"A Large Cross with Ectoplasm!"

 Welcome!

A few months ago, Greg and I were on a local shopping trip, and we drove by a church with a nearby large white cross. I took a picture of the cross. I've taken a picture of that cross several times before, since I'm trying to get a really good one for a book that I'm writing.

When I got home, I put the picture with the cross on our computer, to study it. It didn't take me long to notice the unmistakable ectoplasm on the left side of the cross-

It was a rather cloudy day, but that is not a cloud on the arm of the cross. It is ectoplasm, but it is not white or black ectoplasm. I would call it gray ectoplasm since it's a combination of  black and white.

 Ectoplasm is the essence of a spirit, and the shades of black, gray, and white have different meanings for the different types of spirits. Generally, black means negative, evil, and powerful. White is positive, spiritual. 

Gray, like the gray ectoplasm in the photo, might mean sadness or low energy.

Even after all of the years of my taking paranormal photographs, I'm still surprised when something paranormal shows up in the pictures I've taken, because I never see anything paranormal before I take the pictures. I very rarely take pictures just to try to capture something paranormal.

The same is true for my husband, Greg, and my brother, Nick, in the photographs that they take, since they both have the gift of spirit photography, the same as I do. It's really no surprise about my brother, since we are related, but I believe Greg also has the same talent that I do since several psychics have told me that we are soulmates.

Be sure and check out my book, "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind," which is on Amazon Kindle, for the paranormal photographs that Nick, Greg, and I have taken throughout the years. There are over 100 of them in this Kindle book!

So, finally, I believe that the ectoplasm in the photograph above means that the ghostly entity is sad or needs help, and is looking for the spiritual, the cross, to save it.

I have a gift for taking spirit photographs, but I can only guess what the spirits in the photographs mean. I leave that that to the professional psychics. The next time I call one, I'll ask her about this photograph, as well as a few others.

What do you think the ectoplasm in this photograph means?

Wishing you a very happy Thanksgiving!

Thanks for visiting! Until around Saturday, December 20, 2025, Becky

"An Old Haunted House!"

 Welcome!

I honestly didn't think I had any paranormal photographs to share with you for this month on this blog until I found a photograph in my paranormal picture folder that I had never before used.

And here it is-

This is not a very good photograph. That is probably why I never used it. I barely remember taking it, but I can understand why I kept it-because it is paranormal.

Here's the background for this photograph-

I always carry my small camera in my pocketbook, so when we are out, and I see something interesting, I can take a picture. I don't know exactly why I took the picture to begin with, except that I really like old houses. We are usually in a hurry when we go out, so I apparently took the picture from the car window while Greg was driving slowly. Neither Greg nor I can remember much about it, and we have no idea where this house is located.

However, I am glad I took the picture, even though it is not good photographically. You can't tell much about it in the above photograph, so in order to show the paranormal part, I had to edit it which is something I really don't like to do when it comes to paranormal photos.

Here it is after I cropped it and lightened it quiet a bit so that the ectoplasm would show up better-

There's lots of ectoplasm on the house-on the roof, the chimney, near the flag, on the front and side of the house, and there is even ectoplasm almost surrounding the nearby tree.

It reminds me so much of our house in Kingsport, Tennessee where we used to live, not the way it looks, but the fact that this house is apparently very haunted, just like ours was. I tell about it in my paranormal book, "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind," which is on Amazon Kindle. So many old houses are haunted.

I'm happy that I decided to use this picture, now, so that I could share it with you.

Happy Halloween!

The Halloween picture above looks paranormal, but it's not. I took this picture quickly while we were in our car, through our dirty windshield, which gives it a paranormal look.

Thanks for visiting! Until around Saturday, November 15, 2025, Becky 

"Totally Unexpected Paranormal Photographs!"

 Welcome!

After so many years of taking paranormal photographs, it looks like that I would suspect that occasionally, sometimes the picture I'm taking might be paranormal, but very rarely do I try to take a picture to see if I can get something paranormal.

Just a few days ago, Greg and I were out shopping, and as we were leaving the parking lot, I looked out the car window, and I noticed beautiful goldenrod blooming in a nearby field. I felt compelled to take a picture of it, especially since I'm writing about our Southern Appalachian Mountain area, and I'm including a lot of pictures that are appropriate for my book. I thought that a goldenrod picture would be a great addition to it.

