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The Ghost of Shakespeare Garden

Topic Categories: Image of the Day
Posted on: August 30, 2007 2:59 PM, by "GrrlScientist"

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Photographic proof of the existence of the "Ghost of Central Park's Shakespeare Garden" is available for the first time. It's existence was news to me. Having never heard a rumor that the place was haunted I was doubly shocked to have stumbled on the provocative and eerie scene at just the right moment. I assure you that the photo was not concocted in Adobe Photoshop or some other software. It's a genuine image. So what is the spectral figure lurking in the shadows?

The photographic solution follows tomorrow.

Image: Bob Levy, author of Club George. [larger image].

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1

Aw, there's a little kitty in there... I actually see something relatively similar when sitting in my living room from time to time. The smallest of the cats I have, Charlotte, loves to sit in a little hole in the scratching post and look out into the other room, so I usually see the eye shine from the tapetum lucidum when the light is just right.

Posted by: Laelaps | August 30, 2007 3:15 PM

2

I bet it's got big nashy teeth!

Posted by: matthew | August 30, 2007 3:23 PM

3

I agree with Laelaps - looks like a cat.
There are a number of other animals common to the area (like raccoons), which also have a structure similar to a tapetum lucidium.

Posted by: llewelly | August 30, 2007 11:30 PM

4

I'll guess that it is a pussy cat.

Posted by: Chris' Wills | August 31, 2007 11:24 AM

5

Kitty! Laser eye kitty. Hosta are good fur hidin, I see.

Posted by: Victor Tabbycat | September 4, 2007 11:16 AM

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