The photo shows four mysterious orbs I photographed indoors, one of which was green. They all have rings near their outer circumferences, something often seen in such orbs.
Monday, December 31, 2018
Rings of the Four Orbs
Photo date: December 30, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo shows four mysterious orbs I photographed indoors, one of which was green. They all have rings near their outer circumferences, something often seen in such orbs.
The photo shows four mysterious orbs I photographed indoors, one of which was green. They all have rings near their outer circumferences, something often seen in such orbs.
Sunday, December 30, 2018
Brisk and Baffling
Photo date: December 29, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a fast-moving mysterious orb I photographed indoors. We see the "string of pearls" effect I have 82 times previously photographed (as shown here), in which we seem to see multiple position states of a speeding orb.
The photo below shows a fast-moving mysterious orb I photographed indoors. We see the "string of pearls" effect I have 82 times previously photographed (as shown here), in which we seem to see multiple position states of a speeding orb.
Saturday, December 29, 2018
Sometimes Transparent, Other Times Opaque
Photo date: December 29, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
Many times the mysterious orbs I photograph are transparent, as in the example below showing a pink orb.
Other times the orbs are bright and opaque, as in the example below:
Many times the mysterious orbs I photograph are transparent, as in the example below showing a pink orb.
Other times the orbs are bright and opaque, as in the example below:
Thursday, December 27, 2018
Confounding Circles
Photo date: December 26, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows two colorful orbs I photographed indoors.
The photo below shows two colorful orbs I photographed indoors.
Orchid Oddball
Photo date: December 26, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed indoors. Looking at a "shades of purple" visual, the color most closely matches the "orchid" shade.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed indoors. Looking at a "shades of purple" visual, the color most closely matches the "orchid" shade.
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
A Speeding Pink Orb
Photo date: December 26, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a speeding pink orb I photographed indoors. See here for 41 other photos I have taken of speeding pink orbs.
The photo below shows a speeding pink orb I photographed indoors. See here for 41 other photos I have taken of speeding pink orbs.
Orbs Near the Wreaths
Photo date: December 24, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photos below show some mysterious orbs I photographed near Christmas wreaths in Grand Central Terminal in New York.
The photos below show some mysterious orbs I photographed near Christmas wreaths in Grand Central Terminal in New York.
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
A Speeding Sky Orb
Photo date; December 24, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed near a building in Manhattan.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed near a building in Manhattan.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
Sunday, December 23, 2018
Perplexing Pane Pair
Photo date: December 11, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows two mysterious orbs I photographed near a window in Grand Central Terminal in New York.
The photo below shows two mysterious orbs I photographed near a window in Grand Central Terminal in New York.
Unexpected Colors
The photos below show some colorful mysterious orbs I photographed in recent days. The one at bottom was in front of an air filter that has no green color at all.
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Some Interesting Orb Photography
On this site I have published 96 photos showing mysterious orbs with curved stripes (and even more showing orbs with straight stripes). I noticed that on a Dutch orb photography site, there are two photos of mysterious orbs with curved stripes: here and here.
In 2014 Paul Rozek published a video showing a mouse dying after being caught in a mouse trap. Just after you see the mouse stop twitching after being caught in the trap, we seem to see an orb rising up from the exact point of the mouse's body. Could this be evidence that orbs are souls? This seems to be the only video Rozek has ever published. You can see the video here. Caution: it may upset the tender-hearted, as it shows the mouse twitching for a few seconds before dying.
In 2014 Paul Rozek published a video showing a mouse dying after being caught in a mouse trap. Just after you see the mouse stop twitching after being caught in the trap, we seem to see an orb rising up from the exact point of the mouse's body. Could this be evidence that orbs are souls? This seems to be the only video Rozek has ever published. You can see the video here. Caution: it may upset the tender-hearted, as it shows the mouse twitching for a few seconds before dying.
Tower Topper
Photo date: December 18, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed near a building in New York City.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed near a building in New York City.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
Monday, December 17, 2018
A Speeding Blue Orb
Photo date: November 20, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious speeding orb I photographed near a building in New York City. See here for 184 other photos of speeding blue orbs.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
The photo below shows a mysterious speeding orb I photographed near a building in New York City. See here for 184 other photos of speeding blue orbs.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
Enigmatic Electronics
I continue to get spooky things happening with my electronic devices -- more of the type of thing reported in this series of posts. Today three such things happened.
(1) At about 1:00 AM I got the 18th case of the flashlight on my Samsung tablet turning on mysteriously, even though the tablet was turned off. This has happened 18 times since August 7, 2017, with the occurrences averaging about 3 weeks apart. I know of no way to turn on the flashlight on the back of my tablet when the tablet is turned off.
