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From ghost hunters attempting to make contact with restless spirits to eerie figures appearing in forgotten cemeteries, stories of supernatural events captured on camera have a magnetic appeal. The internet is brimming with genuine paranormal experiences, supported by chilling images and videos that may leave you turning the lights on at night.
Footage from all corners of the globe presents extraordinary scenes witnessed by individuals who managed to record these strange phenomena, and thankfully, they were brave enough to share it. Verifying supernatural events can be difficult, but they typically involve unexplained occurrences that defy the understanding of modern science. While some remain doubtful, ‘ghost hunting pictures’ or ‘caught on camera videos’ have become an integral part of mainstream culture.
Paranormal experts now argue that the term ‘paranormal’ is somewhat outdated, as these phenomena have become increasingly common and are now considered ‘normal.’ Before you start feeling your spine tingle from investigators uncovering bizarre occurrences, remember that the most captivating supernatural footage often emerges unexpectedly. Below are the 10 most remarkable supernatural events caught on film: astonishing, hard to believe, and endlessly intriguing.
10. The Rolling Object Inside the Plattsmouth Museum of Shadows
In Plattsmouth, Nebraska, the Museum of Shadows lived up to its reputation with events that had the entire town buzzing. While the museum has hosted its share of paranormal occurrences, the unsettling scene uncovered in security footage left everyone spooked.
Museum owner Nate Raterman explains that this strange event took place on Friday, February 2, 2018, in the early hours of the morning. In the footage, a ball seems to be thrown and rolls across the floor, yet there’s no one to be seen in the video.
The ball is mysteriously lifted by an unseen force, tossed across the room, and then rolls to the center of the floor. Raterman believes the ball is a ‘trigger object’—an item that seems to invite paranormal activity—and suspects the ghost may be that of a child. Given that the Museum of Shadows was built in 1881, it’s no surprise it’s thought to be haunted.
Originally a saloon, the building also housed an upstairs brothel where numerous people are said to have died or been murdered. Raterman reflects that if the structure itself isn’t drawing in vengeful spirits, perhaps the more than 2,000 artifacts in his collection are.
9. Mysterious Creature Captured by Security Camera Baffles Viewers
A small, jubilant figure can be seen, a thin body perched on wobbly legs, happily prancing about with no hesitation. The creature appears to be a peculiar mix of a rabbit, an elephant, and an alien, resembling ‘Dobby’ from the Harry Potter series.
On a Sunday morning, Gomez awoke and checked her black-and-white monitor for any unusual activity from the night before. Initially, she noticed a shadow crossing her front door, where the camera that recorded the mysterious figure was located. Soon after, the figure appeared, leisurely hopping along the driveway, almost performing what many viewers described as a ‘chicken dance.’ The ghostly dancer vanishes, and curiously, two other cameras on the property fail to capture it. Despite this, Gomez insists that the footage hasn’t been altered.
8. Ghostly Apparition Spotted Haunting a School Where Six Lives Were Lost
Ghost hunters from across the globe have been captivated by strange occurrences at a high school in Pocatello, Idaho. CCTV footage reveals a spine-chilling poltergeist wandering the school’s empty halls during the Christmas holidays.
The school, which was severely damaged by fire, is the site of six tragic deaths, including that of a young boy who drowned in the pool. The building has long been plagued by paranormal activity. Students and staff have reported eerie noises, whispers in the air, and a dark shadow that seems to linger on the auditorium’s ceiling. In a haunting video, the lights flicker and turn off and on by themselves before a mysterious figure nonchalantly walks into a hallway and enters one of the classrooms.
7. Phantom Opens Transport Van Doors at Infamous Civil War Battle Location
On the night of Tuesday, September 25, 2018, at the Putnam County Aging Agency in St. Albans, West Virginia, security cameras recorded some strange paranormal activity. Around 1:15 am, a transport van parked on the grounds mysteriously had its doors slide open—without a soul in sight, either inside or outside the vehicle.
Jenni Sutherland, the agency’s programs executive director, explains that the van was discovered with its doors wide open the following morning. Staff initially thought there had been a burglary or a trespasser, so they reviewed the camera footage for the entire property.
Surprisingly, only the van seemed affected. The footage shows the doors being pushed open by an unseen force. The van trembles as a latch securing the door inside the vehicle is undone by an invisible hand. This eerie event wasn’t the first for the agency, as the location holds a sinister history. The aging program agency sits on the site of the Civil War Battle of Scary, where 19 soldiers lost their lives.
6. Troublemaking Ghost Causes Chaos in an Abandoned High School
In October 2015, a secondary school in Cork, Ireland, with a long history of paranormal activity, captured video evidence of its resident ghost. In a seemingly empty corridor, eerie CCTV footage reveals the antics of a troublesome or vengeful spirit, leaving both students and staff bewildered. Deerpark CBS, founded in 1821, is the oldest school in Cork, and it seems that spiritual remnants have been stirring up trouble when no one is around.
