what do you make of this strange photo ?

[romeolovedjulliet]

took me 20 mins to work it out

In the days when photos were on a roll of film, you'd get stuff like that. I've got photos that contain other bits of pictures from the 70's. The picture that those bits were from would come out all black.

That one is digitally restored and the hand has been put there more clearer.

There looks like a few sets of twins, possibly.

This photo's been online for ages, don't know why you're pretending it's to do with your family tree .

historicalpost.com/anthropology-and-history/historical-photographs/mysterious-object-hiding-old-photo-ghost-northern-ireland-belfast/

It’s not one of those weird Victorian photographs where someone’s dead, is it?

Well some of those women are sure to be someone's great granny's, so why not the OP's? It's not an outrageous possibility.

@deste

There looks like a few sets of twins, possibly.

Maybe it is a photo of twin and triplet sets. Alternatively, could be a photographer back in the day altering images just because they could/to show off.

Great grannies, that should say.

"i came across it while doing my family tree and it was a wtf moment when i realised."

Bollocks. I've seen it online before.

Sure. I expect your picture is in the dictionary beside gullible too.

I thought it was that there were two modern young women inserted into the old photo.

@category12

This photo's been online for ages, don't know why you're pretending it's to do with your family tree .

OP said she came across it while doing the family tree, not that it was a photo of relatives.

The photo has been photoshopped, could have been several pics put together.

[quote BeautifulandWilfulandDead]historicalpost.com/anthropology-and-history/historical-photographs/mysterious-object-hiding-old-photo-ghost-northern-ireland-belfast/[/quote]
Wow. The author of that article really enjoys the subject. Brevity is not their forte! Useful though, thanks.

Lily Allen can time travel?

Perhaps she just meant it was a phot that was part of a website when doing her family tree? That's how I took it anyway

I see it, extra hand

Blimey, that article takes a long time to get to the point!

FFS, this is dumb as feck

Is it even a hand, or just folds of her dress?

It's not a hand, the fabric is ruched.

No big deal.

@Lepetitpiggy

Perhaps she just meant it was a phot that was part of a website when doing her family tree? That's how I took it anyway

That's how I took it too.

This isn't your family photo, OP, it's a photo of linen factory workers in Belfast and the woman with the creepy hand on her shoulder is Ellen Donnelly.

They all look very similar. Stray hand or not

www.thesun.co.uk/living/1354500/can-you-spot-something-creepy-in-this-chilling-victorian-photo-of-female-factory-workers/

I've see a few of these - what do you think it is op? A random ghost that's decided to give everyone a laugh and only have their hand visible? an escaped mental patient about to wreak havok? someone from harry potter wearing an invisibility cloak after they've travelled back in time but they've managed to leave their hand uncovered?

OP didn't say it was her family photo, just that she came across it whilst researching her family tree
And those women in the photo were real women so they have (we presume) relatives somewhere. Why can't op be one of them

There's a famous photo from a particular small island. The man in the photo is my Step Fathers Grandad. Just because other people have seen the photo online, and possibly have a print of it as a souvenir, doesn't make it any less his relative!