I don't believe in orbs at all. To me, that's really reaching for some type of paranormal evidence.

I especially think it's hysterical when someone says an orb has a face in it….. /rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' /> /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Jilla, is there any chance it's some kind of natural phenomena?

Hey HeidiAnn- I guess there's always a possibility- but the experience that goes along with these orbs leads me even more to believe they're not just a natural phenomenon.

For an example, I guess I'll give my own little ghost story.

There is an old graveyard in a very nearby town that has several torrid stories that go along with it. From a never identified thief to a drowning in the on site pond. The cemetery's set up is similar to old European style cemeteries- very park like and made with the intent of people to walk, sit and "enjoy" the view. One night, my fiance(now husband), two friends, and I were hanging out at my house when we came up with the genius idea to go to said cemetery and see what we could find. My one friend and I who always lived in this area decided we just HAD to go see the grave of the unknown would have been thief.

Not sure if you've ever read some of my other posts, but I'm a very reluctant sensitive- as is my friend. I've even been approached out of the blue by 'psychics' telling me that I should try and be more comfortable with 'my gift'. To me, when it came to getting evidence, I only used my gift to try and find the 'proof'. My sensitivity to the paranormal isn't proof, and I get that. My friend is the same way.

Anywho- we went right to the grave site, and my friend and I got out- my husband and male friend were sheepishly waiting in the car. My friend and I both instantly felt a wall of oppression, looked at each other and decided- wow, maybe this wasn't a good idea after all. The guys were just scared, because, well, they're babies.

We decided to leave, got into the car(my fiance driving) and proceeded to leave. Only we kept hearing a knocking in the car. We stopped. It stopped. We drove, it started again. Clearly- a branch-or so we hoped. My fiance stopped again. It stopped. Then it started again while we were still not moving. We were out of the cemetery on a side road when my fiance pulled over and decided to find this "branch" it just had to be- even though I knew something else was going on. He looked under the car, said he "saw something". My friend got out to help because her cell phone has a flashlight feature on it. She started getting down to help him- he said again before she got there "I see something, but it's not a branch….it's round, like a ball…" My friend shined the light in the direction under the car that he thought he saw whatever it was- they were silent and then they both gasped & screamed, got in the car pale as I've ever seen either of them and we drove off- no more "knocking". We finally stopped in a nearby parking lot and they told us what they saw. It was a brownish orb- like a round ball of moving smoke. It moved "sentiently" as they described it under the car, reacting to the light, only to roll away into the woods, like "nothing they had ever seen".

This also wasn't the last time something followed me home from this cemetery- and it wasn't the first time I'd experienced what they described.

There was a very oppressed spirit on my property that would reveal himself in this form, only larger- but the same brownish smokey orb, rolling through the air and on the ground on my property- this is a phenomena that many have witnessed at my home, which is a very different location than this cemetery. Many smell what they describe as "death" when they see it. I tried to deal with it awhile ago and am pretty sure he's left.

Maybe it can be explained without it being a spirit- but the sensitive side of me says "nope, that's an entity". I don't ever have good feelings when it's that brownish orb. So, take it for what it's worth. A good story or good insight. Or a bad story or bad insight. lol

but what makes you so sure that 0.000001% are paranormal and not a rare natural phenomena?

I'm not sure of anything. /smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />

Neither am I. /smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

I'm not sure if were talking optical orbs, or orbs people see with their eyes.

I find the latter more interesting.

An EOS Pro SLR, clears up the orbs. I think digital cameras are the worst for this, their orb collectors.

They are small and compact, thus producing more orbs. Seems an orb frenzy since their invention.

I think a good SLR is worth is weight in gold for paranormal investigation, but just me. /smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Most if not all orbs in photos and video are reflective in nature. Flash or IR illumination give these otherwise invisible particulate matter something to reflect, and we get tons of orbs. Video orbs are the same thing, just in motion. Anytime something breaks the afocal boundary it will look like an orb/streak/light.

I find orbs impressive if the self-illuminate.

Andy