(2) This morning the Camera app on my Samsug tablet mysteriously popped up, even though I can't remember summoning it.
(3) This afternoon my television mysteriously switched from channel 14 to channel 1000. At the time the only remote I have that can change channels was two feet away from me, on a sofa, and flipped over so none of the buttons was visible. I tried 30 times strongly pressing the remote at various spots while it was in such a position, flipped over so none of the buttons was visible, and none of my presses had any effect. Many similar occurrences have happened, as reported here.
(1) At about 1:00 AM I got the 18th case of the flashlight on my Samsung tablet turning on mysteriously, even though the tablet was turned off. This has happened 18 times since August 7, 2017, with the occurrences averaging about 3 weeks apart. I know of no way to turn on the flashlight on the back of my tablet when the tablet is turned off.
(2) This morning the Camera app on my Samsug tablet mysteriously popped up, even though I can't remember summoning it.
(3) This afternoon my television mysteriously switched from channel 14 to channel 1000. At the time the only remote I have that can change channels was two feet away from me, on a sofa, and flipped over so none of the buttons was visible. I tried 30 times strongly pressing the remote at various spots while it was in such a position, flipped over so none of the buttons was visible, and none of my presses had any effect. Many similar occurrences have happened, as reported here.
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Colorful Enigmas
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Wreath Weirdness
Photo date: December 11, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows one of many mysterious orbs I have photographed near Christmas wreaths in Grand Central Terminal in New York.
The photo below shows one of many mysterious orbs I have photographed near Christmas wreaths in Grand Central Terminal in New York.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Distant Orb
Photo date: December 11, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed indoors. The orb seems to be partially behind a curtain. See here for 73 other photos showing mysterious orbs behind distant obstructions.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed indoors. The orb seems to be partially behind a curtain. See here for 73 other photos showing mysterious orbs behind distant obstructions.
Sunday, December 9, 2018
A Nobel Prize Winner's Report of a Phantom Appearing from an Orb
This blog's posts (stretching back for four years) contain a photographic record of most astonishing paranormal events. Many others in history have reported equally astonishing events, and some have documented their experiences as carefully as I have. I am currently reading the book "Phenomena of Materialization" by Albert von Schrenck-Notzing, a physician who made lengthy scientific studies of the medium Marthe Beraud (referred to in the book as Eva C.). Schrenck-Notzing spent four years investigating Beraud under controlled conditions, and produced an extremely detailed book describing a vast assortment of inexplicable phenomena he observed in her presence. The book includes more than 50 clear photos of the paranormal. Schrenck-Notzing makes frequent reports of things such as "spirit hands" appearing and disappearing, "materialized heads" appearing out of parts of Beraud's body, and equally astonishing things. Schrenck-Notzing took careful precautions to prevent fraud, such as placing the medium in a small "cabinet" (actually just a small corner of a room with a curtain in front of it) that had been carefully checked, and even often arranging for a full body examination before the phenomena were produced. Under conditions that should have prevented all possibility of fraud, the most inexplicable phenomena were produced on many different days.
You can read the whole book (with its astonishing photographs) here, although you will have to be quite patient to let the very large .pdf file load (it's a book with hundreds of pages and 200+ photos and illustrations).
Previously a Nobel Prize winner reported seeing similar phenomena produced in the presence of the same medium, Marthe Beraud. Page 6 of Schrenck-Notzing's book contains a quote from a work by Professor Charles Richet, who won a Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1913. The quote is below:
"I see something like a white luminous ball of undetermined outline suspended above the floor. Then suddenly there appears, emerging from this white orb of light as from a trap-door, the phantom 'Bien Boa.' It is of moderate height. He is draped in a flowing garment with a belt around his waist. One cannot say whether he walks or glides...Without opening the curtain he suddenly collapses and vanishes on the floor. At the same time one hears the noise of a body falling on the floor. Three or four minutes afterwards the same white orb appears in the opening of the curtains above the floor, then a body is seen quickly rising straight up and attaining the height of an adult, and then it again collapses on the floor."
This was observed in a place that had no trap-door. A similar account by Richet can can be found here. Richet's very interesting book "Thirty Years of Psychical Research" can be read online here.
