The Shadow in the Kings Bedroom

The following is a series of pictures that was taken using motion detection software on a laptop computer and a web camera. The series of photographs, each of which clearly show the time taken have been compiled into an animation so that the changes between each picture can easily be viewed. For convenience, the animation repeats endlessly.

  The webcam had been set up in the Kings Bedroom at Tutbury castle and the whole of the investigation team vacated the building. The sequence opens with the door to the room being closed behind us. Please note there are no windows in the room, so that the shadow that passes across the camera cannot have been caused by anything passing in front of a window.

  Also note that a chair that can be seen on the lower left hand side of the picture also seems to disappear.