Why wouldnt it that is the ghost that we see in the media most often.
And theres a good and frankly interesting reason behind this.
While theres no scientificproofthat ghosts exist, some people still believe they do.
In fact, ghosts are one of the most widely believed paranormal phenomena.
Here, in 2019, a poll found that 46% of Americans say they believe in ghosts.
The reasons why people claim to have seen or felt ghosts can be various.
It can be explained bypareidolia people seeing faces or other patterns in ambiguous images.
It also can be just the brainplaying tricksbecause a person feels scared.
You know, the traditionalimageof a ghost we see in various sources of media.
But do you know where this exact image came from?
The author and TikTokerJason Parginmade a video explaining that.
Then, cameras were invented, which gave people a chance to project a still image onto a screen.
Soon after, the horror show called phantasmagoria started.
J. Pargin described it as a projection ofscarythings on a lowered screen in a dark room.
Susan Owens wrote in her aforementioned book that it was only after these shows that translucent ghosts becamepopularin stories.
Photography also influenced the image of the modern ghost.
Will they start tohauntthe internet?
Well have to wait and see.
Well, we couldnt have said it better ourselves.
