Taylor Behl Lake Images 2

This is strange. I know many have been looking at an apparent ghost image from a possible double exposure. WHen I blow it up, it appears there may also be text of some kind. Or am I just crazy? Take a look across the top of this section. click for full image, or download and enlarge more.

Update: Some additional enlargements here, courtesy of a reader.

Comments

[mom43]

Works better w/ Dans pic ( re rotating and enlarging from previous post)

[hardyandtiny]

what? I don't get it.

[helen]

turn this pic upside down and look at the upper left quarter, you see a face. The eyes, nose, forehead, down to the mouth. Is it recognizable?

[curious_mom]

That is very eerie. If you blow up the last picture Dan posted, you can see eyebrows pretty clearly, which appear to me to look exactly like Taylor's. The eyes look almost sunken, as if this picture might be of Taylor after her death?

In another view I blew up, it almost appeared to be a ghostlike picture of Taylor and just above her eyes, a ghostlike picture of Ben resting his head on his hand.

I think I'm looking way to hard at this picture!

[just_lurking]

Interesting . . . no way of knowing for sure any of it is real but it's eerie. Look on the leaf near the middle of the image, the leaves towards the front, and there's something odd also. If that isn't something from the original, some weird artifacting, then it was imposed on the photo after, not a double exposure.

[x]

There is no text in this picture. What you see are JPG artifacts
http://www.scantips.com/files2.html

Its caused by compressing the image and isnt there in the original.

Theres no point analysing these images because they are not the original and have been resized/compressed for internet use anyway.

If the police suspected something was hidden in these images I'm sure they would have got them checked out by experts with specialist software and years of experience in this type of thing.
I don't think they'd be asking for tips from the general public.

[diane]

What a scary picture! Gave me the chills to say the least!! I can see the face but it looks like the eyes are closed.I looked at a picture of Taylor then the face but I can't tell if it is the same person or not.As morbid as it sounds I have thought all along he took pictures of Taylor.So one has to wonder if this was a double exposure of some sorts or if he was playing with photo shop.The question is why the missing camera?? Like Bob said you take the film out so why would Ben toss the camera??

[teresa]

looks like a pair of hands close together coming out of the water to me.

[cindi in pa]

I changed the picture to sepia scale, you can see the face very clear. It is weird.

[michele]

I save the pic to my computer and turned it upside down and yes I see a face in it as u said helen I wonder where they got the picture and why they think it has a place in the investigation

[thersmith]

looks to me like the picture was taken through a window, the reflection in the window is what you are seeing.

[FloridaPatty]

Sorry kids. I don't see a ghosty. I see a spider web. It's not facing the camera but it's at a 180 degree right angle.

Leaf, one leaf turning and that's all.

[MarlboroGal]

In the picture Dan posted, all I see is bad photography. As for the other three blowups sent in by a reader, they are a bit more revealing. An amateur took those pictures because the depth of field is way off in two out of three of them. Depth of field errors are common when you first start out in photography.

Or perhaps a disposable camera was used. You never know what you'll end up with those in the way of depth of field (or anything else for that matter). If the photgrapher did use a disposable camera, that also suggests that he/she is an amateur. No photographer studying his/her craft would ever use a disposable camera.

Because of these observations, I seriously doubt that BF took the pics. So the questions are: Who is the photographer? Where is the location? And why is it so important to know where the pictures were taken?

[CitizenDick]

I concur that it looks like a reflection from being taken through a window without polarization.

[Jody]

It almost looks like the picture was taken from behind a window and we are looking at a reflection. I don't know...I don't believe in ghosts.

[IslandHney]

I think that face looks more like a skull with the sunken features - remember, BF (Skulz) is fascinated with skulls.

Maybe he messed up and the skull was overlayed in the wrong direction.

Overlaying the pictures would explain why it looks like it was taken through a window - I can't imagine why he wouldn't get out of the car or rolldown the window to take a picture.

[diane]

marlborogal,Ben did have a photographer who came to his house to use the bondage bed for a photo shoot but I would think by now the police have checked him out.What I am thinking is the pictures in question were downloaded on his computer after Taylor went missing and Ben thought he could out smart the police with his crazy codes and just maybe in his mind they would never find them.I still tend to think the police do not believe she was killed where they found her body. I think someone out there knows what happened that night besides Ben and thats just my gut feeling.

