The Phantom Horseman of Cairo

[The Straight Story]

The Phantom Horseman of Cairo

While watching live coverage of the ongoing Egyptian revolution on MSNBC, RS reader BarrioLotus116 and his family noticed a "remarkable and eerie refraction of light" that appeared to be a figure riding on horseback. He recorded the clip and watched again but was still baffled by the strange image. It looked like a ghost moving across the screen. He uploaded it to Youtube for feedback:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXLfe6y5aTo

A video editor looked at the video and noticed three small lights trailing behind the "horseman" that were spaced much like the streetlights in the frame and seemed to move with the camera in the same way. You can see his analysis in the image for this post. He surmised that the horseman is actually a flare/reflection of the fire in the upper left of the screen.


http://www.realitysandwich.com/phantom_cairo

It is pretty weird....

Cairo’s ‘Apocalypse Horse’ creates ‘net buzz


http://www.euronews.net/2011/02/09/cairos-apocalypse-horse-creates-net-buzz/

[HopeHoops]

1. That's the ghost of Ronald Reagan.

"Time for bed, Bonzo."

[Bragi]

2. Unicorns! I want one! /nt