故事發(fā)生在20世界初生均，故事主人翁查理是一名美國民俗學(xué)家听想，經(jīng)常游走於美國西南部和南部，收集各種鬼故马胧、奇人奇事汉买、超自然經(jīng)歷等等。有一天佩脊，查理在酒吧結(jié)識到一名來自奧克拉荷馬州的農(nóng)夫蛙粘。他和查理分享了一則家鄉(xiāng)的傳聞∶在佛羅里達(dá)州，有一名陰沉古怪的巫婆和一只惡魔化身的狼狗獨居在一棟與世隔絕的房子里威彰。
縱使查理外表保持鄭重其事出牧，但內(nèi)心已經(jīng)嗤之以鼻。作為民俗學(xué)家多年歇盼，他見識類似的事情多的是舔痕。那些思想狹窄的鄉(xiāng)巴佬老是喜歡把一些非社會主流人士，如寡婦豹缀、同性戀者等妖魔化伯复。到山森郊游說成和魔鬼交媾，用鄉(xiāng)語說話說成念巫毒咒語邢笙。但那個農(nóng)夫非常篤定地說那一個老婦人根本不是人類啸如，隱藏在她那塊霉得發(fā)黃的頭巾下，是一種更邪惡氮惯、更可怕的怪物叮雳。除此之外，有一只大得嚇人的狼狗總是陪伴著她左右筐骇。據(jù)說债鸡，那只狼狗異常兇狠，任何人走近它都會發(fā)出低沉轟嗚铛纬，露出尖銳利牙厌均，一副殺而快之的模樣。
查理聽到后不禁暗暗竊笑告唆，但看見那婦人居住的位置剛好在自己下一次旅程的路途上棺弊，就順便把她放在行程表里，打算好好拜訪那一名“邪惡”的老婦人擒悬。
自此之后模她，查理一直下落不明。
日子不知過了多久懂牧，有一天侈净，一名自稱是來自奧克拉荷馬州的當(dāng)鋪老板尊勿，上門拜訪查爾利的遺孀。他說日前在報章看到查理的尋人啟事后畜侦，想起當(dāng)鋪里有一臺相機上面刻著他的名字元扔，所以送來給她。他又聲稱那臺照相機是數(shù)日前旋膳，由一名拾荒者賣給他澎语。對于為丈夫失蹤一事懸腸掛肚的遺孀，照相機里殘存的膠片成為了她唯一的希望验懊。她趕緊把相機拿到最近的照相館擅羞，期望找出一絲線索。但當(dāng)她把膠片沖洗出來時义图，最后的希望都變成了絕望…..
下圖是膠片中是相機里最后一張照片减俏，也是查理人生最后一張照片。
照片放大后可以看到女人兩眼發(fā)光歌溉。
開局一張圖垄懂，故事全靠編，這種行文描述事件的筆法都很故事會痛垛。實際上原版只是一張展現(xiàn)農(nóng)婦Virginia Romero辛勤工作的照片草慧。以下是外網(wǎng)的節(jié)選：
Solved: The Last Photo of Charlie Noonan
A blog post I published last year called The Last Photo of Charlie Noonan has proved to be one of my most popular (along with The Cooper Falling Body Photograph and The Mystery of Elisa Lam and the Cecil Hotel). And I’m not surprised, as it features an eye-catchingly weird photograph with a chilling tale attached.
It appears that the original was posted in late November, 2009 on a blog called Always Becoming. The subject of the photograph is a real woman, named Virginia Romero, a Tiwa Indian from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico:
“Virginia weighed all of 90 pounds and stood four and a half feet tall on days when she wasn’t hunched over with a bundle of some kind on her back. Her long black hair never left the tidy knot at the back of her head and on days when the task at hand was especially dirty and laborious – plastering with mud or tanning a hide – she wore a blue and white bandanna. Virginia spoke little English and rarely traveled beyond the reservation. From the moment this wiry workhorse of a woman woke up until she went to sleep, Virginia worked and she worked hard.”
The blog entry was about strong women and went on to describe more details of Virginia Romero’s life. This is the image that accompanied the text:
As you can see, our photo of Charlie Noonan is clearly copied from this, with some details erased, the dog and the glowing eyes added and the image reversed to confuse search engines. So there we have it. I’m sure, despite the proof here, most people will still continue to post the doctored photograph around the internet regardless, but it is not often that we get the luxury of confidently drawing a line under any of these stories and my sincere thanks go to the anonymous poster who got in touch to tell me about their research.
Case closed.
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