Postscript: Given its 12-megabyte size, it was hard for me to read Schrenck-Notzing's book online, but I found it much easier to read it when I downloaded the .pdf file and then brought up that file in Adobe Reader. You will be very impressed by the book's photos when you understand the conditions under which they were produced. The medium Marthe Baraud was placed in a small corner of a room, with a small curtain in front of her. Both the area behind the curtain and the medium herself were always checked to exclude the possibility of magical apparatus being sneaked in. Observers sat a few feet from her. The photos often show "materializations" the size of heads or half a human body, and in the text Schrenck-Notzing says such things were often seen to slowly appear or disappear. The photos typically show the curtain opened, with the medium's hands clutching the curtain (or observers) while the mysterious "materializations" are above her hands. The photos show many such "materializations" behind the medium or above the medium's head. Given such observations, skeptic explanations (such as something hidden in the medium's vagina) don't work, as the photographed "materialization" is often way too big to be something that could be hidden in a vagina. There is always the possibility of a gigantic fraud conspiracy involving multiple persons, but such a thing would have had to have been one of the most elaborate frauds in history, given the huge book with so many details and seemingly paranormal photos (all produced long before Photoshop existed). Schrenck-Notzing stated that in four years of such experiments he never saw any sign of trickery from the medium Marthe Baraud.
On page 270 of the book Schrenck-Notzing summarizes why his observations cannot be explained as a fraud by the medium, referring to body checks of the medium, and to a body tight she was put in to hinder any chance of extracting something from her body:
The counter proof to these considerations is given by the mode of
You can read the whole book (with its astonishing photographs) here, although you will have to be quite patient to let the very large .pdf file load (it's a book with hundreds of pages and 200+ photos and illustrations).
Previously a Nobel Prize winner reported seeing similar phenomena produced in the presence of the same medium, Marthe Beraud. Page 6 of Schrenck-Notzing's book contains a quote from a work by Professor Charles Richet, who won a Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1913. The quote is below:
"I see something like a white luminous ball of undetermined outline suspended above the floor. Then suddenly there appears, emerging from this white orb of light as from a trap-door, the phantom 'Bien Boa.' It is of moderate height. He is draped in a flowing garment with a belt around his waist. One cannot say whether he walks or glides...Without opening the curtain he suddenly collapses and vanishes on the floor. At the same time one hears the noise of a body falling on the floor. Three or four minutes afterwards the same white orb appears in the opening of the curtains above the floor, then a body is seen quickly rising straight up and attaining the height of an adult, and then it again collapses on the floor."
This was observed in a place that had no trap-door. A similar account by Richet can can be found here. Richet's very interesting book "Thirty Years of Psychical Research" can be read online here.
Postscript: Given its 12-megabyte size, it was hard for me to read Schrenck-Notzing's book online, but I found it much easier to read it when I downloaded the .pdf file and then brought up that file in Adobe Reader. You will be very impressed by the book's photos when you understand the conditions under which they were produced. The medium Marthe Baraud was placed in a small corner of a room, with a small curtain in front of her. Both the area behind the curtain and the medium herself were always checked to exclude the possibility of magical apparatus being sneaked in. Observers sat a few feet from her. The photos often show "materializations" the size of heads or half a human body, and in the text Schrenck-Notzing says such things were often seen to slowly appear or disappear. The photos typically show the curtain opened, with the medium's hands clutching the curtain (or observers) while the mysterious "materializations" are above her hands. The photos show many such "materializations" behind the medium or above the medium's head. Given such observations, skeptic explanations (such as something hidden in the medium's vagina) don't work, as the photographed "materialization" is often way too big to be something that could be hidden in a vagina. There is always the possibility of a gigantic fraud conspiracy involving multiple persons, but such a thing would have had to have been one of the most elaborate frauds in history, given the huge book with so many details and seemingly paranormal photos (all produced long before Photoshop existed). Schrenck-Notzing stated that in four years of such experiments he never saw any sign of trickery from the medium Marthe Baraud.
On page 270 of the book Schrenck-Notzing summarizes why his observations cannot be explained as a fraud by the medium, referring to body checks of the medium, and to a body tight she was put in to hinder any chance of extracting something from her body:
The counter proof to these considerations is given by the mode of
production
of the photographs (simultaneous exposures on five to seven
cameras,
within and without the cabinet), by the rigorous initial and
final
examinations, by the dress of the medium, by the sittings with
the
nude medium, by the occurrence of curious forms and fragments
which
cannot easily be produced by commercially obtainable figures, by
the
numerous plastic products, by the artistic character of certain
portraits,
which cannot be imitated in this way, by the repeated photography
of
features of deceased persons recognised by their families, by
the
growth and recession of the teleplastic phenomena, by their
movements,
proved
evidentially through the sense organs {e.g., materialised
hands
which make touches or grasp objects, etc.), by the lightning-like
appearance
and disappearance of the phenomena, while the medium's
body
is visible and motionless, and, finally, by a class of phenomena
which
cannot at all be imitated artificially, as, for instance, the
creation
of
an amorphous, living and moving substance, leaving a residue of
decomposition
products of organised matter, and the penetration of
the
substance produced through textile fabrics and veils {see Figs. 152
and
153). To this we must add the progressive development, advancing
from
simple to complex performances, the elementary character of the
forms
and phenomena, and the consideration that a fraud, which would
require
at least a laboratory for producing the most varied assortment
of
pictures and utensils, and would presuppose the use of considerable
sums
of money for procuring them, could hardly have been practised
for
four years, in spite of the constantly varying and continuously
intensified
precautions and photographic methods, and could not have
been
carried out without the slightest failure, in the face of the acumen
of
numerous learned observers.
