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This photo was taken a pub in the Rhine Valley, Germany, in the mid-1990s, during a school trip. According to stuart.burnside@uk.dreamcast.com, the picture was taken by his friend Debbie. When she had the photos developed, these two strange figures were discovered. "At first we thought it was a weird statue," Stuart says, "but Debbie doesn't remember it being there and it is not in any of the other photos (taken in the same location that evening)."The two figures seem extremely out of place. While the smaller figure might be a bust, the other figure is harder to tell; it may be casting a slight shadow on the boy's shirt, and it appears one-dimensional. In fact, the picture is reminiscent of the famous Cottingley Faeries photos. It's possible that the "ghosts" might be a paper figures on sticks....
Who are these "pub crawlers"?
Update
I have contacted the submitter, stuart.burnside@uk.dreamcast.com, and he agreed that the source of the images is the Beatles' record cover. I asked him to explain how these cutouts got into the photo, but have not received a reply. In any case, this is a mystery solved.
They are paper figures on sticks! In an e-mail, joec@castlebranch.com writes: "While looking at your site the
other day, I came across [this page]. I was immediately reminded
of something else by the 'ghostly' image. I know where this came
from, although I don't know how it got into this frame. Perhaps you can
figure that part out. I scoured the Net for a better
.jpeg of the source for the image, but this is all I could come up with. If
you have the U.S. version of the Beatles 'Hey Jude' (or 'The Beatles Again' as it
is also known), you can make a more detailed comparison. However, even
from this small picture of the cover, if you look in the lower left and lower
right corners, you will see the source for the ghostly image."
