Orbs! Creepy Experience

Question

It was the weirdest thing ever. So every year my family and I go up to a hill and spend the night with our grandparents. And right in front of there house is grave yard. So one night my whole family decided to go take some pictures of the graves. And at the time every thing seemd perfectly normal. But when we saw are pictures we saw these white round bubble shaped balls in the picture. At first we thought they were dust particles but then on my sisters camera there was a pink bubble in the air. Now when we zoomed up on it itwas made up of different shades.Then we new they were no dust particles. So we searched them up on google. And figured out they were called Orbs. Suposebly they are found in high paranormal areas. And I think a graveyard fits that description perfectly. But I'm very in to the whole paranormal thing. But what the heck are orbs? I mean I belive they have some thing to do with paranoraml stuff but what are they really? Answer!! Please!

Answer 1

Orbs are sometimes a way that ghost and spirits manifest themselves.  They re basically energy in that case.  However, Orbs are not always what they seem.  Sometimes they are dust, pollen, asbestos,rain drops, etc.  If you could post the photos it would be easier to tell if you have real orbs.

Answer 2

Orbs are photographic artifacts.

Paranormal stuff do not exist, no matter how much you'd like to believe in it. Actually, being "very in to the whole paranormal thing" is making you less critical of stuff you see.

Next time, try to take pictures at night in the parking lot of a mall or something, and you'll see that orbs have nothing to do with being in "high paranormal areas" (whatever that means).

Answer 3

Orbs are like balls of energy given off by ghosts. Some people believe it is the ghost absorbing energy so it can manifest itself.

Edit: The person who answered right after me copy and pasted the answer from this site : http://theshadowlands.net/ghost/orbs.htm

Edit, again!: Is there any way you could post the pictures?

Answer 4

I took two pictures in a row of my baby nephew. When they were developed both had the orb thingy,but in one the orb was moving downward. It was spooky.

Answer 5

Some say that orbs ar ghosts/spirits, but many others believe that they are angels or perhaps your spirit guide. Guess it depends if you believe in angels.

By the way, angels are not the same as ghosts/spirits. Angels are chosen and cannot ever reincarnate as a human, although they can take the shape of a human and let themselves be seen *mostly when we are in some kind of danger and in need of life or death help, but we have no idea that they are angels*

Answer 6

Looking at some pictures it appears that these are small objects that are badly out of focus (if you've ever used a telescope or telescopic lens you can achieve similar optic formations while focusing) .  These objects are obviously close enough to the lens to appear prominent but far enough to be illuminated by the flash.  These seem to only be in night shots where high contrast against a dark background allows them to show up well on film.  These "objects" could be anything from insects to pollen.

Answer 7

Those are not orbs. Those are phosphorus gases being released from the bones of the deceased. Look it up on Google. There was a lady who had stories and pictures on yourghoststories.com about seeing blue and pink orbs over a graveyard and was explained that they were those phosphorus gases.

Answer 8

Orbs are an energy reflection of the advanced instruments used by aliens to study our world. The fact that more people are capturing pictures of orbs than ever before is evidence of increased alien activity.

Aliens seem particualy intested in measuring our cultural activity as shown by the higher number of orbs found at photographs taken on occaisons of signifigance such as birthday or engagement celebrations.

Answer 9

They are a form of spirits. What are these balls of transparent light we find in photos taken in allegedly haunted places?  I won't tell you I know the answer to this question.  No one has the true answer to this question yet, but that's part of the job of researchers and investigator.

One of the leading theories concerning what orbs are and the one that I lean towards the most is that they are not the spirit at all.   The orb is the energy being transferred from a source (i.e. powerlines, heat energy, batteries, people, etc) to the spirit so they can manifest.   This may not even be a conscious thing the spirit is doing, just a natural way they get their energy.  This would explain why the orbs are round balls.  According to the laws of Physics energy being transferring like that would assume is natural shape of a sphere.   This theory can also be tied into the EMF readings we get during spirit activity.

I always approach things with a bit of skepticism, so when I saw all these websites start showing off these photos as ghosts, I was just as weary as most of you.  I just had to try it for myself.  I took a 35mm camera that I had used regularly for 6 years in all types of lighting and weather and had never gotten an orb or other unexplainable photo before and went out with a few seasoned field investigators on a cemetery investigation.  One of the investigators was psychic and she pointed out a few areas we should take photos, so I did.  I also had ghost footsteps walkup behind me twice and I turned around quickly and took photos of the empty air.  When I got my photos developed, I had these orbs and fog in those photos that I was told to take, as well as the footstep ones.  All my other photos were normal.  Coincidence?

Since we do not know what orbs truly are, just that they seem to be found mainly in areas where there is ghost activity, I will tell you what they are not.  On a normal investigation there are about 10 people using 10 different cameras, 35mm and digital, and many speeds and brands of film.  They all get their film developed at separate places.  Let's say only half of these investigators get some orb photos.  Are these water spots or dirt on the lens?  That would mean that 5 people all had similar dirt on their lens and all 5 did not clean their lens either.  Are these orbs film processing errors?  Well the 35mm cameras all had their film developed in different locations and used different film so that is very unlikely.  The digital cameras can't have film-processing errors.  I am aware that some people feel that the orbs on a digital camera are an error in the digital processing of the image.  When that error does occur in digital photos, the objects tend to be square in nature, not round and they cannot be semi-transparent, the pixel behind would have to be corrupted also.  I will not even address the precipitation theory, no legitimate researchers takes photos in any form of precipitation.   What about dust and dirt being stirred up? Can that be the cause of the orbs?   If that were the case, I would think that there would not be normal photos in a sequence of photos from the same camera and location.  All of the shots in a sequence should have the dust or dirt in it. We find that most orb photos do not appear in consecutive photos.  All photographers present should get orbs if it is dust being stirred up as well.

These are just a few things for the skeptics to think of when they are condemning an orb photo as a fake or fraud and some things for investigators to consider when checking their photos for positives.  

Answer 10

When you were at that graveyard, was the roadway paved or gravel?

And when was the last time it had rained in your area?

Any busy roads near by?

New construction within 15 miles of the graveyard?

And if you guys were walking around, inadvertently kicking up any dust from the ground, before taking the pictures then you have your answer........dust.