall Live
Cornwall Live is reporting on a video, taken by Tony Ferguson and his partner, which reputedly shows the ghost of the last man hanged at the jail – William Hampton.
My thoughts on the video and the instance are thus:
It is claimed that the couple ensured that they were the only people in the jail for the investigation. Has this been verified? How did they arrange access to the site whilst it is closed at night without any representative of the attraction present? Surely there is a security guard or site manager present? It is thus possible that it is this employee of the site that is caught on the camera.
The reaction when the lights go out is calm and considered. Such suggests that either the issue was of no surprise, or that the investigators have prior experience of lights switching off and leaving them in a dark, unfamiliar location.
The calm manner in which the camera operative switches the viewfinder angle in order to make use of the camera’s IR vision suggests that the operative was prepared for such an instance.
That the investigators are heard discussing how they failed to bring a torch suggests a degree of poor preparation. In such circumstances, it is reasonable to then expect some shock or surprise at a sudden loss of lighting when in a strange location without a torch.
The sudden change in light levels may have momentarily confused the CCD chip on the camera. Although the camera was in IR mode, the loss of practical lighting would create a momentary issue for the sensor.
The distance at which the apparition passes in front of the camera is at the limits of the IR sensitivity for the camera. Accordingly, if the figure is that of a security guard, then the detail would be insufficient to reveal such.
Verditct: No paranormal phenomena. The ‘apparition’ is likely a security operative or site employee. It is possible that such an individual either switched off the lights (as part of a routine), or that they were making their way to a point where they could reactivate the lighting.
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