How does he know he's killed yey-many flies, does he collect them after he kills them?

And Gwil, that ghost photo is lame, could have been a developer problem or just a coincidental wall stain, or, er, *grasps at more straws*

Infra red doesnt pick up heat only what would be the point in ghost hunting with infra red cameras when ghosts are notoriously cold creatures?

and castles are COLD places as well, if they were relying on picking up heat, the stairs/walls etc wouldn't have given that much off..

im not sure if its a ghost, or what - but i will say theres not a great deal of evidence or science to say it isnt either...

**Science geek rant**

Um, quantization of energy dictates that radiation can only be emited by transitions of the proper energy. For the infrared region of the spectrum these are typicaly vibrational energy levels which are excited at normal temperatures, hence the popularized vision of of IR as thermal radiation. The only way I can think of to produce such wavelengths without useing "heat" would be with an LED or a laser. So yes really. IR does pickup heat only baring the presence of an engineered light source.

For a minute though think about this. If ghosts did emit infrared radiation in the absence of heat, that suggests a significant ammount of low entropy energy being given off into the surroundings. Now where does that energy come from? (oops ther went the first law of thermodynamics) and if ghosts are really cold as people say, then it is implied that they spontaneously decrease the entropy of their surroundings signficantly while heating up things which are a bit further away (The infrared radiation is absorbed)! Think of it. Ghosts could be the answer to the worlds energy problems! a heat and cold source that are kept sepearted without the expenditure of any energy. I guess the Second law is dead too (no pun intended). perpetual motion! The heat -death of the galaxy has been averted! or not.

*End Rant*

If you are going to believe in ghosts, you've got to first assume that they are not a part of this universe, and therefore cannot interact with electromagnetic radiation and therefore can't have their pictures taken! Otherwhise you haven't a leg to stand on.

I think it's just the way the photo has turned out, either through developing or environmental factors. My motto is, just because you can't think of a reason it doesn't mean there isn't one.

I've outlined the "ghost"- tell me, what are those two bits coming out of his front? And think of the angle that he's walking up the stairs, it seems about 45-50 degrees to me, as we see him side on. How many other photos did they take that their 'psychic' told them to, which turned out negative? Think about the size of the figure in comparison to the stairs- it doesn't seem to fit unless his legs are far too short. It could be a shadow- there's obviously a light source somewhere, note the bright reflection on the door in the background, and how upstairs seems to be a lot darker than downstairs- possibly just from an LED, or perhaps a 'heat shadow'.

It's grasping at straws, really, although I look forward to hearing about when they return (not that we ever will I think as this happens all the time, with no results). And I'm not being closed minded- I used to be hugely into ghosts and psychic phenomena- but you'd think with all this research after so many years, you'd have tangible results or know what was going on.