UPDATE:

The original video in question (the one with the baseball cap wearing ghost) was removed from the P.I.T Crew’s Youtube account. This video was posted in early 2009. The only video available is the recently edited “cowboy” hat video on their YouTube page.

Making it’s way through the internet is this video of a supposed full body apparition of a ghost. The people that captured this are the members of the P.I.T Crew. (Paranormal Investigation Team).

The video is shot by a stationary camera that was pointing at a wall. Within a few seconds we see the “ghost” come in from the right hand side and make it’s way across the frame. A few more seconds later, another “ghost” wearing a cowboy hat comes in from the left hand side and makes it’s way across the frame.

Here is the video in question:

From the beginning I had some reservations on the video that could point out to a hoax. I’m not sure if the team (who are well trained in motion graphics judging by their website and webisodes editing) did this on purpose to gain some status, or if they did not notice that they had recorded themselves.

Let me show you guys what I mean.

1:02 into the footage you can see that a cupboard or shelf is clearly visible. It is illuminated by some light.

1:02 into the footage

2 seconds later, we see that a shadow is cast and is blocking the light from illuminating the cupboard. As if some stepped in between the light source and the cupboard.

Light is blocked, casting a shadow of a moving person

1 second after that, you see that the person has moved past the light source, illuminating the cupboard once again.

Shadow has moved away in relation to the apparition

This tells me that there was a solid object that obstructed the light for a few seconds, while it moved into frame. Indicative of a solid object moving in a planned trajectory.

Now, the “ghost” itself is questionable. The ghost appears to bounce while it walks across. A bouncing motion is more noticeable when someone has a slow and overly dramatic gait. As when someone is marking their footsteps or walking slow to recreate a walk.
Besides the apparition bouncing, there is a more obvious sign that this footage is a hoax.

I was browsing through the P.I.T Crew’s websites (Phantomworxs, MonsterVision TV, PIT Crew site) and noticed one similarity that is shown on the apparition footage. It seems like the team members of the P.I.T Crew have a certain dress style that they always do. T-shirts over long-sleeved shirts (which are usually white) and a hat of some kind. Now take that into consideration for this next analysis.

This frame is about 1 minute and 6 seconds into the footage. You can see the motion blur of a person that is wearing a black T-shirt over a white long-sleeved shirt.

Black T-shirt and a long-sleeve shirt. I think you can make out a hat as well

Let me point out the shirts and hat. I will impose a picture of one of the members of the P.I.T Crew as a reference.

The colored arrows point out the shirts and hat in reference to the motion blurred image. 1 – head/hat 2- black T-shirt 3- white long-sleeved shirt

This to me clearly marks the team member’s high-contrast ensemble.

When the “cowboy ghost” comes into frame, it’s the same person with the same clothes. Except he has a cowboy hat now.

1- shows the face 2- black T-shirt 3-white long-sleeved shirt

I believe my analysis to be sound and unbiased. Remember that we here at GhostTheory are skeptical of most evidence that is out there, but we also study it and make decisions based on logic and reason.

This is my interpretation of what I saw on the so-called full body apparition evidence. A lot of blogs out there are passing this as legit evidence of a ghost caught on video. Real evidence or a sloppy hoax?

What do you make out of it?