On page 275 Schrenck-Notzing states the following:
Not one of the observers, during these four years, has ever found on
On page 275 Schrenck-Notzing states the following:
Not one of the observers, during these four years, has ever found on
the
medium's body, or in the seance costume, anything which could
have
been used for the fraudulent production of the phenomena. The
importance
of this negative result can hardly be emphasised too strongly.
The
author was a witness to the thorough performance of this task on
no
less than 180 occasions. The honesty of the medium is therefore not
a
'probability, but a certainty placed beyond all question. She has
never
introduced
any objects into the cabinet with which she could have
fraudulently
represented the teleplastic products. The various seance rooms, in
different houses, had no secret passages or trap-doors, and were
regularly examined, both before and after every sitting, by the
savants who took part in the sittings...In some sittings the
curtains were not closed at all, and the phenomena were often
observed from beginning to end, while the medium's body was
motionless and visible.
Corroborating testimony is given both in Richet's book, and in the book "From the Unconscious to the Conscious" by physician Gustave Geley, which can be read online here (it's another case of a large book that is best downloaded as a PDF file and then read in Adobe Acrobat). On page 56-57 Geley states the following, referring to Marthe Beraud by the same "Eva" pseudonym used by Schrenck-Notzing :
Corroborating testimony is given both in Richet's book, and in the book "From the Unconscious to the Conscious" by physician Gustave Geley, which can be read online here (it's another case of a large book that is best downloaded as a PDF file and then read in Adobe Acrobat). On page 56-57 Geley states the following, referring to Marthe Beraud by the same "Eva" pseudonym used by Schrenck-Notzing :
I
had the honour and privilege of studying
Eva
with her for a year and a half, at bi-weekly seances,
held
at first in her house, and afterwards, for three
consecutive
months, exclusively in my own laboratory.,,,
I
have been able to see, to touch, and to photograph
the
materialisations of which I am about to write.
I
have frequently followed the event from its
beginning
to its end; for it was formed, developed,
and
disappeared under my own eyes. However unexpected,
strange
or impossible such a manifestation may appear, I have no right to put
forward the slightest doubt as to its reality....In the more complete
cases the materialised organ has all the appearance and biologic
functions of a living organ.
I have seen admirably modelled fingers, with their
nails; I have seen complete hands with bones and
joints;
I have seen a living head, whose bones I could
feel
under a thick mass of hair. I have seen wellformed
living
and human faces! On many occasions these representations have been formed
from beginning to end under my own eyes. I
have, for instance, seen the substance issue from the
hands
of the medium and link them together ; then,
the
medium separating her hands, the substance has
lengthened,
forming thick cords, has spread, and formed
fringes
like epiploic fringes. Lastly, in the midst of
these
fringes, there has appeared by progressive representation,
perfectly
organised fingers, a hand, or a face.
In
other cases I have witnessed an analogous organisation
in
substance issuing from the mouth.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
A Blue Orb Among Them
Photo date: December 3, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed at Grand Central Terminal in New York,
Larger in size but dimmer in color was the orb below:
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed at Grand Central Terminal in New York,
Larger in size but dimmer in color was the orb below:
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Speeding Sky Stripe
Photo date: December 5, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious striped orb I photographed in the sky. See here for a video showing 500+ mysterious striped orbs I have photographed.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
The photo below shows a mysterious striped orb I photographed in the sky. See here for a video showing 500+ mysterious striped orbs I have photographed.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
Enigma at 6:15
Photo date: December 3, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious blue orb I photographed near the famous information desk at Grand Central Terminal in New York,.
The photo below shows a mysterious blue orb I photographed near the famous information desk at Grand Central Terminal in New York,.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Aligning Anomalies
Photo date: December 3, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photos below show four mysterious orbs I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York, where I see an unusually high percentage of mysterious orbs aligning to structural edges.