[bob]

X ---I agree with you, you are probably right. You have to admit though, this anonomly in this ONE image is just pretty weird. I don't beleive in the whole white noise thing either but i'm seeing something in dan's image that i'm not seeing in the link you provided. It's just one of those things.
I hope they figure out where this is, because we may be seeing the crime scene here.

[Jen]

i can see her face as well.....

i knew that she would become an angel!

[x]

bob,

Yes, the 'face' isnt anything to do with JPG compression, but I'm almost certain whatever it is, its nothing to do with the case and just a coincidence.

Come on, I think you guys have been watching too many crime dramas on TV and so desperately want this case to be wrapped up in some strange cryptic puzzle leading us to the truth.
Ben (accidentally?) killed Taylor, panicked, dumped her body and tried to get away with it.
I really don't think he would have left cryptic clues in a picture and other such crazy puzzles people seem to think he has, remember, this isn't an episode of the X-Files.

Firstly, why would he?
Secondly, I don't think he has the intelligence or knowhow to create these puzzles.

My guess is they are checking out locations found in Bens photos to look for clues or this missing camera etc.
Locating the pond/river in this photo isn't going to be easy, hence why they have asked the public for help.

[jadensmokes]

There is a mechanism in our brains that has us try and make sense of things, one way is by "finding" faces in images. Just like seeing the Virgin Mary on a grilled cheese sandwich. However, the upside down face image is pretty darn freaky!

For anyone with photoshop, in CMYK mode, look through each color one at a time by itself. I don't have PS, but it's a good way to find hidden things (retouching, etc) in photos.

[southern girl]

Wait! Is that the Loch ness monster in the background? I clearly see what appears to be a shadow, and waves--as if it just dove under.

[southern girl]

jaden:

when i study the image, i'm pretty sure it's keith richards, and not taylor

[Rick]

Why, you actually can see what appears to be a face in the photo. Probably an anomoly caused by the light though. Angle is all wrong to be reflection on a window. Again this body of water is not very wide and looks pretty shallow on this side. There does appear to be a ripple near the center, almost like rapids or perhaps a wake.Do as I did and get your magnifier out. There appears to be a box shaped, white object on the far shore. There's entirely too much conjecture here though. All this artifact discovery is useless. The question was "Where is this body of water?" If I were going to look for it, I would start checking tributaries around the beaches the cops searched.

[Neantaeus]

The crazies are at it again. Anyone who thinks that they can see Taylor Behl in that picture is daft at best and at worst, an atheist.
What you actually have here is an image of the Virgin Mary.

[lindadanette]

I wonder if there was a "date stamp" on the photo or photo file?

[jadensmokes]

Wonder if the LE asked fawley, "Where were these pictures taken?" and he would not tell them. And wonder why he wouldn't... just musing out loud!

[GL]

I wonder if all the doctoring everyone sees if from LE to take out a person so they could just help idetify the pond-lake

[Deborah]

I see more images in the pic than just that face. To the left of and higher than the face is very clearly a small square pic of what looks like fawley, glasses and all. There are more images but not clear enough to identify....yet.
I'm looking at the additional enlargements at a slight angle. Someone else see it, please..lol

[ws]

These photos remind me of photos taken by skulz. They were photos of his children and of dragonflies. Richmond is visible in the backround of some of the photos and one was of his daughter in the James river.

[Rick]

"I see more images in the pic than just that face. To the left of and higher than the face is very clearly a small square pic of what looks like fawley, glasses and all."

Deborah, I see the place you mentioned but will need to blow it up. Take a look at teh center again. Is someone standing there?

[Tom in Boston]

It sure does look like text, I agree. But I think that it's just the artifacts of the picture having been re-saved by different software at different resolutions. There is no EXIF metadata in the 002 or 003 photos. (On an original digital photo from a newer camera, this would show camera type, date/time, focus and other settings.) The 5429213.jpg file does have some Photoshop EXIF data, but it's probably just from someone passing it along: Adobe Photoshop 7.0, 2005:11:29 17:23:48.

