You know how your camera flash sometimes illuminates particles in the air, causing little dots in the picture?
Well I've just found out from Beliefnet that this isn't photographic backscatter at all... it's evidence of spiritual energy forms called orbs. Apparently this has been a thing in paranormal circles for at least nine years. Maybe the new X-Files film will deal with it. Here's a hilarious site that has given names and personalities to the orbs. According to this, there are different types of orbs that are at war with each other. And we're caught in the middle! It's like Aliens vs. Predator, only smaller and only visible on crappy compact cameras.
[h/t Gina]
