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On October 25, 2009 I spent the night in the back of my truck with the tailgate and camper shell window open at Rancho El Metate San Juan De Dios in Baja California. At 3:00 AM I am suddenly awaken by something and for some reason had the thought to start taking pictures with my digital camera with flash in the pitch blackness. The following photographs depict the images on my camera. Please note that none of what you see here were visible to the naked eye. After each photograph I reviewed the photograph in the camera and could see what you see here. I have enhanced the photographs with Microsoft Office Picture Manager and only used the mid-tone adjustment slide to enhance them to the point they could be seen on the computer. Also note that as I was taking the pictures I was calling to Grandpa Santiago Espinoza to come over to my truck. The Larger image near my truck occurred when I told him to come closer. Grandpa Santiago was Mama Espinoza’s father-in-law and Heraclio Espinoza’s father. He was one of the biggest Ranchers in Baja California in the old days. I am not saying these things are spirits but they could be.

Did you happen to notice the wind speed?

Dusty I did not feel any wind at the time I was taking these pictures. It was a little cold is all.

Well, with not even a bit of breeze to move something of nature and very very light that would reflect the light of the flash....Than I would say yes, something supernatural....but what do I know?

A flip responses would be whether you believe your camera or your lying eyes. It's stuff like this that supports belief in the supernatural. And it also sell alot of movie tickets. And seriously, David, I don't wish to diminish your feelings as to what you encountered. It's really a personal choice. What I can say is that until the time that something such as this happens to me, I'll be a skeptic.

That earlier before dark three of us, Sany his wife Lili and I were inside the house having coffee when I decided to record us on a digital recorder calling to Grandpa Santiago to come visit us. After Sany and I asked Grandpa Santiago to come visit us I left the recorder on without further talking. When I played it back a few minutes later, and shortly after hearing us calling to Grandpa Santiago another distinct gruff voice could be heard saying “Mas Noche” (Later tonight). It actually unnerved us to hear something like that which was unexpected.

Now I do not know what those orbs represent nor do I understand why that voice could be heard on the digital recording but it does leave food for thought.

I unfortunately erased the recording in error while playing it again and again to confirm what we heard. I do have the two witnesses who can confirm the voice.

I have included photos of the inside of the house where we were seated and of some Indian drawings which include a UFO.

A few months after I lost Olivia I spent some time up at our old cabin in Sequoia. The last night Cristina and I took a ride on the quads up to an area we called the Indian Baths. It is a very isolated spot at about 8500' elevation with incredible views, caves, petroglyphs and sitting baths carved out of the granite, fed by the small stream running through. It had always been a favorite spot for Olivia on countless rides we had taken over the years.

I took a few photos there that night with close friends who had accompanied us. Every single photo taken at the baths showed these "orbs" when we looked at them later. They were absent from all the rest of the photos taken earlier and later in the ride that night. A friend suggested it was dust on my lens but if that were true they should have showed up in all of the photos taken, before and later along that trail.

The camera used is a Nikon D60 and I have never been able to explain or duplicate the effect. But I do admit that I like to think it was Olivia's spirit. I felt her very close that night...