Greg parked out of the way of the traffic, and I got out of the car, and started taking pictures. I took several pictures, and I was satisfied that they were fine, but when we got home. and I saw them on the computer, I couldn't believe it. My pictures of the beautiful goldenrod were ruined!-

In the above photograph, the flowers and the green foliage in the background were not at all clear, and the photograph below was even worse-

 It was very blurred! It looks as though I moved the camera, which I did not. Besides, at the bottom of both pictures, especially the last one, there is unmistakable ectoplasm!

Therefore, I had to conclude that these pictures were paranormal! My other two pictures of  the goldenrod were very similar to these two.

I reminded myself of previous pictures that I had taken that are a lot like the pictures above..

For example, I remembered the blog post I published on Saturday, May 15, 2021, which was entitled, "The (Haunted) Tavern," in which I described how haunted The Tavern in Abingdon, Virginia was. One of the interior shots that I took there was very blurred!

Another good example of blurring is a Saturday, May 16, 2020 "Spirit Photographs" blog post entitled, "A Haunted Cabin."

The pictures I took a few days ago were totally unexpected paranormal photographs, as most of my paranormal ones are. 

I'm actually glad that my photos turned out the way they did, now, because good has come of the whole experience because-

-After I discovered that the photographs were paranormal, I decided that I would put them in this "Spirit Photographs" blog post since I happened to remember that I had nothing else for this post today.

-Also, I decided to research goldenrod. I discovered that it has some good qualities, of which, no doubt, most people are unaware. Goldenrod symbolizes good luck and prosperity. It's also supposed to be healing, positive, and encouraging. No wonder I was attracted to it! It's apparently a good omen!

Since I don't know exactly why some of my photographs are paranormal, I can only guess why they are. Usually, areas that are paranormal are the result of a person or an animal that has died there, especially if a lot of trauma was involved. The energy of the spirit remains in that area.

The next time that I contact my psychic, I'll ask her about it. Often, she can help the spirit move on to the light.

For more true, intriguing paranormal photographs (Over 100 of them!), please check out my Kindle book, "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind," by Becky Arnott. For more information, just click the widget above.

Thanks for visiting! Until around Saturday, October 18, 2025, Becky

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"A Haunted Carriage Ride!"

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A couple of weeks ago, Greg and I were traveling through Abingdon, Virginia late in the afternoon during the Virginia Highlands Festival, when Greg suddenly drew my attention to the horse-drawn carriage coming down the street. We were both surprised to see it since we didn't know that there were carriage rides in Abingdon.

I found out later that the Martha Washington Inn offers carriage rides for special events, like the Highlands Festival, as well as rides, regularly, certain days of the week.

I quickly pulled my camera out of my pocketbook and snapped a picture because I thought it would be great to put in my new book about the Southern Appalachian Mountains. 

After I got home, I looked through the pictures that I had taken during that day. I was surprised, but not shocked, when I discovered that the picture that I had taken of the horse-drawn carriage had obvious ectoplasm in it!

A Carriage Ride Through Abingdon

I suppose you could say that those on the carriage went on a haunted carriage ride!, whether they realized it or not.

Here's a closeup of the ectoplasm in this photograph-

Notice the ectoplasm above, that goes all the way across the photograph in almost a straight line, from the brick building on the left, to the edge of the photograph on the right. There are large and small breaks in the ectoplasm, however. There is also ectoplasm on the carriage, and on the woman on the right side of the picture.

What is causing this ectoplasm? It could be that spirits are attracted to the carriage that brings back memories of earlier times.

This is not the only time that ectoplasm has shown up in my pictures of Abingdon. I believe that this beautiful, historic town is very haunted!

For more genuine spirit photographs that my husband, brother, and I have taken, you might want to check out my paranormal Kindle book, "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind." For more information, just click on the widget above.

Thanks for visiting! Until around Saturday, September, 6, 2025, Becky

 

"Paranormal Photographs"

 Welcome!

This blog post is about the paranormal photographs that I have taken that are included in the paranormal chapter of a book that I am writing about Appalachia that I plan to finish in a few weeks.

Here is an excerpt of that paranormal chapter that is entitled, "Haunted Appalachia."-

~ "The Appalachians are probably one of the darkest places on the planet." -Mark Muncy

"I know for a fact that Appalachia is haunted. I have lived in Appalachia most of my life, and I have experienced the paranormal myself since early childhood."

