Shoes
This one was submitted a while back by a faithful paranormal follower. I will admit that this is most likely not paranormal in nature. I have analyzed it to "death" (pun intended!), and have had other's point of view on it as well.
There are a couple of characteristics that make me believe this is just light reflection:
1)Look at the back wall: there is a huge reflection of light coming from the mirror on the right side.
2) Take a look at the floor: there is yet another reflection of light shining. (This is a great house to buy for natural light purposes - you'd never need any skylights!)
Because light does curve, you can expect to find these "anomalies" all over the place in this picture, and you can see light all along the bannister, railings and lo & behold, on the stairs.
BUT, there is one curious fact in this picture that makes me think that my theory is completely wrong: there is an orb anomaly just above the "shoe" looking white spot on the stairs. Now, I know that orbs are not what they seem, and can also be explained away as a natural occuring phenomena; however, it does seem awfully coincidental - the shoes, the orbs, it must be a ghost! No, no, I am still confident that this is just light reflecting from all over this house from another source than what we can see in the picture. For all we outsiders know, there could be piano lights above the staircase, or skylights on the second floor, and don't forget the average disco booty movin' people that do still hang those pesky disco balls from quaint places.
So there it is folks, my explanation of this photo to the max. Though I couldn't positively conclude what ISN'T present here, I also cannot positively conclude what IS here.
You decide.