The photos below show four mysterious orbs I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York, where I see an unusually high percentage of mysterious orbs aligning to structural edges.
Monday, December 3, 2018
Orbs Playing Wreath Tag?
Photo date: December 3, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photos below show two mysterious orbs I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York.
The photos below show two mysterious orbs I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Dumbfounding "Dipper"
Photo date: November 27, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a speeding blue orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal. The path of motion makes a shape rather resembling the Big Dipper. See here for 183 other photos I have taken of speeding blue orbs.
The photo below shows a speeding blue orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal. The path of motion makes a shape rather resembling the Big Dipper. See here for 183 other photos I have taken of speeding blue orbs.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Spooked Spinoff
Photo date: November 27, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows two mysterious orbs (one pink and one blue) which appeared in front of my TV set while a repeat of the "Star Trek: Voyager" show was playing on the TV. The right edge of the pink orb is outside of the TV screen area.
The photo below shows two mysterious orbs (one pink and one blue) which appeared in front of my TV set while a repeat of the "Star Trek: Voyager" show was playing on the TV. The right edge of the pink orb is outside of the TV screen area.
Recharging Anomalies Spook Me
I have witnessed around my living quarters an extreme variety of very hard-to-explain events, including countless mysterious orbs in a variety of colors showing up in photos, lights turning on by themselves, a sound machine changing its channel or state numerous times when no one was touching it, a TV changing its state or channel or sound volume 10+ times when no one touched a remote, a tank-less toilet four times flushing by itself, objects seeming to appear or change positions in explicable ways, and so on and so forth. The latest permutation of this weirdness involves the recharging of my Samsung tablet.
I always leave my Samsung tablet on all day, and recharge it (after turning off the machine) while I am sleeping, which is sufficient to produce a 100% charge of the battery. Whenever I recharge the tablet, the battery level starts out below 70%. A 100% charge on the device will last all day. I clocked the recharging speed today, and found that the tablet recharges an additional 18% of the full charge every 75 minutes.
On October 3, 2018 I woke up and went to get my Samsung tablet from the shelf where I put the tablet to recharge (shown below). I noticed the recharging cord was unplugged. I thought to myself, "Silly me, I must have failed to stick in the recharging cord last night." But when I turned on the tablet, I found it was 98% charged. The tablet had been on all of the previous day, and its power level should have dropped to below 70%. So how could it possibly have regained 98% of its charge when I found the recharging cord unplugged? No one else uses the Samsung tablet, my wife and daughters having their own devices with equivalent functionality.
On October 24, 2018 I woke up and went to get my Samsung tablet from the shelf where I put the tablet to recharge. The recharging cord was plugged in, but the Samsung tablet had only 47% of its charge. It should have got a 100% recharge with overnight recharging. The next day (October 25) I woke up and went to get my Samsung tablet from the shelf where I put the tablet to recharge. I saw a charging indicator saying the tablet was 84% charged. It should have been 100% recharged after an overnight charge. You could possibly explain the October 24 case by imagining that the recharging cord was not plugged in all the way into the power strip. But the October 25 case cannot be explained in such a way, as the tablet was clearly plugged in all the way (and also after a day's use my battery level slips down to below 70%).
On November 8, 2018 I woke up and went to get my Samsung tablet from the shelf where I put the tablet to recharge. The recharging cord was plugged in, but the Samsung tablet had only 42% of its charge. It should have got a 100% recharge with overnight recharging.
On November 11, 2018 I woke up and went to get my Samsung tablet from the shelf where I put the tablet to recharge. The recharging cord was plugged in, but the Samsung tablet had only 55% of its charge. It should have got a 100% recharge with overnight recharging.
On today November 27 2018 I woke up and went to get my Samsung tablet from the shelf where I put the tablet to recharge. The recharging cord was plugged in, but the Samsung tablet had only 95% of its charge. It should have got a 100% recharge with overnight recharging. I had plugged in the charger at about 1:20 AM when its battery charge was below 70%, and woke up at about 11:00 AM (getting about 9 hours of sleep). Based on the recharging rate I measured today, the Samsung tablet should have been fully recharged by 5:00 AM.
You might try to explain some of these anomalies by imagining overnight power failures, but such a power failure would always produce an anomaly on my plugged-in alarm clock (which would either have a flashing 12:00 or a time that was wrong by several hours). Such an alarm clock anomaly was never seen on any of these nights, ruling out such a possibility. During all these incidents the Samsung tablet was password-protected, ruling out the possibility that anyone else in my apartment would have used the device for any appreciable amount of time while I was sleeping. On none of these nights did I wake up early, and the Samsung tablet always had 8 hours on the shelf. I always turn off the machine when recharging it.
