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		<title>The Press Mistakes Ghost Vision Magic Trick For A &#8220;Real&#8221; Ghost</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekcbart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sun Newspaper [snark]always a bastion of journalistic integrity[/snark] published a &#8220;news&#8221; report on February 12, 2009 about a video that 12 year old Reece Pitman took on his cell phone.  Here is the video: As you can see, it does appear that a shadowy spirit crosses the path of the video.  Well, here&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2229774.ece">Sun Newspaper</a> [snark]always a bastion of journalistic integrity[/snark] published a &#8220;news&#8221; report on February 12, 2009 about a video that 12 year old Reece Pitman took on his cell phone.  Here is the video:</p>
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<p>As you can see, it does appear that a shadowy spirit crosses the path of the video.  Well, here&#8217;s the catch.  It is actually the magic trick &#8220;Ghost Vision&#8221; created by Andrew Mayne.  Here is Andrew Mayne&#8217;s promotional video on the trick:</p>
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<p>Andrew discusses the Sun Newspaper article on his <a href="http://andrewmayne.com/blog/archives/170">blog</a>.  Oh, and you can purchase the trick for $15 from this <a href="http://itricks.com/store/?p=22">site</a>.</p>
<p>Not to be outdone.  Now Sweden is getting in on the act:</p>
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<p>This time the guy who made this video <a href="http://itricks.com/news/?p=7224">admitted</a> that it was the trick.  Here is what he had to say:</p>
<p>&#8220;Just to make everything clear!  This is a video I made with Ghost Vision at my home in Sweden and sent off to Swedens largest magazine Aftonbladet after they pubished the video from The Sun.  I sent it to them to verify that it is a trick video and that they might stop spreading this ghost thing to their readers.  They never replied.&#8221;</p>
<p>When people mistake a $15 magic trick for a &#8220;real&#8221; ghost it goes to show how much work skeptics have to do to try and bring rationality to the world at large.  As Mark Twain said, &#8220;<a href="http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/23633.html">A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.</a>&#8220;</p>
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