Are these some of New Zealand's spookiest pictures?
One of two photos taken during a Westport Volunteer Fire Brigade exercise in 2006. They appear to show ghostly heads in the burning house.
This photo of the head in the basket was taken in early 1996 in Halswell
This photo of two students was taken at Linwood College in Christchurch and appears to show a ghost in between the two.
Another photo from the Westport fire.
The Press has been calling for New Zealand's best spectral images in the wake of a British competition that judged ghost pictures from around the world.
Most were photos of "orbs" (largely explained by dust on the camera lens), strange patterns in smoke or odd reflections, but others were more difficult to fathom. Our judges picked four scenes.
New Zealand Paranormal Investigation Society director Brad Scott said most paranormal shots were easily explained.
"If someone is saying a photo is paranormal it has to be taken with a grain of salt."
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