Below is the setup under which recharging occurred on all these nights. Under such a setup there is no possibility of someone at night accidentally disrupting the charging, as the charging cord is away from all foot paths, between a sofa and a table. The power strip is directly plugged into an outlet that cannot be neutralized by any wall switch. 97% of the time I see no such anomalies, and find the tablet 100% charged in the morning.
I always leave my Samsung tablet on all day, and recharge it (after turning off the machine) while I am sleeping, which is sufficient to produce a 100% charge of the battery. Whenever I recharge the tablet, the battery level starts out below 70%. A 100% charge on the device will last all day. I clocked the recharging speed today, and found that the tablet recharges an additional 18% of the full charge every 75 minutes.
On October 3, 2018 I woke up and went to get my Samsung tablet from the shelf where I put the tablet to recharge (shown below). I noticed the recharging cord was unplugged. I thought to myself, "Silly me, I must have failed to stick in the recharging cord last night." But when I turned on the tablet, I found it was 98% charged. The tablet had been on all of the previous day, and its power level should have dropped to below 70%. So how could it possibly have regained 98% of its charge when I found the recharging cord unplugged? No one else uses the Samsung tablet, my wife and daughters having their own devices with equivalent functionality.
On October 24, 2018 I woke up and went to get my Samsung tablet from the shelf where I put the tablet to recharge. The recharging cord was plugged in, but the Samsung tablet had only 47% of its charge. It should have got a 100% recharge with overnight recharging. The next day (October 25) I woke up and went to get my Samsung tablet from the shelf where I put the tablet to recharge. I saw a charging indicator saying the tablet was 84% charged. It should have been 100% recharged after an overnight charge. You could possibly explain the October 24 case by imagining that the recharging cord was not plugged in all the way into the power strip. But the October 25 case cannot be explained in such a way, as the tablet was clearly plugged in all the way (and also after a day's use my battery level slips down to below 70%).
On November 8, 2018 I woke up and went to get my Samsung tablet from the shelf where I put the tablet to recharge. The recharging cord was plugged in, but the Samsung tablet had only 42% of its charge. It should have got a 100% recharge with overnight recharging.
On November 11, 2018 I woke up and went to get my Samsung tablet from the shelf where I put the tablet to recharge. The recharging cord was plugged in, but the Samsung tablet had only 55% of its charge. It should have got a 100% recharge with overnight recharging.
On today November 27 2018 I woke up and went to get my Samsung tablet from the shelf where I put the tablet to recharge. The recharging cord was plugged in, but the Samsung tablet had only 95% of its charge. It should have got a 100% recharge with overnight recharging. I had plugged in the charger at about 1:20 AM when its battery charge was below 70%, and woke up at about 11:00 AM (getting about 9 hours of sleep). Based on the recharging rate I measured today, the Samsung tablet should have been fully recharged by 5:00 AM.
You might try to explain some of these anomalies by imagining overnight power failures, but such a power failure would always produce an anomaly on my plugged-in alarm clock (which would either have a flashing 12:00 or a time that was wrong by several hours). Such an alarm clock anomaly was never seen on any of these nights, ruling out such a possibility. During all these incidents the Samsung tablet was password-protected, ruling out the possibility that anyone else in my apartment would have used the device for any appreciable amount of time while I was sleeping. On none of these nights did I wake up early, and the Samsung tablet always had 8 hours on the shelf. I always turn off the machine when recharging it.
Below is the setup under which recharging occurred on all these nights. Under such a setup there is no possibility of someone at night accidentally disrupting the charging, as the charging cord is away from all foot paths, between a sofa and a table. The power strip is directly plugged into an outlet that cannot be neutralized by any wall switch. 97% of the time I see no such anomalies, and find the tablet 100% charged in the morning.
Monday, November 26, 2018
Domestic Enigmas
Photo date: November 26, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows two mysterious blue orbs I photographed indoors.
The photo below shows two mysterious blue orbs I photographed indoors.
Sunday, November 25, 2018
Sky Surprise
Photo date: October 16, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the night sky.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night. The moon on this night was little more than a half moon.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the night sky.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night. The moon on this night was little more than a half moon.
Friday, November 23, 2018
Puzzling "Perch"
Photo date: November 20, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal.
I have several times photographed a mysterious orb at this exact position. Below are three such photos.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal.
Thursday, November 22, 2018
See-Through Something
Photo date: November 22, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed indoors.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed indoors.
