Otherworld North East Research Society Journal 01 | Page 37

Journal 2007

Right: reconstruction of the ‘anomaly’
a glance out of the corner of an eye at the
image printed in the Sunday Sun, when the
‘apparition’ from first glance looked like the
back and side of someone. The curve of the
shoulder is the curve of the back and shoulder,
the left arm crooked out of sight behind the
left alcove and the pale area of colour or ‘face’
is the ear, with digital extrapolation making the
area seem visually bigger. Measuring the
height of the figure by the courses of stone
behind the image, it was surmised about 3-4ft,
and the small legs are simply legs crouched
over. The end of the ‘cloak’ as it has sometimes
been described is simply the tail of the coat.
I consulted with Darren Ritson, founder of The
North East Ghost In-Spectres about the
accuracy of the EXIF data, and it was found that
Mark Winters’ camera was slow, as of 7th June,
by 15-20mins, meaning that immediately the
EXIF data that claimed the corner had been
empty was invalid. However, this still didn’t
explain the image, from the point of view of it
being myself down the corridor, as being slow
by 15-20mins certainly didn’t fall under that 2
minute window needed. At that point the EXIF
of all of Mark Winters’ photographs for the
night was examined, and was found that the
15-20mins error couldn’t have been present on
the night as it would have meant photographs
taken at the end of the Garrison Room
investigation would have had to have been
taken through the break following that vigil.
Unfortunately this means that the EXIF data
cannot be relied upon: my guess is that the
camera batteries must have been changed a
number of times, and the ability to examine
relational EXIF subsequently lost.
Next stage was to try and recreate the image
using myself as a target. On the evening of the

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