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TA PHROM ELF One day in February, 2000, I walked through Ta Phrom Temple in Cambodia, under a blistering noon-day sun and snapped a roll of black and white film. Unfortunately, the Czech-made film was bad and the roll turned out blurred and slightly overexposed (it wasn't my fault, really). When I reviewed the photos, I noticed what looked like a tiny childlike figure in one of the shots. I am certain there was no one in this shot when I took it. If it is a real figure, it would be the size of a tiny infant. |
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The "figure" is in a path I walked down moments after taking this shot. I was trying to get a roll of photos with no people (for my angkor.com site) and I am sure there was nothing in the path as a proceeded ahead. It might be an optical illusion composed of jumbled stones and leaves falling from a tree (?), but I think it is fun to imagine I was among magical things that day.
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(printed as sepia) |
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Because of the frivolous nature of this (claiming something mysterious from a grainy photo), I put it here, but if you want some serious info on the Angkor Wat area and a Virtual Tour of Ta Phrom, try my Angkor site. |
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Update - On November 11, 2001, I was at Ta Phrom again and took some photos at the same spot. It seems the figure could be about the size of a tiny child (some of the children who hang around these sites to sell items to tourists are very small). A reader also informs me: Regarding the elf, similar things have been seen in Sumatra and are known as Orang Pendek. The Fortean Times has been covering the story. |
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