The chilling footage, which begins after motion sensors are triggered, feels straight out of a Ghostbusters reboot. Lights behind a closed door begin flashing wildly, flickering as if someone were arc welding at 3 am. A loud crash echoes, and in the video, a heavy set of lockers starts shaking violently.
One of the locker doors is yanked open with force, causing papers and books to spill across the hallway floor. As the video concludes, a ‘Wet Floor’ sign left near the wall is suddenly knocked over and slides to the side, as though kicked by an unseen force.
Wondering if this could be an elaborate prank, Principal Aaron Wolfe noted that the corridor in question was situated outside the religion room. He also mentioned that this part of the 200-year-old building has had an unusual chill, a coldness often more strongly felt by the female staff members.
5. Man Fleeing Home After Horrifying Face Appears in Photo
After capturing what he believes to be a ghost in his kitchen, a man fled his house, sharing the eerie image later on the Reddit blog. He was home alone when he heard what could only be described as the sound of shuffling feet or clothes rustling through the slightly ajar kitchen door.
Upon snapping a photo of the door, he took a closer look and saw a blurry white face with dark eyes staring directly at him. The sight disturbed him so much that he’s now searching for a new place to live—and we can understand why.
4. Ghostly Figure Haunts Abandoned Mental Asylum
A paranormal investigator stumbled upon ghostly evidence when she captured a video at a decaying mental health facility in Wales. The footage revealed a figure that seemed to be a human outline. Kayleigh Love briefly encountered the ghost while filming an empty corridor, but by the time she attempted to capture another shot, the figure had vanished.
Thinking little of it at the time, Love later reviewed the video and felt a wave of unease. She slowed the footage down, allowing the shadowy apparition of a woman to be more clearly seen. Despite her extensive experience with supernatural investigations, Love admitted the sight made her feel deeply uncomfortable.
Although she didn’t specify the name of the mental hospital where the apparition was spotted, her description seemed to align with that of the Mid-Wales Hospital in Powys, Talgarth. This psychiatric institution, which opened in 1903 and closed its doors in 1999, is where Love believes the mysterious figure may have originated from—a former patient who met their end in a room located along the same corridor.
1. Mysterious Footage from Iowa Restaurant Suggests Supernatural Presence
While this footage was initially brushed off as a bug scuttling across a CCTV lens, some people believe that Chuck & Edna’s Maid-Rite restaurant might be home to some otherworldly residents. Pat Orr, the restaurant’s manager, says staff members have reported strange occurrences ever since the establishment opened.
The first eerie event to be caught on camera was a ghostly shadow moving slowly toward the sink in the kitchen before vanishing. Less than a week later, another video shows cups flying off a shelf and striking a worker. In a move that challenges the bug theory, a separate stack of cups topples sideways on its own—without any visible cause.
Do You See It Too?
It’s true that some images and videos are manipulated with fake editing or camera tricks. However, if you carefully observe a recording of actual paranormal events, you’ll notice something that simply can’t be explained.
Whether you believe in the supernatural or not, the unsettling sensation of unease still washes over you when you witness paranormal activity on camera. Many of these clips and images seem genuinely authentic, depicting events that can only be described as beyond the realm of the ordinary.
3. Pensacola Paranormal Investigators Face the Unexpected
The A-Team is a group of paranormal investigators who conduct ghost hunts in central Florida and South Carolina. Out of all the locations in Pensacola, FL, they’ve confessed that this one is the most spiritually active, likely due to its age and the tragic events that occurred there. Jill Miller, the team’s founder, believes that spirits linger wherever intense emotional trauma has occurred.
At a home in Pensacola’s East Hill, the ghost hunters encountered a malicious spirit, captured on the team’s thermal infrared SLS (Strained Layer Super-Lattice) camera. The dark shadowy figure can be seen walking across the right corner of the video, and when slowed down, the outline becomes clearly visible just above Miller’s left shoulder.
2. The Ghostly Cry of La Llorona Haunts Residents in Colombia
In a video clip that quickly went viral on social media, a ghostly figure emitting a haunting wail is captured high up in the treetops during the day. Many have called it the most terrifying thing they’ve ever witnessed, with one resident from Monitors, Cordoba, Colombia, admitting to being so frightened that they had to sleep with their mother.
The legend of La Llorona tells the story of a mother who tragically drowned her sons in a river, only to take her own life afterward. Her soul was cursed, condemning her to wander in search of her children’s spirits. According to the myth, when La Llorona appears, she wails in anguish and kidnaps children to drown them in the hope that her own sons' souls will finally find peace.
