Beyond Woo - "Orbs at War" Photographed

[Miss Whiplash]

This is the saddest website I've ever encountered. Digital cameras should come with mandatory basic optics and photo lessons.

Orb Wars and Heart Shaped Snow Beings (http://www.orbsbybeans.com/photogallery.html)

[sat556]

That site has to be a joke.
I'm not believeing that for a second. Hurt and injured orbs?

[blutoski]

This is the saddest website I've ever encountered. Digital cameras should come with mandatory basic optics and photo lessons.

Orb Wars and Heart Shaped Snow Beings (http://www.orbsbybeans.com/photogallery.html)

Heh. "Warbs"

[Jimbo07]

Digital cameras should come with mandatory basic optics and photo lessons.



Got the camera and optics classes...

how do I make the orbs?

[Starthinker]

Got the camera and optics classes...

how do I make the orbs?

Orbs Explained (http://www.starthinker.com/starthinker/orbs.html)

[hellaeon]

hahaha that has to be a joke

[Carnivore]

You can see their heads and faces! There seem to be a LOT of aliens watching whats happening on Earth, even in the woods. Is it that interesting here? What sort of ratings do you think we get?

[Miss Whiplash]

I've laughed myself silly over some of the narrative. I've emailed them to see if they are serious but so far no reply. :rolleyes:

[Odin]

http://www.orbsbybeans.com/beansoup.html

Look at 2, conclusive proof that dust does not form orbs!



I tried calling orbs (sprinkling flour in the air seems to attract them!)

http://forums.randi.org/imagehost/4278446a70ebee430.jpg
I got a heart shaped being, orbs with circles in them, orbs with faces, wounded orbs...

:rolleyes:

I suspect the site is fake (the description of white orbs appearing on photographs when its snowing) but its hard to tell.

[Miss Whiplash]

Well, I just got a reply from them. This is either a well executed spoof or some very tragic woos.

From the Beans:

"...Sounds like you don't photograph much - grab a camera and get out there!
The Orbs you can just call in ("Orbs, come in to get your picture taken!")... "

LOL! I'm a pro photographer!

[westphalia]

These folks can't be serious. If they are, the site is now the official, single stupidest thing I've ever seen.

[rjh01]

This is an attempt to sell CD-ROMS for $14.95 plus shipping. The orbs could be rain? They are the flash being reflected back by something.

[Miss Whiplash]

This is an attempt to sell CD-ROMS for $14.95 plus shipping. The orbs could be rain? They are the flash being reflected back by something.

Orbs are nothing but flashback, dust, rain and as they admit, snow. The "red guys" are caused by "coma", a lens curvature error inherent in cheap digital cameras. They use a Sony Mavica FD-73, which is has very small lens with the strobe mounted very close.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/images/sony_fd73.gif

[Orb]

Orb brethren! Please, lay down your arms! We are a proud race, do not sink to the level of our Human playthings!

Oh, and Loretta, please, keep your top on. They aren't the photographers for Orbs gone wild.

[cloudshipsrule]

Have you ever spontaneously coughed for no apparent reason? That's because you inhaled an orb, and it was trying to get back out.

Orb families are notorious for playing pranks on people. Those little orbs are crazy!

Orbs have no possessive words like 'mine', 'my' or 'ours', and neither did Native-American Indians.

Orbs are great on cereal.



Good grief, people are strange!

[Miss Whiplash]

Have you ever spontaneously coughed for no apparent reason? That's because you inhaled an orb, and it was trying to get back out.

Orb families are notorious for playing pranks on people. Those little orbs are crazy!

Orbs have no possessive words like 'mine', 'my' or 'ours', and neither did Native-American Indians.

Orbs are great on cereal.



Good grief, people are strange!


I think an orb posessed by Canon 10D. I was changing lenses at the shore and now an nasty orb is stuck on the CCD. It pops up in the darnest places. I was thinking of sending it back to Canon for an overhaul, but maybe if I shout, "Orb go away! I don't want you anymore!", they will depart. Hmm, that could save me the service fee. :D

I'm still waiting for the Beans to reply to last night's email. Perhaps they are in the thick of an orb battle.

