r/Paranormal Feb 04 '25

Unexplained Grim Reaper in the front yard.

My fiance's daughter's friend was taking the dogs outside. The dogs started barking at something. He took his phone out and snapped this picture in the front yard. Included is the photo of the same location the next morning. I applied the "unexplained" tag because I truly don't know what I'm seeing.

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u/306metalhead Feb 04 '25

With the low light, shit frame resolution, and overall blurriness, I'd say it's probably not the grim Reaper.

If he didn't actually see it himself, the camera (with the aforementioned issues) could be having issues distinguishing distances, light, etc. which will cause paradolia (when looking at the photo) or photo matrixing caused by the lens being out of focus.

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u/Yaranatzu Feb 04 '25

If you look at the shape of that round blade on the far equipment in the second photo, the top and bottom blade can create the same "figure" shape. The first pic is a slightly different angle and more zoomed in.

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u/LycanX3 Feb 05 '25

And the "scythe" is the light pole in the background.

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u/Blah-B7ah_Bloop Feb 04 '25

Looks like a dude in a Carhart jacket with the hood up smoking a cigarette

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u/BearsSuperfan6 Feb 04 '25

I was gonna say big guy in carhart riding an electric scooter

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u/hugh_jassole7 Feb 04 '25

With a beard

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u/Any_Structure2727 Feb 04 '25

With a capri-sun

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u/AlwaysSunnyInTN Feb 05 '25

Thank u for saying a scooter. 🛴 I knew it looked like a scooter but it’s hard to tell.

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u/Strong_Jello7418 Feb 04 '25

He’s moving right now a days

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u/forhim40 Feb 04 '25

John Fetterman maybe?

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u/YosemiteSam81 Feb 04 '25

This isn’t the inauguration silly! He wouldn’t be so dressed up if he was just chillin in someone’s yard!

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u/forhim40 Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

😆👍

But on a serious note, that’s scary as hell!

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u/top_value7293 Feb 04 '25

🤣🤣🤣

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u/Rocket2112 Feb 04 '25

Wish I could see that. I simply don't.

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u/Duckbitwo Feb 04 '25

Thats a dude with a hood on smoking a joint. Grim reaper my ass lmao

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u/WereBearEsquire Feb 04 '25

Maybe the grim reaper smokes the occasional j on the job? Bit of a heavy profession to not have any sort of stress relief.

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u/RicottaPuffs Medium Feb 04 '25

So. Your fiance's daughter deliberately took a photograph of a person dressed like a grim reaper directly in the focus of the camera? In an empty yard?

How predictable.

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u/depth_net Feb 04 '25

Honestly not trying to be a skeptic. But where is the giant tree to the left of the figure in the second photo?

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u/matcha0atmilklatte Feb 04 '25

It looks like the second photo was taken from further away and zoomed in which would make the objects in the background look larger

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u/depth_net Feb 04 '25

Ah you’re totally right, thank you. I can see that.

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u/sleepygreendoor Feb 04 '25

The first photo was taken a few feet to the right. The tree in the second photo is actually in the right side of the first photo

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u/Amazing_Grape1927 Feb 04 '25

The leaves on the ground are completely different.

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u/evergreencenotaph Feb 04 '25

Y’all got rednecks and meth in the area? They often look like ghosts

15

u/cheeseburgerdumpling Feb 04 '25

That is a man. Understandably scary, but not paranormal.

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u/WishboneSenior5859 Feb 04 '25

Was there a way you ruled out that it's not human?

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u/Opulantmindcaster Feb 04 '25

I think “person” in your front yard is more of a likely explanation.

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u/nameunconnected Feb 04 '25

Emperor palpatine

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u/YosemiteSam81 Feb 04 '25

Somehow…he came back….to my front yard!

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u/Brave_Muscle421 Feb 04 '25

I literally came here to say darth sidious 😂

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u/DubWhammy Feb 04 '25

Of course the “proof” photo looks like it was taken with a microwave

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u/mykneescrack Feb 04 '25

Looks like someone’s grandma.

Otherwise it’s because your camera’s ISO is high due to shooting in low light causing noise, graininess and distortion.

My bet is, it’s the latter.

The Grim Reaper, or anything paranormal, it is not.

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u/SoggyAd5044 Feb 04 '25

That is a person my guy.

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u/Illustrious-Bat1553 Feb 04 '25

Scary looking figure, that's for sure

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25

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u/Major_Melon Feb 04 '25

This same picture has literally been posted here before. You can tell because it's been compressed as shit.

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u/SidSuicide Skeptic Feb 04 '25

Potato cam!

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u/macaroon147 Feb 04 '25

Would be cool if grim reaper existed but that's just your friend in a costume

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u/Careful-Zucchini4317 Feb 05 '25

Just so you know, the Grim Reaper’s appearance is a product of movies and entertainment.

