An eerie black and white photo of a girl skipping through the woods in Washington County recently went viral on Facebook—some readers were convinced the picture had captured the image of a ghost. Taken from a trail camera in a wooded area of Cambridge, New York in March, social media was atwitter with talk of the paranormal come to visit the Capital Region. But it didn’t take long for the young girl’s granddad to recognize her and put to rest the newest urban legend quickly spreading around the world.
Watch how the story unfolded:
A startling photo of a girl in the woods made headlines around the world as her image looked to be faded from view and part of her arms and legs appeared to have vanished. Now the mystery of the "ghost girl" has been solved. The girl in the photo is Holdan McGreevy, but she's no ghost at all. The young lady and her grandpa, Chic Wilson, were hiking in the woods in Cambridge in Washington County, when the photo was taken by a trail camera. #InsideEdition