‘Seriously Creepy’ Photo Of Ghost With Axe On Abandoned Warship Goes Viral — Real Or Fake?


A photo of a what is purported to be a ghost with an axe on board an abandoned military warship has gone viral after a user on the internet forum Reddit posted the photo that he called “seriously f****** creepy” on line Friday.

The user, who goes by the handle “Stevgoldhound,” described the story behind the weird and chilling photo in a text posting along with his upload of the bizarre image. He said the image was taken by his friend “John,” who did not see the figure in the photo when he took the snap, noticing the creepy shape only after his boss pointed it out later.

But what is the image, really? A hoax? An actual person living on board the abandoned ship?

After seeing the disturbing image, police searched the ship, the Reddit user said. But the cops found no one one board, and according to Stevgoldhound, no one was observed leaving the docked vessel after the pic was snapped.

As one internet commenter pointed out, “If this man had been living on the vessel for any amount of time he knows the floor layout better than a bunch of random cops.The ships are huge, you could disappear for a long time in one.”

Another suggested the photo showed, “an old hobo who was startled that someone was in his home taking pictures so he grabbed an axe and peeked around a corner to see what was up.”

Stevgoldhound did not say where the ship on which the photo was taken actually was docked. “I’m not going to name the ship or even where she is, as I’m not sure if I’m supposed to have a picture of the innards of a military vessel,” he wrote.

He also expressed his own skepticism that the photo actually showed a paranormal phenomenon.

“I’m not a big believer in the paranormal,” he wrote. “But which is creepier, a ghost or a fella with an axe just standing down the way from you?”

Here is an enhanced version of the photo.

And this is how Stevgoldhound explained how the photo was taken.

“The area where this picture was taken was in a cross alley way, deep inside the ship. He [John] was going around with a torch [i.e a flashlight] and a camera. When he’d go to take a picture, he would turn off the torch (leaving him in total darkness) snap the shot, turn the torch back on and be on his way. Due to the fact that it was a military vessel the police were called. A search was carried out but no one was found. There was one way on and off the ship, and that was by a gangway covered by CCTV. (You couldn’t jump over the side as it was a 25 meter drop on to concrete).”

The “Ghost with Axe” photo is reminiscent of a similar “ghost” photo taken in the abandoned California prison, Alcatraz.

What do you think of this creepy photo? A ghost with an axe? A stowaway living on the abandoned ship? Or just a clever fake?

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