The Cleveland Museum of Art was preparing an exhibit of the works of Claude Monet, the French Impressionist, when a museum staffer snapped this picture. In a balcony, just above a large picture of the artist, stands a figure that looks very much like Monet, beard, clothes, hat and all.
The museum has thus far been unable to identify the man, raising speculation that it could be the ghost of the 19th century painter.
"We thought it was such a coincidence that on the final day of installing "Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse," this man resembling Claude Monet was seen peering down into the lower lobby outside the special exhibition hall," museum employee Kelley Notaro told TODAY.
Of course it's quite probable that the figure is a very alive visitor to the museum, possibly even an admirer of Monet, who chose to fashion himself after the artist.
Or is it just possibly the ghost of Claude Monet?
The art museum has been the site of other paranormal activity in the past, according to the people who work there:
- A person closely resembling the man in the painting "Portrait of Jean-Gabriel du Theil at the Signing of the Treaty of Vienna" has been spotted in the museum staring at the painting.
- The ghost of William Mathewson Milliken, the former director of the museum who died in 1978 has been seen wandering around the galleries wearing his trademark tweed jacket with elbow patches and carrying a mysterious package.
Perhaps the mysterious visitor and Monet lookalike will come forward and identify himself, thereby solving the mystery. Until then, however, the Cleveland museum could be adding another ghost to its gallery of the unexplained.
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