Here is a paranormal photograph from that same chapter that shows Greg in our study-

To begin with, I took this picture because almost every day I take pictures when we are at home, and when we go out, since taking pictures is one of my favorite hobbies. When I saw Greg sitting in the study with the great lighting from the lamp, I grabbed my camera and snapped this photo.

Little did I know that it would turn out to be paranormal, as some of my photographs often are.

Do you see anything paranormal about this picture? I explain my idea about it in my new book.

Also, I have several other photographs in that chapter that I show and explain. One of those involves a paranormal picture that I took of sheep on a hill near our house, and I figured out why it was paranormal after a neighbor told us a hidden secret about that hill!

Also, in the paranormal chapter of my new book, I mention some intriguing ghostly books by regional authors in Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee.

In addition, there is my current paranormal book on Amazon Kindle, "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind" by Becky Arnott that has genuine paranormal photographs that I, my husband, Greg, and my brother, Nick have taken throughout the years. There are over 100 paranormal photographs in the book.

I'll keep you informed about my new book about Appalachia (with the special paranormal chapter) in future blog posts.

Thanks for visiting! Until around Saturday, August 16, 2025, Becky 

"An Unexpected Spirit Photograph, and a Trash Dump Update"

 Welcome!

At first, I didn't think that I had a photograph to show in this blog post for this month, but after I carefully looked through my photos on my camera, I notice this one that I took just a few days ago-

View of the Mountains and Field Near Where We Live

I'm fascinated with this view, and I'm planning to include a picture of it in my new book about Southern Appalachia, so I've taken several pictures of it, to try to get the perfect photo. When I took this picture, Greg and I were in the car, and Greg, of course, was driving, slowly, but I still had to quickly snap the camera.

It didn't turn out that well for what I had in mind for the book, but, it was an unexpected spirit photograph that I can use in this blog post! Notice the ectoplasm on, and to the left of the bush in the lower middle part of the photograph. There were no smudges on the windshield, so it couldn't have been from that. The only changes I made to the photograph were that I lightened it some, and I added the watermark.

I can only guess what caused the ectoplasm in this photograph. Although I do have a talent for taking spirit photographs, as I've said before, I have no idea how to interpret them. Since this ectoplasm is near the road, we could speculate that it perhaps has something to do with a death due to an accident. Also, since this is a farm that has cows, it could also have something to do with some of them passing away.

Also, I have a trash dump update- 

A couple of weeks ago, we went to the dump to take our trash, and I took several pictures. Here is one of them-

A pretty view from the dump, but there's nothing paranormal in this one, or in any of the photos that I took that day! 

In last month's blog post, "The Reason Why the Dump Is So Haunted," which was published on May 19, 2025, the psychic named Crystal worked on making it not-haunted. Looks like it may have worked! Time will tell.

Thanks for visiting! Until around Saturday, July 19, 2025, Becky

"The Reason Why the Dump Is So Haunted!"

 Welcome!

In my 2/16/25 blog post, entitled "Two New Spirit Photographs," the second photograph in that post that I feature, shows a cat that lives at a dump. Most of the picture looks washed out, and there is definite ectoplasm to the right of the cat.

Here are two more pictures of the dump, and they also have ectoplasm!-

The first one (above) shows a man adding sticks, onto a large pile of tree limbs, etc. that's already there. Up above where the man is, you can see bits of ectoplasm on the pile.

The second photograph shows the same cat that was in the 2/16/25 blog post. In this photograph, you can easily see the ectoplasm to the left of the cat.

I mentioned in last month's post that I consulted an excellent psychic, that I call Crystal, about some of my spirit photographs that I needed to have interpreted.

 I asked Crystal, why this dump was so haunted, and she said, without pausing, that a body had been placed in the dump in the 1930's or the 1940's! The spirit of the mother was looking for the body of her daughter. Crystal sent the spirit of the daughter to the spirit world so that the mother and daughter could be united.

For more information about true spirit photographs, please check out my book on Amazon Kindle, "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind" by Becky Arnott. (Just chick on the widget above.)

Also, if you are interested in UFO's, be sure and check out this festival in Bristol, Virginia on Saturday, June 14, 2025-

https://www.saucersoverappalachia.com

Thanks for visiting! Until around Saturday, June, 21, 2025, Becky

"Spirit Photographs, Interpreted by a Psychic"

 Welcome!