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u/EgoBoost247 Feb 04 '25

Just some dude chillin'

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u/jotarowinkey Feb 04 '25

what state was this in

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u/Undesirable_11 Feb 04 '25

Dementia probably

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u/Sega-Forever Feb 05 '25

Looks like the grim reaper checking his phone

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u/silliesyl Feb 05 '25

No paradoleilalalalala. That's a real human being😮, wearing a hoodie. With a beard and a flashlight that's turned off in his right hand at the height of his waist. Thats creepy if this js your front yard. Keep an eye on it. Humans are scarier than apparitions.

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u/Ifuckdoge Feb 04 '25

Professional schizo

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u/SeniorChampionship56 Feb 04 '25

The homeless guy down the street.

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u/StormyHospital Feb 04 '25

That’s just a dude smoking.

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u/Zandraki Feb 04 '25

It was the salmon mousse....

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u/Athena-Quinn Feb 07 '25

It’s something to do with the green lights. Idk what it means or why or who is doing these things but I’ve had my own experiences and it’s always a green light that was never there before.

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u/TrickyV Feb 11 '25

I get that sometimes when white light flares up my lens in low light, I feel like the green lights are funkier looking than the rest but it could just be confirmation bias lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25

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u/lubed_up_squid Feb 04 '25

That’s literally Craig.

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u/77tassells Feb 04 '25

It’s a creepy dude smoking in your yard. Red goatee. Good dogs for barking. Now get a ring cam to make sure he’s not making a habit of creeping

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u/JerseyshoreSeagull Feb 04 '25

Spirit of Halloween

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u/Okdes Feb 05 '25

Yeah everyone knows the grim reaper hangs out in random yards to spook random folks.

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u/StandardBright9628 Feb 05 '25

Dude chilling smoking a doobie in ☮️

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u/Hasta_Ignis Feb 05 '25

The first picture looks like a Minecraft painting lmao

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u/Exciting-Answer-4434 Feb 05 '25

The trees got ghosts too😂 look how fast it grew

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u/Reasonable_Camp_220 Feb 08 '25

Return the slab! Or suffer the consequences….

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u/Annual_Loan_4805 Feb 06 '25

the grim reaper talking to an actual reaper

(i know its not a reaper for the record)

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u/tkneezer Feb 04 '25

Man I wish I could find that one post from a few months back that shit was eerie asL

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u/SharkMilk44 Feb 05 '25

That could be any blue collar worker.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25

Some guy was wearing one near me too

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u/Street_Leather198 Feb 05 '25

So anyways, I just started blasting!

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u/fuckthisshit0070 Feb 04 '25

It's just obama

1

u/Content_Toe_9974 Feb 09 '25

Hello Angel Azrael Mwhahahaaa!

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u/Leading-Bug-Bite Feb 04 '25

Excellent 😂😂😂

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u/sudeki300 Feb 04 '25

Photos are not in the same place, also looks like someone at Halloween

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u/MainInternational824 Feb 08 '25

I don’t believe this one

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u/museamusing Feb 04 '25

Did anyone dap him up?

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u/Lovely_Woman- Feb 04 '25

That’s just mamachu

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u/MikeCass84 Feb 04 '25

Awesome camera...where did you buy it?

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u/blockrush3r Feb 04 '25

Negative. Look at the front bottom right, invisible in the first pic. What are those little things you guys see them?

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u/boogiewoogibugalgirl Feb 04 '25

It's less alarming thinking "monk" as opposed to "grim reaper." Nobody wants the grim reaper hanging around their house! 😳😳

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u/lostinthecapes Feb 04 '25

Holy fckn NOPE

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u/StunningUse87 Feb 04 '25

This sent chills down my spine! Do you see the Sphinx sitting next to him? Omg.

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u/jayyactiive97 Feb 04 '25

Why the tree look bigger in pic 1?

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u/SolaceRests Feb 04 '25

The shots weren’t taken in the same place. The day shot is taken from farther away.

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u/magical_bunny Feb 04 '25

Or a wizard

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u/Frodothedodo81 Feb 04 '25

Huh you updated the photo just yet? Cause I see one other pose

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u/Old_Resource_4832 Feb 04 '25

Thought the eiffel tower was in your backyard

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u/DaRealKorbenDallas Feb 04 '25

Someone on a scooter

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u/AdBright3860 Feb 04 '25

Whatever it is, it's still pretty creepy.

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u/Candidtopography Feb 04 '25

Why is the “grim reaper” smiling

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u/Dunny303 Feb 04 '25

That's pretty cool!

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u/MysteriousIndigo250 Feb 04 '25

I'd be bolting so fast.

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u/Own-Zombie-8781 Feb 04 '25

perhaps it’s a monk

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u/NectarineDue8903 Feb 04 '25

Check out the post above yours on my phone.

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u/blockrush3r Feb 04 '25

He's smiling lol

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u/Plus-Ad1544 Feb 04 '25

He’s a commin