Amy Bruni, former paranormal investigator from “Ghost Hunters”, recently shared a family photo with the ghostly image of an old woman in the background. According to Bruni’s Nov. 18 Facebook post, she took the picture of her younger sister 28 years ago. Her sister is posing in front of the door, but it’s what lurks on the other side of the door that fascinates Bruni. The image of an old lady can clearly be seen on the porch. Bruni explains that there was no one on the porch at the time.
According to Bruni, her mother showed the picture to a neighboring photographer at the time. The neighbor was puzzled by the strange ghostly figure on the porch. The neighbor told Bruni’s mother that before the Bruni family moved into the home an elderly couple lived there. The woman reportedly stood on the porch and waited for her husband to return from from work, or whenever he ran errands. According to the neighbor, the old woman had recently passed away.
Bruni points out that the figure on the porch does not cast a shadow. She says that she has viewed many ghost pictures over the years, but only a handful of them stood out to her. She claims this picture is one of those that stood out. Amy says the family photo has been misplaced for the past decade and was just recently found. The photo album was packed away in her mother’s house.
Although Amy did not indicate
whether she believed the ghostly apparition in her family photo was a
residual ghost, it seems likely.
Residual ghosts often appear in the same place, doing the same thing at regular intervals. According to Jason Hawes, lead investigator on “Ghost Hunters” and co-founder of The North Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), a residual haunting occurs when the energy of a person or event is somehow imprinted on the environment and replays at regular intervals. Although you can see or hear the ghost, it really isn’t there.