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Blue Orb in the Station
Photo date: November 20, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York.
Blue Speeders
Photo date: November 20, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photos below show two speeding blue orbs I photographed indoors.
The photos below show two speeding blue orbs I photographed indoors.
Sunday, November 18, 2018
A Striped Sky Orb
Photo date: November 17, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the sky. See here for a video showing 500+ mysterious striped orbs I have photographed.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the sky. See here for a video showing 500+ mysterious striped orbs I have photographed.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
Friday, November 16, 2018
Quadruplets?
Photo date: November 15, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows four identical-looking orbs I photographed while photographing nothing but ordinary drops of water falling against a dark background. (The top one. looking exactly the same as the others, can be clearly seen on my PC but may look hardly visible on a tablet or smart phone.)
Below is a similar-looking photo I took the same day. Now the dark spots are all on the bottom, rather than the top.
The photo below shows four identical-looking orbs I photographed while photographing nothing but ordinary drops of water falling against a dark background. (The top one. looking exactly the same as the others, can be clearly seen on my PC but may look hardly visible on a tablet or smart phone.)
Below is a similar-looking photo I took the same day. Now the dark spots are all on the bottom, rather than the top.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Oscillating Orb?
Photo date: November 14, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows what looks like a pulsating or oscillating orb I photographed indoors. See here for 14 similar-looking photos.
The photo below shows what looks like a pulsating or oscillating orb I photographed indoors. See here for 14 similar-looking photos.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Sky Stripe
Photo date: November 11, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the sky.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the sky.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Speeding Sky Stripe?
Photo date: November 10, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious striped orb I photographed in the sky.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
The photo below shows a mysterious striped orb I photographed in the sky.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Striped Strangeness
Photo date: November 4, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the sky.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the sky.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
Friday, November 9, 2018
Square in the Odd Orb
Photo date: November 8, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photos below show two mysterious orbs I photographed near a high window at Grand Central Terminal in New York. In the left orb we see a strange square-shaped feature.
The photos below show two mysterious orbs I photographed near a high window at Grand Central Terminal in New York. In the left orb we see a strange square-shaped feature.
Orb Flag Edge Alignment #57
Photo date: November 8, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York. This is the 57th time I have photographed a mysterious orb aligning with a flag edge. See here for my photos of the other 56 cases.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York. This is the 57th time I have photographed a mysterious orb aligning with a flag edge. See here for my photos of the other 56 cases.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
A Striped Sky Orb
Photo date: November 4, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the sky.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the sky.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
Monday, November 5, 2018
When Lights Turn on by Themselves
Today I woke up about 10:00 AM alone in my apartment and noticed a light in my daughter's bedroom was on. The light is a type that you can turn on by pressing the lampshade. I pressed the lampshade several times to turn the light off. But at about 2:00 PM I noticed that the light had turned back on. There was no one else in the apartment. We have had the light for years, and this is the first time I've seen such a thing.
Could I have remembered wrongly about turning the light off? I had taken some pictures of the bedroom about noon (without walking into the bedroom), and one of them (shown below) showed the light off.
By comparison, this is how the lamp looks when it is on.
So clearly the lamp was off at noon, and the lamp somehow managed to turn on by itself between noon and about 2:00 PM, even though no one entered the room during that time.
This is one of quite a few cases I have experienced of lights turning on by themselves. On January 6, 2016 a lamp about a meter from me turned on by itself. The lamp was a very sturdy lamp requiring a firm press of a switch to turn on, and the lamp was directly plugged into the wall.
Another case I have experienced of a light turning on by itself is the fact that I have 16 times observed the flashlight at the back of my Samsung tablet device turning on by itself, all at times when the tablet device was turned off. I know of no way to turn on the flashlight at the back of the device when the tablet is turned off.
Click here to read about very many similar spooky incidents.
Postscript: Besides getting all these cases of things turning on by themselves mysteriously, I also get many cases of things turning off by themselves mysteriously. In recent months there have been more than 15 cases of my sound machine turning off by itself mysteriously, one case of a well-charged phone turning off by itself, and six cases of my Samsung tablet turning off by itself even though it was well-charged.
Could I have remembered wrongly about turning the light off? I had taken some pictures of the bedroom about noon (without walking into the bedroom), and one of them (shown below) showed the light off.
So clearly the lamp was off at noon, and the lamp somehow managed to turn on by itself between noon and about 2:00 PM, even though no one entered the room during that time.
This is one of quite a few cases I have experienced of lights turning on by themselves. On January 6, 2016 a lamp about a meter from me turned on by itself. The lamp was a very sturdy lamp requiring a firm press of a switch to turn on, and the lamp was directly plugged into the wall.