I'm so happy to say that I'm finally getting to write and publish this month's "Spirit Photographs" blog post! I've been waiting to talk with a talented psychic who is really good at interpreting paranormal photographs. She finally got back to me today, so now I can let you know about the ectoplasm in some of my most recent photographs.

This will be a mini blog post this month, and also in May, since I need to spend most of my time writing my new book which should be published in June. As I mentioned last month, my book is about the area in which I live. Included in the book is a paranormal chapter which seems keep getting larger every few days because new paranormal things keep showing up in my photographs!

Here is my latest photograph of the rustic old shed that I often photograph-

 This photo, which I cropped off so that you could see the ectoplasm better, has ectoplasm in several different areas, but mostly in the bushes and the trees. 

The psychic (whom I'll call Crystal) didn't have to see the photo to tell me about it. She said that an old-timer was attached to the shack, and that other plain and simple people who are in spirit also hung out around there. The old man had had a hard life. His wife had died. She had loved him, and he wished that he had been more loving. He was hanging out there, in that area, since that was where he was happiest, but he missed his wife. Crystal was trying to get him to go to where his wife was, but she was having a difficult time convincing him since he believed that he could not go where his wife was. She said that she would keep working with him, however.

I previously featured this shack in my January 18, 2025 blog post entitled "More Ectoplasm!," and also in my February 16, 2025 post entitled "Two New Spirit Photographs."

Another photograph I asked Crystal about was the one I wrote about last month, on March 16, 2025, entitled "Unexpected Spirit Guests!" Crystal said that in that birthday photo, the spirits in the form of orbs and ectoplasm were my mother, grandmother, female family, and a great? grandfather.

Crystal told me about another spirit photograph which I'll tell you about next month, along with anything else that might show up in the meantime.

Thanks for visiting! Until around Saturday, May 17, 2025, Becky

"Unexpected Spirit Guests!"

 Welcome!

A few weeks ago, several of us celebrated my birthday at our house, and we had a wonderful time. All of our positive energy seems to have attracted more guests than we had expected.

My brother Nick took this picture (below) of Greg and me after Greg had brought in my birthday cupcakes. 

This photo shows that we had some unexpected spirit guests! The more, the merrier!

I'm not totally surprised by the orbs and ectoplasm behind me, on the wall, and even in the chair beside me! I can't wait to talk to my psychic so that she can let me know who these spirits are, but I think I have a good idea! I need to talk with her anyway about the photos in the last few blog posts that I've written, and also about some other photos I've taken in just the last few days, one of which is very unusual, totally unexpected!

I'm currently writing a new book about our area which should be published in the next couple of months, and one of the chapters will just pertain to the paranormal aspects of our area

I'll let you know more about my new book later.

My brother, taking this paranormal picture, is no surprise to me since he took his first paranormal picture when he was just a schoolboy. The picture he took was of the outside of famous June Tolliver House in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. When we got the pictures back, we noticed that there was a strange figure in the window. 

If you'd like to know more about this photograph, the haunted June Tolliver House, etc., you might want to check out some interesting videos on YouTube. A few months ago, a team of ghost hunters, the Eastern Ky. Ghost Squad, went to the Tolliver House, and did a paranormal investigation.

To see these, go to YouTube and type in "June Tolliver House Ghost." Then scroll down to "Tour and History of the June Tolliver House: Pre-Investigation." This video is really good to set the stage for the other videos that are of the actual investigation. Toward the first of this video, there is a newspaper article from our local "Bristol Herald Courier" that shows a picture of the June Tolliver House with the ghost in the window. I wrote that article about my brother taking the ghost picture.

Later in the video, the tour guide mentions that I wrote a book about the paranormal, "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind," which they have for sale in the Tolliver House gift shop. (To buy the Kindle version of my book, it's for sale on Amazon. If you are interested, just click on the widget above.)

The other two videos of the investigation itself are "Paranormal Investigation Pt. 1" and "Paranormal Investigation Pt. 2. Final." 

My book has over 100 paranormal photographs that my brother Nick, my husband Greg, and I have taken throughout the years, mostly in our Southern Appalachian area. Nick and I seemed to have inherited our our ability to take paranormal photographs mostly from our father, and, of course, Greg and I are only related by marriage, but he has the same gift, as well. It must be because we are soulmates! (And, we think at least one of his parents has this same ability.)