[Hamradioguy]

Well, I just got a reply from them. This is either a well executed spoof or some very tragic woos.

I tried a rather innocent e-mail to them pointing out that I was a photography major and also teach photography and that their site might lead some of my students to think orbs were alien life forms. (toungue in cheek of course!)
Got a very long reply, part of which included the following:
" You are probably right, we keep trying to say that only some Orbs are from other dimensions viewing life on Earth, because those are the ones we started with. I guess we need to write the 'SOME' in big letters!...I sort of thought that persons from other planets in our dimension would show up as persons, not Orbs, like with George Adamski......I think by dowsing and watching who shows up and what they do we might have uncovered one-half of one percent of what Orbs are all about."
"It took us several years before we were convinced that some Orbs were those of the departed....Our own experiences at cemeteries were flops- only a few Orbs up in the sky giving no indication that the belonged there!...There were several others (photos) where the face in the Orb matched the face in a photo of the person who had died."
(About another photo): "I blew the Orb up, added a bit of dark and contrast and saw a face in the Orb that was looking toward the young man" (in the photo).
"We do not have any photos that we know of that are those of the departed....The only thing we have gotten are persons who got stuck here after their body died and they were not Orbs but were in the form of ecto- scattered energy. We would call for escorts, escorts would come and the erpson would go with them......"

Geezum. Is this the kind of stuff Kramer had to deal with? Anyone else reading this thread want to try an e-mail to these people?

[atari24]

How do you make the logical jump from having a picture with orbs on it to the orbs being inter-demensional beings or whatever? What the hell links these together?

1. Take picture
2. Picture has orbs
3. ???
4. Orbs must be spirit energy

[SPQR]

My favorite has got to be the "heart-shaped snow beings." :confused: I have a feeling this website will become a popular source of amusement very quickly on this forum.

[Miss Whiplash]

I think I've offended the "Beans." They will no longer answer my email.

The first time I saw any of this woo in print was Ellen Crystall's Silent Invasion (http://www.pinebushufo.com/pinebushpage1.htm), published in 1990. I was shocked. How could anyone make up such tall tales about bad night photography? Her followers are still looking for "tesla globes" as she dubbed the orbs.

[rjh01]

They are easy to fake, and they make lots of money. The Vampire's mistake was in not being a potential customer.

[arthwollipot]

Hey, I've got Orbs round my place! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/Arthwollipot/Orbs/orbsinfrontofcar.jpg) This is way cool. Some of my Orbs have fallen to the ground (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/Arthwollipot/Orbs/orbsonground.jpg). Perhaps they're wounded?

Oh, and they only come out at night, when it's raining (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/Arthwollipot/Orbs/orbsinrain.jpg).

[arthwollipot]

Nyuk nyuk nyuk. I've sent low-res copies of these photos off to "beans", with this covering letter:

Hi, I saw your webpage about orbs, and I thought Id ask your opinion on some orbs that appeared around my place one night a couple months ago.

Ive attached a zip of three of the photos I took. You can see, in one photo that they don't cast shadows! That proves they're extraterrestiral! Ive got the full resolution pictures, but they're pretty big. and Ive got more pictures too!

Think they'll take me seriously?

[rjh01]

My money says you do not get a reply.

[athon]

My god. Scarily, I don't think this is a hoax site.

It's amazing the worlds that people can create in their minds with nothing more than some random shapes. It goes to show that our imaginations are capable of some amazing things; the same brains that can put us on the moon can not only make us believe in non-existent entities but create an entire social construct for them.

Unbelievable.

Athon

[athon]

http://www.orbsbybeans.com/viewer02.html

I swear the middle one looks like ET. I thought he went home in the end?

Athon

[Starthinker]

I just sent:

I have an orb page, too, you can link it if you like.



http://www.starthinker.com/starthinker/orbs.html

[arthwollipot]

Did you see "The Red Guy"? I wonder if they ever noticed that the red guy only ever appeared when the car's taillight was in frame?

