‘Ghost Girl’ Photobombs Family Swimming — Girl Drowned In Water Hole 100 Years Ago

An image posted to Facebook on March 5, 2015 claims to show the ghost of a 13-year-old girl who drowned in a water hole in southeast Queensland in November, 1915.

The photograph, reportedly taken in 2014, was posted to the “Toowoomba Ghost Chasers” Facebook page by Australian woman Kim Davison from Queensland.

According to Davison, she was swimming at Murphy’s Hole in the Lockyer River, southeast Queensland, with her friend Jessie Lu and three children. But the photo snapped while they were swimming appears to show a fourth white, ghostly face with dark eyes and horn-like shapes on either side of the head.

However, some members of the “Toowoomba Ghost Chasers” group who saw the photo thought the shapes on the sides of the ghost child’s head were buns or ponytails.

Davison and Jessie Lu, the two adults in the photo, said they were surprised to notice a fourth ghostly face while examining the photo.

“I [Jessie Lu] am the lady in the white sunglasses. There were only three children there on that day. Two adults in the water and two adults on the bank. One was taking the photo by her phone camera. We have had two IT specialists look at this photo. At the time of taking this photo there was nothing between us.”

The Daily Mail reports Davison said, “At the time of taking this photo there was nothing between us. I’m holding the little girl and that white head next to me with horns is not human, I can promise you that. Its fingers are on my shoulder and on my daughter’s arm. They are long skeletal type fingers.”

After seeing the photo Davison and Lu recalled the strange experiences they had while swimming in the water. According to Davison,”It’s kinda weird now I think about it cause I never swim in creeks but on this day I did and when I went back in for one last dip to cool off I did feel something behind me as I was walking out of water but tried to ignore it.”

The women were shocked to learn that a 13-year-old girl, Doreen O’Sullivan, drowned in the water in 1915. Brisbane Courier published on November 22, 1915, a notice about a girl who died while swimming in Murphy’s Hole, about 20-foot deep.

Now the women say they believe the fourth child in the photo was the ghost of Doreen O’Sullivan.

“Doreen O’Sullivan, aged 13 years, eldest daughter of Mr. James O’Sullivan was accidentally drowned whilst bathing in the Lockyer Creek on Friday afternoon. Nearly an hour elapsed, before the body was recovered. The spot, which has always been considered dangerous, is known as Murphy’s Hole, and is over 20 foot deep. The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon and was largely attended. The convent school children dressed in white, marching next to the hearse.”

On closer scrutiny, many members of the group claimed they could detect other ghosts in the photo and suggested that the hole was haunted by the ghosts of many people who had probably drowned in the water over the years.

“Between the two ladies at the back.”

“Grantham flood victim maybe? Stuck in the area she lost her life?”

“Whose hand is next to the lady holding the young child? You can see the little girl’s hand in front of the face and there’s a random hand there?”

“Looks like the extra child is holding on to something.”

“Well we have gone over this pic and had other people examine it, if you look in the different area’s of water there is actually other faces in the water.”

“Ok I just circled a child, but I’d like to know, is this a real child, or am I looking at the ghost of a child caught on film?”

The Facebook page administrator and members of the Facebook group produced the color inverted versions of the image below.

“Light flare will always show up as black shadowing when the photo is inverted… And in this case the light flare is coming from full sunlight reflecting off the water onto the child.”

Expressing shock about the discovery, the Toowoomba Ghost Chasers Facebook page administrators commented, “We used to swim there all the time growing up and all I can say is just to be safe I’m never swimming there again!”

However, some expressed doubts, suggesting that the “ghost face” could be a splash of water or an effect due to overexposure.

“The eye sees what it wants to see. In my opinion, it’s nothing more than a splash of water. Notice the child facing away from the camera – their left arm has just surfaced, causing a splash.”

What do you think?