Thanks for visiting! Until around Saturday, April 19, 2025, Becky 

"Two New Spirit Photographs"

 Welcome!

I've got two new spirit photographs to show you. One is similar to those I've shown a couple of times before.

It's a picture of an old rustic shed that I photograph nearly every time we go by there. I'm fascinated by the shed because ectoplasm shows up in almost all of the pictures I take of it.

Last week was no exception. I take a picture through our car windshield because there is no place to stop on that road, especially not on the big curve that is near the shed

Here is my latest shed photograph-

When I first saw this photo in my camera, I wondered if there was anything paranormal about it. However, I knew that I would have to put it on our home computer before I could tell anything about it. I had to enlarge it, and when I did, I saw quite a bit of ectoplasm near a pole on the property.

Here is a much closer view which shows the obvious ectoplasm-

The ectoplasm shows up well against the dark background.

For a comparison of the different paranormal photographs I have taken of the old shed, you might want to check out two of my previous blog posts, one of which I published on Sunday, August 18, 2024 entitled "Paranormal Book," and the other one was "More Ectoplasm!," published on Saturday, January 18, 2025.

If you do compare them, you'll notice that the ectoplasm is never the same in any of  the photographs.

We drive by there every week when we take our trash to the dump which is about half a mile from the shed.

At the dump, I sometimes take pictures of the beautiful scenery since there is a really nice view from there.

Last week, however, I saw a cat there, and since I love animals, especially cats, and since this one reminded me of a cat that we used to have, I decided to take its picture-

Since I had to hurriedly take the picture, it didn't turn out very well, but upon closer examination of the photo, it was obviously paranormal. This was totally unexpected!

I usually don't take a picture of something to see if it will turn out to be paranormal (except for something special like the old shed), so I'm usually very surprised when I see something like this cat-at-the-dump photo.

Besides the obvious ectoplasm at the bottom of the trash bin on the right, the whole picture looks washed out! (Compare this photo to the photo of the shed which I had taken only five to ten minutes earlier.)

I really don't know what to think about the ectoplasm near the rustic shed, or at the dump, but I do know who to ask, a really good psychic that I often consult about puzzling things such as these.

What do you think about the ectoplasm in these spirit photographs?

Please check back with me next month when I should have some intriguing answers for you!

Thanks for visiting! Until around Saturday, March 15, 2025, Becky

"More Ectoplasm!"

 Welcome!

I hope your new year is going great!

I've been so busy with projects for the past few weeks, that even though I've taken a lot of pictures, I'm not getting many paranormal ones. Also, I've been having some sinus problems, but thankfully, I'm better than I was. My point is, that in order to take paranormal photographs, I believe you need to be in good shape, both physically and mentally, just like you really need to be in good shape to accomplish most things in life.

I'm seriously working on resting more and taking better care of myself as my most important new year's resolution.

We'll see how that goes. Who knows? I might just have enough paranormal photographs soon to add to a new paranormal book that I could write in the near future!

Anyway, I do have one photograph to share with you that I took a few weeks ago-

If this photo looks familiar, it may be because I featured this very shed in my August 18, 2024 blog post entitled, "Paranormal Book."

This old building fascinates me because it's so picturesque. It's on a country road in a rural area in Southwest Virginia. We often travel that road, and most of the time, as we drive by, I try to take a picture of it for an upcoming book that I'm writing about our Southern Appalachian area. I'll feature the best picture that I take of it in the book.

The reason that I'm featuring it in this blog post, is that, as you might guess, there is something paranormal about it just as there was in the photograph that I featured of it in the August blog post. Do you see what it is?

Here's a close-up of the photo-

There is ectoplasm to the left of this building, in the foreground, and also, on the fence railing above.

Yes, there is more ectoplasm, again generally in the same area as it was in the August photo.

When Greg looked at this picture, he wondered if that was a tombstone in the background. If so, that might help explain the ectoplasm!

Please stay tuned as we do further research!

If you haven't seen my paranormal Kindle book on Amazon, "Photographic Encounters of the Spirit Kind," you might want to check it out by clicking the widget above.

Thanks for visiting! Until around Saturday, February 15, 2025, Becky