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'Sfunny you should mention old Bloody Mary- she's pretty much what I had in mind. I want the haunting to be free of geographical ties, you see, and accordin to myth Bloody Mary can go anywhere there's a mirror. A net-based ghost would be perfect.
I was thinking also of The Ebay Haunted Painting (which I've mentioned before in the context of magickal art).
Here's an edited version of what the sellers said. The link above has the full text.
HAUNTED PAINTING ----- WARNING AND DISCLAIMER
DESCRIPTION
WHEN WE RECEIVED THIS PAINTING, WE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GOOD ART. A " PICKER " HAD FOUND IT ABANDONNED... AT HTE TIME WE WONDERED A LITLLE WHY A SEEMINGLY PERFECTLY FINE PAINTING WOULD BE DISCARDED LIKE THAT. ( TODAY WE DON'T !!! ) ONE MORNING OUR 4 AND 1/2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CLAIMED, THAT THE CHILDREN IN THE PICTURE WERE FIGHTING, AND COMING INTO THE ROOM DURING THE NIGHT... MY HUSBAND WAS ALARMED. TO MY AMUSEMENT HE SET UP A MOTION TRIGGERED CAMREA FOR THE NIGHTS. AFTER THREE NIGHTS THERE WERE PICTURES.THE LAST TWO PICTURES SHOWN ARE FROM THAT 'STAKEOUT'. AFTER SEEING THE BOY SEEMINGLY EXITING THE PAINTING UNDER THREAT, WE DECIDED, THE PAINTING HAS TO GO.PLEASE JUDGE FOR YOURSELF...
...WE WANT OUR HOUSE TO BE BLESSED AFTER THE PAINTING IS GONE, DOES ANYBODY KNOW, WHO IS QUALIFIED TO DO THAT?
They went on to say:
AS I HAVE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS, HERE THE FOLLOWING ANSWERS. THERE WAS NO ODOR LEFT BEHIND IN THE ROOM. THERE WERE NO VOICES, OR THE SMELL OF GUNPOWDER, NO FOODPRINTS OR STRANGE FLUIDS ON THE WALL. TO DETER QUESTIONS IN THIS DIRECTION, THERE ARE NO GHOSTS IN THIS WORLD , NO SUPERNATURAL POWERS, THIS IS JUST A PAINTING, AND MOST THESE THINGS HAVE AN EXPLANATION, IN THIS CASE PROBABLY A FLUKE LIGHT EFFECT. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BID ON THE ARTWORK, AND CONSIDER THE LAST TWO PHOTOGRAPHS AS PURE ENTERTAINMENT, AND PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THEM INTO CONSIDERATION, WHEN BIDDING. AS WE THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO BLESS ANY HOUSE, WE STILL WELCOME INPUT INTO THAT PROCEDURE.
Rather a nice touch, I thought, as was this parting shot towards the end of the auction:
7 emails reported strange or irregular events taking place, when viewing this image. And I will relay two suggestions made by the senders. First not to use this image as the background on the screen, and second not to display this image around juveniles or children. Last not least, thanks for apreciating the art as well.
(I should mention that I've used the image for the background of my blog, which has yet to exhibit any strange symptoms.)
This is from an interview that the website conducted with the lucky bidder who snapped up the Ebay pic:
SURFING: You have received emails that people have been "repulsed", made "physically ill" and "suffered from blackout/mind control experiences" just by viewing pictures of the painting?
L.B.: Yes.
SURFING: ....you have been receiving you have had offers to "cleanse your residence" as well as scriptures and prayers. Do you think these are coming from people who experienced something from the actual photos of the painting or from the description that was posted for the sale?
L.B.: I think more power of suggestion, but who knows. What I experienced seems to be the norm, but there are many different people out there.
SURFING: How many "concerned" emails have you received? (estimate)
L.B.: 3 very different responses, 10 more that were frightened or repulsed.The seller has had 15 eventful emails along with 40 offering to cleanse her home. I also have been contacted by the Ghost Hunters of Georgia, and a graduate student in parapsychology from J.F.K. University.
SURFING: When you say "3 very different responses," What do you mean?
L.B.: An exorcist type of voice, along with a blast of hot air, like standing in front of an oven door. Two friends crying after this experience and praying until a minute had passed and everything went back to normal.
A new Epson printer that ate and mutilated page after page when the user tried to download images of this oil.
The Native American who became so ill he had to cleanse his house by burning white sage. He warned me not to put this item around small children, and that there is great evil contained here.
So although the original ad has all the hallmarks of a hoax, some people seem to have had genuine experiences as a result of it. I'd like to look into creating a similar legend with a positive version of this effect. |
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