April 15

The Ghost in the Cellphone

Enlarged portion of Davis Photo via Houston Chronicle

At four in the afternoon of April 15, 2013, Marcella Davis was trying to get a shot of her nephew at Cleveland High School. He turned away when she tried to get the shot and she didn't take any others.

Ms. Davis wasn't familiar with the smartphone she used to take the picture, so her daughter was showing her how you could zoom in and out. That's when they noticed they had captured more than they thought.

In the background, behind the chain link fence, is the transparent figure of a man in 70's style clothing. Behind him, but less clear, is a figure of what appears to be a woman.

There are apps such as Ghost Cam designed to alter cellphone photos, but Ms. Davis claims to have no knowledge of how to use them. 

"I can promise you I did not make that picture up", she was quoted as saying.

Also on this date:

In 1987 respected economist Federico Caffee leaves his home at via Cadlolo 42, Montemario, in Rome early in the morning and vanishes. He is declared dead October 30, 1998, but no clue to what happened is ever found.