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Here is the single frame
of video from the movie "Three Men and a Baby" where a ghost image
appears in the window. When watching the video in real-time, you'll
never see it. This was discussed on Coast to Coast on 10/19/99 with
guest Laurie Jacobson.
Here is a possible explanation from a ghost folklore FAQ: "There is a
scene in the movie -Three Men and a Baby in which some people claim to
have seen the ghostly figure of a small boy who was killed in the
house in which the scene was filmed. In some variations, the boy's
parents are said to have sued the movie studio, or the owners of the
"house", for letting their boy's name be released to the press. There
are also tales of other ghostly objects being seen throughout the
movie, most notably a rifle pointing at the head of the "ghost boy".
That is the legend. Here are the facts.
The scene in question was not shot in a house, but on a soundstage in
a Hollywood studio. The "ghost boy" is in fact a life-sized cardboard
cut-out of Ted Danson (who stars in the film), which had been left in
the background, presumably accidentally, by a crew member. This
cut-out is seen in full view in another scene in the movie. There is
no ghost boy. No boy ever died on the set, and no one involved with
the movie was ever sued by the mythical parents of said ghost boy. No
one appears to know how the legend started. Some have suggested it was
a promotional scheme perpetrated by the producers of the film to get
people to buy/rent/go see it. Most likely the flub was simply noticed
by one or more innocent movie goers, who told a friend, or perhaps a
newspaper. |
