Interdimensional entities in Barcelona: 100% brightness and faith
Full brightness, digital noise and pareidolia: this is how the interdimensional entity photos of the Manuel case in Barcelona were made
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Interdimensional entity photographs: 100% brightness and faith
Can you photograph an interdimensional entity with an ordinary phone in a Barcelona basement? According to the material from the so-called Manuel case, yes: ghosts and non-human presences were captured in 2018 with a Samsung SM-G935F and an iPhone X, two unremarkable phones. All it takes afterwards is tweaking contrast, shadows and temperature for the figure to emerge. Nine months in the premises, EVP recordings and several witnesses complete the story.
The basement: an underground river, rituals and the civil war
The explanation for the phenomenon is not optical but telluric. The site was a basement —symbolically, the underworld— with an underground river flowing beneath it. Water accumulates fluids in esoteric lore, and moisture, it is claimed, multiplies the phenomena compared to dry climates. Add to that a previous ritual use, a worship venue predating the bar, and civil war deaths in the building. The finishing touch: the author claims to have mediumistic traits.
The filter that explains almost everything
This is where the story falls apart. Raising the brightness to 100% in the dark areas of a photograph reveals nothing: it brings out digital noise, chromatic blotches and washes out the blacks into mush. Pareidolia does the rest, because the brain finds faces where there is only grain. The defence is that only "one or two" adjustment parameters are used, never six at once, and that the original files are handed over free of charge on a USB drive to anyone who asks. The technical breakdown of what exactly happens to the image when forcing those values is what turns the discussion into something more than a fight of faith.
No one from the mystery answers
The author admits having written to Iván Martínez, to Cuarto Milenio and to Enrique de Vicente. Silence. He attributes the silence to the holidays and announces he will keep trying in a couple of weeks.
The USB drive is free. For now, he is the one who has it.
Can you photograph an interdimensional entity with an ordinary phone in a Barcelona basement? According to the material from the so-called Manuel case, yes: ghosts and non-human presences were captured in 2018 with a Samsung SM-G935F and an iPhone X, two unremarkable phones. All it takes afterwards is tweaking contrast, shadows and temperature for the figure to emerge. Nine months in the premises, EVP recordings and several witnesses complete the story.
The basement: an underground river, rituals and the civil war
The explanation for the phenomenon is not optical but telluric. The site was a basement —symbolically, the underworld— with an underground river flowing beneath it. Water accumulates fluids in esoteric lore, and moisture, it is claimed, multiplies the phenomena compared to dry climates. Add to that a previous ritual use, a worship venue predating the bar, and civil war deaths in the building. The finishing touch: the author claims to have mediumistic traits.
The filter that explains almost everything
This is where the story falls apart. Raising the brightness to 100% in the dark areas of a photograph reveals nothing: it brings out digital noise, chromatic blotches and washes out the blacks into mush. Pareidolia does the rest, because the brain finds faces where there is only grain. The defence is that only "one or two" adjustment parameters are used, never six at once, and that the original files are handed over free of charge on a USB drive to anyone who asks. The technical breakdown of what exactly happens to the image when forcing those values is what turns the discussion into something more than a fight of faith.
No one from the mystery answers
The author admits having written to Iván Martínez, to Cuarto Milenio and to Enrique de Vicente. Silence. He attributes the silence to the holidays and announces he will keep trying in a couple of weeks.
The USB drive is free. For now, he is the one who has it.
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