Ok, I am sure most have seen this before and I think I may have posted it here somewhere else but recently someone was making comments about it on Facebook and I wanted intelligent opinions so I am posting my questions here.

The story goes something like this in short. Two young girls on a camping trip in Washington a couple years back began snapping off some photos with their cool pix camera. Or something similar. The photo below is one that they got. It was on the news and they showed it while it was still on the cameras viewing screen. Nothing earth shattering but the image is interesting.

The photo was taken by a river, at night, as it began to snow, with flash. It is not my photo and I make no claims as to authenticity etc. All I am saying is that it took an interesting form.

Now what it looks like is obvious. The individual on Facebook didn't find it impressive with added innuendo but claims his photos are real and wondered what the news would think of his. Here is the LINK so you can give your opinions if you should choose to or go to the Facebook discussion . What are your opinions of this compared to his? They all look like mists to me.

He now has added his Youtube Link for scrutiny.

I've seen this before. Is it supposed to be a Marian apparition??

I haven't see where anyone connected to the photo has made any claims one way or the other but that is the general view of people who have seen it.

Wish I still had the link to the news story.

It is interesting to me as well but I think it's a case for pareidolia.

Any reported cases near where this was taken or does anyone know?

I remember when I first saw it several people from up that way said they were going to look into it but none ever came back with any info. I guess they were just talking…

…and too far for me to go.

Here is a video of the girls being interviewed about the image.

http://www.super-muzyka.pl/vid…../4sMTirjPh…-on-Camera.html

Thank You.

My guess – condensation from breathing that took a form that could be easily interpreted as an angel, a Marian apparition or even a ghost. Still a cool picture though.

Very likely but I think the main point of the photo isn't what it actually is as much as what people perceive it to look like. The whole field is based on a person’s perception of what they saw and then we go looking for what they told us. It is all about the person and our perceptions. So is it an apparition or is it a message?

The point being here is not what caused it but what it represents. Just because it is breath or fog or mist doesn't necessarily diminish its importance.

Ok, now that I played that side of the fence I will say that I have no idea of what it is and it is most likely breath or mist. I guess my whole point is that people sometimes miss the point of what they see. They try to explain it away first and settle for the obvious answer.

For me, I am beginning to look elsewhere than science. Why you ask? Probably because in this field I always hear how people are searching for the truth using scientific means. Kind of leaves me wondering how you will get anywhere using scientific means in a field that has no basis in science.

Now I am babbling and my brain hurts… Where's the Tylenol?