[Polaris]

What exactly are "orbs" supposed to be?

Aliens? Angels? Ghosts?

[sat556]

"I blew the Orb up, "

Evil, just evil.

[Pyrrho]

Orbs Explained (http://www.starthinker.com/starthinker/orbs.html)
I done it too:

http://pyrrho.s5.com/orbs.html

[Miss Whiplash]

Did you see "The Red Guy"? I wonder if they ever noticed that the red guy only ever appeared when the car's taillight was in frame?

In my last correspondence from the "Beans," (before my email was blocked), I got this gem about "red guys":

"Red Guys (the ones we get here) are more picky. If you have some object with fine vibrations they may show up if they do not have that particular fine vibration in their collection. Have your camera ready before you put the object with fine vibrations out somewhere, call for the Red Guys and tell them you have some fine vibrations for them. They can be quite quick so keep photographing as fast as you can.

A woman told us a few years ago that she saw a Red Guy on the tv news. A hurricane was coming in and a newsman was standing outside with the wind blowing - he was bellowing out his report to be heard over the wind. The woman said she saw the Red Guy appearing and disappearing all around the newsman.

A month or so ago I was watching the news on tv and they were showing videos from all the rains and flooding in Texas. One video showed a small dark colored car moving through the flooded street and I was stunned to see a Red Guy in front of the car - looked like he was riding on the hood! In both cases the Red Guy might have been attracted by the fine vibrations of courage. "

I really have no idea what this woman is talking about.

[sat556]

In both cases the Red Guy might have been attracted by the fine vibrations of courage. "

Where I come from, Courage is a make of beer.

That would explain all this.

[arthwollipot]

Where I come from, Courage is a cowardly dog on the Cartoon Network.

[Meffy]

Where I come from, Courage is a Red Badge. And a Badge is pretty close to a Guy.* If that's not a Q.E.D., at least it's a Q. and part of an E.
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* While the Guy is wearing the Badge, anyway. Or sitting on a sofa where it's stuck in the cushions or something like that.

[arthwollipot]

Badges? We don't need no.....

Shutting up, sir.

[Robaato]

Orbs are an international phenomenon (http://album.rob.snookles.com/index.cgi?mode=image&album=/Kyoto&image=O%20Byoudouin.jpg), you know. If you annoy one, do they all get annoyed?

[sat556]

Is that pic of siamese orbs?

[Operaider]

I’ve checked my friend’s picture portfolio looking for orbs, but I’m having some trouble. He’s a professional photographer that likes to take pictures of vacant areas and old buildings with a $2,000 digital camera. I figured with a camera that fine tuned he’d be more likely to pick them up then anyone. But his pictures, for some reason, keeping developing without any bright white spots. Is he doing something wrong?

[arthwollipot]

He's obviously not calling them properly.

[Just Me]

I’ve checked my friend’s picture portfolio looking for orbs, but I’m having some trouble. He’s a professional photographer that likes to take pictures of vacant areas and old buildings with a $2,000 digital camera. I figured with a camera that fine tuned he’d be more likely to pick them up then anyone. But his pictures, for some reason, keeping developing without any bright white spots. Is he doing something wrong?
Has he invited said orbs to come to him? That might be the problem

[rjh01]

I am sure he can take pictures of orbs. Just show him what you want and he can produce them.

[Operaider]

I'll have him try it.

Do they respond to just "Hey, orb"?
Or do you think he should try yelling something like "Hey, Carl",
In the hopes that one of the orbs in the area might happen to be a Carl?

Cause if an orb said "Hey, Human" i wouldn't come over, cause maybe he means some other human.

Maybe i can try offering them food, works with my dog

[arthwollipot]

Apparently, just calling "hey Orb" works - according to the Beans, anyway.

Personally I don't have to do that - I just wait till it rains.

[J. Arthur Hastur]

Wow, pictures of snow.