Another case I have experienced of a light turning on by itself is the fact that I have 16 times observed the flashlight at the back of my Samsung tablet device turning on by itself, all at times when the tablet device was turned off. I know of no way to turn on the flashlight at the back of the device when the tablet is turned off.
Click here to read about very many similar spooky incidents.
Postscript: Besides getting all these cases of things turning on by themselves mysteriously, I also get many cases of things turning off by themselves mysteriously. In recent months there have been more than 15 cases of my sound machine turning off by itself mysteriously, one case of a well-charged phone turning off by itself, and six cases of my Samsung tablet turning off by itself even though it was well-charged.
The Sky Orb's "Fallen F"
Photo date: November 4, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the sky. If you rotate the photo, you will see the letter "F" inside the orb.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the sky. If you rotate the photo, you will see the letter "F" inside the orb.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
Multicolored Sky Orbs
Photo date: November 4, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows four mysterious orbs I photographed in the sky.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
The photo below shows four mysterious orbs I photographed in the sky.
There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Station Speed
Photo date: October 12, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious blue orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York.
The photo below shows a mysterious blue orb I photographed in Grand Central Terminal in New York.
Indigo Visitor
Photo date: November 2, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed indoors. I checked a "shades of blue" chart, and this shade of blue was labeled as "indigo."
The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed indoors. I checked a "shades of blue" chart, and this shade of blue was labeled as "indigo."
Friday, November 2, 2018
Like Some Invisible Hand at Work
Today there were further incidents in the long series of spooky events around my living quarters. The lesser incident was when my sound machine (which I leave on during the day to help drown out street noise) inexplicably turned off by itself.
A more interesting event occurred about 10:40 PM. I was sitting on the couch, alone in my living room watching a cable TV show; and my two TV remotes were both well to the left of my body. The black remote was facing the TV and a meter from me, and the gray remote was about a foot from me, pointing 90 degrees away from the TV. Suddenly the TV sound turned off. I used my gray remote to change channels, to make sure it wasn't something with the channel I was watching. The sound was off for all stations.
I reached over three feet to my left, and checked the volume, using the volume control on the black remote. The TV showed that the sound had been turned all the way down. Below is how it looked after I increased the volume a bit (the TV still making no noise), moving it from a level of 0 to about 1.
But the TV will never make intelligible sound (as it did a few minutes earlier, loud and clear) unless this volume setting is much higher, and I normally have it at a level of about 23, as shown below:
Somehow the TV volume suddenly turned down from a level of about 23 to a level of 0. This would have required 23 button presses on the volume control of one of my remotes, but both remotes were to the left of my body when the TV sound turned off. (There is a "Mute" button on one remote, but that produces a "Muting" indicator on the TV screen that was not displayed on the TV, and does not change the volume level you see when you bring up the Volume control shown above.)
A few seconds after noticing the strange turning down of the TV volume, I suddenly noticed a dollar bill lying in the middle of my empty carpet (right in front of the TV) which I hadn't noticed before, even though I had been watching TV for more than two hours. No one else had been in the living room for those two hours.
A more interesting event occurred about 10:40 PM. I was sitting on the couch, alone in my living room watching a cable TV show; and my two TV remotes were both well to the left of my body. The black remote was facing the TV and a meter from me, and the gray remote was about a foot from me, pointing 90 degrees away from the TV. Suddenly the TV sound turned off. I used my gray remote to change channels, to make sure it wasn't something with the channel I was watching. The sound was off for all stations.
I reached over three feet to my left, and checked the volume, using the volume control on the black remote. The TV showed that the sound had been turned all the way down. Below is how it looked after I increased the volume a bit (the TV still making no noise), moving it from a level of 0 to about 1.
But the TV will never make intelligible sound (as it did a few minutes earlier, loud and clear) unless this volume setting is much higher, and I normally have it at a level of about 23, as shown below:
Somehow the TV volume suddenly turned down from a level of about 23 to a level of 0. This would have required 23 button presses on the volume control of one of my remotes, but both remotes were to the left of my body when the TV sound turned off. (There is a "Mute" button on one remote, but that produces a "Muting" indicator on the TV screen that was not displayed on the TV, and does not change the volume level you see when you bring up the Volume control shown above.)
A few seconds after noticing the strange turning down of the TV volume, I suddenly noticed a dollar bill lying in the middle of my empty carpet (right in front of the TV) which I hadn't noticed before, even though I had been watching TV for more than two hours. No one else had been in the living room for those two hours.
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