Interestingly, file Taylor_on_Belle_Isle_by_skullz.jpg shows...
Make = FUJIFILM
Model = FinePix S5000
DateTimeOriginal = 2005:04:16 15:33:10
Software = Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
DateTime = 2005:04:17 22:01:26
Plus other resolution, compression, and exposure settings.

http://www.tawbaware.com/exifread.htm

[Ellen]

I can't beleive this was posted -- must be losing viewers. Sadly, this will article is not going to help. Sheesh.

[Scott]

I think I see Jesus walking on the water . . . doesn't everybody else?

[curious_mom]

If you go to the link below, the picture has been blown up without messing up the resolution. He has some interesting tidbits himself, with another link of the pictures blown up even more, highlighting the area's we are discussing.

http://taylorbehl.notagz.com/

[justathought]

All I know is the first time I saw the pics on the news I felt sick to my stomach! I have been on the Batteau Festival several times going from Lynchburg to Richmond on the James. It is an 8 day trip down the James on a flat bottom boat that was used for moving merchandise down the James. Now the festivals do it each June.

When I saw them I honestly felt sick because I would bet my life that is part of the James. I even dug out my pics from the trips to see if I can find exactly where. I still have tons of pics to go yet.

[bob]

I wonder if someone just layered the photo after it was released by LE to get us all looking at ghostly images. May be a prank... I'm sure someone with photoshop overlay skills could have pulled this off pretty easily. I guess the question is, where did the image Dan used come from? I sure can see some strange stuff in this picture, but I agree with X there's no way fRawley had the brains to pull anything like this off. Someone here said LE may have taken out whoever was in the picture so people could see the water. I suppose that's possible too.
Southern Girl...The Loch Ness Monster Now, everyone knows Nessie is really an anacronym for Al Quaeda. Are U testin us? SEEING WAVES...

[ws]

Justathought, is it possible this could be in the james river near richmond?

[abigail]

Hey JAT & Bob. Freaky stuff going on here!

[abigail]

Hey JAT & Bob. Freaky stuff going on here!

[Shorty]

My two cents:

I think the picture was taken by a girl using her cell phone camera. I think it was taken through a car window, hence the vision of the girl. If you look carefully at the "ghostly image" she seems to be holding something in HER left hand (on our right). You can also see what looks like the keypad. Perhaps this photo is from Taylor's phone or even worse Fawley's.

[abigail]

But it seems as if her eyes are closed? Dunno.

[lindadanette]

If you look to the "left" of the bigger smear, you can see faint smaller drops that have run - this leads me to believe that the picture was taken through a window - and i agree that it looks like there is a reflection of a person's face.

[abigail]

Maybe they have located her phone then? Did she have a picture phone? Or perhaps bf took it and her eyes were closed because she was "wishing" herself away from him. Or maybe...nevermind, I don't want to write it.

[Jr]

I don't buy it. Look at the original picture again and look how tiny the image is. The image would be much larger in the original photo if it was a reflection through a window when the picture was taken.

[WhattaBurger]

I think the images are superimposed, but wow was I sorry I looked at them late last night after coming home from work. Eeek! Couldn't sleep after that, so creeped out.

[Carrie]

I see a small skull in the center to the right - I also see what looks like the word DELL under the skull. I do see the face top left and if it was taken from a car you can see the car all the way across the bottom including a door handle.. Strange..

[Midwest Anon]

Hi guys-it's been a while...

Very interesting photo. The first thing I noticed was smack in the middle-a transparent shape that was person-sized. Took me a while to see the face. I agree that it looks as though the photo was taken through a window. Bear with me here: If Taylor was lying in the backseat, on her back, with her head near the window through which the picture was taken, it would , I think, give the inverted orientation of the face that we think we're seeing.

This supports the musings we had back in October about whether or not she might have been murdered in a place OTHER than Mathews, and then driven there. Perhaps BF stopped at this pond to dispose of something on the way to the farm.
Also, just to thr right of the tree in the center of the shot the water is making concentric circles, as though something had been tossed into it. The tripod? Her clothing?
Just some thoughts.

[Diamond]

Could that picture possibly be of Belle Isle? On his deviant page, he has a picture of a girl lying down somewhere that closely resembles belle isle.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/17428636/

Just a thought.