Ghost in the machine?

A ghostly image in a Kirkcaldy family photograph has caused some debate.

Sandy Hall, 58, said his family had been left mystified by the image alongside 18-month-old great-granddaughter Mya Pitcairn.

“To be honest I don’t know what it is,” he said.

“It’s definitely a person but it doesn’t look anything like my great-granddaughter.

“It looks like a christening gown that the girl is wearing.”

Now I don’t want to rush to judgement, I prefer to keep an open mind.

However Occam’s razor is the principle that states the simplest solution to any scientific problem is probably the right one.

As a rule of thumb it’s quite a good one, and it can be applied to phenomena such as this spooky picture.

Is this likely to be a visitation from the next world, or bit of distorted light in the lens?

Is this more likely to be proof of life after death, or a double exposure?

Is this an apparition from another dimension, or a glitch?

I would advise that the simplest explanation is normally the correct one.